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to be Probation Officer, under "The First Offenders' Probation
Act, 1886," for the Boroughs of Christchurch, St. Albans,
and Sydenham, vice the Gaoler, H.M. Prison, Addington,
retired.
THOS. FERGUS.

Cadet in Treasury appointed.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 13th May, 1889.

T is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor
has been pleased to appoint

FRANCIS JAMES STEWART

to be a Cadet in the Treasury, as from the 4th February last,
under the provisions of "The Civil Service Reform Act,
1886."

H. A. ATKINSON.

Person appointed to apply for, receive, and hold Water-
race Licenses.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 7th May, 1889.

N pursuance of the powers conferred by "The Public
Works Act, 1882," His Excellency the Governor has
been pleased to appoint

JOHN Gow

to be the person to apply for, receive, and hold, on behalf of
Her Majesty the Queen, any license or other authority re-
quired to be held or exercised in respect of the water-races
known as the Waimea-Kumara and Kaiwhaka Water-races,
and Kumara Sludge-channel, in the County of Westland,
under "The Mining Act, 1886," as from the 12th day of
April, 1889.

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

Person appointed to apply for, receive, and hold Water-
race Licenses.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 7th May, 1889.

N pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by
"The Public Works Act, 1882," His Excellency the
Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN MCNAUGHTON

to be the person to apply for, receive, and hold, on behalf of
Her Majesty the Queen, any license or other authority re-
quired to be held or exercised in respect of the water-races
known as the Nelson Creek Water-race, McGee Water-race,
and Allan and Party's Water-race, in the County of Grey,
under "The Mining Act, 1886," as from the 12th day of
April, 1889.

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

Officer to command Volunteer District appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th May, 1889.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve
of the under-mentioned appointment :—

Major JAMES EWART HANNAH,

New Zealand Volunteers, to command the Southland Volun-
teer District. Date of appointment, 4th May, 1889.

THOS. FERGUS.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

H AROLD O'BRIEN, Esquire, Solicitor, of Goulburn, in
the Colony of New South Wales, was appointed, on
the 23rd day of April, 1889, by His Honour the Chief Justice, a
Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in New
South Wales, under the second section of "The Commis-
sioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875," for the purpose of
administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and
affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated this 13th day of May, 1889.

D. G. A. COOPER,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

W INFIELD ATTENBOROUGH, Esquire, Solicitor, of Mel-
bourne, in the Colony of Victoria, was appointed, on
the 23rd day of April, 1889, by His Honour the Chief Justice,
a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in
Victoria, under the second section of "The Commissioners
of the Supreme Court Act, 1875," for the purpose of adminis-
tering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations
as in the said section mentioned.

Dated this 13th day of May, 1889.

D. G. A. COOPER,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue
Letters of Naturalisation, under "The Aliens Act,
1880," in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

Name. Occupation. Residence.
Anthony James Mary Gold-miner Roxburgh, Otago.
Balzano
Emile Edmund Leprou Blacksmith Akaroa.
Charlie Young Kwong Labourer Tapanui, Otago.
Tim How Miner Gore.
Peter Nordstrum Master mariner Dunedin.
Ole Andersen Gum-digger North Wairoa.
John Thompson Gum-digger North Wairoa.

T. W. HISLOP.

Special Orders merging Road Districts, made by the
Counties of Whangaroa and Hawera.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1889.

THE following special orders, passed by the Council of
the Counties of Whangaroa and Hawera, are published
for general information.

T. W. HISLOP.

SPECIAL ORDER made by the COUNCIL of the COUNTY of
WHANGAROA On the 9th June, 1887.

THAT on and after the 4th July, 1887, the Kaeo, Whanga-
roa, and Totara Road Districts be merged in the county.

SPECIAL ORDER made by the COUNCIL of the COUNTY of
HAWERA.

THAT the Hawera Road District be merged in the Hawera
County, and that such road district be so merged, and cease
to exist as from the 30th June, 1888.

Special Order made by Wyndham Road Board, County of
Southland.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th May, 1889.

THE following special order, made by the Wyndham
Road Board, is published in accordance with "The
Road Boards Act, 1882."

T. W. HISLOP.

SPECIAL ORDER.

AT a meeting of the Wyndham Road Board, held on the
16th day of April, 1889, it was resolved, That the Wyndham
Road Board adopt the whole of "The Local Bodies' Loans
Act, 1886."

I, the undersigned certify that the foregoing resolution has
been passed in strict accordance with section 75 of "The
Road Boards Act, 1882."

JAMES CUSHNIE,
Clerk, Wyndham Road Board.

Special Order made by the Stoke Road Board, County of
Waimea.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th May, 1889.

THE following special order, made by the Stoke Road
Board, is published in accordance with "The Road
Boards Act, 1882."

T. W. HISLOP.

WE, the undersigned, hereby certify that the subjoined reso-
lution was passed at a full meeting of the Board on the 2nd
March, 1889:--

Resolved, That the new boundaries of the subdistricts of
Appleby, Stoke, and Hope, in the County of Waimea, Nelson,
as described by the Surveyor-General, be adopted.

JAMES BELL, Chairman,
ROBT. M. SMITH, Secretary,
Stoke Road Board.

STOKE ROAD DISTRICT SUBDIVIDED. NEW BOUNDARIES
ABOVE REFERRED TO.

Appleby Subdivision: Comprises all that portion of the
Stoke Road District bounded towards the north-east by Tas-
man Bay, from the mouth of the Waimea River to the Town
District of Richmond; thence towards the south-east and