464 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

furnish any information respecting them is requested
to communicate the same to this office.

Name—George Brown.
Occupation—labourer;
Age—27 years;
Height—5 feet 6 inches;
Usual residence before coming to this Colony—
Wallaroo, S.A.
Where last heard of—Hoho Creek, N.Z.

Name—Charles Brown.
Occupation—barman;
Age—25 years;
Height—5 feet 5½ inches;
Usual residence before coming to this Colony—
Adelaide, S.A.
Where last heard of—New Zealand.

W. GISBORNE,
Under-Secretary.

Office of the Commissioner of Customs,
Wellington, 23rd September, 1868.

IT is hereby notified for general information, that
JAMES HACKWORTH, Esq.,
has been appointed to act as Deputy Collector at the
Port of Wellington, and Licensing Officer under
“The Arms Act, 1860.”

J. C. RICHMOND,
Commissioner of Customs.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th September, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

Major CHARLES LAMBERT
to be a Commandant in the Armed Constabulary.
Date of commission, 18th September, 1868.

DANIEL POLLEN
(for Colonel Haultain).

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st September, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the undermentioned promotions and
appointments, viz. :—

In the Armed Constabulary.
Sub-Inspector George Imlach Cumming to be In-
spector. Date of commission, 8th September,
1868.
David Scannell to be Sub-Inspector. Date of com-
mission, 8th September, 1868.

In the New Zealand Militia.
Lieutenant Walter Edward Gudgeon to be Captain.
Date of commission, 15th September, 1868.
Frank Pringle to be Lieutenant. Date of commis-
sion, 15th September, 1868.
Ensign Charles Hirtzell to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 16th September, 1868.

In the Hutt Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant William Alfred Fitzherbert to be Captain.
Date of commission, 7th September, 1868.
Ensign George Farmer to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 7th September, 1868.
George Wood to be Ensign. Date of commission,
7th September, 1868.

In the Marlborough Rangers Volunteers.
Thomas Philpotts to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 28th March, 1868.

In the Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry Cadet
Volunteers.
Edward Giraud to be Honorary Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 7th September, 1868.

DANIEL POLLEN
(in the absence of Colonel Haultain).

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st September, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the undermentioned officers, viz. :—
Captain Battersbee, Wellington Militia.
Lieutenant M. G. Roddy, Taranaki Militia.
Ensign A. C. P. Macdonald, No. 1 Company
Wellington Rifle Volunteers.

DANIEL POLLEN
(in the absence of Colonel Haultain).

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st September, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
discontinue the services of
The Waipawa Cavalry Volunteers.
The undermentioned gentleman has therefore ceased
to hold the rank of officer in the corps, his com-
mission having, under the provisions of “The Volun-
teer Act, 1865,” lapsed :—
F. M. CHAPMAN, Esq., late Lieutenant.

DANIEL POLLEN
(in the absence of Colonel Haultain).

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st September, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
disband the undermentioned Corps, viz. :—
The Dunstan District Rifle Volunteers.

DANIEL POLLEN
(in the absence of Colonel Haultain).

Treasury,
Wellington, 23rd September, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ANDREW ALEXANDER, Esq.,
to be Paymaster for Postal and Telegraph Services
at Charleston, Nelson.

JOHN HALL.

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