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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 46

Aides-de-Camp to His Excellency appointed.

Private Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 8th June, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

REGINALD STANLEY HUNTER BLAIR, Captain, Gordon Highlanders, and

EDWARD FRANCIS CLAYTON, Lieutenant, Scots Guards,

to be His Excellency’s Aides-de-Camp.

PAT BOYLE, Colonel,
Private Secretary.

Minister having charge of Marine Department, &c., appointed.

Government Buildings,
Wellington, 3rd June, 1892.

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

The Hon. RICHARD JOHN SEDDON

to be the Minister having charge of the Marine Department and of the administration of “The Shipping and Seamen’s Act, 1877.”

J. BALLANCE.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

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

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government 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.
MALCOLM MCLEAN .. .. .. Gabriel’s.
WALTER BOWLES .. .. .. {Mount Cook.
Waipara.

R. J. SEDDON.

Shorthand Writer to the Treasury appointed.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 6th June, 1892.

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

JAMES FRANK ANDREWS, Esq.,

to be Shorthand Writer to the Treasury, as on the 1st May ultimo.

J. BALLANCE.

Chief Clerk and Custodian of Stamps, in Stamp Department, appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 6th June, 1892.

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

HENRY OWEN WILLIAMS, Esq.,

to be Chief Clerk and Accountant in the Stamp Department, as from the 1st May, 1892, vice Reginald Bayley, Esq.; and

WILLIAM HENRY SHORE, Esq.,

to be Custodian and Issuer of Stamps in the Stamp Department, as from the 1st June, 1892, vice W. T. Thane, Esq.

W. P. REEVES,
Commissioner of Stamps.

Deputy Inspector of Lunatic Asylums appointed.

Lunacy and Charitable Department,
Wellington, 3rd June, 1892.

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

FRANCIS HUMPHRIES FRASER, Esq.,

of Wellington, to be a Deputy Inspector of Lunatic Asylums, Hospitals, and Licensed Houses in the Colony of New Zealand, under “The Lunatics Act, 1882,” vice Joseph Mackay, Esq., resigned.

W. P. REEVES.

Recorder under “The Native Land Court Act, 1886,” appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government, under the power and authority conferred by “The Native Land Court Act, 1886,” and all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned Resident Magistrate to be a Recorder of the Native Land Court for the Middle Island Recorder’s District, comprising all the area in the Middle Island, Stewart Island, and all other islands adjacent thereto, together with the Chatham Islands, namely :—

FREDERICK JOHN WILLIAM GASCOYNE.

A. J. CADMAN.

Patent Office Agent appointed.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 9th June, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

FREDERICK JOHN DAKINS ELMER

to be Patent Office Agent at Greymouth, vice W. A. Barton, transferred.

A. J. CADMAN.

Native Interpreter appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 3rd June, 1892.

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

THOMAS CHARLES JONES,

of Whanganui, to act as a Licensed Interpreter.

A. J. CADMAN.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd June, 1892.

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

Dunedin Naval Artillery Volunteers.

Robert Valpy Fulton to be Honorary Surgeon. Date of appointment, 26th May, 1892.

Kaitangata Rifle Volunteers.

James Fitzgerald to be Honorary Surgeon. Date of appointment, 17th May, 1892.

R. J. SEDDON.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Upper Wangaehu Road Board, County of Wanganui.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 8th June, 1892.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Upper Wangaehu Road Board, is published in accordance with “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Result of poll on proposal to borrow £5,000 for the construction of the Upper Wangaehu Valley Road, Upper Wangaehu Road District, held at Mangamahu, on the 28th May, 1892 :—

Total number of ratepayers on roll, representing 51 votes, 18; votes recorded for the proposal, 40; number of ratepayers voting for the proposal, 13; votes against, 0; number of ratepayers voting against the proposal, 0; informal, 0; votes not recorded, 11; total number of votes against, 11.

As a majority in number of the ratepayers voted in favour of the proposal, and the number so voting are entitled to more than one-half of the votes which can be exercised by the whole number of ratepayers, I hereby declare the proposal to be carried.

SAMUEL BEARD,
Chairman.

Dated this 28th day of May, 1892.

Gold-mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 6th June, 1892.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-mining lease cancelled, and that the ground is now open for application as if no lease of the said ground had ever been applied for :—

John Fennell, the Captain Cook Quartz-mining Company (Limited); Section 23, Block XIII., Lyell, Karamea Mining District, 8 acres 1 rood 24 perches. No. 866.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Mines.

Bonus for the Manufacture of Salt.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 24th February, 1892.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of £1 per ton will be paid on the production of the first 500 tons of salt,