JUNE 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 833

Clerks of Resident Magistrates' Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 31st May, 1893.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ALEXANDER ADAM MAIR

to be a Clerk in the Resident Magistrate's Court at Wellington, vice A. A. Corfield, resigned; and

JOHN TERRY

to be a Clerk in the Resident Magistrate's Court at Greymouth, vice E. Rawson, transferred.

A. J. CADMAN.

Cadets appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 31st May, 1893.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY JAMES DIXON

to be a Cadet in the Resident Magistrate's Court at Invercargill, from the 17th May, 1893; and

AXEL ASKENBECK

to be a Cadet in the Resident Magistrate's Court at Gisborne, from the 1st June, 1893.

A. J. CADMAN.

Inspectors of Oyster-fisheries appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 25th May, 1893.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pursuance of the power and authority vested in him by the 6th section of "The Oyster-fisheries Act, 1892," to appoint

JOHN CHRISTY SMITH,

of Pouto Point, Kaipara, Harbourmaster and Officer in Charge of Her Majesty's Customs at Kaipara, and

JOHN ROBERTSON,

of Onehunga, Harbourmaster for the Port of Manukau, to be Inspectors of Oyster-fisheries under the above-mentioned Act.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Appointment of Commissioner of Crown Lands and Chief Surveyor, Taranaki.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 12th May, 1893.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN STRAUCHON

to be Commissioner of Crown Lands and Chief Surveyor for the Land District of Taranaki, vice Sidney Weetman, transferred.

The appointment is to take effect on and from the 1st day of June, 1893.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 31st May, 1893.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to re-appoint

ANDREW KINROSS

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Southland.

The appointment takes effect on and from the 29th May, 1893.

J. G. WARD,
For the Minister of Lands.

Despatch: Currency given to New Coinage.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th May, 1893.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

(Circular.) Downing Street, 8th March, 1893.
SIR,—I have the honour to transmit to you, for information and publication in the colony under your government, a

Proclamation of the Queen in Council, dated the 30th of January, 1893, for giving currency to certain gold and silver coins, with a new design therein described.

I have, &c.,
RIPON.

The Officer administering the Government
of New Zealand.

BY THE QUEEN.—A PROCLAMATION.

VICTORIA R.

WHEREAS by an Act passed in the thirty-third year of our reign, intituled "An Act to consolidate and amend the Law relating to the Coinage and Her Majesty's Mint," it is amongst other things enacted, That We, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, shall from time to time by Proclamation determine the design for any coin:

We have therefore thought fit to order that certain of the coins made at our Mint, mentioned in the First Schedule to the aforesaid Act, of the weight and fineness specified in that Schedule, shall bear designs as follows:—

That every five-pound piece should have for the obverse impression our effigy, with the inscription "Victoria·Dei·Gra·Britt·Regina·Fid·Def·Ind·Imp·", and for the reverse the image of Saint George armed, sitting on horseback, attacking the dragon with a sword, and a broken spear upon the ground, and the date of the year, with a graining upon the edge; and that every two-pound piece should have the same obverse and reverse impression and inscription in all respects as the five-pound piece, with a graining upon the edge; and that every sovereign should have the same obverse and reverse impression and inscription in all respects as the five-pound piece, with a graining upon the edge; and that every half-sovereign should have the same obverse and reverse impression and inscription in all respects as the five-pound piece, with a graining upon the edge; and that every crown should have the same obverse and reverse impression and inscription in all respects as the five-pound piece, and on the edge of the piece in raised letters "Decus et Tutamen Anno Regni," the year of the reign being in Roman numeral letters; and that every half-crown should have for the obverse impression the aforesaid effigy, with the inscription "Victoria·Dei·Gra·Britt·Reg·", and for the reverse the ensigns armorial of the United Kingdom contained in a shield surmounted by the Royal Crown and surrounded by the collar of the Garter, with the inscription "Fid·Def·Ind·Imp·", together with the words "Half-crown," and the date of the year, with a graining upon the edge; and that every florin should have the same obverse impression and inscription in all respects as the five-pound piece, and for the reverse two royal sceptres in saltire behind three shields, the shield on the dexter, in bend, bearing the arms of England, that on the sinister, in bend sinister, Scotland, and that in base Ireland; between them the three emblems, the rose, the thistle, and the shamrock, each shield surmounted by the Royal Crown, the Garter, bearing the motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense," underlying the whole, and the words "One Florin·Two Shillings," and the date of the year, with a graining upon the edge; and that every shilling should have the same obverse impression and inscription in all respects as the five-pound piece, and for the reverse three shields, that on the dexter bearing the arms of England, that on the sinister Scotland, and that in base Ireland, each surmounted by the Royal Crown; between them the three emblems, the rose, the thistle, and the shamrock, the Garter, bearing the motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense," underlying the whole, and the words "One Shilling," and the date of the year, with a graining upon the edge; and that every sixpence should have the same obverse impression and inscription in all respects as the five-pound piece, and for the reverse the words "Six Pence," placed in the centre of the piece, having an olive branch on one side and an oak branch on the other, surmounted by the Royal Crown, and the date of the year between and below the branches, with a graining upon the edge; and that certain other pieces of silver money called "the Queen's maundy moneys," of fourpence, threepence, twopence, and one penny, should have the same obverse impression and inscription in all respects as the five-pound piece, and for the reverse the respective figures "4," "3," "2," "1" (according to the denomination or value of the piece) in the centre, with the date of the year placed across the figure, and encircled by an oak wreath surmounted by the Royal Crown, with a plain edge.

And whereas pieces of money of the above descriptions respectively have been coined at our Mint, and will be coined there and, so far as relates to gold coins, at our branch mints, in pursuance of orders which we have given for that purpose, We have, therefore, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, thought fit to issue this our Royal Proclamation, and we do hereby ordain, declare, and command that the said pieces of money respectively so coined and to be coined as aforesaid shall be current and lawful money of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and that