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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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the new County of Pahiatua, as constituted under "The Counties Act, 1886," and "The Counties Act Amendment Act, 1888;" also to appoint

HENRY SEDCOLE

to be the Returning Officer to conduct the first elections of one member of the County Council of the said County of Pahiatua for the Mangahao Riding; also to appoint

ALBERT WEST SEDCOLE

to be the Returning Officer to conduct the first election of one member of the said Council for the Pukemiku Riding; also to appoint

HENRY WILLIAM BRIGGS

to be the Returning Officer to conduct the first election of one member of the said Council for the Makuri Riding; also to appoint

WILLIAM FARRELL

to be the Returning Officer to conduct the first election of two members of the said Council for the Mangaone Riding; also to appoint

FREDERICK CLISSOLD

to be the Returning Officer to conduct the first elections of two members of the said Council for the Puketoi Riding; also to appoint Saturday, the 24th November, 1888, to be the day upon which the first elections of members of the aforesaid County Council of Pahiatua shall be held; also to appoint Wednesday, the 28th November, 1888, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, to be the time, and the Road Board Office, Pahiatua, to be the place, at which the first meeting of the said County Council shall be held; and also to appoint

ALBERT WEST SEDCOLE

to be the Clerk of the Pahiatua County Council for the purpose of presiding at the aforesaid first meeting.

T. W. HISLOP.

Trustees of Wanganui Rifle Range appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th October, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be Trustees of the Wanganui Rifle Range:—

SAMUEL NEILL, Brevet-Major, New Zealand Volunteers.

JAMES PURNELL, Honorary Major, New Zealand Volunteers.

THOMAS JOHN NICOLLS, Lieutenant, Wanganui Naval Artillery Volunteers, vice Captain Commandant Joseph Abbot, resigned.

WILLIAM HENRY GEORGE FOSTER, Lieutenant, Wanganui Rifle Volunteers, vice Lieutenant Leonard Henry Jones, deceased.

GEO. FISHER,
(For the Minister of Defence.)

Trustees of Drill-shed appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th October, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned original Trustees to be Trustees of the Oamaru Drill-shed, under "The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act, 1888:"—

GEORGE SUMPTER, Lieutenant-Colonel, New Zealand Volunteers, Commanding Oamaru Volunteer District.

JOHN LYTE ALLAN, Esq.

GEO. FISHER,
(For the Minister of Defence.)

Additional Trustees of Drill-sheds appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th October, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen as additional Trustees of the Drill-sheds specified below, under "The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act, 1888:"—

Oamaru Drill-shed.

Arthur Gethin Creagh, Captain, I Battery, New Zealand Regiment Artillery Volunteers, vice the Hon. Thomas William Hislop, resigned.

Port Chalmers Drill-shed.

Nathaniel Young Armstrong Wales, Lieutenant-Colonel, New Zealand Militia, Commanding Dunedin Volunteer District.

Thomas John Thomson, Captain, Port Chalmers Naval Artillery Volunteers.

William John Waters, Captain, L Battery, New Zealand Regiment Artillery Volunteers,

Riverton Drill-shed.

James Thomson, Major, New Zealand Volunteers, Commanding Southland Volunteer District.

Joseph William Bridge, Acting Captain, Riverton Rifle Volunteers.

Joseph Robinson, Lieutenant, Riverton Rifle Volunteers.

Waimate Drill-shed.

Edgar Channon Studholme, Captain, Waimate Rifle Volunteers.

Richard Capstick, Lieutenant, Waimate Rifle Volunteers.

Ashburton Drill-shed.

Christopher Samuel Bailey, Lieutenant-Colonel, New Zealand Militia, Commanding South Canterbury Volunteer District.

GEO. FISHER,
(For the Minister of Defence.)

Member of Medical Board, Wanganui, appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th October, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointment of

PATRICK CONNOLLY, Esq.,

as Member of the Medical Board at Wanganui, constituted under "The Military Pensions Act, 1866."

GEO. FISHER,
(For the Minister of Defence.)

Trustee of Wanganui Rifle Range resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th October, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of

Captain Commandant JOSEPH ABBOT,

Wanganui Division, Naval Artillery Volunteers, as a Trustee of the Wanganui Rifle Range.

GEO. FISHER,
(For the Minister of Defence.)

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th October, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the disbandment of the

Ngatiporou (Native) Rifle Volunteers. Date of disbandment, 16th October, 1888.

The following gentlemen, therefore, cease to be officers in the Volunteer Force, their commissions having lapsed under the provisions of "The Defence Act, 1886:"—

Captain Tuta Nihoniho.

Lieutenant Pine Tuhaka.

Lieutenant Wi Keiha.

GEO. FISHER,
(For the Minister of Defence.)

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 11th October, 1888.

NOTICE is hereby given that EDWARD WATERS, Patent Agent, of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, has applied, for and on behalf of SOCIÉTÉ MENIER, a firm trading at No. 56, Rue de Chateaudun, in the City of Paris, France, as Chocolate Manufacturers, to register, under "The Trade Marks Act, 1866," a trade mark of which the following is a description:—

Description of Trade Mark.

The trade mark consists of two distinct elements: (1.) An envelope designed for separate sticks of chocolate, and containing the principal distinctive signs (already registered) of the firm's product, namely, a white rectangular label, printed in black, and containing four representations of medals, the yellow packing-paper, the seal, and the brand bearing on white ground the words "Chocolat Menier." (2.) The general appearance of the cover of the boxes containing the cakes of chocolate, such cover having a blue ground with the words "Chocolat Menier" printed upon it in white capital letters. In the middle is the representation, in colour, of a cake of menier chocolate as it is put in sale.

Nature of the Article to which it is intended such Trade Mark shall apply.

Chocolate.

T. W. HISLOP,
Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Trade Marks,