THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 351

Ensign Henry Braithwaite to be Lieutenant. Date
of Commission, 11th August, 1864.
Thomas A. Pearse to be Lieutenant. Date of
Commission, 12th August 1864.

In the "Taita" Rifle Volunteers.
George Hedges to be Ensign. Date of Commission,
11th August, 1864.

In the Dunedin Militia.
John Cargill to be Major. Date of Commission,
16th August, 1864.

In the Invercargill Militia District.
William James Balfour Junor to be Captain and
Adjutant of Militia and Volunteers. Date of
Commission, 11th August, 1864.
T. RUSSELL.

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland, 26th August, 1864.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to accept the following resignations, viz. :—
Lieutenant George Ashton, Auckland Militia.
Ensign Edward S. Izard, Wellington Militia.
Assistant Surgeon Mark Edwin Bullen Nicholson,
Auckland Militia.
T. RUSSELL.

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland, 26th August, 1864.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
dismiss from the Militia service and cancel the
Commissions held by the undermentioned Officers,
viz:-
Captain Henry Elkins Bennett, Auckland Militia.
Captain Thomas Eman, Auckland Militia.
Lieutenant Edward Daniel Lawrence, Auckland
Militia.
T. RUSSELL.

Appointment of J. B. Carr, Esquire, as Chief Clerk
Colonial Defence Department.

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland, 16th August, 1864.
IT is hereby notified that

JOHN BOULBY CARR, Esquire,

has been appointed Chief Clerk in the Colonial De-
fence Department.
This appointment bears date from the 1st instant.
THOMAS RUSSELL.

Wanganui Militia Regulations as amended.

ERRATUM.—In Gazette No. 20, dated 21st May,
1864, 4th paragraph, in last line but one, for
forty-five years read fifty-five years.
T. RUSSELL.

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland, 23rd August, 1864.

Instructions as to Conducting Investigations under
"The Enquiry into Wrecks Act, 1863."

Postmaster General's Office,
Auckland, 29th August, 1864.
THE following instructions are published for the
guidance of Customs' Officers, Magistrates and
others, in conducting investigations under "The
Enquiry into Wrecks Act, 1863."

THOMAS B. GILLIES,
Postmaster-General.

1. Duties of Customs' Officers, &c.
2. Any Customs Officer, or other person authorised
   by the Act who shall apply (§ 7) a to Resident
   Magistrate, or two Justices to hear any case in
   reference to the wreck of any vessel shall make such
   application in writing, stating therein the particulars
   of the case in respect of which such investigation is
   required.
3. The Customs' Officer or other person authorised
   shall before the commencement of the investigation
   furnish a copy of such application to each of the
   Master, Mate and Engineer of the wrecked vessel.
4. The Customs' Officer, or other authorised person
   shall superintend the management of the case at the
   investigation (§ 9).
5. Should the Court be of opinion that any person
   connected with the wreck should be prosecuted
   criminally, the Customs' Officer, or other authorised
   person should lay an information and prosecute in
   the usual way.

Duties of Magistrates.

1. Having taken evidence, the Magistrate or
   Justices, shall in all cases prepare a report to the
   Governor containing a full statement (1) of the case,
   and (2) of their opinion thereon such report, (3) to
   be signed by the Magistrate or Justices, and (4) by
   the Nautical Assessor if there be one and he concurs,
   (5) and to be forwarded to the Governor through the
   Postmaster-General, (6) together with the whole of
   or such extracts from the evidence as the Court shall
   think necessary (§ 9 and 10). Should the Nautical
   Assessor not concur in the report, he should forward
   his dissent and reasons therefore, to the Governor
   (§ 10).
2. The Court has power, provisional on the Governor's
   confirmation, to cancel or suspend the certificate of
   any Master, Mate or Engineer, and in any case in
   which it may be considered proper so to cancel or
   suspend a certificate the Court should, —
3. Take care that a Nautical Assessor, sits
   with the Court.
4. Call on such Master, Mate or Engineer, to
   deliver up his certificate which under § 24
   of the "Merchant Shipping Act Amend-
   ment Act, 1862," he is bound to do.
5. State in open Court their decision, provi-
   sional on Governor's confirmation, in res-
   pect to cancelling or suspending the
   certificate. (Merchant Shipping Act, 1862,
   § 23 par. 3.)
6. State, in their report to the Governor, the
   fact of a copy of the statement of the case
   upon which the investigation was ordered
   having been furnished to the owner of the
   certificate before the commencement of the
   Investigation. (Merchant Shipping Act,
   1862, § 23, par. 6.)
7. See that the Assessor concurs in the report
   and signs it as so concurring. (Ibid).
8. Transmit the report with the whole evidence
   taken and the cancelled or suspended cer-
   tificate to the Governor through the Post-
   master-General for confirmation and trans-
   mission to the Board of Trade. (Ibid, par. 3.)

POSTAL.

Appointment of Postmasters.

General Post Office,
Auckland, 16th August, 1864.
IN virtue of the powers delegated to me by His
Excellency the Governor, the following appoint-
ments have been made in the service of the Colony.
THOMAS BANNATYNE GILLIES,
Postmaster-General.