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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS.

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland, 6th April, 1864.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to make the following appoint-
ment, viz.:—

WILLIAM BLAKE GRAHAM
to be Captain and Adjutant of Militia and
Volunteers in the Dunedin Militia District.
Date of Commission—April 2nd, 1864.
T. RUSSELL.

Blockade of the Port of Tauranga on the
East Coast.

IT is hereby Notified, that the Naval Autho-
rities have been requested to maintain a
strict Blockade of the Port of Tauranga, and
not to allow Supplies of any kind to be landed
there except for the use of the Troops.
T. RUSSELL.

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland, 2nd April, 1864.

Reward for Apprehension of a Deserter
from H.M.S. Curaçoa.

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland, 2nd April, 1864.
NOTICE is hereby given, that in addition
to the usual Reward granted by the
Naval Authorities, the sum of £10 will be
paid by the Government for the apprehen-
sion of the undermentioned Deserter from
H.M.S. "Curaçoa" :—
Name..................Robert Piper.
Date of Desertion... March 23rd, 1864.
Rating................Caulker.
Date of Birth......... 4th January, 1835.
Where born
London, Middlesex.
Height
6 feet, 1½ inch.
Hair
.Light.
Eyes
Grey.
Complexion
Fair.
Former Ships........."Victory," "Hannibal."
WM. SEED.

POSTAL.

Alterations in Money Order Offices.

General Post Office,
Auckland, 31st March 1864.
THE following Notice, received from the
General Post Office, London, respecting
alterations in Money Order Offices, is pub-
lished for general information.
THOMAS BANNATYNE GILLIES,
Postmaster-General.

MONEY ORDER OFFICES.
On the 1st January the following altera-
tions will be made, viz. :—

ENGLAND.

1. Money Order Offices will be opened in
   London and its Suburbs at—
   Manchester Road (Isle of Dogs)......
   Down (Kent)........................

2. The Money Order Offices now known
   as "Brompton Row, S.W." and "Bridge
   Road, Lambeth, S.," will in future be desig-
   nated, respectively, "Brompton Road, S.W.,"
   and "Westminster Bridge Road, S."

3. Money Order Offices will be opened in
   the Country at—

Head Office County
Armley ................Leeds ................York
Astley Bridge ... Bolton ................Lancaster
Aylesford ............Maidstone ............Kent
Beverley Road,
R.O. ................Hull ................York
Burley ................Otley ................York
Cannington Bridgewater ............Somerset
Chapel-Allerton Leeds ................York
Duckinfield Ashton-under-
Lyne ................Chester
Earlestown Warrington ............Lancaster
Edge Hill, R.O. Liverpool ............Lancaster
Egerton ................Bolton ................Lancaster
Feltwell ................Brandon ................Norfolk
Garforth ................Leeds ................York
Harby ................Melton MowbrayLeicester
Hollinwood Manchester ............Lancaster
Lakenheath Soham ................Suffolk
Lees ................Manchester ............Lancaster
Little Lever ............Bolton ................Lancaster
Maghull ................Liverpool ............Lancaster
Mickleham ............Dorking ................Surrey
Mold Green Huddersfield York
New Mill Huddersfield York
Prestbury Macclesfield Chester
Snape Saxmundham ...Suffolk
Waltham Melton MowbrayLeicester
Withington Manchester Lancaster

4. The Money Order Office at Preston
   (Brighton) is abolished.

SCOTLAND.
5. Money Order Offices will be opened at—

Head Office County
Alva ................Stirling ................Stirling
Lochearnhead ... Crieff ................Perth

IRELAND.
6. Money Order Offices will be opened at—

Head Office County
Belleek ................Enniskillen ............Ferma-
nagh
Cliffoney ................Sligo ................Sligo
Louisburgh ...... Westport ................Mayo
Malone Road,
R.O. ................Belfast ................Antrim
Moynalty ................Kells ................Meath
Oylgate. ............Enniscorthy ............Wexford
Skerries ................Balbriggan ............Dublin.
Waterside, R.O. Londonderry ............London-
derry

7. The Money Order Offices at Six Mile
   Bridge (County Clare) and Abbeyfeale
   (Limerick) are abolished.
   By command of the Postmaster-General,
   ROWLAND HILL,
   Secretary.

General Post Office,
26th December, 1863.