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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

of Members of the Provincial Council of the Province
of Canterbury, for the Electoral Districts of Rakaia
and Ashburton.

E. W. STAFFORD.

James Burtt appointed Chilian Consul at Auckland.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 21st December, 1865.

IT is hereby notified that Her Majesty's Secretary
of State for the Colonies has instructed His
Excellency the Governor to recognize provisionally
the appointment of

JAMES BURTT, Esq.,

as Consul at Auckland for the Chilian Government.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Alfred Domett, Esq., appointed Registrar-General of
Land, vice H. Sewell, Esq., resigned.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 21st December, 1865.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ALFRED DOMETT, Esq.,

to be Registrar-General of Land, in place of H.
Sewell, Esq., resigned. This appointment to date
from the 1st instant.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Coroner appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 8th December, 1865.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint

RICHMOND BEETHAM,

of Queenstown, in the Province of Otago, Esquire,
to be a Coroner within the Colony of New Zealand.

E. W. STAFFORD.

W. S. Reid, Esq., appointed Registrar of Deeds at
Invercargill

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch)
Wellington 12th December, 1865.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WALTER SCOTT REID, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Deeds at Invercargill, in the Pro-
vince of Southland.

E. W. STAFFORD.

W. Mason, Esq., J.P., the Mayor of Dunedin,
appointed a Resident Magistrate.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 13th December, 1865.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM MASON, Esq.,

the Mayor of Dunedin, and one of Her Majesty's
Justices of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand,
to be a Resident Magistrate, under the provisions of
"The Otago Municipal Corporations Empowering
Act, 1865."

E. W. STAFFORD.

Appointment of D. B. M'Connel, Esq, as Registrar of
the Supreme Court at Invercargill, cancelled.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 14th December, 1865.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
cancel the appointment of

DAVID BENNETT M'CONNEL, Esq.,

of Invercargill, in the Province of Southland, as
Registrar of the Supreme Court.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Appointment of D. B. M'Connel, Esq., as Registrar of
Deeds at Invercargill, cancelled.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 14th December, 1865.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
cancel the appointment of

DAVID BENNETT M'CONNEL, Esq.,

as Registrar of Deeds at Invercargill, in the Province
of Southland.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Notice.

Native Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th December, 1865.

PERSONS desirous of obtaining Surveyors' Licenses
under "The Native Lands Act, 1865," are
requested to forward their applications, with testi-
monials, to the Chief Judge, Native Lands Court,
Auckland.

A. H. RUSSELL.

MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th December, 1865.

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

In the New Zealand Militia.

Captain Frederick Edward Horneman to be Cap-
tain. Date of Commission, 18th December,
1865.

William McDonnell to be Ensign. Date of Com-
mission, 24th October, 1865.

Edward McKenna, V.C., to be Ensign. Date of
Commission, 14th December, 1865.

In the Auckland Militia.

Lieutenant Charles Westrup to be Captain. Date
of Commission, 23rd September, 1865.

James Cunningham to be Ensign. Date of Com-
mission, 16th December, 1865.

In the Taranaki Militia.

Cornet William Johnson (Taranaki Mounted
Volunteers) to be Ensign. Date of Com-
mission, 6th December, 1865.

John Paxton Hall to be Ensign. Date of Com-
mission, 8th December, 1865.

In the Wanganui Militia District.

Captain William Blake Graham to be Adjutant
and Quartermaster. Date of appointment,
14th December, 1865.

In the Napier Militia District.

Lieutenant-Colonel George Stoddart Whitmore to
command the Volunteers in the Napier Militia
District.

T. M. HAULTAIN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th December, 1865.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the Commissions held
by the undermentioned officers, viz. :—

Ensign Owen O. Irwin, Auckland Militia.

Captain Frederick E. Horneman, Nelson Rifle
Volunteers.

T. M. HAULTAIN.

Errata.

IN Gazette No. 48, of the 11th December, 1865,
folio 378, for "Robert Drucki Lubecki Duffres,
Esq.," read "Robert Drucki Lubecki Duffus, Esq.;"
and folio 379, for "Edward Nissell, Esq.," read
"Edward Frissell, Esq."

Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government, by GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.