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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

G. G. Fitzgerald, Esq., J.P., appointed a Resident
Magistrate.

Attorney-General's Office,
Wellington, 5th September, 1865.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

GERARD GEORGE FITZGERALD, Esq., J.P.,
of Hokitika, in the Province of Canterbury, to be a
Resident Magistrate.

HENRY SEWELL.

O. Carrington, Esq., appointed Government Surveyor
at Taranaki.

Native Secretary's Department,
Wellington, 25th August, 1865.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

OCTAVIUS CARRINGTON, Esq.,
to be General Government Surveyor in the Province
of Taranaki.

JAMES EDWARD FITZGERALD.

Robert Parris, Esq., appointed a Civil Commissioner
for the District of Taranaki.

Native Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd September, 1865.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ROBERT PARRIS, Esq.,
to be Civil Commissioner for the District of Taranaki.

JAMES EDWARD FITZGERALD.

Resignation of C. Hunter Brown, Esq., C.C., accepted.

Native Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th September, 1865.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by

CHARLES HUNTER BROWN, Esq.,
of his office of Civil Commissioner for the Provinces
of Canterbury, Otago, and Southland.

JAMES EDWARD FITZGERALD.

MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th September, 1865.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the undermentioned appointments, viz.:-

In the Taranaki Militia.
Lieutenant Joseph Hines Clarke to be Captain.
Date of Commission, 2nd September, 1865.

In the Wanganui Militia District.
Major Edward Gorton to the temporary command
of the Militia and Volunteers, and to have
the local rank of Lieutenant-Colonel whilst
holding such command. Date of Commission,
19th July, 1865.

H. A. ATKINSON.

POSTAL.
Post Office at Ngahinapouri closed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 14th September, 1865.

T is hereby notified for public information that the
Post Office at Ngahinapouri, in the Waikato
District of the Province of Auckland, has been closed.

J. L. C. RICHARDSON,
Postmaster-General.

POSTAL.
Post Offices at Munro's Gully and Gabriel's Gully
closed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 14th September, 1865.

IT is hereby notified for public information that
the Post Offices at the following places in the
Province of Otago, have been closed:-

MUNRO'S GULLY,
GABRIEL'S GULLY.

J. L. C. RICHARDSON,
Postmaster-General.

POSTAL.
Extension of Money Order System in Victoria.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 14th September, 1865.

NOTICE is hereby given, that additional Money
Order Offices have been established at the
following places in the Colony of Victoria, viz.:--

MAJORCA AND QUEENSCLIFF.

J. L. C. RICHARDSON,
Postmaster-General..

Customs Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that
THOMAS JOHN MOUNTAIN,
Lambton Quay, Wellington, has been duly licensed
under clause 16 of "The Customs Regulation Act,
1858," to act as a Custom House Agent at the Port
of Wellington, until the 31st December, 1865.

W. SEED,
Deputy Commissioner.

Custom House, Wellington,
14th September, 1865.

Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that a Court will shortly
be held at New Plymouth for the purpose of
hearing and determining the claims of persons to
compensation on account of the taking under the
authority of "The New Zealand Settlements Act,
1863," of the blocks of land in the Province of
Taranaki hereunder described. The day on which
the Court will sit will be published in a future Notice.

Waitara South.

All that block of land at Taranaki, bounded on the
north by the sea; on the east by the Waitara River,
from its mouth to the junction of the Manganui
River; on the south by a straight line from the
junction of the Manganui and Waitara Rivers to
Tururutongi on the Waiongona River; and on the
west by a straight line to the sea at Waitaha,
excepting lands within the above-described boundaries
held under grants from the Crown.

Oakura.

Bounded on the north by the sea; on the east by
the Omata Block, from the sea to where the boundary
of the Omata Block is cut by the Native path running
between the Patua and Ponakai Ranges, thence by
a straight line running between the two above-
mentioned ranges till it cuts the Hangatahua River
thence by the Hangatahua to the sea, except the
block of land known by the name of the Tataraimaka
Block.

F. D. FENTON,
Judge Compensation Court.

Wellington, 6th September, 1865.