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the second, fourth, fifth, seventh, ninth, and tenth
sections of the said Act, subject to be rescinded as
in the said Act provided, and subject to the regula-
tions contained in the Order in Council dated the
14th September, 1864.
J. C. RICHMOND.

Henry Cooper Daniell appointed Land Claims
Commissioner.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HENRY COOPER DANIELL, Esq.,
to be Commissioner of Land Claims under "The
New Zealand Company's Land Claimants' Ordinance,
Sess. XI., No. 15."
J. C. RICHMOND.

Appointment of Inspector of Weights and Measures,
at Invercargill.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
MICHAEL O'KEEFFE,
of Invercargill, to be an Inspector of Weights and
Measures, and to be a person with whom shall be
deposited certain copies or models of the Standard
Weights and Measures of the Colony.
J. C. RICHMOND,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint
ROBERT SHALLCRASS,
of Nelson, to be an Inspector of Weights and
Measures, and to be a person with whom shall be
deposited certain Copies or Models of the Standard
Weights and Measures of the Colony.
J. C. RICHMOND.

Henry Robert Richmond, Esq., elected Superintendent
of the Province of Taranaki.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th September, 1865.
IT is hereby notified that a Writ issued for the
election of a Superintendent for the Province of
Taranaki, has been returned, with an endorsement to
the effect that
HENRY ROBERT RICHMOND, Esq.,
has been duly elected.
J. C. RICHMOND.

Resignation of Matthew Price, Esq., of the office of
Sheriff for Southland, accepted.
Attorney-General's Office,
Wellington, 28th August, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
MATTHEW PRICE, Esq.,
of the office of Sheriff for the District of Southland.
HENRY SEWELL.

Samuel Beswick, Esq., appointed Coroner.
Attorney-General's Office,
Wellington, 28th August, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
SAMUEL BESWICK, Esq.,
of Hokitika, in the Province of Canterbury, to be a
Coroner having jurisdiction within the said Colony.
HENRY SEWELL.

Justices of the Peace appointed.
Attorney-General's Office,
Wellington, 1st September, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HUGH MORROW, Esq.,
of Auckland, and
ALAN BAILLIE, Esq.,
of Coromandel, in the Province of Auckland;
WILLIAM RUSSELL RUSSELL, Esq.,
of Redclyffe, in the Province of Hawke's Bay; and
RICHARD BEAUMONT, Esq.,
of Kai Koura, in the Province of Marlborough; to
be Justices of the Peace for the Colony of New
Zealand.
HENRY SEWELL.

MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS.
Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th September, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the undermentioned appointments, viz. :-
In the Auckland Militia.
Lieutenant Charles James Wilson (late Sub. In-
spector Colonial Defence Force) to be Captain.
Date of Commission, 21st August, 1865.
Ensign Roderick Gray to be Lieutenant. Date of
Commission, 28th August, 1865.
Ensign Gillian Hector Ross to be Lieutenant.
Date of Commission, 29th August, 1865.

In the Taranaki Militia.
Captain Charles Stapp to be Brevet Major. Date
of Commission, 17th July, 1865.
Lieutenant William Hussey to be Captain. Date
of Commission, 21st August, 1865.
Ensign Henry Parker Chapman to be Lieutenant.
Date of Commission, 21st August, 1865.
Decimus Atkinson to be Lieutenant. Date of
Commission, 1st June 1865.
Thomas Wills to be Ensign. Date of Commission,
1st June, 1865.
Dunlop Gloag to be Ensign. Date of Commission,
21st August, 1865.

In the Wanganui Militia.
Walter Edward Gudgeon to be Ensign. Date of
Commission, 2nd September, 1865.
Samuel Walker to be Ensign. Date of Commis-
sion, 4th September, 1865.

In the Featherston Rifle Volunteers.
Ensign Charles Welby Jackson to be Lieutenant.
Date of Commission, 31st August, 1865.

In the Napier Militia.
Frederick Francis Ormond to be Assistant Surgeon.
Date of Commission, 29th May, 1865.
Thomas Franklyn Baker to be Assistant Surgeon.
Date of Commission, 2nd September, 1865.

In the Otago Militia and Volunteers.
Major the Honorable John Larkins Cheese Richard-
son to be Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel. Date
of Commission, 1st September, 1865.

In the Dunedin Rifle Volunteers (High School
Company.)
David Mann to be Lieutenant. Date of Commis-
sion, 28th August, 1865.
H. A. ATKINSON.