THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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S. Deighton, Esq., appointed a Justice of the Peace.

Attorney General's Office,
Auckland, 20th January, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
SAMUEL DEIGHTON, Esquire,
of Wellington, in the Province of Wellington, to be
a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.
HENRY SEWELL.

Samuel Deighton, Esq., J. P., appointed a Resident
Magistrate.

Attorney General's Office,
Auckland, 20th January, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
SAMUEL DEIGHTON, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Resident Magistrate.
HENRY SEWELL.

Notice under "Native Lands Act, 1862."

Native Office,
Auckland, 24th January, 1865.
THE following Section (30) of "The Native Lands
Act, 1862," is published for general informa-
tion :-

Section Thirty of "The Native Lands Act, 1862."
XXX. "Every contract, promise, or engagement,
for the purchase, lease, or occupation of any Native
Land, or of any interest therein, made prior to the
issue of a certificate of title under this Act, shall be
absolutely void, and no action shall be maintained
for the recovery of any monies or other consideration
paid or given thereon."
WALTER MANTELL.

C. H. Brown, Esq., appointed Government Commissioner
for Native Affairs.

Office of the Native Minister,
Auckland, 20th January, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
CHARLES HUNTER BROWN, Esq.,
to be Civil Commissioner for Native Affairs in the
Provinces of Canterbury, Otago, and Southland.
WALTER MANTELL.

Appointing Surveyors under the "Native Land Act,
1862."

Native Minister's Office,
Auckland, 16th January, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to License
Harold Hyde Fenton,
George William Drummond Hay, and
John Grant Johnson, Esquires,
to be Surveyors under the "Native Land Act, 1862.,
W. MANTELL.

MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS.

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland, 26th Jaunary, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the following appointments, viz. :-

In the Auckland Militia.
John Wood, M.D., to be Surgeon. Date of Com-
mission, 27 December, 1864.
Seth Sam to be Surgeon. Date of Commission, 26th
January, 1865.

In the Canterbury Rifle Volunteers.(No. 5 Company.)
Ensign Joseph Beswick to be Lieutenant vice Smart,
superseded. Date of Commission, 9th January,
1865.
George Crawford Black to be Ensign. Date of Com-
mission, 9th January, 1865.
H. A. ATKINSON.

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland, 26th January, 1865.
THE undermentioned Officer is to be considered
on the unattached list, viz.:-
Captain CHARLES JOHN TAYLOR,
Auckland Militia.
H. A ATKINSON.

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland, 26th January, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the undermentioned
Officer, viz.:-
Lieutenant CHARLES HULKE,
Wanganui Rifle Volunteers.
H. A. ATKINSON.

ERRATUM.

THE Commission of Captain G. G. Carlyon, Na-
pier Militia, should be dated 30th June, 1863,
instead of the 3rd July, 1863, as published in Gazette
No. 31, folio 288, of the 22nd July, 1863.
H. A. ATKINSON.

"MARRIAGE ACT 1854."
Officiating Ministers for 1865.

Registrar-General's Office,
Auckland, 23rd January, 1865.
PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in
the eighteenth year of the reign of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria, and entitled "The Marriage Act,
1854," the following List of OFFICIATING MINISTERS,
within the meaning of the said Act, is published for
general information :-

UNITED CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND.
The Right Reverend Charles John Abraham, Bishop
The Reverend Ihaia Te Ahu
" Riwai Te Ahu
" Benjamin Yate Ashwell
" William Aylmer
" John Charles Bagshaw
" John Arden Bayley
" Samuel Blackburn
" Thomas Adolphus Bowden
" Croasdaile Bowen
" Reginald R. Bradley
" Edward Nugent Bree
The Venerable Archdeacon Alfred N. Brown
The Reverend Henry H. Brown
" Lawrence Lawson Brown
" Robert Burrows
" Henry Francis Butt
" George Carpenter
" Thomas Chapman
" George J. Cholmondeley
" Edward B. Clarke
" Robert Henry Codrington
" J. A. Welsh Collins
" George Cotterill
" Alexander Dasent
" Dan Desbois