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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Sub-Treasurers in various Provinces to
receive Petitions under "Patents Act,
1860."

Clarence Edward Vickers to be Ensign, date
of Commission, 4th July, 1863.
Thomas Tunks to be Paymaster and Quarter-
master, date of Commission, 4th July,
1863.
Charles Hamilton to be Assistant Surgeon,
date of Commission, 4th July, 1863.

ALFRED DOMETT.

MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS.

Appointment of Lieut. Howard and
Surgeon Hovell.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 3rd July 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to make the following appoint-
ments in the Third Battalion of the Auckland
Militia:-

Frederick Howard to be Lieutenant, Date of
Commission, 3rd July, 1863.
Charles Hovell, M.D. to be Surgeon, date of
Commission, 3rd July, 1863.

ALFRED DOMETT.

H. R. Richmond, Esq., appointed Receiver of
Land Revenue.

Treasury, Auckland,
26th June, 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
HENRY ROBERT RICHMOND, Esq., J.P.,
to be Receiver of Land Revenue for the Pro-
vince of Taranaki, vice William Halse, Esq.,
resigned. This appointment to date from the
1st July, 1863.

READER WOOD.

POSTAL.

The Chief Post Office of the Province of
Canterbury to be transferred from Lyttel-
ton to Christchurch.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint the Sub-Treasurers
in the various Provinces (except Auckland,
where Dr. Knight holds the appointment,) to
receive petitions from persons desirous of ob-
taining Letters Patent under the Patents Act,
1860.

ALFRED DOMETT.

James Hunter Campbell, Esq., appointed a
Justice of the Peace.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Judicial Department,
Auckland, 24th June, 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
JAMES HUNTER CAMPBELL, Esq.,
to be a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of
New Zealand.

ALFRED DOMETT.

Jas. Hunter Campbell, Esq., J.P., appointed
Resident Magistrate.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Judicial Department,
Auckland, 24th June, 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
JAMES HUNTER CAMPBELL, Esq., J.P.,
of Napier, in the Province of Hawke's Bay, to
be a Resident Magistrate under the Resident
Magistrate's Court Ordinanee.

ALFRED DOMETT.

MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS.

Appointment of Officers.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 3rd July, 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to make the following appoint-
ments in the First Battalion of the Auckland
Regiment of Militia :-

Captain William McGhee Hunter, (from the
Auckland Rifle Volunteers), to be Captain.
Date of Commission, 2nd July, 1863.
William Moir, to be Captain. Date of Com-
mission, 3rd July, 1863.
Sydenham Snow, to be Captain. Date of
Commission, 4th July, 1863.
George William Yates, to be Lieutenant.
Date of Commission, 2nd July, 1863.
Ralph Edward Alfred Sleigh, to be Ensign.
Date of Commission, 1st July, 1863.
James Russell, to be Ensign, date of Com-
mission, 2nd July, 1863.
Cholwell Dean Pitt to be Ensign, date of
Commission, 3rd July, 1863.

General Post Office,
Auckland, 27th June, 1863.

NOTICE is hereby given that on and after
the 1st of January, 1864, the Chief
Post Office of the Province of Canterbury will
be removed from Lyttelton to Christchurch.

READER WOOD,
For the Postmaster General.

POSTAL.

General Post Office,
Auckland, 26th June, 1863.

THE following notice is published for
general information.

READER WOOD,
For the Postmaster-General.