Trustees for Greymouth Racecourse appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 9th July, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
ARTHUR ROBERT GUINNESS, Esq., and
JOHN MITCHELL, Esq.,
to be Trustees for the Greymouth Racecourse, in the place
of H. H. Lahmann, deceased, and R. J. Tonks, absent from
the colony.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Officer appointed under "The Fisheries Conservation Act,
1884," for the North Canterbury District.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 3rd July, 1890.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of
the power and authority conferred by section 9 of "The
Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,"

ALFRED DANIEL COLE
has been appointed an Officer for the purposes of that Act
within that part of the Provincial District of Canterbury to
the north of the Rakaia River.

Thos. FERGUS,
(For the Minister having charge of the
Marine Department.)

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th July, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve
of the under-mentioned appointments:—

West Taieri Rifle Volunteers.
William Ferguson to be Lieutenant. Date of commission,
8th January, 1890.

Wairoa Rifle Volunteers.
Daniel Crawford to be Captain. Date of commission, 12th
June, 1890.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Officers transferred to Unattached Active List.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th July, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve
of the transfer of the under-mentioned officers
to the Unattached Active List, New Zealand Volunteers:—

West Taieri Rifle Volunteers.
Captain Thomas Arthur White.
Lieutenant Thomas Henry Blotch.
Lieutenant William Ferguson.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Rifle Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th July, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve
of the disbandment of the under-mentioned
Rifle Volunteer Corps, on being formed into a Rifle Club:—

West Taieri Rifle Volunteers.
Date of disbandment, 24th June, 1890.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Cemetery Trustee resigned.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 9th July, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignation of

R. SIMMERS, Esq., Sen.,
as a Trustee for the Waikoikoi Cemetery.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Commissioner of Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—HERBERT RUSSELL SANDFORD, of Bairnsdale,
in the Colony of Victoria, Solicitor, has been appointed
this day, 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 administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and
affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated this 4th day of July, 1890.

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

Commissioner of Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—H. WREN, of Narrandera, in the Colony of
New South Wales, Solicitor, has been appointed this
day, 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 Commissioners 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 21st day of May, 1890.

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

Special Order made by the Masterton Road Board, County
of Wairarapa North.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th July, 1890.

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

W. R. RUSSELL.

SPECIAL ORDER MADE BY THE MASTERTON ROAD BOARD
AT A MEETING HELD ON SATURDAY, THE 28TH DAY OF
JUNE, 1890.

THAT, for the purpose of securing payment of the sum of
£250 granted to this Board under "The Government Loans
to Local Bodies Act, 1886," for the formation of a road from
Te Ore Ore and Rangitumau Roads, and what is known as
Stuckey's Road, to Section 13, Block X., Kopuaranga, a
special rate of one penny and twenty-one fortieths of a
penny in the pound be made and levied on the rateable
value of the following sections: 1, 13, and 14, Kopuaranga
Survey District.

Such special rate shall be an annually-recurring rate, and
shall be payable in two half-yearly instalments for twenty-
six years, the first half-yearly payment to be made on the
1st day of December, 1890, and the second on the 1st day of
June, 1891, and on the same days in each year following until
the debt is liquidated.

I hereby certify that the foregoing special order has been
duly made by the Masterton Road Board, as required by
section 75 of "The Road Boards Act, 1882."

WILLIAM H. BEETHAM,
Chairman, Masterton Road Board.

Road Board Office,
Masterton, 1st July, 1890.

Notice to Mariners, No. 20 of 1890.

LIGHT ON EASTERN BREAKWATER, ENTRANCE TO BULLER
RIVER, WESTPORT.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 7th July, 1890.

THE Westport Harbour Board has given notice that on
and after the night of Monday, the 21st day of July,
1890, a green light will be shown from sunset to sunrise on
the seaward end of the Eastern Breakwater; and that in-
ward-bound ships will pass to the westward of this light, or
between it and the red light on the seaward end of the
Western Breakwater, with the leading-marks for entering
the harbour in a line.

Thos. FERGUS,
(For the Minister having charge of the
Marine Department.)

Notice to Mariners, No. 21 of 1890.

DREDGING OPERATIONS, PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 7th July, 1890.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the
Lyttelton Harbour Board, is published for general
information.

THOS. FERGUS,
(For the Minister having charge of the
Marine Department.)

THE Lyttelton Harbour Board direct special attention to the
dredging operations now proceeding outside the Lyttelton
Breakwater, and caution all masters of steamers and sailing-
vessels to take the entrance to the southward and westward