THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 175

In the Canterbury Rifle Volunteers.
(No. 6 Company.)
William Jukes Steward, to be Captain. Date of
Commission, 8th April, 1865.
Edwin Charles Hilton, to be Lieutenant. Date of
Commission, 8th April, 1865.
Robert Dawson, to be Ensign. Date of Commis-
sion, 8th April, 1865.

In the Dunedin Rifle Volunteers.
(High School Company.)
Major the Honorable John Larkins Cheese
Richardson, to be Honorary Captain. Date of
Commission, 4th May, 1865.
H. A. ATKINSON.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th May, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignations of the undermentioned
Officers, viz.:-
Major F. E. Campbell, Auckland Rifle Volunteers.
Captain G. J. R. Wynyard, North Head Rifle
Volunteers.
Captain F. Ross, Rangitikei Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant D. A. G. Hoben, Auckland Militia.
Lieutenant W. T. Owen, Wanganui Cavalry
Volunteers.
Ensign H. C. Carter, Auckland Militia.
Ensign A. Bowler, Wellington Militia.
H. A. ATKINSON.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th May, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
cancel the Commissions held by the undermentioned
Officers, viz. :-
Lieutenant John Joseph Dunne, Auckland Militia.
Lieutenant John Thomas Vaughan Kirkby, Tara-
naki Militia.
H. A. ATKINSON.

POSTAL.
MONEY ORDER BRANCH.
Post Office, Hokitika, to be a Money Order Office.
General Post Office,
Wellington, 31st May, 1865.
NOTICE is hereby given, that His Excellency the
Governor has been pleased to constitute the
Post Office at
HOKITIKA,
to be a Money Order Office for the issue and pay-
ment of Money Orders.
J. L. C. RICHARDSON,
Postmaster-General.

Appointment of J. R. Clendon, Esq., as Collector of
Customs, Hokianga.
Office of Commissioner of Customs,
Wellington, 1st June, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
J. R. CLENDON, Esq.,
Acting Collector of Customs at Hokianga, to be
Collector of Customs at the same Port. This ap-
pointment dates from 1st June, 1865.
J. RICHARDSON,
Commissioner.

Appointment of Stephen P. Brown, Esq., as Collector
of Customs, Mongonui.
Office of Commissioner of Customs,
Wellington, 1st June, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

STEPHEN P. BROWN, Esq.,
Acting Collector of Customs, Mongonui, to be Col-
lector of Customs at the same Port. This appoint-
ment dates from 1st June, 1865.
J. RICHARDSON,
Commissioner.

Appointment of H. R. Aubrey, Esq., as Collector of
Customs at Wangarei.
Office of Commissioner of Customs,
Wellington, 1st June, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
H. R. AUBREY, Esq.,
Acting Collector of Customs, Wangarei, to be Col-
lector of Customs at the same Port. This appoint-
ment to take place from the 1st June, 1865.
J. RICHARDSON,
Commissioner.

Appointment of G. M. Mitford, Esq., as Collector of
Customs, Russell.
Office of Commissioner of Customs,
Wellington, 1st June, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
G. M. MITFORD, Esq.,
Acting Collector of Customs, Russell, to be Collector
of Customs at the same Port. This appointment
dates from the 1st June, 1865.
J. RICHARDSON,
Commissioner.

CUSTOMS.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
person has been duly licensed under clause 16
of the "Customs Regulation Act, 1858," to act as a
Custom House Agent at the Port of Russell, until
the 31st December, 1865:
SAMUEL STEPHENSON RUSSELL.
W. YOUNG,
Deputy Commissioner.
Customs, Auckland, 16th May, 1865.

MARINE BOARD.
Notice to Mariners.
SHIPMASTERS and others navigating in the
vicinity of Foveaux Strait are warned not to
approach Waipapapa and Slope Points nearer than a
league, as several vessels have struck on a Sunken
Reef, but have not been able to give the exact
bearings.
The place has been twice examined by the Board,
but they have been unsuccessful in finding it. Ship-
masters are requested to keep a good look-out for
the danger, and, if seen, report to the Marine Board,
giving correct bearings.
By order of the Board.
THOMAS ROBERTSON,
Marine Board Office,
Wellington, 29th May, 1865.
Secretary.

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand. Otago and
Southland District.
In the matter of the Petition of Andrew Haldane,
of Waikara, in the Province of Otago, Saw-
mill Proprietor, a Debtor; and in the matter
of "The Debtors and Creditors' Act, 1862."
WHEREAS the said Andrew Haldane did, on the
nineteenth day of December, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-four, with the concurrence
of Walter Bell, of Dunedin, merchant, and John