Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th December, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT BURNS, Esq.,
H. S. FISH, Junior, Esq.,
THOMAS HILL, Esq.,

as Members of the Central Board of Health for the Province of Otago.

G. M. WATERHOUSE,
(for the Hon. Colonial Secretary).

Justice of the Peace appointed.

Office of the Minister of Justice,
Wellington, 9th December, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ANDREW MARCER, Esq.,

of Dunedin, to be a Justice of the Peace for the Colony.

JOHN BATHGATE.

Inquiry for Missing Person.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 9th December, 1872.

INQUIRIES having been made respecting a person named Albert Henry Steel, a native of Bury St. Edmunds, England, aged 30, 5 feet 8 inches, of medium build, slightly lame, of sallow complexion, with dark hair and whiskers, who is supposed to have left Melbourne with Volunteers for New Zealand, under Colonel Pitt ;

Any one who can give any information respecting him is requested to communicate with this office.

By command,
G. S. COOPER,
Under Secretary.

Note.—The above notice is republished in consequence of the name “Street” having been printed instead of “Steel” in last week’s Gazette.

(From the New Zealand Gazette, No. 66, December 19, 1872.)

Resignation of a Justice of the Peace Accepted.

Office of the Minister of Justice,
Wellington, 7th December, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

WILLIAM STEWART, Esq.,

of Blenheim, Otago, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Colony.

JOHN BATHGATE.

Clerk of the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Dunedin, appointed.

Office of the Minister of Justice,
Wellington, 15th December, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM PATRICK STUART, Esq.,

to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Dunedin from and after the 1st January prox., vice Thomas Calcott, Esq., resigned.

JOHN BATHGATE.

Deputy Harbor Master Appointed.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 12th Dec., 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE MILNE

to be Deputy Harbor Master for the Port of Waikawa, Province of Otago.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.

Districts under “Marriage Act Amendment Act, 1859.”

(L.S.) G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

PALMERSTON DISTRICT.

Comprises all that area bounded towards the north-east by the Otepopo Registration District; towards the south-east by the ocean; towards the south-west by Pleasant River from its outlet to a point due east of Mount Pleasant; towards the south by a straight line extending due east and west from Pleasant River to the north branch of the Waikouaiti River, and passing across Mount Pleasant; and towards the west by the Waikouaiti River and the Hyde Registration District.

WAIKOUAITI DISTRICT.

Comprises all that area bounded towards the north-west by Hyde Registration District; towards the north-east by the Palmerston Registration District; towards the south-east by the ocean; and towards the south and south-west by the Dunedin, North Taieri, and West Taieri Registration Districts.

And I do declare that this Proclamation shall come into operation and take effect on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.

Districts under “Registration Act, 1868.”

(L.S.) G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

PALMERSTON DISTRICT.

Comprises all that area bounded towards the north-east by the Otepopo Registration District; towards the south-east by the ocean; towards the south-west by Pleasant River from its outlet to a point due east of Mount Pleasant; towards the south by a straight line extending due east and west from Pleasant River to the north branch of the Waikouaiti River, and passing across Mount Pleasant; and towards the west by the Waikouaiti River and the Hyde Registration District.

WAIKOUAITI DISTRICT.

Comprises all that area bounded towards the north-west by Hyde Registration District; towards the north-east by the Palmerston Registration District; towards the south-east by the ocean; and towards the south and south-west by the Dunedin, North Taieri, and West Taieri Registration Districts.

And I do declare that this Proclamation shall come into operation and take effect on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.