320
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th June, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
The Honorable JULIUS VOGEL
to be Commissioner of Stamp Duties.
WILLIAM Fox.
DAVID LIMOND MURDOCH, Esq.,
of Auckland, to be a Justice of the Peace for the
Colony.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd July, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
FREDERICK DE CARTERET MALET, Esq.,
to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages, and of Births,
Deaths, and Marriages, for the District of Christ-
church, as the same is defined in Proclamation of 6th
July, 1859, and published in New Zealand Gazette,
No. 21, of the same date, vice Thomas William
Maude, Esq., resigned.
WILLIAM Fox.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 3rd July, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
THOMAS HOWLEY, Esq.,
to be Clerk to the Bench at Timaru and Arowhenua,
under "The Resident Magistrate's Act, 1867."
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd July, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
THOMAS KENRICK, Esq.,
to be Returning Officer for the Election of Members of
the Council of Westland for the District of Kanieri.
WILLIAM Fox.
Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd July, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned promotions and
appointments, viz. :-

In the Armed Constabulary.
James Kirwan to be Acting Sub-Inspector. Date of
commission, 21st June, 1869.

In the Rangitikei Militia.
Frank Yates Lethbridge to be Ensign. Date of
commission, 14th June, 1869.

In the Napier Militia.
Lieutenant James Anderson to be Captain. Date of
commission, 20th May, 1869.
Henry Stokes Tiffen to be Ensign. Date of com-
mission, 20th May, 1869.

In the Thames Engineer Volunteers.
Gibbon Carew FitzGibbon to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 2nd June, 1869.

In the No. 1 Company, Hauraki Rifle Volunteers.
Edward Henry Power to be Captain. Date of com-
mission, 16th March, 1869.
Adam McCarroll to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 12th June, 1869.

In the Makara Rifle Volunteers.
Patrick Monaghan to be Captain. Date of commis-
sion, 11th December, 1868.
Richard Effingham Earlom Plimpton to be Lieu-
tenant. Date of commission, 11th December,
1868.
Henry Cook to be Ensign. Date of commission,
11th December, 1868.

In the Napier Rifle Volunteers.
Major Edward Lister Green, New Zealand Militia,
unattached, to be Captain. Date of commission,
21st May, 1869.

In the Wairoa (Hawke's Bay) Rifle Volunteers.
Robert Pearson Finlayson to be Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 14th February, 1868.

In the Pelorus Rangers Volunteers.
Ensign Frank Cohen to be Captain. Date of com-
mission, 31st May, 1869.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd July, 1869.
THE following additional Regulation as to the
examination of Candidates for employment
under "The Civil Service Act, 1866," is published
for general information :-
No candidate for the Civil Service will be admitted
to examination unless he shall at the time of such
examination being held be of the full age of fifteen
years.
WILLIAM Fox.
Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd July, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers, viz. :-
Lieutenant A. Grant, Napier Militia.
Lieutenant A. T. Maginnity, Greytown Cavalry
Volunteers.
Acting Sub-Inspector T. W. Porter, Armed Con-
stabulary.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd July, 1869.
IN the matter of "The Friendly Societies Act,
1867," notice is hereby given that a transcript
of the Rules of
"The Loyal Dunedin Lodge, M.U.I.O.O.F.,
Dunedin,"
duly certified, has been lodged with the Registrar of
Friendly Societies, and recorded in his office, under
the provisions of "The Friendly Societies Act, 1867."
Dated this third day of July, 1869.
W. GISBORNE
(for the Registrar).

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 2nd July, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
EDWARD CROKER, Esq.,
of his appointments as a Justice of the Peace and
Coroner for the Colony.
WILLIAM Fox.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 2nd July, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint