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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 67

Vaccination Districts constituted.

ONSLOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in the
Governor by "The Public Health Act, 1876," I, William
Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing vaccination districts
known as the Mount Cook and Temuka Districts; and do
declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the
said districts is hereby divided anew into two vaccination
districts, the names whereof shall be the Mount Cook and
Temuka Districts, and the boundaries whereof shall be
coterminous with the boundaries of the marriage districts
bearing the same names as are set forth in a Proclamation
of even date herewith, made under the provisions of "The
Marriage Act, 1880."

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-seventh day of November, one thou-
sand eight hundred and eighty-nine.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Fixing Sitting of District Court at Nelson.

ONSLOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority in
that behalf enabling me, I, William Hillier, Earl of
Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby fix and appoint that a sitting of the District Court of
Nelson shall be held as follows:-

In the Courthouse at Nelson, for the despatch of civil
business, on Friday, the twentieth day of December next.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-seventh day of November, one thou-
sand eight hundred and eighty-nine.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Fixing Sitting of District Court at Hokitika.

ONSLOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority in
this behalf enabling me, I, William Hillier, Earl of
Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby fix and appoint that a sitting of the District Court of
Westland shall be held as follows:-

In the Courthouse at Hokitika, for the despatch of civil
and criminal business, on Tuesday, the seventeenth day of
December next.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-seventh day of November, one thou-
sand eight hundred and eighty-nine.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Postmaster 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

JOSEPH WESTMORELAND,
of Tamumu, in the said colony, a person holding the office of
Postmaster under "The Post Office Act, 1881," at Tamumu
aforesaid, is authorised to take and receive statutory declara-
tions under the two hundred and thirty-fourth section of
"The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882."

As witness my hand, at Dunedin, in the colony afore-
said, this twenty-seventh day of November, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine.

ONSLOW,
Governor.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Clerk of Parliaments appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th November, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

LEONARD STOWE, Esq.,
Clerk of the Legislative Council, to be Clerk of Parliaments
for the Colony of New Zealand, vice Major Campbell, retired.
Appointment to date from the 1st October, 1889.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th November, 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.
HENRY CHARLES SMITH
Mount Cook.
ARNOLD WILLIAM MANN ..
Temuka.
JAMES CHARLES WILLIAMSON
Black's.
WILLIAM SHANAGHAN
Lyttelton.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Members of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

CHARLES JAMES NORTON
to be a Member of the Licensing Committees for the
Districts of Taupo East and Taupo West, vice A. O. Sproule,
deceased; and

THOMAS BROWN
to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District
of Karamea, vice R. Williamson.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
(In the absence of the Minister of Justice.)

Registrars of Brands appointed.—Notice No. 279.

The Minister's Office, Live-stock Branch,
Wellington, 26th November, 1889.

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

JAMES H. GREENAWAY
to be a Registrar of Brands for the Bay of Plenty Branding
District, comprising the Bay of Plenty Subdivision of the
Auckland Sheep District; to date from the 27th November,
1889; and

HECTOR M. CAMPBELL
to be a Registrar of Brands for the Buller Branding District,
comprising the Buller and Grey Subdivision of the Nelson
Sheep District; and also to be a Registrar of Brands for the
Westland Branding District, comprising the Westland Sub-
division of the Canterbury Sheep District; to date from the
27th November, 1889.

W. R. RUSSELL,
(For the Minister of Lands.)

Appointment of Officers to Local Examination Board.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st November, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the appointment of

Major WILLIAM WOOD, Unattached Active List, and
Officer Commanding Napier District, and
Captain ARTHUR MCCARTNEY, F Battery, Artillery
Volunteers,
as Members of the Local Board for the Napier District for
the examination of candidates for commissions in the New
Zealand Militia and Volunteer Forces.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Appointment of Officer to Local Examination Board.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st November, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove appointment of

Captain GEORGE HUTCHISON,
of the Unattached Active List, to be a Member of the Local
Board for the Wanganui District for the examination of
candidates for commissions in the New Zealand Militia and
Volunteer Forces.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Volunteer Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st November, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the promotion of

Captain WILLIAM HENRY SKINNER,