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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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bounded on the east and south by the ocean from Shag Point to the mouth of the Mataura River; on the north-west by Lake County; on the west and south-west by the Mataura River; and on the north, north-west, and north-east by the Counties of Westland and Waitaki.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Rangers under the Animals Protection Act, Otago District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WALTER G. MORRIS,
ROBERT WILLIAM ROBSON,
JAMES HISLOP,
GEORGE VALENTINE,
JOHN C. BAYLEA, and
WILLIAM W. MASTERS

to be Rangers under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” for the District of Otago.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Judge of Assessment Court, Borough of Thames and Town District of Te Aroha, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HARRY EYRE KENNY, 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 Thames and the Town District of Te Aroha.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Registrar of Electors appointed, Buller District.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN TERRY

to be Registrar of Electors, under “The Electoral Act, 1893,” for the Electoral District of Buller, vice E. C. Kelling.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Health Officer at Auckland appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN HENRY HOOPER, Esq., M.R.C.S., Eng., &c.,

to be the Health Officer at Auckland, under section 105 of “The Public Health Act, 1876,” during the absence of Dr. T. Hope Lewis.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1894.

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

Name. District.
PAUL EUGÈNE BEAN .. Little River.
JAMES WOODS PARKERSON .. Christchurch.
WILLIAM SHANAGHAN .. Lyttelton.
WILLIAM BROWNING TOSWILL .. Akaroa.
ANTHONY MILLIGAN ARTHUR .. Ellesmere.

These appointments take effect on and from the 21st instant.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Deputy-Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ALEXANDER RAMSAY

to be Deputy of the Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Hutt.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Deputy-Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1894.

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.
ARNOLD BEETHAM WILLIAMS .. Waiapu.
MCKENZIE GIBSON .. Cust.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Arrangements for First Elections, &c., Pukaka River Drainage District.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY COOKE,

of Tuamarina, to be Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the election of five members of the Board of Trustees of the Pukaka River Drainage District, as constituted under “The Land Drainage Act, 1893”; also to appoint Wednesday, the 28th day of February, 1894, to be the day for holding such first elections; and also to appoint Thursday, the 1st day of March, 1894, at 7.30 o'clock p.m., to be the time, and the store at Marshlands to be the place, at which the first meeting of Trustees shall be held.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Judge of the Validation Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th February, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE ELLIOTT BARTON, Esq.,

to be a Judge of the Validation Court under “The Native Land Validation of Titles Act, 1893,” on and from the 1st instant.

R. J. SEDDON.

Native Assessor resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 6th February, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

WAATA WIREMU HIPANGO

of his appointment as an Assessor under the Native Land Court Acts.

R. J. SEDDON,

Appointment of Transmitting and Receiving Officers for the Service of Notices by Telegraph.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 12th January, 1894.

IN pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by “The Electric Lines Act, 1884” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), and by the regulations made thereunder on the 30th June, 1885, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 41, 1885, the following officers are hereby appointed Transmitting and Receiving Officers for the purpose of dealing with all notices by telegraph sent under the said Act or regulations, and of signing such certificates in relation to the service of any such notices as are required or authorised to be signed or given under the said Act or the regulations aforesaid:

JAMES GARDINER BALLARD, Chief Postmaster, Blenheim;
CHARLES JOHN BERRY, Chief Postmaster, Greymouth;
HUGH CALDERS, Chief Postmaster, Nelson;
JAMES EMILIUS CONEY, Chief Postmaster, Thames;
ALBERT EDWIN CRESSWELL, Chief Postmaster, Hokitika;
RUSSELL JAMES GOODMAN, Chief Postmaster, Timaru;
FREDERICK DUNN HOLDSWORTH, Chief Postmaster, New Plymouth;
JOHN AUGUSTUS HUTTON, Chief Postmaster, Oamaru;
JAMES HOWARD SHEATH, Chief Postmaster, Westport; and
JOHN FRAME MCBETH, Chief Postmaster, Wanganui.

J. G. WARD,
Electric Telegraph Commissioner.