THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 391

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th August, 1868.
IT is hereby notified that in conformity with clause
three of "The Otago Municipal Corporations
Act, 1865," the name of the following person has
been sent to this office by the Town Clerk as having
been elected Mayor of Oamaru, viz.:—
SAMUEL GIBBS, Esq.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th August, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
THOMAS GEORGE DUGARD, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths,
and Marriages, for the District of the Arrow, as the
same is defined in proclamation of 30th November,
1865, and published in New Zealand Gazette No. 48,
of 11th December, 1865, vice Lowther Broad, Esq.,
resigned.
This appointment to take effect on and from the
twentieth day of August, 1868.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 30th July, 1868.
MAGISTRATES are informed that it is the wish
of the Government, that Regulations 3 and 4
for the conduct of Criminal Prosecutions, published in
the New Zealand Gazette of the 3rd March, 1861,
should on all occasions be strictly observed.
E. W. STAFFORD.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 23rd July, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize
The CHIEF CLERK, Colonial Defence Office,
to frank, free from prepayment of postage, letters or
packets sent by him on the public service.
JOHN HALL.

Treasury,
Wellington, 28th July, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of
JAMES EDWARD FITZGERALD, and
WILLIAM GISBORNE, Esquires,
as Trustees of Sinking Funds on Loans raised by
the Province of Nelson.
JOHN HALL.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th July, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the undermentioned appointments, viz.:—
In the New Zealand Militia.
Charles Allen Wray, to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 21st July, 1868.
Amelius Morland Smith, to be Lieutenant, on the
unattached list. Date of commission, 29th July,
1868.
Herbert Molyneux Brewer, to be Ensign. Date of
commission, 28th July, 1868.
Walter Long Wrey, to be Ensign. Date of com-
mission, 29th July, 1868.
In the Wellington Rifle Volunteer Cadet Corps.
Charles Plummer Powles, to be Honorary Captain.
Date of commission, 28th July, 1868.
In the Wairoa (Patea) Rifle Volunteers.
Robert Norgate Hawes, to be Captain. Date of
commission, 20th July, 1868.

John Wilcox Kenah, to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 20th July, 1868.
Walter Allan Grant Winchcombe, to be Ensign.
Date of commission, 20th July, 1868.
In the Patea Rifle Volunteers.
Alfred Pickering Palmer, to be Captain. Date of
commission, 21st July, 1868.
James Gilling, to be Lieutenant. Date of commission,
21st July, 1868.
James Hunter, to be Ensign. Date of commission,
21st July, 1868.
T. M. HAULTAIN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th July, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of the undermentioned
Corps, viz.:—
The Wairoa (Patea) Rifle Volunteers. Date of
acceptance, 20th July, 1868.
The Patea Rifle Volunteers. Date of acceptance,
21st July, 1868.
T. M. HAULTAIN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th July, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignations of the commissions held
by the undermentioned Officers, viz.:—
Captain F. L. Webster, Taranaki Militia.
Captain T. Mills, Hutt Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant A. M. Smith, Wellington Artillery
Volunteers.
T. M. HAULTAIN.

Stamp Office,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the following appointment:—
THOMAS WILLIAM MAUDE, Esq.,
of Christchurch, to be a Deputy Commissioner of
Stamp Duties.
The appointment to take effect on and from the
1st of August next.
J. C. RICHMOND.

Stamp Office,
Wellington, 23rd July, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the following appointment:—
ROBERT CHISENHALL HAMMERTON, Esq.,
of New Plymouth, to be a Deputy Commissioner of
Stamp Duties.
The appointment to take effect on and from the
1st of August next.
J. C. RICHMOND.

Stamp Office,
Wellington, 27th July, 1868.
IT is notified for general information that
Mr. L. W. BUSCH,
Postmaster at Naseby (Mount Ida), has been
appointed Official Distributor of Duties Stamps at
that place, as from the 1st of August next.
J. C. RICHMOND.

Stamp Office,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1868.
IT is hereby notified for general information that
Mr. G. RAYNER,
Postmaster at Newcastle, (Auckland,) has been
appointed Official Distributor of Duty Stamps at
that place, as from 1st August instant.
J. C. RICHMOND.