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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 22

Places where Miners’ Rights and Business Licenses may be issued.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the nineteenth section of “The Mining Act, 1891,” I, James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the post-offices at the under-mentioned places to be post-offices at which miners’ rights and business licenses respectively may be issued by the Postmasters in charge of such post-offices, viz.:

GILLESPIE’S BEACH.
NO TOWN.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.

W. P. REEVES,
For the Postmaster-General.

Judges of Assessment Courts, Westport and Mataura, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

ALFRED GREENFIELD, Esq., R.M.,
to be Judge of the Assessment Court under “The Rating Act, 1876,” and the Acts amending the same, for the Borough of Westport; and also to appoint

JOHN NUGENT WOOD, Esq., R.M.,
to be Judge of the Assessment Court under the said Acts for the Town District of Mataura.

J. BALLANCE,
In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.

Health Officer, Gisborne, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th March, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

JOHN FRASER INNES, Esq., M.B., M.S., Univ. Aberd.,
to be Health Officer, under section 105 of “The Public Health Act, 1876,” for the Port of Gisborne, vice Dr. H. Pollen.

W. P. REEVES,
In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.

Members of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th March, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

FREDERICK AUGUSTUS KRULL
to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wanganui, vice James Thain, resigned;

CHARLES PARTRIDGE HULBERT
to be a Member of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Christchurch North, Christchurch East, Christchurch West, and Christchurch South, vice E. W. Humphreys, resigned; and

PAUL COFFEY
to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wellington, vice A. W. Brown.

W. P. REEVES.

Justices of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 9th March, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

ALEXANDER CHISHOLM, Esq., of Outram;
RICHARD COCK, Esq., of New Plymouth;
SAMUEL MOODY, Esq., of Opotiki; and
THOMAS WALLACE, Esq., of Russell’s Flat,
to be Justices of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

W. P. REEVES.

Licensed Interpreter appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 4th March, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to authorise

WILLIAM THOMAS PRENTICE,
of Napier, to act as a Licensed Interpreter. License to take effect from the 27th February, 1892.

A. J. CADMAN.

School Commissioner appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 8th March, 1892.

PURSUANT to “The Education Reserves Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1882,” the Education Board of the District of Nelson has appointed

WILLIAM NORRIS FRANKLYN, Esq.,
to be a School Commissioner for the Provincial District of Nelson, vice Samuel Clayden, deceased.

W. P. REEVES.

Agent of Public Trustee appointed.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 5th March, 1892.

IT is hereby notified for general information that

CHARLES E. MAJOR, Esq.,
has been appointed an Agent of the Public Trustee at Hawera, as from the 1st March, 1892.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

JOHN EDWARD VETCH NOTT, of 63, Elizabeth Street, Sydney, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, has been this day appointed, by His Honour the Chief Justice, a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in New South Wales, under the 2nd 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 at Wellington, this 4th day of March, 1892.

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

Volunteer Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th March, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to approve of the promotion of the under-mentioned officer:—

Manawatu Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Charles Dunk to be Captain. Date of promotion, 13th February, 1892.

W. P. REEVES,
For the Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the under-mentioned officer:—

Ashburton Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Edmund John Fooks. Date of resignation, 20th February, 1892.

J. BALLANCE,
For the Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th March, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the under-mentioned officer:—

Westport Naval Artillery Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant John Patrick Franks. Date of resignation, 27th January, 1892.

W. P. REEVES,
For the Minister of Defence.