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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE..

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 17th September, 1864.
HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be
notified that
HENRY HOUGHTON, Esq., of Dunedin,
is provisionally recognised as Hanseatic Consul at
Otago.

WILLIAM FOX.

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland, 16th September, 1864.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
direct that Militia Commissions be issued to
the Officers of the Colonial Defence Force as follows:

In the Wellington Militia.
James Townsend Edwards, as Major. Date of Com-
mission, 30th July, 1863.

In the Auckland Militia.
James Walmsley, as Major. Date of Commission,
2nd June, 1864.

In the Napier Militia.
Charles William Rennell La Serre, as Captain. Date
of Commission, 6th July, 1863.

In the Wellington Militia.
Richard Blackburn Leatham, as Captain. Date of
Commission, 15th July, 1863.

In the Auckland Militia.
Charles Pye, V.C., as Captain. Date of Commission,
24th July, 1863.

In the Wellington Militia.
William Robertson, as Captain. Date of Commission,
14th August, 1863.
Samuel Deighton, as Captain. Date of Commission,
1st Septemher, 1863.

In the Napier Militia.
Charles James Anderson, as Captain. Date of Com-
mission, 2nd September, 1863.

In the Wellington Militia.
Maillard Noake, as Captain. Date of Commission,
12th November, 1863.

In the Auckland Militia.
Maurice Norman Bower, as Captain. Date of Com-
mission, 6th June, 1864.

In the Napier Militia.
John Chapman George, as Lieutenant. Date of
Commission, 6th July, 1863.
Frederick John William Gascoigne, as Lieutenant.
Date of Commission, 11th July, 1863.
Charles Hudson, as Lieutenant. Date of Commis-
sion, 11th July, 1863.

In the Auckland Militia.
Charles James Wilson, as Lieutenant. Date of
Commission, 27th July, 1863.

In the Wellington Militia.
John Alexander Percy, as Lieutenant. Date of Com-
mission, 2nd August, 1863.
Paul Kingdon, as Lieutenant. Date of Commission,
3rd August, 1863.

In the Auckland Militia.
David Hutchison, as Lieutenant. Date of Com-
mission, 26th October, 1863.
Andrew Macpherson, as Lieutenant. Date of Com-
mission, 19th January, 1864.

In the Wellington Militia.
George Ross, as Lieutenant. Date of Commission,
3rd May, 1864.

In the Auckland Militia.
Herbert Fitzwilliam Way, as Lieutenant. Date of
Commission, 6th June, 1864.
Clarence Hooper, as Surgeon. Date of Commission,
24th October, 1863.

In the Wellington Militia.
Alexander Johnston, as Assistant Surgeon. Date of
Commission, 8th August, 1863.

T. RUSSELL.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 16th September, 1864.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the following appointments in the Auck-
land Militia, viz.:--

Lieutenant Henry Black Macnab to be Captain.
Date of Commission, 10th September, 1864.
Lieutenant George Maurice O'Rorke to be
Captain. Date of Commission, 11th September,
1864.
Lieutenant John Lambert Tole to be Captain.
Date of Commission, 13th September, 1864.
Lieutenant Hugh Morrow to be Captain. Date
of Commission, 14th September, 1864.
Lieutenant Richard Hobbs to be Captain. Date
of Commission, 15th September, 1864.
Lieutenant James Stewart to be Captain. Date of
Commission, 16th September, 1864.
Ensign John Lindsay Moffit to be Lieutenant.
Date of Commission, 9th September, 1864.
Ensign William Jennings Kenny to be Lieuteuant.
Date of Commission, 10th September, 1864.
Ensign Dennis Augustus Graham Hoben, to be
Lieutenant. Date of Commission, 11th Sep-
tember, 1864.
Ensign Robert Horne to be Lieutenant. Date of
Commission, 13th September, 1864.
Ensign Frederick Ring to be Lieutenant. Date of
Commission, 14th September, 1864.
Ensign Thomas Jackson to be Lieutenant. Date
of Commission, 15th September, 1864.
Ensign Henry Gilfillan to be Lieutenant. Date
of Commission, 16th September, 1864.

T. RUSSELL.

MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS.

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland, 16th September, 1864.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the following appointments, viz.:--

In the Auckland Militia.
Captain Frederick Jesse Hills, to be Major. Date of
Commission, 13th September, 1864.
Lieutenant Albert Harley Storey, to be Captain.
Date of Commission, 13th September, 1864.
Ensign Robert John Coulter, to be Lieutenant. Date
of Commission, 13th September, 1864.
Joseph Henry, to be Assistant-Surgeon. Date of
Commission, 7th September, 1864.
Richard Oliver, to be Assistant-Surgeon. Date of
Commission, 8th September, 1864.

In the Auckland Rifle Volunteers.
Seering Hall Matthews, to be Ensign. Date of
Commission, 13th September, 1864.

In the Napier Militia.
Major George Stoddart Whitmore, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel. Date of Commission, 12th September,
1864.