Dec. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1405

Kaitangata Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant John Owens to be Captain. Date of commission, 22nd May, 1888.
James Simson to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 3rd April, 1888.

Dunedin High School Cadet Rifle Volunteers.
John Rogerson Montgomery to be Captain. Date of commission, 12th October, 1888.

T. W. HISLOP,
(For the Minister of Defence.)

Defence Storekeeper, Auckland, appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th December, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned appointment:—
Major FREDERICK JOHN WILLIAM GASCOYNE, New Zealand Militia, to be Defence Storekeeper at Auckland, from the 13th December, 1888.

T. W. HISLOP,
(For the Minister of Defence.)

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th December, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by
JOHN SWANSON SPRENT, Esq.,
of Dunedin, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the colony.

T. W. HISLOP,
(In the absence of the Minister of Justice.)

Member of the Heriot Domain Board resigned.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 3rd December, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of
CHARLES TODD, Esq.,
as a Member of the Heriot Domain Board.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th December, 1888.

NOTICE is hereby given that EDWARD WATERS, Patent Agent, of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, has applied, on behalf of ROBERT MUNRO, of the firm of ALEXANDER, FERGUSSON, AND Co., of Glasgow, Lanarkshire, North Britain, Lead and Colour Manufacturers and Oil Refiners, to register, under “The Trade Marks Act, 1866,” the trade mark of which the following is a description:—

Description of Trade Mark.
The representation of an elephant, beneath which is a monogram composed of the letters “A” and “F.”

Nature of the Articles to which it is intended such Trade Mark shall apply.
White lead, paints, colours, and varnishes.

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

Special Orders made by Taieri County Council.—Merging various Road Districts.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th December, 1888.

THE following special orders, made by the Taieri County Council, are published in accordance with “The Counties Act, 1886.”

T. W. HISLOP.

SPECIAL ORDER.
It is hereby resolved, by way of special order, to merge the Taieri Road District in the Taieri County, on and after the 27th day of May, 1887.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly made by the Taieri County Council, at a special meeting held on the 27th day of May, 1887, due notice having been given of same.

JOHN S. KENNEDY,
County Clerk.

Mosgiel, 13th December, 1888.

SPECIAL ORDER.
It is hereby resolved, by way of special order, to merge the Road Districts of Kaikorai and Suburban in the Taieri County, on and after the 5th day of August, 1887.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly made by the Taieri County Council, at a special meeting held on Friday, the 5th day of August, 1887, due notice having been given of same.

JOHN S. KENNEDY,
County Clerk.

Mosgiel, 13th December, 1888.

SPECIAL ORDER.
It is hereby resolved, by way of special order, to merge the Seaside Road District in the Taieri County, on and after the 6th day of January, 1888.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly made by the Taieri County Council, at a special meeting held at Mosgiel, on Friday, the 6th day of January, 1888, due notice having been given of same.

JOHN S. KENNEDY,
County Clerk.

Mosgiel, 13th December, 1888.

SPECIAL ORDER.
It is hereby resolved, by way of special order, to merge the Grey Road District in the Taieri County, on and after the 7th day of December, 1888.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly made by the Taieri County Council, at a special meeting held at Mosgiel, on Friday, the 7th day of December, 1888, due notice having been given of same.

JOHN S. KENNEDY,
County Clerk.

Mosgiel, 13th December, 1888.

Certain Boroughs to be included in Districts for collecting Duty under “The Beer Duty Act, 1880.”

WHEREAS by order of the Commissioner of Customs, number one hundred and thirty-three, dated the second day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, certain districts were appointed for the purpose of levying and collecting the duty imposed by “The Beer Duty Act, 1880,” which several districts included the boroughs and counties specified opposite the name of each in the Schedule attached to the said order: And whereas it is expedient to include other boroughs within the districts mentioned in the Schedule hereto for the purpose of levying and receiving the said duty therein:

Now, therefore, in exercise of the power in me for this purpose vested by “The Beer Duty Act, 1880,” I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do hereby order that, in addition to the boroughs specified in the before-mentioned order, the districts named in the first column of the Schedule hereto shall, for the purposes of the said Act, comprise the boroughs specified in the second column of the said Schedule opposite the name of such district; and, further, that this regulation shall take effect from the day of the date hereof.

SCHEDULE.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twentieth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.

GEO. FISHER,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Commissioner’s Order No. 315.]

Authority to frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 15th December, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorise

The SUPERINTENDENT COLLECTORS OF AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

to frank and receive letters and parcels, and frank telegrams, for a period of four months, on business of Agricultural Statistics only.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Postmaster-General.