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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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have been appointed officers for the purposes of that Act
within all that area within the Provincial District of Otago
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 Acts, Otago, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th May, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

Daniel Rakitapu,
William Bell,
Thomas Touhy,
Walter Frederick Newman,
William Bridger,
James Fleming,
James Caldwell,
John Harley, and
Charles Lockhart

to be Rangers, under "The Animals Protection Act, 1880,"
and the Acts amending the same, for the District of
Otago.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Rangers under the Animals Protection Acts, Wellington,
appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th May, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

THOMAS AVERY,
Constable JOHN DENNIS MURPHY, and
DAVID CROSSLEY
to be Rangers, under "The Animals Protection Act, 1880,"
and the Acts amending the same, for the District of Wel-
ington.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Consular Agent for France at Auckland provisionally
recognised.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th May, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified
that he has recognised the provisional appointment
by the Consul for France at Wellington of

THOMAS RUSSELL, Esq.,

as Consular Agent for France at Auckland, in the place of
D. B. Cruickshank, Esq., deceased.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Hawaiian Consul at Dunedin provisionally recognised.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th May, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified
that he has recognised provisionally the appoint-
ment of

REYNOLDS DRIVER, Esq.,

as Hawaiian Consul at Dunedin.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th May, 1895.

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

Name. District.
CHRISTIAN LANGE .. .. .. Popotuna.
HENRY ROBERT CLAYTON .. Mercury Bay.
EDWARD RIDLEY DELACEY BEAN .. Waitara.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Public Vaccinators, Petone District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th May, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

CHARLES EDWARD FOUCART SCANLAN, Esq., M.B. and
Mast. Surg. Univ. Glasg., and
WALTER HISLOP, Esq., Bach. Med. Univ. New Zealand,
to be Public Vaccinators, under "The Public Health Act,
1876," for the District of Lower Hutt.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Local Body appointed to have Authority throughout
Licensing District.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

The OHINEMURI COUNTY COUNCIL
to have authority for the purposes of the Licensing Act
throughout the Bay of Plenty Licensing District, in place of
the Tauranga County Council previously appointed.

W. P. REEVES.

Clerk of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

Constable DANIEL BOGUE
to be Clerk of the Magistrate's and Warden's Courts, and
Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrar, at Wynd-
ham, from the 1st June, 1895, vice C. J. Hinton.

W. P. REEVES.

Judge of District Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th May, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

CHARLES DUDLEY ROBERT WARD, Esq.,
to be District Judge for the District Court of Western Otago,
on and from the 1st June, 1895, vice C. E. Rawson, Esq.,
resigned.

W. P. REEVES.

Cadet appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 25th May, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

FRANK DAVID THOMSON
to be a cadet in the Education Department as from the
13th instant.

W. P. REEVES.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th May, 1895.

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.
Wong Leong Storekeeper Wanganui.
Lauritz Nielsen Settler Makotuku.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th May, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ac-
cept the resignation of the commission held by the
under-mentioned officer:—

Wellington Guards Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Edmund William Porritt. Date of resignation,
8th May, 1895.

R. J. SEDDON.