[FEB. 28.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th February, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
ABRAHAM ABSOLUM
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths, and
also to be Vaccination Inspector, for the District of Ross,
vice C. A. Barton.
T. W. HISLOP.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th February, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
HENRY COCKAYNE ADAMS
to be Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births
and Deaths for the District of Christchurch, vice S. S. Field.
T. W. HISLOP.

Judge of Assessment Courts appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th February, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
HERBERT SAMUEL WARDELL, Esq., R.M.,
to be Judge of the Assessment Court, under "The Rating
Act, 1876," and the Acts amending the same, for the Boroughs
of Greytown and Masterton.
T. W. HISLOP.

Native Interpreter appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 15th January, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to au-
thorise
WILLIAM SCOTT GREENE, Esq.,
of Gisborne, to act as an Interpreter under the Native Land
Court Acts.
T. W. HISLOP,
(For the Native Minister.)

Judge of Native Land Court appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 21st February, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
SPENCER WILLIAM VON STÜRMER, Esq.,
to be a Judge of the Native Land Court, under "The Native
Land Court Act, 1886."
T. W. HISLOP,
(For the Native Minister.)

Trust Commissioner appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 25th February, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
SPENCER WILLIAM VON STÜRMER, Esq.,
a Trust Commissioner under "The Native Lands Frauds
Prevention Act, 1881."
T. W. HISLOP,
(For the Native Minister.)

Officers appointed under "The Fisheries Conservation Act,
1884."

Marine Department,
Wellington, 20th February, 1889.
IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of
the power and authority conferred by section 9 of "The
Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,"
William Beange, of Pokerito,
George William Pogson, of Cotterbrook,
William Ayson, of Linnburn,
John Campbell Mackenzie, of Outram,
Donald Stronach, of Dunedin,

Alfred Anderson, of Dunedin,
Robert Shennan Charteris, of Puketoi,
George Sloan, of Flag Swamp, and
John Burt, of Clinton,
have been appointed Officers for the purposes of that Act
within all that area in the Provincial District of Otago
bounded on the east and south by the ocean, from Shag
Point to the mouth of the Mataura River; on the north-
west by Lake County; on the west and south-west by the
Mataura River; and on the north, north-west, and north-
east by the Counties of Westland and Waitaki.
GEO. FISHER.

Officer appointed under "The Fisheries Conservation Act,
1884."

Marine Department,
Wellington, 20th February, 1889.
IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the
power and authority conferred by section 9 of "The
Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,"
HENRY DAVIES O'CALLAGHAN,
of Lower Hutt, has been appointed an Officer for the pur-
poses of that Act within the Wellington Acclimatisation
District, which comprises all that area in the Provincial
District of Wellington which lies to the southward of the
following boundary-line, namely: Commencing from the
mouth of the Manawatu River, and following the course of
that river to the Manawatu Gorge; thence in a direct line
from such gorge to the mouth of the Waimata River, on the
East Coast.
GEO. FISHER.

District Judge appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
CHARLES DUDLEY ROBERT WARD, Esq.,
to be District Judge for the Districts of Ashburton, Timaru,
and Oamaru, Otago Goldfields, and Western Otago, vice L.
Broad, Esq., resigned.
THOS. FERGUS.

Receiver of Gold Revenue appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
JOHN BASIL GUDGEON
to be a Receiver of Gold Revenue at Picton.
THOS. FERGUS.

Visiting Justice appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 22nd February, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
EDWARD LYNDON, Esq., J.P.
to be a Visiting Justice of Her Majesty's Prison at
Napier.
THOS. FERGUS.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th February, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the under-mentioned appointment: —
Peninsula Rifle Volunteers.
Lamond Dow Robertson to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 14th July, 1888.
THOS. FERGUS.

Vice-President and a Trustee of Nelson Savings Bank
resigned.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignation by
Mr. HERBERT EVELYN CURTIS
of his appointment as a Trustee and the office of Vice-
President of the Nelson Savings Bank.
G. F. RICHARDSON,
(For the Colonial Treasurer.)