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3. Each Battalion shall be divided into three
   classes. The first class shall consist of all un-
   married 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.

4. The men of the several classes shall be
   formed by the Senior Officer of each Battalion
   into one or more Company or 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, 3rd July, 1861.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 3rd July, 1861.

THE following Act passed by the General
Assembly of New Zealand in the Ses-
sion held in the twenty-fourth year of the
reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, in-
tituled,-

"An Act for preventing desertion and other
"misconduct of Seamen belonging to
"Foreign Ships,"

having been laid before the Queen in con-
formity with the provisions of the "Consti-
tution Act," Her Majesty has been graciously
pleased to leave the same to its operation.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 3rd July, 1861.

IT is hereby notified that a Writ issued for
the election of a Member to serve in the
House of Representatives for the District of
the Suburbs of Nelson, has been returned with
an endorsement thereon to the effect that

WILLIAM WELLS, of Suburban North
has been duly elected.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 3rd July, 1861.

IT is hereby notified that Writs issued for
the Election of Members of the Provincial
Council for the Province of Taranaki, have been
returned with certificates to the effect that

For the Town of New Plymouth—
James Yems,
Francis Ullathorn Gledhill,
Edward Larwell Humphries,
George Yates Lethbridge,

For the District of Omata—
John Joseph Looney,
George Curtis,
Tom Newsham,
George Rutt Burton,

have been duly elected.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 2nd July, 1861.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to relieve the Members of the
Auckland Cavalry Guard Volunteers from
service, before the term for which they were
enrolled expires, aud to express to Captain
Beckham, the Officers, and Members of the
Troop, his approbation of their conduct and
zeal in the performance of their duties for the
benefit of the Province.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 2nd July, 1861.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to dispense with the services of

Captain JAMES AITKINSON,
of No. 1 Company, Canterbury Rifle Volun-
teers, and his Commission in the above force
is cancelled from this date.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 2nd July, 1861.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

Captain WILLIAM DOUGLAS HALL BAILLIE
to be Adjutant of the Marlborough Militia
District. Date of Commission—26th June,
1861.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 2nd July, 1861.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to make the following appoint-
ment in the Auckland Coast Guard Volun-
teers:-

GEORGE SAMUEL GRAHAM, to be 2nd Lieut.
Date of Commission 24th June, 1861, vice
Stephenson, resigned.

E. W. STAFFORD.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW
ZEALAND.

In the Estate of Jerome Murphy, of Auck-
land, deceased intestate.

PURSUANT to the rule of this Honorable
Court, the Creditors of the above-named
Intestate are, on or before the 16th day of
August next, to come in and prove their Debts
before Thomas Outhwaite, Esquire, Registrar
of the said Court, at his office in the Court
House, Queen-street, Auckland; or in default
thereof they will be peremptorily excluded
from all benefit arising from the said Estate.

THOMAS OUTHWAITE, Registrar.

Supreme Court Office,
Auckland, 16th May, 1861.