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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 42

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th June, 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.
THOMAS WARD ... Waimate Plains.
GEORGE GRAHAM JOHNSTON ... Opunake.
GEORGE DOUGLAS CAMERON ... Napier.
WILLIAM NOSWORTHY ... Wairau.
JOHN BAKER ... Rotorua.
THOMAS THOMPSON, Jun. ... Auckland.
ALEXANDER ADAM MAIR ... Timaru.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Police Gaoler appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 28th May, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
Constable ALEXANDER McGILL
to be Police Gaoler at Hokianga, vice Constable Hogg, deceased.

W. P. REEVES,
For Minister of Justice.

Justices of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 31st May, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by
WILLIAM AVENTON KIELY, Esq., of Westport, and
JAMES NELSON WILLIAMS, Esq., of Hastings,
of their appointments as Justices of the Peace for the colony.

W. P. REEVES,
For Minister of Justice.

Clerk of Courts, &c., appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 31st May, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
Constable JOHN BIRD
to be Clerk and Bailiff of the Magistrate's Court, Clerk of the Warden's Court, and Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrar at Charleston, from 22nd May, 1894, vice A. A. Winterburn.

W. P. REEVES,
For Minister of Justice.

Examiner of Titles appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 31st May, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
HENRY HOWARTH, Esq.,
to be Examiner of Titles for the Land Registration District of Wellington during pleasure. Such appointment to take effect on and from the 21st instant.

W. P. REEVES.

Official Visitor, Seacliff Lunatic Asylum, appointed.

Lunacy Department,
Wellington, 5th June, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
JAMES CARADUS, Esq., J.P.,
to be an Official Visitor of the Lunatic Asylum at Seacliff, under "The Lunatics Act, 1882."

W. P. REEVES.

Officer appointed to give Special Permission for Carriage of Deck Cargo.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 28th May, 1894.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by "The Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877," and subsection (3) of section 2 of "The Shipping and Seamen's Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1885,"

JAMES ROBERT BERTRAND,

Customs Officer at the Bluff, has been appointed to give special permission to the effect that horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, cargo, provisions, water, or stores may be carried on the upper deck of any steamship.

J. G. WARD.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th May, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under "The Aliens Act, 1880," in favour of the under-mentioned persons:-

Name. Occupation. Residence.
Johe Falk Singh ... Farmer ... Blenheim.
Low Garp. ... Gardener ... Wellington.
Joseph Simon Farry ... Commercial Dunedin.
Traveller
John Kuch ... Pork-butcher Wellington.
Conrad Heinold ... Pork-butcher Wellington.
Ludwig Petery ... Miner ... Ohinemuri.
Anna Margretha Domestic duties Ravensbourne.
Thornicroft

P. A. BUCKLEY.

"The Rating Act, 1882," to be in Force in Vincent County.

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

THE following notice, received from the Clerk of the Vincent County Council, is published in accordance with section 2 of "The Rating Acts Amendment Act, 1893."

P. A. BUCKLEY.

VINCENT COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESOLVED, That the Council of the County of Vincent hereby determine that "The Rating Act, 1882," shall be in force within the District of the County of Vincent; also that all assessments of property within the said District of the County of Vincent shall be made under the provisions of subsection (6) of section 2 of "The Rating Acts Amendment Act, 1893," according to the rateable value of such property as defined in section 2 of "The Rating Act, 1882."

I certify the foregoing to be a true copy of resolution passed at a meeting of the Council of the County of Vincent held on the 23rd day of May, 1894; also that said resolution has been approved by a majority of the members of the Council of the County of Vincent.

Dated at Clyde, this 28th day of May, 1894.

JNO. S. DICKIE,
Clerk of the Council of the County of Vincent.

Despatches.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th June, 1894.

THE following despatches, with enclosures, received from Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, are published for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

(Circular.)
Downing Street, 20th March, 1894.

SIR,-I have the honour to transmit to you, for publication in the colony under your government, a copy of an order of Her Majesty the Queen in Council, dated the 3rd March, 1894, for giving effect to the treaty between Her Majesty and His Majesty the King of Portugal for the mutual extradition of fugitive criminals, signed at Lisbon on the 17th October, 1892, the ratifications of which were exchanged at Lisbon on the 13th November, 1893.

I have, &c.,
RIPON.

The Officer administering the Government of New Zealand.

[Extract from the London Gazette of Friday, 9th March, 1894.]
ORDER IN COUNCIL.-EXTRADITION TREATY WITH PORTUGAL.

Windsor, 3rd March, 1894.

At the Court at Windsor, the 3rd day of March, 1894.

Present:

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY,
LORD PRESIDENT, MARQUESS OF RIPON, EARL SPENCER, MR. GLADSTONE, SIR WILLIAM VERNON HARCOURT.

WHEREAS by the Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873, it was amongst other things enacted that, when an arrangement has been made with any foreign State with