THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th May, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointments, viz.:-
In the Armed Constabulary.
Henry Edwardes Handley to be Sub-Inspector.
Date of commission, 22nd April, 1869.

In the Napier Militia.
William Burnett to be Ensign. Date of commission,
18th April, 1869.

In the Lyttelton Artillery Volunteers.
William Walker to be Second Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 31st March, 1869.

In the Christchurch High School Rifle Volunteer
Cadet Corps.
Robert George Park to be Honorary Captain. Date
of commission, 9th March, 1869.
William Morrison Stewart to be Honorary Lieu-
tenant. Date of commission, 9th March, 1869.
T. M. HAULTAIN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th May, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers, viz :-
Captain H. H. Knowles, Lyttelton Artillery
Volunteers.
Captain P. A. Buckley, Wellington Artillery
Volunteers.
T. M. HAULTAIN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th May, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
cancel the promotion of
Sub-Inspector Cholwell Dean Pitt
to the rank of Inspector in the Armed Constabulary.
T. M. HAULTAIN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th May, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of
The Tapu Rifle Rangers Volunteers.
Date of acceptance, 3rd April, 1869.
T. M. HAULTAIN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th May, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
disband
The Patea Rifle Volunteers.
The under-mentioned gentlemen have therefore
ceased to hold the rank of officers, their commissions
having, under the provisions of "The Volunteer Act
1865," lapsed :-
James Gilling, Esq., late Captain.
James Hunter, Esq., late Lieutenant.
T. M. HAULTAIN.

Native Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
license
ALFRED WOOD, Esq.,
(of Auckland,) to survey lands under "The Native
Lands Act, 1865."
T. M. HAULTAIN.

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STAMP DUTIES ACT, 1866. Notice. The atten-
tion of Executors, Administrators, Legatees, and
Successors, is called to the provisions of "The Stamp
Duties Act, 1866," which require :-

1. That Executors and Administrators shall, in the
   case of all legacies, annuities, or residues paid by
   them, furnish to the Stamp Office full accounts of
   such payments, and shall pay the duty assessed
   thereon within sixty days thereafter; and in the case
   of legacies, annuities, or residues retained in trust,
   shall before any such retainer furnish to the Commis-
   sioners full particulars thereof, and shall pay the duty
   assessed thereon within fourteen days of such assess-
   ment; and shall furnish accounts of all successions
   under any will or estate executed or administered
   by them, so soon as the successor shall become
   beneficially entitled thereto.
2. That Legatees receiving legacies shall give
   receipts in the prescribed form, which receipts must
   bear date on the day of signing, and must be brought
   to the Stamp Office to be stamped within sixty days
   thereafter, otherwise such receipts become invalid.
3. That every Successor to real or personal estate,
   as soon as he, or any other person in his behalf, shall
   become entitled thereto in possession, or to the
   receipt of the income and profit thereof, shall furnish
   to the Commissioners full and true accounts of the
   property succeeded to, with the name of and their
   relationship to the predecessor.
   Cumulative penalties are imposed by the Act for
   neglect or delay in rendering such accounts, or
   paying the duty assessed.
   WILLIAM FITZHERBERT.
   Stamp Office, 1st May, 1869.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 12th May, 1869.
NOTICE is hereby given, that His Excellency the
Governor has been pleased to appoint the
under-mentioned Post Office to be an office for the
transaction of Money Order and Savings Bank
business, from the 1st June next, viz. :-
KAIKOURA,
in the Province of Marlborough.
G. ELIOTT ELIOTT.
Secretary,

IN the matter of "The Friendly Societies Act,
1867," notice is hereby given that a transcript of
the Rules of
"The Loyal Nelson Lodge Branch of the Nelson,
New Zealand, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, Manchester Unity, Friendly Society,"
duly certified, has been lodged with the Registrar of
Friendly Societies, registered and recorded in his
office under the provisions of "The Friendly Societies
Act, 1867."
Dated the twelfth day of May, 1869.
W. GISBORNE
(for the Registrar).

NOTICE TO MARINERS, No. 9, OF 1869.
NEW ZEALAND-WEST COAST, MIDDLE ISLAND.
CAUTION.
Geographical Errors in the Charts of the West
Coast of the Middle Island of New Zealand.
It is hereby notified, for the information of Mariners,
that G. A. Woods, Esq., Colonial Marine Surveyor,
who has recently surveyed a portion of the West