1554
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 71

Registrar of Electors, Tuapeka, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th September, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
ALEXANDER MILLAR EYES, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Electors for the Electoral District of Tuapeka, vice W. A. D. Banks, Esq. Appointment to date from the 11th September, 1896.
J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Registrar of Electors, City of Christchurch, Avon, and Riccarton, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th September, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
LYONEL CHARLES WILLIAMS, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Electors for the Electoral Districts of City of Christchurch, Avon, and Riccarton, vice W. G. Walker, Esq. Appointment to date from 16th September, 1896.
J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th September, 1896.

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 to be Vaccination Inspectors, for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:—

Name. District.
ALEXANDER ADAM MAIR (on and from 9th September, 1896) .. .. .. Riverton.
JOHN MAY (on and from 12th September, 1896) Rakaia.
WILLIAM MURDOCH MCKENZIE (on and from 21st September, 1896) .. .. .. Waipu.

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th September, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
WILLIAM MARTIN
to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Oamaru.
J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Public Trustee appointed.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 16th September, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has this day been pleased to appoint
JAMES CROSBY MARTIN, Esq.,
to be the Public Trustee, under "The Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894," vice J. K. Warburton, Esq., appointed to the office of Controller and Auditor-General.
R. J. SEDDON.

Government Advances to Settlers Office Superintendent appointed.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 16th September, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
JOHN McGOWAN, Esq.,
to be Government Advances to Settlers Office Superintendent, as from the 14th instant, vice J. K. Warburton, Esq., appointed to the office of Controller and Auditor-General.
R. J. SEDDON.

Clerk of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th September, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
ALEXANDER MILLAR EYES
to be Clerk of the District, Magistrate's, and Warden's Courts, and Receiver of Gold Revenue, and Mining Registrar, at Lawrence, from the 11th September instant, vice H. J. Abel, deceased.
T. THOMPSON.

Members of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th September, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
WILLIAM GIBBS and
GEORGE TALBOT
to be members of the Licensing Committee for the District of City of Nelson, vice G. B. Sinclair and R. McRae.
T. THOMPSON.

Justice of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th September, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
WILLIAM JOHNSTON, Esq.,
of Leeston, to be a Justice of the Peace for the colony.
T. THOMPSON.

Coroner appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th September, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
THOMAS HENRY WHITE, Esq., J.P.,
of Huntly, to be a Coroner within the colony.
T. THOMPSON,

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th September, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by
EDWARD SMITH, Esq.,
of Colyton, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the colony.
T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officer transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th September, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the transfer of
LIEUTENANT ROBERT GEORGE COX
from the "Auckland City Rifle Volunteers" to the "Victoria Rifle Volunteers," under paragraph 56, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, and with effect from the 21st August, 1896.
T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th September, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commissions held by the under-mentioned officers:—

Christ's College Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Edward Rogers Webb. Date of resignation, 24th August, 1896.

Kaitangata Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Robert Brown. Date of resignation, 24th August, 1896.
T. THOMPSON.

Revoking Appointment of Crown Lands Ranger, Otago.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 15th September, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to revoke the appointment of
WILLIAM SANSON
as a Ranger of Crown Lands for the Land District of Otago, and acting within that portion of the district known as the Tuapeka Commonage.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.