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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, this nineteenth day
of November, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
eight.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th November, 1868.

IT T is hereby notified that a writ issued for the
Election of a Member of the House of Repre-
sentatives, for the Electoral District of the Town of
Lyttelton, has been returned with a certificate to the
effect that

JOHN THOMAS PEACOCK,
of Hawkesbury, near Christchurch, Freeholder, has
been duly elected.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th November, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
grant Letters Patent under "The Patents Act
1860," in favour of

WILLIAM JAMES DALTON,
of Auckland, in the Province of Auckland, Civil
Engineer, for an Invention of a new Machine for the
purpose of separating or extracting Gold or other
Metals or Minerals from Quartz or other materials,
and for crushing, pounding, or pulverizing such
Quartz or other materials, and for its amalgamation
with Mercury or other ingredients.

Dated 16th November, 1868.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th November, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
grant Letters of Registration under "The
Patent Act, 1860," in favour of

WILLIAM THOMSON,
JOHN SHARP,
EDWIN BULL,
JOHN HOLME JONES,
GEORGE MOORE,
STEPHEN BARTLETT, and
WILLIAM ERRINGTON,

all of Ballarat, in the Colony of Victoria, gentlemen,
for an invention intituled "An Invention for raising
Vessels in either deep or shallow water without the
aid of Machinery."

Dated 16th November, 1868.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th November, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

GEORGE LILLY MELLISH, Esq.,
to be Returning and Registration Officer for the
Electoral District of Ashley, for the election of
Members of the House of Representatives.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th November, 1868.

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

In the Wairarapa and Castle Point Militia.
Henry Bunny to be Major. Date of commission, 6th
November, 1868.
William Beetham, junr., to be Captain. Date of
commission, 10th October, 1868.
Charles Welby Jackson to be Captain. Date of
commission, 30th October, 1868.
Hugh Beetham to be Lieutenant. Date of commis-
sion, 10th October, 1868.
Arthur Bunny to be Lieutenant. Date of commis-
sion, 13th October, 1868.
Hugh McMasters to be Ensign. Date of commission,
12th October, 1868.
William Dorset to be Ensign. Date of commission,
16th October, 1868.

In the Taranaki Militia.
Ensign Arthur Harley to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 19th October, 1868.
Ensign Reginald Bayley to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 20th October, 1868.

In the Rangitikei Militia.
Ensign Robert Wilson to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 4th September, 1868.
James Bruce, junr., to be Ensign. Date of commis-
sion, 4th September, 1868.

In the Wanganui Veteran Volunteers.
Thomas Kells to be Lieutenant. Date of commis-
sion, 2nd November, 1868.
David Atkinson to be Ensign. Date of commission,
2nd November, 1868.

In the Wellington Veteran Volunteers.
Ensign James Isherwood to be Captain. Date of
commission, 26th October, 1868.
Edward Owen to be Lieutenant. Date of commis-
sion, 26th October, 1868.

In the Hutt Cavalry Volunteers.
Captain William Alfred Fitzherbert (Hutt Rifle
Volunteers) to be Captain. Date of commission,
7th September, 1868.
Samuel Tucker to be Lieutenant. Date of commis-
sion, 7th November, 1868.
Edward John Campion to be Cornet. Date of com-
mission, 7th November, 1868.

In the Greytown Troop, Wairarapa Cavalry Volunteers.
James Edward Ind Boys to be Captain. Date of
commission, 31st October, 1868.
Cornet Andrew Thomas Maginnity to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 31st October, 1868.
Robert Greathead to be Cornet. Date of commission,
31st October, 1868.

In the Picton Company, Marlborough Rangers
Volunteers.
Lieutenant Thomas Nepean Edward Kenny (Marl-
borough Militia) to be Captain. Date of commis-
sion, 28th October, 1868.
Duncan Guy to be Ensign. Date of commission,
28th October, 1868.
T. M. HAULTAIN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th November, 1868.

THE under-mentioned Non-commissioned Officers
of the Otago Volunteer Force, having passed
the necessary examinations, are appointed Musketry
Instructors to the Companies to which they respec-
tively belong, viz. :-
" Sergt. James E. Hannah, Dunedin Artillery.
" James Speight, No. 1 Co. Rifle Volunteers.
" Andrew Dunn, No. 2 Co. Rifle Volunteers.
" John Cunningham, North Dunedin Rifle
Volunteers.
" William Laing, South District Rifle Volun-
teers.
" James Haigh, Waikari Rifle Volunteers.