Aug. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 921

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 7th August, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the Districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:

Name. District.
GEORGE JOHN ALEXANDER JOHNSTONE .. Gisborne.
WILLIAM LUPTON DEAN .. Timaru.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Rangers under Animals Protection Acts appointed, Canterbury.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 7th August, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN WEIR and
JOHN MUTTER

to be Rangers under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, for the District of Canterbury.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Public Vaccinator, Waipara District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th August, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE WILLIAM FITZHENRY, Esq., M.R.C.S.E.,

to be a Public Vaccinator, under “The Public Health Act, 1876,” for the District of Waipara.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Registrar of Electors appointed, Bay of Islands District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th August, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

DAVID JOHN KIRKPATRICK

to be Registrar of Electors, under “The Registration of Electors Act, 1879,” for the Bay of Islands District, vice E. A. Hastings. Appointment to date from the 1st September, 1891.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Members of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th August, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM JOHN STEEN

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Pukekohe, vice George Russell, resigned; and

JOHN DUNCAN and
JAMES FULLER, Sen.,

to be Members of the Licensing Committee for the District of Picton Borough, vice Thomas Card and John Godfrey.

W. P. REEVES.

Clerk of Resident Magistrate’s Court and Clerk of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th August, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable ANDREW BERRIMAN

to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Taupo, and Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the Special Licensing Districts of West Taupo and East Taupo, vice E. S. Thompson, resigned.

W. P. REEVES.

Authority to frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 10th August, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorise

The CHIEF CLERK, PROPERTY-TAX DEPARTMENT,

to frank letters, telegrams, and parcels on the public service,

J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 7th August, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:

Name. Occupation. Residence.
Frederick Ansen .. Settler .. Waimamaku, Hokianga.
Isaac William Gustafson .. Labourer .. Wainuiomata, Wellington.
Carl August Pagel .. Fisherman .. Port Moeraki.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Proposed Addition to Borough of Birkenhead, County of Waitemata.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 7th August, 1891.

A PETITION having been presented to His Excellency the Governor praying that the district described in the Schedule hereto might be incorporated into the Borough of Birkenhead, His Excellency directs it to be notified that, unless within two months from the publication hereof a petition or petitions, as required by section 32 of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” is or are presented to His Excellency, he will proceed to incorporate the said district into the said Borough of Birkenhead.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land situated in the Parish of Takapuna, County of Waitemata, containing by admeasurement 209 acres and 24 perches or thereabouts, and bounded towards the east by the eastern boundary of Section 57, Allotments 1, 2, and 3 of the Parish of Takapuna; thence partly towards the north by a Government road, and crossing the junction of the Great North Road; thence again towards the east by the eastern side of the Great North Road; thence again towards the north and east by an irregular line along part of a road running through Allotment 121; thence again towards the north by a triangular allotment fronting the last-mentioned road, such triangular allotment being part of a subdivision of Allotment 121; thence by Allotments 7, 8, 10, and 11 of the said subdivision to a Government road, and crossing the same and running along the south-eastern boundary of Section 127; and thence by the present boundary of the Borough of Birkenhead to the point of commencement.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Notice to Mariners, No. 29 of 1891.

COOK STRAIT.—ENTRANCE TO QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 7th August, 1891.

NOTICE is hereby given that a sunken rock, with only 1ft. of water on it at low-water spring-tides, exists south-east of the White Rocks, at the entrance to Queen Charlotte Sound, distant sixty-seven fathoms, and with the north-east extreme of the White Rocks in line with the extreme of Jackson’s Head, bearing N.W. ⅓ N. magnetic.

JOHN McKENZIE,
For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.

Notice to Mariners, No. 30 of 1891.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 7th August, 1891.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Portmaster, Brisbane, Queensland, are published for general information.

JOHN McKENZIE,
For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.

NEW HEBRIDES.—REPORTED SHOAL OFF MALLICOLO.

NOTICE is hereby given that Captain Munroe, of the s.s. “Croydon,” reports that in June last his vessel, drawing 8ft. 6in. of water, touched on a small coral patch, which is not marked on the Admiralty Chart. The danger lies with the following compass-bearings taken from the ship: N.W. end Mallicolo, W. by S.; Vao Island, S.W. by W.; Walo Island, S.

T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 13th July, 1891,