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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st August, 1866.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the Commissions
held by the undermentioned officers, viz. :-
Captain Benjamin Tonks, Auckland Rifle
Volunteers.
Ensign H. Bowler, Wellington Militia.
T. M. HAULTAIN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st August, 1866.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of the undermentioned
Corps, viz. :-
Timaru Rifle Volunteers. Date of acceptance,
17th May, 1866.
Clyde Company Otago Rifle Volunteers. Date of
acceptance, 27th July, 1866.
T. M. HAULTAIN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st August, 1866.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
discontinue the services of the "Wellington
Rifle Volunteers," at their own request.
The undermentioned gentlemen have therefore
ceased to hold the rank of officers, their commissions
having, under the provisions of "The Volunteer
Act, 1865," lapsed :-
E. W. Mills, Esq., late Captain.
Wm. H. Holmes, Esq., late Lieutenant.
F. Allen, Esq., late Ensign.
T. M. HAULTAIN.

Native Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th August, 1866.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
direct that Letters Patent should be issued,
appointing
ROBERT PARRIS, Esq.,
a Judge of the Compensation Court of New Zealand.
T. M. HAULTAIN.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 14th August, 1866.
THE following Notice issued by the Master
Attendant, Colombo, Ceylon, is published for
general information.
JAMES PATERSON,
Postmaster-General.

NOTICE is hereby given, that on and after the 1st of
September next, during the erection of a Second
Order Dioptric Light on the Clock Tower, a
temporary Light will be exhibited on the Old Light-
house near the Flagstaff, at an elevation of 90 feet
above the sea.
JAMES DONNAN,
Master Attendant.

Master Attendant's Office,
Colombo, 9th May, 1866.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 15th August, 1866.
NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the
Governor has been pleased to appoint the Post
Offices at the following places, viz. :-
WAIMATE, in the Province of Canterbury;
WEST TAIERI, HAMILTON'S, in the Province of
Otago;

to be Money Order Offices for the issue and payment
of Money Orders.
JAMES PATERSON,
Postmaster-General.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 15th August, 1866.
IT is hereby notified for general information that the
Post Office at
OAMARU,
in the Province of Otago, has been constituted an
office of the second class, for the exchange of mails
and other purposes, within the meaning of the fourth
clause of the Postal Regulations of 1st January,
1866.
JAMES PATERSON,
Postmaster-General.

Electric Telegraph Office,
Wellington, 13th August, 1866.
NOTICE is hereby given that on and after this
date the Telegraph Stations at
PICTON,
ΚΑΙΑΡΟΙ,
HEATHCOTE,
TIMARU,
OAMARU, and
TOKOMAIRIRO,
will be kept open for public business from Nine
o'clock a.m. till Five o'clock p.m. on week days.
(By order of the Postmaster-General)
ALFRED SHEATH,
Telegraphic Engineer.

Compensation Court Office,
Auckland, 17th August, 1866.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Sitting of the
Compensation Court fixed to be holden at
Whanganui, on the 12th day of October next, to
investigate all claims over that portion of the Ngati-
ruanui Coast Block, which lies between the Kaupo-
konui and Whanganui Rivers, will be holden at
Whanganui, on the 3rd day of December next, instead
of the 12th day of October.
ROBT. H. EYTON,
Clerk of the Court.

Kooti Whakawa mo nga whenua kua tangohia.
Akarana, Akuhata 17, 1866.
HE Panuitanga tenei kia mohiotia ai, ekore e noho
te Kooti whakawa whenua ki Whanganui a te
Paraire te 12 o nga ra o Oketopa, 1866, hei whakawa
i nga take whenua o nga tangata e pa ana ki te wahi
ia Ngatiruanui E takoto ana ki waenganui o nga awa
o Kaupokonui o Whanganui.
Erangi, ka noho te Kooti ki Whanganui a te Mane
te 3 o nga ra o Tihema, 1866.
NA TE AITANA,
Kai-tuhituhi.

NOTICE is hereby given that an application has
been made by me, the undersigned John Cox
(of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand, mill-
wright), in accordance with "The Patents Act, 1860,"
for the issue of Letters Patent granting to me the
exclusive right to use a machine embracing certain
improvements for hackling or combing and cleaning
and otherwise preparing for use New Zealand flax
and other fibrous substances; and I hereby further
give notice that I require any person who may wish
to prefer any objection to the granting of such Letters
Patent, to send within four months from the publica-
tion hereof a statement in writing setting forth the
grounds of such objection, subscribed with his proper