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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

on the 14th to look for private Best, reported that no
smoke could be seen at the native encampment, also
no new tracks; in all probability, therefore, the
natives have left that part of the river.
The object of the expedition of the 13th was a
twofold one—the first to put as many natives as
possible hors de combat, and the second and most im-
portant one, to prove to the natives that we can find
them wherever they may hide and that their securest
fastnesses will prove no obstacle to their being
attacked.
G. F. VON TEMPSKY,
Major Forest Rangers.

Recognition of E. Quick, Esq., as Danish Vice-Consul.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 1st June, 1865.
IT is hereby notified, that the Consul at Auckland
for Denmark having reported that the Royal
Danish Ministry have authorised him to recognise
E. QUICK, Esq.,
of Dunedin, as Vice-Consul, His Excellency the
Governor has been pleased to accept such recogni-
tion provisionally.
FRED. A. WELD.

H. Sewell, Esq., elected to House of Representatives.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 1st June, 1865.
IT is hereby notified that a Writ, issued for the
election of a Member of the House of Representa-
tives for the Electoral District of the Town of New
Plymouth, has been returned with a certificate to
the effect that
HENRY SEWELL, Esq.,
has been duly elected.
FRED. A. WELD.

H. Sewell, Esq., resignation of seat in Legislative
Council Accepted.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be noti-
fied that
HENRY SEWELL, Esq.,
has resigned his seat in the Legislative Council of
New Zealand, and that His Excellency accepted such
resignation on the 22nd ultimo.
FRED. A. WELD.

Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages
Appointed.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to be
Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the
districts set opposite their names, as the same are
defined in Proclamations bearing date the 22nd May,
1865, and published in this Gazette—
DAVID JOHNSTON, jun., Aorere,
EDMUND JENNINS, Buller,
EDWARD PATTEN, River Grey.
These appointments to take effect from the 1st
July next.
FRED. A. WELD.

Registrars of Marriages Appointed.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to be
Registrars of Marriages for the districts set opposite
their names, as the same are defined in Proclamations

bearing date the 22nd May, 1865, and published in
this Gazette—
DAVID JOHNSTON, jun., Aorere,
EDMUND JENNINS, Buller,
EDWARD PATTEN, River Grey.
These appointments to take effect from the 1st
July next.
FRED. A. WELD.

H. A. H. Monro, Esq,, of Auckland, appointed a
Justice of the Peace.
Attorney-General's Office,
Wellington, 9th May, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HENRY ALFRED HOME MONRO,
of Auckland, in the Province of Auckland, Esquire,
to be a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New
Zealand.
HENRY SEWELL.

MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS.
Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, May 27th, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the following appointments, viz. :—
In the Auckland Militia.
Lieutenant William Stuart Wild, to be Captain.
Date of Commission, 4th May, 1865.
Lieutenant George Popplewell Walker, to be Cap-
tain. Date of Commission, 4th May, 1865.
Alexander Charles Hughes Tovey, to be Captain.
Date of Commission, 16th May, 1865.
Ensign Crosbie Kidd, to be Lieutenant. Date of
Commission, 4th May, 1865.
Ensign Francis Coleman Hallowes, to be Lieu-
tenant. Date of Commission, 5th May, 1865.
John Simeon, to be Ensign. Date of Commission,
1st May, 1865.
Louis Arthur Nathan, to be Ensign. Date of
Commission, 10th May, 1865.
Ernest Lawson, to be Ensign. Date of Commis-
sion, 12th May, 1865.
Alexander Henry Maclean, to be Ensign. Date
of Commission, 16th May, 1865.

In the Taranaki Militia.
Charles John Hutchinson, to be Ensign. Date of
Commission, 16th May, 1865.

In the Napier Militia.
Ensign Cartwright Brown, to be Lieutenant. Date
of Commission, 19th April, 1865.
Ensign William Ferguson, to be Lieutenant. Date
of Commission, 20th April, 1865.
Alfred Chapman, to be Ensign. Date of Commis-
sion, 19th April, 1865.
William Airy Richardson, to be Ensign. Date of
Commission, 20th April, 1865.

In the Hawke's Bay Volunteers.
Reginald Newton Biggs, to be Lieutenant. Date
of Commission, 22nd April, 1865.
Thomas Alan Pearce, to be Cornet. Date of Com-
mission, 22nd April, 1865.

In the Wanganui Militia.
John Wellesley Booth Castray, to be supernume-
rary Ensign. Date of Commission, 13th April,
1865.

In the Wanganui Cavalry Volunteers.
Cornet Henry Harpur, to be Lieutenant. Date of
Commission, 15th May, 1865.
— Campbell, to be Cornet. Date of Commis-
sion, 15th May, 1865.