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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 60

Postmasters appointed to take and receive Statutory

Declarations.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the
eighth section of "The Justices of the Peace Act
Amendment Act, 1888," I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby
notify and declare that the persons named in the Schedule
hereto, being persons holding the office of Postmaster under
"The Post Office Act, 1881," at the places set opposite their
names respectively in the said Schedule, are authorised to
take and receive statutory declarations under the two hun-
dred and thirty-fourth section of "The Justices of the Peace
Act, 1882."

SCHEDULE.
Name of Postmaster. Office.
HENRY SHEPHERD .. .. Te Arai.
CHRISTOPHER GALBRAITH .. .. Whananaki.

As witness my hand, at Nelson, in the colony afore-
said, this tenth day of October, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-nine.
ONSLOW.

Members of Executive Council appointed.

Executive Council Chamber,
Wellington, 15th October, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
The Honourable THOMAS WILLIAM HISLOP and
The Honourable WILLIAM RUSSELL RUSSELL
to be Members of the Executive Council of New Zealand,
and they have been sworn in as members of the said
Council.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Ministerial Appointments.

Private Secretary's Office,
Nelson, 17th October, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
The Honourable THOMAS FERGUS to be Minister for
Public Works and Minister of Mines.
The Honourable EDWIN MITCHELSON to be Postmaster-
General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner.
The Honourable GEORGE FREDERICK RICHARDSON to be
Minister of Agriculture.
The Honourable THOMAS WILLIAM HISLOP to be Minister
of Education.
The Honourable WILLIAM RUSSELL RUSSELL to be
Colonial Secretary, Minister of Defence, and Minister
of Justice.

RIVERSDALE WALROND,
Private Secretary.

Resignation of Certain Ministerial Offices accepted.

Private Secretary's Office,
Nelson, 17th October, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignations by
The Honourable Sir HARRY ALBERT ATKINSON, K.C.M.G.,
of the office of Postmaster-General and Commissioner
of Telegraphs.
The Honourable THOMAS FERGUS, of the offices of
Minister of Justice and of Defence.
The Honourable GEORGE FREDERICK RICHARDSON, of
the office of Minister of Mines.
The Honourable EDWIN MITCHELSON, of the office of
Minister for Public Works.

RIVERSDALE WALROND,
Private Secretary.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th October, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
WILLIAM CANNING
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths, and
also to be Vaccination Inspector, for the District of Wanaka,
vice R. McDougall.
THOS. FERGUS.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th October, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point the under-mentioned gentlemen to be Registrars
of Marriages and of Births and Deaths, and also to be
Vaccination Inspectors, for the districts respectively set op-
posite their names, viz:--
Name. District.
EDWARD HONISS .. .. .. Thames.
JOHN PEDLER .. .. .. Waipara.
THOS. FERGUS.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th October, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
HERBERT R. COOKE
to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District
of Whangarei Town, vice J. M. Guilding, resigned.
THOS. FERGUS.

Government Insurance Commissioner appointed.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 16th October, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
FREDERICK WILLIAM FRANKLAND, Esq.,
to be Government Insurance Commissioner, as from to-day.
G. F. RICHARDSON,
(For the Colonial Treasurer.)

Assistant Government Insurance Commissioner appointed.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 16th October, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
DAVID MITCHELL LUCKIE, Esq.,
to be Assistant Government Insurance Commissioner, as
from to-day.
G. F. RICHARDSON,
(For the Colonial Treasurer.)

Officers appointed under "The Fisheries Conservation Act,

1884," Southland District.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 15th October, 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,"
Joshua Hamlyn, of Waimatuku,
William Affleck, of Otautau,
William Stewart, of Otapiri,
John E. Aldrid, of Southland,
John Davidson, of Waimea,
Lachlan McKinnon, of Centre Hall,
Arthur Keach, of Te Anau,
Charles Shave, of Waikiwi,
George McLeod, of Dunsdale,
James Millar, of Hedgehope,
Kenneth Rennie, of Wyndham,
George Crosbie, of Edendale,
James Reid, of Athol, and
Robert McKay, of Athol,
have been appointed Officers for the purpose of that Act for
that part of the Provincial District of Otago formerly known
as the Province of Southland.
H. A. ATKINSON.

Native Interpreter appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 14th October, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to au-
thorise ROBERT SMELT BUSH,
of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, to act as Interpreter under the
Native Land Court Acts, as from the 9th October, 1889.
EDWIN MITCHELSON,
Native Minister.