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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Appointment of Lieut. James Hirst, Ensign
John Kelly and Ensign A. Standish, to frank and receive Official Letters and
Taranaki Militia.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 23rd March, 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to make the following appoint-
ments in the "Taranaki Militia."

ENSIGN JAMES HIRST
to be Lieutenant. Date of Commission—23rd
March, 1863.

MR. JOHN KELLY
to be Ensign. Date of Commission—23rd
March, 1863.

MR. ARTHUR STANDISH
to be Ensign. Date of Commission—24th
March, 1863.

READER WOOD,
In the absence of Mr. Domett.

Resignation of Captain I. N. Watt, Tara-
naki Naval Volunteers.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 23rd March, 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to accept the resignation of
CAPTAIN ISAAC NEWTON WATT,
"Taranaki Rifle Volunteers."

READER WOOD,
In the absence of Mr. Domett.

Resignation of Ensign Wm. Crowther
Marlborough Rangers Volunteers.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 24th March, 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to accept the resignation of
Ensign WILLIAM CROWTHER
of the "Marlborough Rangers Volunteers."

READER WOOD,
In the absence of Mr. Domett.

Resident Magistrate appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Judicial Department,
Auckland, 10th March, 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
EDWIN RICH, Esq., J.P.,
of Clutha, in the Province of Otago, to be a
Resident Magistrate, under the Resident Ma-
gistrates Ordinance. This appointment to date
from the 7th of March instant.

READER WOOD,
In the absence of Mr. Domett.

POSTAL.

Superintendents of Provinces authorised to
frank and receive Official Letters.

General Post Office,
Auckland, 20th March, 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to authorise the

SUPERINTENDENTS OF PROVINCES
to frank and receive Official Letters and
Packets free.

READER WOOD.

POSTAL.

Money Order Branch.

General Post Office,
Auckland, 23rd March, 1863.

NOTICE is hereby given that Money Or-
ders will be issued on and after this
date at any Money Order Office in New Zea-
land for the transmission of Money to the
Colony of New South Wales.
Commission will be charged on Money Or-
ders issued at the following rates, viz.:—
For any sum not exceeding £5 ...... 1s. Od.
Above £5 and not exceeding £10 ......2s. Od.
No single Order will be issued for a greater
amount than £10.

Money Orders may be obtained and be made
payable at the following places, viz. :—
Albury,
Armidale,
Bathurst,
Berrima,
Braidwood,
Campbelltown,
Deniliquin,
Forbes,
Goulbourn,
Gundagai,
Grafton,
Kiama,
Maitland, East
Do. West,
Mudgee,
Newcastle,
Orange,
Parramatta,
Penrith
Singleton,
Shoalhaven,
Scone,
Sydney,
Tamworth,
Windsor,
Wollongong,
Yass,
Young.

Money Orders may be issued for any sum
not exceeding ten pounds (£10); but no per-
son will be entitled to demand or receive more
than one Money Order, payable to any one
person, upon the same day, at any one of the
places hereinbefore mentioned.

Full particulars as to Forms, &c., will be
supplied to the public on application at any
Money Order Office.

READER WOOD,
For the Postmaster General.

Registrar-General's Office,
Auckland, 19th March, 1863.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act
of the General Assembly of New Zea-
land, passed in the eighteenth year of the reign
of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled
"The Marriage Act, 1854," the following
name of an OFFICIATING MINISTER, within
the meaning of the said Act, is published for
general information :—

Congregational Independents.
The Reverend BENJAMIN DRAKE.

I, JOHN B. BENNETT, Registrar-General
of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, in New
Zealand, do hereby certify that the foregoing
NAME of an OFFICIATING MINISTER, within