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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 20

Returning Officers, Ashburton and Invercargill Electoral Districts, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 20th February, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint the following persons to be Returning Officers, under “The Electoral Act, 1893,” for the districts set opposite their names :—

Name. District.
THOMAS WILLIAM TAYLER .. .. Ashburton.
JAMES ROLAND COLYER .. .. Invercargill.

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Clerk of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th February, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM GEORGE PRING O’CALLAGHAN

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s and Warden’s Courts and Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrar at Dunedin, and also to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the Districts of City of Dunedin and Caversham, from the 22nd February instant, vice A. S. B. Forster, retired.

T. THOMPSON.

Cadet appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th February, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

ANDREW THOMPSON

to be a cadet in the Magistrate’s Court at Clyde from the 20th instant.

T. THOMPSON.

School Commissioner appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 18th February, 1897.

PURSUANT to “The Education Reserves Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1882,” His Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

T. HUMPHRIES, Esq.,

to be a School Commissioner for the Provincial District of Nelson, vice J. S. Browning, Esq., resigned.

W. C. WALKER.

Land Transfer Officer appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 20th February, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

HECTOR RICHMOND RIDDELL, Esq.,

to be Assistant Land Registrar at Gisborne, on and from the 22nd day of February, 1897.

W. C. WALKER.

Appointment of Persons to act on the Committee for the Management of the Otiake Portion of the Waitaki Islands.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 17th February, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has, in terms of clause 2 of the regulations for the management of the Otiake portion of the Waitaki Islands, dated the 11th September, 1895, approved of the following persons acting on the Committee for the care, management, and protection of the Otiake portion of the said Waitaki Islands, viz. :—

MALCOLM MCKELLAR, of Otekaike, Stationmaster (re-elected),
JOHN MOLLOY, of Hakataramea, hotelkeeper (re-elected),
and
THOMAS ALEXANDER MUNRO, of Kurow, livery-stable keeper ;

in place of the following persons who retired in terms of the said regulations—viz., William Goddard, Malcolm McKellar, and John Molloy.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Members of Auckland Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 8th February, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased, in pursuance of the provisions of section 7 of “The Auckland Harbour Board Act, 1885,” to appoint

ALFRED EDWARD TYRRELL DEVORE and
WILLIAM JOSEPH NAPIER

to be members of the Auckland Harbour Board.

A. J. CADMAN,
For Minister of Marine.

Member of Auckland Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased, in pursuance of the provisions of section 41 of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, to appoint

MALCOLM NICCOL

to be a member of the Auckland Harbour Board, the Borough Council of the Borough of Devonport having failed, on the second Monday in February instant, to elect a member as required by section 6 of “The Auckland Harbour Board Act, 1885.”

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Marine.

Member of Thames Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased, in pursuance of the provisions of section 41 of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, to appoint

LEMUEL JOHN BAGNALL

to be a member of the Thames Harbour Board, the Piako County Council having neglected, on the second Monday in February instant, to elect a member as required by section 6 of “The Thames Harbour Board Act, 1890.”

A. J. CADMAN,
For Minister of Marine.

Member of Thames Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased, in pursuance of the provisions of section 40 of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, to appoint

HARRY CAMERON GILLESPIE

to be a member of the Thames Harbour Board, in place of William Henry Potts, resigned.

A. J. CADMAN,
For Minister of Marine.

Member of Lyttelton Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased, in pursuance and exercise of all the powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, to appoint

ALBERT PARSONS

to be a member of the Lyttelton Harbour Board, the Council of the County of Ashley having neglected, on the second Monday in February instant, to elect one member, as required by subsection (8) of section 4 of “The Lyttelton Harbour Board Act, 1882.”

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister of Marine.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Moa Road District, County of Taranaki.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th February, 1897.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Moa Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.