THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 627

Virgil. Any four books of the Æneid; the
Board to be informed which books are chosen.
Horace.-1. Odes and Epodes; 2. Satires and
Epistles. The Board to be informed of the
selection.
Cæsar. De Bello Gallico.
Cicero. De Senectute, and De Amicitiâ.
Passages for translation will be set from these
authors; and candidates will be required to answer
easy grammatical and historical questions arising out
of the passages so set.
(2.) French.
Translations from Fénélon's Télémaque.
Easy translations from English into French, and
vice versa.
(3.) Euclid.
The first two books, including the definitions and
axioms.
(4.) Algebra.
So far as to include the solution of simple equa-
tions.
(5.) History.
The outlines of the History of England from the
Norman Conquest to the Battle of Waterloo.
(6.) Political Economy.
Elementary Principles of.
(7.) Geography.
Outlines of Political and Physical Geography.
(8.) Maori.
17. The Central Board will have power to vary
from time to time the optional subjects of exami-
nation, due notice of such change being made in the
New Zealand Gazette.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 28th December, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
CHARLES FREER CRAWFORD, Esq.,
to be Curator of Intestate Estates to act within the
Taranaki District, vice W. S. Atkinson, Esq., resigned.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 28th December, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation, from the 31st instant, by
ARCHER CHARLES CROFT, Esq.,
of Ashburton, Canterbury, of his appointment as a
Coroner for the Colony.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 29th December, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN CHARLES YOUNG, Esq.,
to be Clerk to the Bench under "The Resident
Magistrates Act, 1867," at Shortland.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th December, 1868.

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

In the Armed Constabulary.
Ensign John Ross Watts (Auckland Militia) to be
acting Sub-inspector. Date of commission, 30th
November, 1868.

In the New Zealand Militia.
Major Charles Lambert (Napier Militia) to be
Lieutenant-Colonel. Date of commission, 19th
December, 1868.

In the Napier Militia.
Purvis Russell to be Captain. Date of commission,
27th November, 1868.
John Davis Canning to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 25th November, 1868.
Henry Twigg to be Ensign. Date of commission,
1st December, 1868.
William Speedy to be Ensign. Date of commission,
2nd December, 1868.

In the Wellington Militia.
William Howard Holmes (late Lieutenant, Wellington
Rifle Volunteers) to be Ensign. Date of commis-
sion, 14th December, 1868.

In the 2nd (Hutt) Battalion, Wellington Militia.
Lieutenant Arthur Braithwaite to be Captain. Date
of commission, 12th December, 1868.
Nathaniel Grace to be Lieutenant. Date of commis-
sion, 12th December, 1868.
John Liverton to be Lieutenant. Date of commission,
14th December, 1868.
William Arthur Grace to be Ensign. Date of com-
mission, 12th December, 1868.

In the Wairarapa and Castle Point Militia.
Frederick Maunsell to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 1st December, 1868.
Duncan Cameron to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 1st December, 1868.

In the Wanganui Militia.
Lieutenant John Peake to be Captain. Date of
commission, 16th December, 1868.
Lieutenant Edward Broughton to be Captain. Date
of commission, 17th December, 1868.
Ensign Edward Greenway to be Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 16th December, 1868.
Ensign Henry John Perham to be Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 17th December, 1868.
Ensign Henry William Witchell to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 18th December, 1868.
Ensign John Patten Watt to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 19th December, 1868.

In the Manawatu Militia.
John Kebbell, junior, to be Captain. Date of com-
mission, 17th December, 1868.
John Taylor Dalrymple to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 17th December, 1868.
John Knowles to be Ensign. Date of commission,
17th December, 1868.

In the Auckland Engineer Volunteers.
Arthur Algernon Crapp to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 20th November, 1868.

In the Turakina Cavalry Volunteers.
Captain William Thomas Owen (Wanganui Militia)
to be Captain. Date of commission, 12th Decem-
ber, 1868.

In the Victoria Troop, Rangitikei Cavalry Volunteers.
William Retemeyer to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 28th November, 1868.
T. M. HAULTAIN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th December, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers, viz. :-
Captain Richard B. Leatham, New Zealand Militia
(unattached).
Ensign L. L. Carr, Napier Militia.
T. M. HAULTAIN.