Nov. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1341

Trustee appointed for the Te Aroha Cemetery.

ONSLOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the sixth section of “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

CHARLES AHIER

to be a Trustee, in the place of J. A. Dobson, resigned, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Te Aroha Cemetery, in conjunction with the other persons appointed by warrant under the hand of His Excellency the Governor on the twenty-second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Trustee appointed for the Hyde Cemetery.

ONSLOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the sixth section of “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

ROBERT BOYD

to be a Trustee, in the place of John Laverty, resigned, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Hyde Cemetery, in conjunction with the other persons appointed by warrant under the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government on the fourteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Portuguese Consul at Wellington appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th November, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that he has been informed by Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies that the Queen’s exequatur, empowering

JOHN DUNCAN, Esq.,

to act as Portuguese Consul at Wellington, received Her Majesty’s signature on the 29th September last, and that the notification of Her Majesty’s approval of this appointment appeared in the London Gazette of the 30th September.

FREDK. WHITAKER,
(In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Registrar of Electors appointed, Palmerston.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 20th November, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM MATRAVERS

to be Registrar of Electors, under “The Registration of Electors Act, 1879,” for the Electoral District of Palmerston, vice E. Rawson. Appointment to date from the 12th instant.

FREDK. WHITAKER,
(In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Substitute Returning Officer appointed, Palmerston.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 20th November, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM MATRAVERS

to be Substitute Returning Officer, under “The Regulation of Elections Act, 1881,” for the Electoral District of Palmerston. Appointment to date from the 12th instant.

FREDK. WHITAKER,
(In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Surgeon to the Wellington Prisons appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 19th November, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ERNEST EDWARD FOOKS, Esq., M.B. Univ. N.Z.,

to be Surgeon to Her Majesty’s Prisons, vice Dr. Hassell, resigned, with effect from the 1st instant.

FREDK. WHITAKER,
(For the Minister of Justice.)

Member of Picton Hospital and Charitable Aid Board re-appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 15th November, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to re-appoint

DONALD McCORMICK, Esq.,

to represent the Sounds County on the Picton Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, as provided by “The Sounds County Representation Act, 1887.”

FREDK. WHITAKER,
(For the Minister of Education.)

Presiding Officer for Election of Member to Waipawa and Hawke’s Bay Charitable Aid Board appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 15th November, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM COWPER SMITH, Esq.,

to be Presiding Officer for the election of a member to represent the Waipawa County Council and Woodville Borough Council on the Waipawa and Hawke’s Bay Charitable Aid Board, vice Charles Hall, resigned.

FREDK. WHITAKER,
(For the Minister of Education.)

Promotions in the Survey Department.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 17th November, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to promote

CHARLES ERNEST ARCHIBALD

to be a Clerk in the Survey Department of New Zealand and

OLIVER GOLDSMITH

to be an Assistant Surveyor in the Survey Department of New Zealand.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

GEORGE EUGENE SOLOMON, Esq., Solicitor, of No. 28, Holford Square, London, W.C., England, has been appointed this day, by His Honour the Chief Justice, a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in England, under section 2 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 at Wellington, this 12th day of November, 1890.

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

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

MORTIMER DREWE MALLISON, Esq., Solicitor, of 11, Austin Friars, London, E.C., England, has been appointed this day, by His Honour the Chief Justice, a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in England, under section 2 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 at Wellington, this 12th day of November, 1890.

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

Despatch.—International Congress on Hygiene and Demography.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 6th November, 1890.

THE following despatch, received from Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

W. R. RUSSELL.