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Walton-le-dale ............Preston...........Lancaster
Weaverham ............Northwich ........Chester
Whitworth............Rochdale...........Lancaster
Woolhampton ............Reading ............Berks

SCOTLAND.
3. A Money Order Office will be opened
at—
Ardrishaig ............Head Office. County.
Lochgilphead ... Argyle

IRELAND.
4. Money Order Offices will be opened
at—
Ballintra............Head Office. County.
Donegal Donegal
Coolany ............Ballisodare ........Sligo
Hacketstown ............Athy ............Carlow

By Command of the Postmaster-General,
J. TILLEY,
Secretary.
General Post Office,
26th March, 1864.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Native Department).
Auckland, 21st June, 1864.

I T is hereby notified that the Native Title
has been extinguished over the Block of
Land whereof the boundaries are mentioned
or described in the schedule hereunto annexed.
WILLIAM FOX.

SCHEDULE.
DISTRICT OF KAIPARA.
Mareretu Block, containing 27,500 Acres.
Boundaries commencing at Manganui
River and following the survey line of Mr.
Charles Knight by the boundary of Wai-
kiekie Block to Ruarangi, thence by the
boundary of Ruarangi to Waipu, thence by
Waipu to Piroa, thence by Piroa to Maun-
gaturoto, thence by Maungaturoto to
Paparoa, thence by Paparoa to Matakohe,
and by Matakohe to Manganui River, the
point of commencement.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Native Department).
Auckland, 29th June, 1864.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
ROBERT MAIR, ESQ.,
to lay information under the "Native Land
Purchase Ordinance," Session VII., No. 19.
WILLIAM FOX.

MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS.

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland, 28th June, 1864.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to make the following appoint-
ments, viz.:-
In the Auckland Naval Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant Charles Stephenson to be
Lieutenant. Date of Commission, 24th
June, 1864.
Alfred Barchard to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of Commission, 24th June, 1864.

In the Taranaki Militia.
Lieutenant and Paymaster Thomas Hemp-
ton to have the rank of Captain. Date of
Commission, 1st March, 1864.

In the Wellington Militia.
Lieutenant Alfred Hickson to be Captain.
Date of Commission, 24th June, 1864.
Lieutenant Robert Hunter to be Captain.
Date of Commission, 25th June, 1864.
Lieutenant John Tully to be Captain.
Date of Commission, 27th June, 1864.
Lieutenant Walter Johnston to be Captain.
Date of Commission, 28th June, 1864.
Ensign Houston Francis Logan to be
Lieutenant. Date of Commission, 24th
June, 1864.
Ensign Robert Pharazyn to be Lieutenant.
Date of Commission, 25th June, 1864.
Ensign Frederick Hickson to be Lieuten-
ant. Date of Commission, 27th June, 1864.
James Carter to be Ensign. Date of
Commission, 24th June, 1864.
George Henry Luxford to be Ensign.
Date of Commission, 25th June, 1864.
Edward Septimus Izard to be Ensign
Date of Commission, 27th June, 1864.

In the Victoria Troop, Rangitikei Cavalry
Volunteers.
Lieutenant Arthur William Follett Hal-
combe to be Captain. Date of Commission,
1st June, 1864.
Cornet Lawrence Daniell to be Lieutenant.
Date of Commission, 1st June, 1864.
Alexander McDonald to be Cornet. Date
of Commission, 1st June, 1864.

In the Wanganui Militia.
William Sergeant to be Ensign. Date of
Commission, 17th June, 1864.
T. RUSSELL.

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland, 28th June, 1864.

TIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to accept the undermen tioned
resignations, viz. :-
Captain Hugh Alexander George Ross,
Victoria Troop, Rangitikei Cavalry Volun-
teers.
Ensign Richard Collins, Wellington Mi-
litia.
T. RUSSELL.

Registrar-General's Office,
Auckland, 29th June, 1864.

P URSUANT 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 names of OFFICIATING MINISTERS,
within the meaning of the said Act, are pub-
lished for general information:—
Free Church of Scotland.
The Reverend JOHN ALLAN,
The Reverend MICHAEL WATT.
I, JOHN B. BENNETT, Registrar-General
of Births, Deaths, and Marriages in New
Zealand, do hereby certify that the foregoing