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Present:

THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

In pursuance and exercise of the power and authority in him vested for this purpose, His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony, doth hereby appoint the Town of New Plymouth, City of Dunedin, and the Town of Invercargill, in the respective Provinces of Taranaki, Otago, and Southland, to be the places at which —

William Smith Atkinson,
Alfred Rowland Chetham Strode, and
Frederick Nutter,

Esquires, the persons appointed to be Curators of Intestate Estates within the said Provinces and Districts shall keep their respective offices.

Forster Goring,
Clerk of the Executive.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 19th December, 1867.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned gentleman to be Resident Magistrate, under “The Resident Magistrates’ Act, 1867,” for the district, set opposite his name, as the same is defined in the proclamation dated the 29th day of November last:—

Josiah Flight, Esq., New Plymouth District.

E. W. Stafford.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 19th December, 1867.

It is intended that a proclamation shall be issued, as soon as possible after the 1st January next, extending the jurisdiction of the district hereinafter mentioned to the limit set opposite to the name of such district:—

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E. W. Stafford.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 19th December, 1867.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

William Smith Atkinson,

Esquire, to be Curator of Intestate Estates in the Province and District of Taranaki.

This appointment to date from the 1st January, 1868.

E. W. Stafford.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 30th December, 1867.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the following gentlemen to be a Medical Assessor under the provisions of “The Medical Practitioners’ Act, 1867,” viz.:—

In the Province of Taranaki.

Thomas Edward Rawson, M.D.

E. W. Stafford.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 31st December, 1867.

The following gentlemen have been appointed a Local Board under the regulations respecting examination under “The Civil Service Act, 1866,” of candidates for the Civil Service:—

At New Plymouth—
J. Flight,
S. P. King.

E. W. Stafford.

G. Grey, Governor.

In pursuance of the power in me vested by “The Public Revenues Act, 1867,” I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the undermentioned persons to be Paymasters for the services hereinafter specified.

For Services.

For Customs Department and Special Services, Taranaki—Richard Chilman.
For Postal Services, Taranaki—E. B. Dickson.
For Departments of Law and Justice, Taranaki—Josiah Flight.
For Registration of Deeds, Taranaki—S. P. King.
For Native Services, Taranaki—Robert Parris.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir George Grey, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, at Auckland, this twenty-sixth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.

J. Richardson.

Native Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th January, 1868.

It is hereby notified for public information that the undermentioned Suburban allotments adjoining the Township of Raleigh (Waitara), will be offered for sale by Auction on Saturday, the 15th day of February, 1868, at the upset prices named in the Schedule here unto attached. The sale will be held at the Taranaki Institute, New Plymouth, and will commence at twelve o’clock in the morning.

E. W. Stafford.