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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

2. The boundaries of the Wellington Bat-
   talion Division shall comprise the City of Wel-
   lington and its Suburbs, with all other parts of
   the Wellington Militia District not contained
   within the Electoral District of the Hutt, for the
   election of Members for the House of Repre-
   sentatives.

3. The boundaries of the Hutt Battalion
   Division shall be those prescribed for the Hutt
   Electoral District, as described in the schedule
   to the "Representation Act, 1860."

The Militiamen residing in each of the
above-named Battalion divisions shall be divided
into three classes. The first class shall consist
of all unmarried men and all widowers without
children, between the ages of sixteen years and
forty years, both inclusive, who shall be called
the first class service men.

The second class shall consist of all married
men and widowers with children, between the
same ages, who shall be called second
class service men; and the third class shall consist
of all men between the ages of forty years and
fifty-five years, who shall be called the reserve
men.

The men of each class shall be formed by
the Senior Officer of each Battalion into Com-
panies, he having regard in such formation to
secure as far as possible contiguity of resid-
ence of the men in each Company.

T. GORE BROWNE.

Government House,
Auckland, 10th June, 1861.

NAPIER MILITIA REGULATIONS.
B Y virtue and in exercise of the authority
in me vested by the Militia Act, 1858,
and the Militia Act Amendment Act, 1860, I,
Thomas Gore Browne, Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, do hereby make and issue the
following Orders for the regulation of the Na-
pier Battalion of Militia :-

The Napier Battalion shall consist of the
whole Napier Militia District, and be divided
into Companies, at the discretion of the officer
commanding the Militia in the said District.

The Militiamen resident therein shall be
divided into three classes, the first class shall
consist of all unmarried men and all widowers
without children between the ages of sixteen
years and forty years, both inclusive, who shall
be called the first class service men.

The second class shall consist of all married
men and widowers with children between the
same ages, who shall be called second class
service men; and the third class shall consist of
all men between the ages of forty years and
fifty-five years, who shall be called the reserve
men.

The men of each class shall be formed by the
Senior Officer of the Battalion into Companies,
he having regard in such formation to secure, as
far as possible, contiguity of residence of the
men in each Company.

T. GORE BROWNE.

Government House,
Auckland, 10th June, 1861.

NELSON MILITIA REGULATIONS.
B Y virtue and in exercise of the authority
in me vested by the Militia Act, 1858,
and the Militia Act Amendment Act, 1860,
I, Thomas Gore Browne, Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, do hereby make and
issue the following Orders for the regulation of
the Nelson Regiment of Militia:-

The Nelson Regiment of Militia shall be
divided into two Battalions.

The 1st Battalion Division shall comprise
the Town of Nelson, suburban North, and
suburban South, bounded as follows:-

South-By the stream at Stoke (suburban
South) and a straight line continued in the
same direction from its source to the boundary
line of the Province of Marlborough.

East-By the Province of Marlborough to
Mount Duppa (suburban North).

North-By a stream from Mount Duppa
falling into Blind Bay.

West-By the waters of Blind Bay.

The 2nd Battalion Division shall include
Waimea East, Waimea South, Waimea West,
Moutere, and Motueka, having the following
boundaries:-

North-By the waters of Blind Bay, the
stream at Stoke (suburban South), and a line
continued in the same direction from its source
to the boundary of the Marlborough Province.

East-By a line thence to the head of Quail
Valley.

South and West-By a line thence to Fox
Hill, thence to the junction of the Wanga-
pika with the Motueka River, thence to the
head of the Rewaka, and down that river to
the sea.

The Militiamen resident in each Battalion
Division shall be divided into three classes.
The first class shall consist of all unmarried
men, and all widowers without children, between
the ages of sixteen years and forty years, both
inclusive, who shall be called the first class
service men.

The second class shall consist of all married
men and widowers with children between
the same ages, who shall be called second
class service men; and the third class shall
consist of all men between the ages of forty
years and fifty-five years, who shall be called
the reserve men.

The men of each class shall be formed by
the Senior Officer of the Regiment into
Companies, he having regard in such formation
to secure, as far as possible, contiguity of
residence of the men in each Company.

T. GORE BROWNE.

Government House,
Auckland, 10th June, 1861.

£300 REWARD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 5th June, 1861.

W HEREAS the Governor has been in-
formed that the Natives are being
supplied with Gunpowder and other Warlike