✨ Official Appointments and Military Notices




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 389

Wales have been constituted Money Order Offices.
JOHN HALL.

General Post Office,
Sydney, 17th September, 1866.
Post Office Money Orders.

WITH reference to Treasury notice of the 10th
December, 1862, published in Government Gazette,
No. 231, it is hereby notified that on and after the
1st October, 1866, the Post Office Money Order
system will be extended to the following places,
viz. :-
BINALONG, | WINDEYER.
J. DOCKER.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 11th October, 1866.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JAMES MELVILLE BALFOUR, Esq.,
to be Marine Engineer for the Colony of New
Zealand.
JOHN HALL.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 11th October, 1866.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the Marine Board
of New Zealand having ceased to exist, the
duties hitherto discharged by the Board have devolved
upon
JAMES MELVILLE BALFOUR, Esq.,
Marine Engineer for the Colony of New Zealand.
JOHN HALL.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 11th October, 1866.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JAMES MELVILLE BALFOUR, Esq.,
ROBERT JOHNSON, Esq., and
JOSEPH NANCARROW, Esq.,
to be Inspectors of Steam Vessels for the Colony of
New Zealand, under the provisions of "The Steam
Navigation Act, 1866."
JOHN HALL.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 11th October, 1866.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOSEPH NANCARROW, Esq.,
to be an Engineer Surveyor for the Colony of New
Zealand, under the provisions of "The Steam
Navigation Act, 1866."
JOHN HALL.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th October, 1866.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the undermentioned appointments, viz.:-

In the Auckland Militia.
Benjamin Tonks to be Captain. Date of Commission,
16th July, 1866.
Lieutenant Robert Johnstone to be Captain. Date
of Commission, 1st October, 1866.

In the Wairoa Rifle Volunteers.
Ensign Joseph Cochrane to be Captain. Date of
Commission, 28th July, 1866.

William Hampton Thorp to be Lieutenant. Date of
Commission, 28th July, 1866.
Reuben White to be Ensign. Date of Commission,
28th July, 1866.

In the Greytown Cavalry Volunteers.
Captain James Edward Ind Boys, to be Captain.
Date of Commission, 22nd September, 1863.
John Fuller, to be Lieutenant. Date of Commission,
11th June, 1866.
John Hawke, to be Cornet. Date of Commission,
11th June, 1866.

In the "No. 1" Company Nelson Rifle Volunteers.
Peter McTavish to be Captain. Date of Commission,
25th April, 1866.
John Percy to be Lieutenant. Date of Commission,
25th April, 1866.
Manson Sinclair to be Ensign. Date of Commission,
25th April, 1866.

In the "No. 4" (Rangiora) Company Canterbury
Rifle Volunteers.
James Poole to be Lieutenant. Date of Commission,
27th September, 1866.
William Borrowdale Tripe to be Assistant Surgeon.
Date of Commission, 27th September, 1866.

In the "No. 7" (Timaru) Company Canterbury
Rifle Volunteers.
Edward Glaivis Stericker to be Captain. Date of
Commission, 28th September, 1866.
P. W. Fendall to be Lieutenant. Date of Commis-
sion, 28th September, 1866.
Stanley Seymour to be Ensign. Date of Commission,
28th September, 1866.

In the Wakari Rangers Volunteers.
William R. Robertson to be Lieutenant. Date of
Commission, 24th June, 1866.
T. M. HAULTAIN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th October, 1866.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the Commissions held
by the undermentioned officers, viz. :-
Captain A. W. R. Davidson, Auckland Militia.
Second Lieutenant J. Kissling, Lyttelton Artillery
Volunteers.
T. M. HAULTAIN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th October, 1866.
THE Commission of Major Charles Heaphy (New
Zealand Militia, unattached), as Captain in No.
3 Company, Auckland Rifle Volunteers, will bear
date the 18th August, 1863, instead of 27th March,
1866.
T. M. HAULTAIN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th October, 1866.
THE undermentioned Corps has been admitted into
the 1st Battalion, Otago Rifle Volunteers, viz. :-
The "High School Cadet Corps."
T. M. HAULTAIN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th October, 1866.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of the undermentioned
Corps, viz.:-



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πŸš‚ Notification regarding Money Order Offices in New South Wales (continued from previous page)

πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
17 September 1866
Money Order Offices, New South Wales, Post Office
  • JOHN HALL

πŸš‚ Extension of Post Office Money Order system to new locations

πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
17 September 1866
Money Order System, Binalong, Windeyer, Post Office
  • J. Docker

πŸ—οΈ Appointment of Marine Engineer for New Zealand Colony

πŸ—οΈ Infrastructure & Public Works
11 October 1866
Marine Engineer, Appointment, Colony of New Zealand
  • James Melville Balfour (Esquire), Appointed Marine Engineer

  • JOHN HALL

πŸ›οΈ Devolution of Marine Board duties to Marine Engineer

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
11 October 1866
Marine Board, Duties devolved, Marine Engineer
  • James Melville Balfour (Esquire), Assumed duties of Marine Board

  • JOHN HALL

πŸš‚ Appointment of Inspectors of Steam Vessels

πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
11 October 1866
Steam Vessels, Inspectors, Steam Navigation Act
  • James Melville Balfour (Esquire), Appointed Inspector of Steam Vessels
  • Robert Johnson (Esquire), Appointed Inspector of Steam Vessels
  • Joseph Nancarrow (Esquire), Appointed Inspector of Steam Vessels

  • JOHN HALL

πŸš‚ Appointment of Engineer Surveyor under Steam Navigation Act

πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
11 October 1866
Engineer Surveyor, Steam Navigation Act
  • Joseph Nancarrow (Esquire), Appointed Engineer Surveyor

  • JOHN HALL

πŸ›‘οΈ Militia and Volunteer Commission Appointments

πŸ›‘οΈ Defence & Military
12 October 1866
Auckland Militia, Wairoa Rifle Volunteers, Greytown Cavalry, Nelson Rifle Volunteers, Canterbury Rifle Volunteers, Promotions
17 names identified
  • Benjamin Tonks, Appointed Captain in Auckland Militia
  • Robert Johnstone (Lieutenant), Promoted to Captain
  • Joseph Cochrane (Ensign), Promoted to Captain
  • William Hampton Thorp, Appointed Lieutenant
  • Reuben White, Appointed Ensign
  • James Edward Ind Boys (Captain), Commission date confirmed as Captain
  • John Fuller, Appointed Lieutenant
  • John Hawke, Appointed Cornet
  • Peter McTavish, Appointed Captain
  • John Percy, Appointed Lieutenant
  • Manson Sinclair, Appointed Ensign
  • James Poole, Appointed Lieutenant
  • William Borrowdale Tripe, Appointed Assistant Surgeon
  • Edward Glaivis Stericker, Appointed Captain
  • P. W. Fendall, Appointed Lieutenant
  • Stanley Seymour, Appointed Ensign
  • William R. Robertson, Appointed Lieutenant

  • T. M. Haultain

πŸ›‘οΈ Acceptance of resignations of Militia and Volunteer Commissions

πŸ›‘οΈ Defence & Military
12 October 1866
Resignation, Commission acceptance, Auckland Militia, Artillery Volunteers
  • A. W. R. Davidson (Captain), Resignation of Commission accepted
  • J. Kissling (Second Lieutenant), Resignation of Commission accepted

  • T. M. Haultain

πŸ›‘οΈ Correction of Commission date for Auckland Rifle Volunteers Officer

πŸ›‘οΈ Defence & Military
12 October 1866
Commission date correction, Major, Auckland Rifle Volunteers
  • Charles Heaphy (Major), Commission date corrected

  • T. M. Haultain

πŸ›‘οΈ Admission of High School Cadet Corps to Otago Rifle Volunteers

πŸ›‘οΈ Defence & Military
12 October 1866
Corps admission, Otago Rifle Volunteers, Cadet Corps
  • T. M. Haultain

πŸ›‘οΈ Acceptance of services for an unnamed Volunteer Corps

πŸ›‘οΈ Defence & Military
12 October 1866
Corps services accepted, Volunteer
  • T. M. Haultain