JUNE 20.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 679

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 19th June, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

JONATHAN AULD

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District
of Reefton, vice G. M. Adams.

THOS. FERGUS.

Trust Commissioners appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 19th June, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

JAMES STEPHENSON CLENDON, Esq.,
JOSEPH GILES, Esq., and
THOMAS JACKSON, Esq.,

to be Trust Commissioners under "The Native Lands Frauds
Prevention Act, 1881."

EDWIN MITCHELSON.

Appointments in Live Stock Branch.—Notice No. 274.

The Minister's Office (Live Stock Branch),
Wellington, 15th June, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make
the following appointments under "The Brands and
Branding Act, 1880:"-

From the 20th December, 1888.
BENJAMIN P. BAYLY to be a Registrar of Brands for the
Auckland Branding District, comprising the Auckland
Subdivision of the Auckland Sheep District, as consti-
tuted under "The Sheep Act, 1878;" and also to be
Chief Registrar of Brands for the Auckland, Marsden,
Bay of Islands, Waikato, and Bay of Plenty Branding
Districts.

GRATTAN S. COOKE to be a Registrar of Brands for the
Marsden Branding District, comprising the Marsden
Subdivision of the Auckland Sheep District; and also to
be a Registrar of Brands for the Bay of Islands Branding
District, comprising the Bay of Islands Subdivision of
the Auckland Sheep District, as constituted under "The
Sheep Act, 1878."

EDMUND CLIFTON to be Chief Registrar of Brands for the
Wellington, Wairarapa, New Plymouth, Wanganui, and
Rangitikei Branding Districts.

JOHN DRUMMOND to be a Registrar of Brands for the Wai-
rarapa Branding District, comprising the North and
South Wairarapa Subdivisions of the Wellington Sheep
District, as constituted under "The Sheep Act, 1878."

JOHN F. MCCLEAN to be a Registrar of Brands for the
Wellington Branding District, comprising the Welling-
ton Subdivision of the Wellington Sheep District, as
constituted under "The Sheep Act, 1878."

THOMAS G. RICHARDSON to be Registrar of Brands for the
Blenheim Branding District, comprising the Blenheim
and Awatere Subdivisions of the Marlborough Sheep
District, and the Omaka Sheep District; and to be a
Registrar of Brands for the Picton Branding District,
comprising the Picton Subdivision of the Marlborough
Sheep District, as constituted under "The Sheep Act,
1878;" and also to be Chief Registrar of Brands for the
Blenheim, Picton, and Kaikoura Branding Districts.

ROBERT FITZROY HOLDERNESS to be a Registrar of Brands
for the Amuri Branding District, comprising the Amuri
Sheep District, as constituted under "The Sheep Act,
1878."

ALFRED DOUGLASS to be Chief Registrar of Brands for
the Dunedin, Oamaru, Dunstan, Tapanui and South-
land Branding Districts.

EDWIN A. DOWDEN to be a Registrar of Brands for the
Dunedin Branding District, comprising the Dunedin
and Port Chalmers Subdivisions of the Otago Sheep
District, as constituted under " The Sheep Act, 1878."

JOHN MCKELLAR to be a Registrar of Brands for the South-
land Branding District, comprising the Southland Sub-
division of the Otago Sheep District, as constituted
under "The Sheep Act, 1878."

From the 23rd April, 1889.
HENRY T. G. TURNER to be a Registrar of Brands for the
Wanganui Branding District, comprising the Counties
of Hawera, Patea, Waitotara, and Wanganui; and to be
a Registrar of Brands for the New Plymouth Branding

District, comprising the Counties of Clifton and Tara-
naki (vice A. Monro, on leave of absence).

Also the following appointments under "The Diseased
Cattle Act, 1881:"-

From the 20th December, 1888.
To be Cattle Inspectors.
BAYLY, BENJAMIN P. .. Auckland.
CLIFTON, EDMUND .. Wellington.
RICHARDSON, THOMAS G. .. Blenheim.
FOSTER, REGINALD .. Christchurch.
DOUGLASS, ALFRED .. Dunedin.

To be Deputy Cattle Inspectors.
SCHAW, FREDERICK .. Auckland.
MCCLEAN, JOHN F. .. Wellington.
MACKAY, THOMAS T. W. .. Christchurch.

From the 1st February, 1889.
RAYMOND, JOHN W. .. Bluff.

From the 23rd April, 1889.
TURNER, HENRY T. G. (vice A. Monro, Wanganui.
on leave of absence)

Also the following appointments under "The Sheep Act,
1878," and the Acts amending the same :--

To be Sub-Inspectors of Sheep.
SCHAW, FREDERICK, Auckland, from the 19th February,
1889 (vice William Hately, dispensed with, 28th February,
1889).

TURNER, HENRY T. G., Wanganui, from the 23rd April,
1889 (vice A. Monro, on leave of absence).

MCKELLAR, JOHN, Invercargill, from the 4th June, 1889
(vice C. Anderson, deceased).

HULL, HERBERT G. J., Thornbury, from the 4th June, 1889.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Patent Office Agent appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th June, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

RODOLPH BLOFELD MATHIAS

to be Patent Office Agent at Christchurch, from the 17th
instant, vice A. G. Ashby.

THOS. FERGUS.

Appointment of Officer to the Honorary Unattached List.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th June, 1889.

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

Captain GEORGE SIMPSON SMITH,
of the Greymouth Rifle Volunteers, to the Honorary
Unattached List, with the rank of Major.

THOS. FERGUS.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, County of Selwyn.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th June, 1889.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the
Selwyn County Council, is published in accordance
with "The Counties Act, 1886."

T. W. HISLOP.

COUNTY OF SELWYN.--PROPOSAL TO RAISE A SPECIAL LOAN
OF £800.

I HEREBY give notice that, at the poll taken on Monday, the
10th June, 1889, under the provisions of "The Counties Act,
1886," and amendments thereof, for the purpose of deciding
a proposal to borrow £800 under "The Government Loans to
Local Bodies Act, 1886," for completing and extending water-
races in the Ellesmere Water-race District, the votes recorded
were as follows: For the proposal, 88; against the proposal, 8.

As the number of votes given in favour of the proposal
exceeds three-fifths of the total number of votes given at
such poll, I hereby declare the proposal to be carried.

Dated this 12th day of June, 1889.

DAVID MCMILLAN,
Chairman of the County of Selwyn.