412 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 20]

Ranger under Animals Protection Acts, Ashburton, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 6th March, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Herbert Mutton

to be a Ranger under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,”
and the Acts amending the same, for the District of Ash-
burton.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Rangers under Animals Protection Acts, Wellington, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th March, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Alfred Hugh Ross,
William Hort Cruickshanks, and
William Frederick Cox

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Registrars of Electors, Wairau and New Plymouth Electoral Districts, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th March, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Walter Arnold Hawkins

to be Registrar of Electors, under “The Electoral Act, 1893,” for the Electoral District of Wairau, vice W. G. P. O’Callaghan, transferred. Appointment to date from the 8th March, 1894. Also, to appoint

William George Pring O’Callaghan

to be Registrar of Electors, under the said Act, for the District of New Plymouth, vice A. H. Holmes, transferred. Appointment to date from the 15th March, 1894.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Returning Officers, Wairau, Waimea-Sounds, and Waitemata, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th March, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Walter Arnold Hawkins

to be Returning Officer under “The Electoral Act, 1893,” for the Electoral District of Wairau, vice W. G. P. O’Calla- ghan, transferred. Appointment to date from 8th March, 1894. Also, to appoint

Jonathan Morrison King

to be Returning Officer, under the said Act, for the Electoral District of Waitemata, vice Thomas Sanderson, resigned. Appointment to date from the 8th March, 1894. And also, to appoint

William Henry Palmer

to be Returning Officer under the aforesaid Act for the Electoral District of Waimea-Sounds, vice W. A. Hawkins, transferred. Appointment to date from 8th March, 1894.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Despatch. — Appointment of Austro-Hungarian Consul at Sydney.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 13th March, 1894.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

(New Zealand, No. 9.)

Downing Street, 26th January, 1894.

MY LORD,—I have the honour to inform you that the Queen’s exequatur empowering Mr. J. Mergell to act as Austro-Hungarian Consul at Sydney has received Her Majesty’s signature.

The consular jurisdiction of Mr. Mergell covers the Colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, and New Zealand.

I have, &c.,

R. H. MEADE,
For the Secretary of State.

The Officer Administering the Government
of New Zealand.

Surgeon to Napier Prison appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 12th March, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Thomas Charles Moore, Esq., B.A., M.D.,

to be Surgeon of Her Majesty’s Prison at Napier, vice Thomas Hitchins, Esq., M.R.C.S., deceased.

A. J. CADMAN.

Police Gaoler appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 12th March, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable Archibald Gray

to be Police Gaoler at Herbertville, vice Constable Simpson, transferred.

A. J. CADMAN.

Judge Native Land Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th March, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Herbert Frank Edger, Esq.,

to be a Judge of the Native Land Court, as from the 13th instant.

W. P. REEVES,
For the Native Minister.

Trust Commissioner appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th March, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Herbert Frank Edger, Esq.,

to be a Trust Commissioner under the Native Lands Frauds Prevention Acts.

W. P. REEVES,
For the Native Minister.

Clerks of Courts, &c., appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th March, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

William George Pring O’Callaghan

to be Deputy-Registrar of the Supreme Court and Clerk of the District and Magistrate’s Courts at New Plymouth, from the 15th instant, vice J. J. Freeth, retired; and

Walter Arnold Hawkins

to be Deputy-Registrar of the Supreme Court and Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Blenheim, from the 8th instant, vice W. G. P. O’Callaghan, transferred.

A. J. CADMAN.

Sheriffs appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th March, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

William George Pring O’Callaghan

to be Sheriff of the District of Taranaki, vice J. J. Freeth, retired; and

Walter Arnold Hawkins

to be Sheriff of the District of Marlborough, vice W. G. P. O’Callaghan, transferred.

A. J. CADMAN.

Member of Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 6th March, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to re-appoint

John McIntyre

to be a Member of the Land Board of the Land District of Southland, as from the 9th February, 1894.

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