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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 25th August, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

SKELTON GEORGE ROWLEY, Esq.,
to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court at
Cobden, under "The Resident Magistrates Act,
1867."

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 31st August, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint the following gentlemen to be
Clerks to the Wardens' Courts of the Nelson South-
west Gold Fields, at the places set opposite their
names:-

CHARLES HUGH WEBB BOWEN, Charleston.
JOHN WILLIAM LYNCH, Brighton.
CALEB WHITEFORD, Westport.
SKELTON GEORGE ROWLEY, Cobden.
PATRICK SWEENEY, Camptown.
WILLIAM MAYBERRY, Ahaura.

E. W. STAFFORD.

CONVERSION OF THE PUBLIC DEBTS OF NEW
ZEALAND UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF "THE
CONSOLIDATED LOAN ACT, 1867."

THE Government of New Zealand is prepared,
under the powers granted by the Act above men-
tioned, to issue in exchange for such of the various
Colonial and Provincial Securities as are now in
circulation new Debentures of uniform character,
charged on the Consolidated Revenue of New
Zealand.

These new debentures will bear interest at the
rate of 5 per cent. per annum, payable quarterly,
and the principal will be repaid at par by a one per
cent. cumulative sinking fund, applied by annual
drawings to the extinction of the debt. By this
process the whole amount will be paid off in about
thirty-six years.

The debentures will be made to represent sums of
£1,000, £500, £200, and £100 respectively, and
fractions of the latter amount which may be unavoid-
able in the conversion will be adjusted either by the
issue of one debenture, or by the payment of the
difference in money.

Scrip certificates will at first be issued in exchange
for the bonds withdrawn, and these will afterwards
be replaced by debentures of the new issue.

The annual drawings will take place in the month
of March, commencing in 1869, and will be conducted
in the presence of the Crown Agents for the Colonies,
of any debenture holders who may be pleased to
attend, and of a notary public. The debentures
drawn will be paid off at par on the 15th April
following, together with the interest due thereon.

The days on which such drawings will take place,
and the numbers and values of the debentures drawn,
will be duly notified by advertisement in the London
Gazette and The Times.

Applications for conversion from persons residing
in New Zealand or the Australian Colonies, will be
received by Penrose G. Julyan, Esquire, and W. C.
Sargeaunt, Esquire, Crown Agents for the Colonies,
whose office is in Spring Gardens, London, at any
time not later than the 1st of December next, after
which date the right of altogether closing the opera-
tion is reserved.

Forms of application and information as to the
terms upon which such conversion will be made may
be obtained on application to the Crown Agents, or
to the brokers, Messrs. Mullens, Marshall, Daniell,
and Co., 3, Lombard-street, and Messrs. J. and A.
Scrimgeour, 18, Old Broad-street, London.

Persons residing in New Zealand or the Australian
Colonies desirous of making such conversion must
transmit their securities to some Agent in London,
in order that such securities may be given up on the
issue of the scrip certificates.

JOHN HALL.

The Treasury,
Wellington, New Zealand,
31st August, 1868.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th August, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of the undermentioned
corps, viz. :-

The Hawke's Bay Yeomanry Cavalry Volunteers.
Date of acceptance, 1st August, 1868.
The Wairarapa Rangers Volunteers. Date of
acceptance, 6th August, 1868.
The Christchurch High School Rifle Volunteer
Cadets. Date of acceptance, 7th August, 1868.
The Pelorus Rangers Volunteers. Date of acceptance,
10th August, 1868.

T. M. HAULTAIN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th August, 1868.

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

In the New Zealand Militia.
Lieutenant Henry Charles Holland Hastings (Wel-
lington Veteran Volunteers) to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 14th August, 1868.

In the Wanganui Militia.
Ensign Samuel Walker to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 24th August, 1868.

In the Hawke's Bay Yeomanry Cavalry Volunteers.
Thomas Tanner to be Captain. Date of commission,
1st August, 1868.
Joshua Cuff to be Lieutenant. Date of commission,
1st August, 1868.
Robert Brathwaite to be Cornet. Date of com-
mission, 1st August, 1868.

T. M. HAULTAIN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th August, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignations of the commissions held
by the undermentioned officers, viz. :-
Lieutenant H. W. Northcroft, Taranaki Militia.
Lieutenant D. Davis, Lyttelton Artillery Volunteers.
Ensign W. L. Powell, No. 9 Company, Canterbury
Rifle Volunteers.

T. M. HAULTAIN.

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Wellington, 5th August, 1868.

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