THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 509

POSTAL.

Appointment of Postmasters.

General Post-office.
Auckland, 19th Nov., 1863.

IN virtue of the powers delegated to me by
His Excellency the Governor, the follow-
ing Appointments have been made in the
Service of the Colony.

HAWKE'S BAY.
John Joseph Kelly, to be Postmaster at
Patangata, from the 2nd November, 1863.

CANTERBURY.
Norah Walters, to be Postmistress, at the
South Bank of the Rakaia, from the 1st
October, 1863.
Joseph Hopkins, to be Postmaster at Ferry
Road, from the 1st October, 1863.
Randall Woodhouse, to be Postmaster at
Kowai, from the 1st November, 1863.

AUCKLAND.
Alfred N. Brown, to be Postmaster at Tau-
ranga, from the 1st October, 1863.
Robert Dewolf, to be Postmaster at New
ton, from the 21st October, 1863.
John T. Mellsop, to be Postmaster at
Mauku, from the 19th July, 1863.
John Krippner, to be Postmaster at Orewa,
from the 1st November, 1863.
Corporal Henry Newman, H.M. 40th
Regiment, to be Postmaster at Queen's Re-
doubt.

OTAGO.
Alexander McLean, to be Postmaster at
North Taieri, from the 1st October, 1863.
Albert Webster, to be Postmaster at
Arthur's Point, from the 19th September,
1863.
Henry W. Penyman, to be Postmaster at
Maori Point, from the 19th September, 1863.
George Carr Chapman, to be Postmaster
at Waikouaiti, from the 1st September, 1863.
James Swanson, to be Postmaster at
Black's Diggings, from the 1st October,
1863.
Andrew Chapman, to be Postmaster at
Kaitangata, from the 15th September, 1863.
George Crichton Tait, to be Postmaster at
Tokomairiro, from the 16th August, 1863.
Robert Christie, to be Postmaster at
Puarua, from the 11th October, 1863.
George Wallbranch Payne, to be Post-
master at Linburn, from the 9th October,
1863.

NELSON.
James William Morris, to be Postmaster
at Amuri, from the 1st December, 1863.

SOUTHLAND.
Robert Campbell, to be Postmaster at
Stanley, from the 1st October, 1863.

THOMAS BANNATYNE GILLIES,
Postmaster-General,

General Post Office,
Auckland, 20th Nov., 1863.
NOTICE is Hereby Given that, on and
after the 1st January, 1864, all Post
Offices in the Colony will be open for busi-
ness to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

T. B. GILLIES,
Postmaster-General.

POSTAL.

MONEY ORDER BRANCH.

Post Offices at Port Chalmers and Waikouaiti,
in the Province of Otago, to be Money Order
Offices.

General Post Office,
Auckland, 13th November, 1863.
NOTICE is hereby given that His Excel-
lency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint the Post Offices at Port Chalmers
and Waikouaiti to be Money Order Offices,
for the issue and payment of Money Orders,
from the 1st December, 1863.

THOMAS BANNATYNE GILLIES,
Postmaster-General.

MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS.

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland, 27th Nov., 1863.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to make the following appoint-
ments, viz.:-

In the Auckland Militia.
Lieutenant William Jackson to be Captain.
Date of Commission, Nov. 9th, 1863.
Ensign Gustavus Ferdinand Von Tempsky
to be Captain. Date of Commission,
Nov. 10th, 1863.
Harvey Spiller to be Lieutenant. Date of
Commission, 19th Oct., 1863.
Archer Knopwood Gregson to be Lieutenant.
Date of Commission, 24th Oct., 1863.
Ensign Frederick Nelson to be Lieutenant.
Date of Commission, 9th Nov., 1863.
George Scott Chiene to be Ensign. Date of
Commission, 7th Nov., 1863.
James Tatten Brockman Fraser to be En-
sign. Date of Commission, 16th Nov.,
1863.
John Ryburn Buckley to be Ensign. Date
of Commission, 17th Nov., 1863.
John MacIntosh Roberts to be Ensign.
Date of Commission, Nov. 23rd, 1863.
Charles Westrup to be Ensign. Date of
Commission, Nov. 26th, 1863.

In the "Auckland Troop Royal Cavalry
Volunteers.
Cornet James Foley to be Lieutenant. Date
of Commission, 13th Nov., 1863.
William Marks to be Cornet, vice Foley pro-
moted. Date of Commission, 27th Nov.,
1863.

In the "Taranaki Rifle Volunteers."
Richard George Clarke Spence to be Surgeon.
Date of Commission, 12th Nov., 1863.