THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 215

COMMISSIONER UNDER THE "PEN-
SIONERS' CLAIMS ACT, 1861."
F. D. Bell, Esq., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 20th June, 1862.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

F. D. BELL, Esq.,
to be a Commissioner under the "Pensioners'
Claims Act, 1861," to receive and dispose of
claims under the said Act.

WILLIAM Fox.

MILITIA.

Appointment in Taranaki Militia.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 20th June, 1862.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to make the following appoint-
ment in the "Taranaki" Militia :-
James Hirst, to be Ensign.--Date of Com-
mission, 14th June, 1862.

WILLIAM Fox.

Appointment of Officers of Rifle Volun-
teers.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 20th June, 1862.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to make the following appoint-
ments in the "Wanganui" Rifle Volunteers:-

No. 1 Company.
Frederick R. Parkes, to be Captain.-Date
of Commission, 12th June, 1862.
Edward T. Broughton, to be Lieutenant.-
Date of Commission, 12th June, 1862.
George Bedoen, to be Ensign.-Date of
Commission, 12th June, 1862.

No. 2 Company.
George H. Gibson, to be Surgeon.-Date
of Commission, 12th June, 1862.

WILLIAM Fox.

RESIGNATION OF OFFICER OF
RIFLE VOLUNTEERS.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 20th June, 1862.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to accept the resignation of
Ensign JOHN MACDONALD,
No. 3 Company, "Canterbury" Rifle Volun-
teers.

WILLIAM Fox.

ACCEPTED TENDERS.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 20th June, 1862.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following
Tenders have been accepted by the
General Government :-

W. GISBORNE,
Under Secretary.

Edwin Carr, for a Gun Boat, £134 10s. 6d.,
for the use of the Auckland Naval Volunteers.
Cruickshank and Smart, for 50 Picks at
6s. 6d. each, for the use of the Taranaki
Militia.
James and Alexander Mackie, for 30 Wheel-
barrows at £1 15s. each, for the use of the
Taranaki Militia.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE.
R. H. MacGregor, appointed.

Attorney-General's office,
Auckland, 20th June, 1862.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

ROBERT HENRY MACGREGOR, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Resident Magistrate under the Resident
Magistrates' Ordinance.

HENRY SEWELL.

JUSTICES OF PEACE.
Appointments of.

Attorney-Generals's Office,
Auckland, 20th June, 1862.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

Albert James Allom, Esq., Great Barrier
Island,
Thomas Ottery Rayner, Esq., Timaru, Can-
terbury,
James Murison, Esq., Dunedin, Otago,
Gerit Alexander Chalmers, Esq., Molyneaux,
Otago,
John Allen, Esq., Oamaru, Otago,
Edwin Rich, Esq., Clutha, Otago,
James Rolland, Esq., Clutha, Otago,
Henry Clapcott, Esq., Popotunoa, Clutha,
Otago,
John Lillie Gillies, Esq., Tokomairiro,
Otago,
John Dewe, Esq., Tokomairiro, Otago,
John Wallace Murdoch, Esq., Hawkesbury,
Otago,
to be Justices of the Peace for the Colony of
New Zealand.

HENRY SEWELL.

CORONERS.
Appointments of.

Attorney General's Office,
Auckland, 21st June, 1862.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint the following Gen-
tlemen to be Coroners:-

Province of Auckland.
Henry Hanson Turton, Esq., for the Dis-
trict of Coromandel.
William Moir, Esq., for the District of
Mangawai.
Walter Harsant, Esq., for the District of
Raglan.
William Bertram White, Esq., for the
District of Mongonui.