THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th January, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint under "The Wellington Hospital
Reserves Act, 1865,"
The Hon. James Coutts Crawford, M.L.C., and
W. Waring Taylor, Esq., M.G.A.,
to be Trustees of the Wellington Hospital Reserves.
W. FITZHERBERT,
(for the Colonial Secretary).

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of...
JOHN B. BENNETT, Esq.,
Registrar of Joint Stock Companies for the Provinces
of Auckland and Hawke's Bay.
WM. FITZHERBERT.

Treasury, Wellington,
15th January, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN MUIR WAYLAND, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Joint Stock Companies for the
Provinces of Auckland and Hawke's Bay. This
appointment to date from the 12th instant.
WM. FITZHERBERT.
Treasury, Wellington,
15th January, 1867.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th January, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
Lieutenant-Colonel MAXWELL LEPPER,
to command the Militia and Volunteers in the
Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of the
Province of Taranaki.
J. C. RICHMOND,
(for Colonel Haultain.)

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th January, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the undermentioned appointments, viz. :----

In the Auckland Militia.
William Gordon (late Captain 73rd Regiment) to be
Major. Date of commission, 19th December,
1866.

In the Poverty Bay Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Captain Charles Westrup, of the Auckland Militia,
to be Captain.
Frederick Shipworth to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 18th October, 1866.

In No. 3 (Kowai) Company of Canterbury Rifle
Volunteers.
William Miles Maskell to be Captain. Date of
commission, 19th October, 1866.
Matthew Morris to be Assistant Surgeon. Date
of commission, 19th October, 1866.

In No. 4 (Rangiora) Company Canterbury Rifle
Volunteers.
John Thomson to be Ensign. Date of commission,
27th October, 1866.

In the West Taieri Company, Otago Rifle Volunteers.
James Fulton to be Captain. Date of commission,
14th November, 1866.

In the Nelson Artillery Volunteer Cadet Corps.
Albert Pitt to be Honorary Captain. Date of
commission, 4th December, 1866.

In the Auckland Rifle Volunteers.
Charles Creasey Clayworth to be Assistant-Surgeon.
Date of commission, 17th December, 1866.

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In the Waimea West Company Rifle Volunteers.
Francis James Blundell to be Captain. Date of
commission, 28th December, 1866.
William D. Barnes to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 28th December, 1866.
George Rutherford to be Ensign. Date of commis-
sion, 28th December, 1866.

In the Nelson Cadet Rifle Volunteers.
John Williams Wigzell to be Honorary Captain.
Date of commission, 1st January, 1867.
Robert Gibbons to be Honorary Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 1st January, 1867.
Henry Lucas to be Honorary Ensign. Date of
commission, 1st January, 1867.

In the Bruce Company of Otago Rifle Volunteers.
Edward Pettit to be Lieutenant. Date of commission,
24th December, 1866.
John Dewe to be Ensign. Date of commission, 24th
December, 1866.
J. C. RICHMOND,
(for Colonel Haultain.)

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th January, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept resignations of the Commissions
held by the undermentioned Officers, viz. :

Captain W. J. B. Junor, as Adjutant of Militia
and Volunteers, Invercargill.
Captain James Allan, East Taieri Rifle Volun-
teers.
Captain Robert Paterson, Dunedin Naval
Volunteers.
Captain Thomas Wilson, Taranaki Militia.
Lieutenant George Tait, Bruce Company Otago
Rifle Volunteers.
Ensign Mark Scott, Bruce Company Otago
Rifle Volunteers.
Ensign D. W. Connell, Auckland Militia.
Lieutenant E. Shilson, Auckland Militia.
Ensign E. W. Tippetts, No. 1 Company Canter-
bury Rifle Volunteers.
J. C. RICHMOND,
(for Colonel Haultain.)

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th January, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the undermentioned promotions in No.
7 (Timaru) Company Canterbury Rifle Volunteers—
Lieutenant Phillip William Fendall, to be
Captain, vice Stericker resigned. Date of
commission, 22nd November, 1866.
Ensign Stanley Briscoe Seymour, to be
Lieutenant, vice Fendall promoted. Date of
commission, 22nd November, 1866.
J. C. RICHMOND,
(for Colonel Haultain.)

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th January, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of the undermentioned
Corps, viz. :
The No. 10 (Oxford) Company Canterbury
Rifle Volunteers. Date of acceptance, 18th
October, 1866.
The Poverty Bay Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Date of acceptance, 18th October, 1866.
The Timaru Artillery Volunteers. Date of
acceptance, 31st October, 1866.
The Nelson Artillery Volunteer Cadet Corps.
Date of acceptance, 3rd December, 1866.
The Bay of Plenty Cavalry Volunteers. Date
of acceptance, 23rd December, 1866.
J. C. RICHMOND,
(for Colonel Haultain.)