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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Edward S. Mowbray to be Ensign. Date of com-
mission, 18th December, 1868.
In the Auckland Naval Volunteers.
Lawrence David Nathan to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 16th December, 1868.
In the Union Company, Rangitikei Rifle Volunteers.
Walter Hunter Crawford to be Ensign. Date of
commission, 30th November, 1868.
In the Temuka Company, Canterbury Rifle Volunteers.
Richard Knowles Parkerson to be Captain. Date of
commission, 10th September, 1868.
James Bromage Williams to be Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 10th September, 1868.
John Albert Young to be Ensign. Date of com-
mission, 10th September, 1868.
JOHN HALL
(in absence of Colonel Haultain).

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th January, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers, viz. :-
Lieutenant A. Cuff, Lyttelton Artillery Volunteers.
Lieutenant Edward Owen, Wellington Veteran
Volunteers.
Ensign John Knowles, Manawatu Militia.
JOHN HALL
(in absence of Colonel Haultain).

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th January, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
cancel the commission held by
Sub-Inspector Arthur Gustavus Smith, Armed
Constabulary,
at his own request.
JOHN HALL
(in absence of Colonel Haultain).

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th January, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of the under-mentioned
Corps, viz. :-
The Tauranga Cavalry Volunteers. Date of ac-
ceptance, 30th December, 1868.
The Pukekohe Rifle Volunteers. Date of ac-
ceptance, 18th January, 1869.
JOHN HALL
(in absence of Colonel Haultain).

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th January, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
disband
The Middle Rangitikei Volunteer Company.
JOHN HALL
(in absence of Colonel Haultain).

Marine Department,
Wellington, 21st January, 1869.
THE following Notice to Mariners, announcing
that the Tranmere Buoy, at the entrance to
Manukau Harbour, has shifted, is published for
general information.
JAMES M. BALFOUR,
Colonial Marine Engineer.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
Shifting of Tranmere Buoy, Manukau Harbour.
Pilot Station,
Manukau, 8th January, 1869.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the "Tranmere" Shoal
Buoy has shifted to the South-east of the line of
beacons at South Head; and mariners are hereby
cautioned to pay particular attention to the pointing
of the semaphore arms at the Signal Station, when
approaching or leaving the harbour.
Due notice will be given when the "Tranmere"
Shoal Buoy is replaced.
THOMAS WING,
Harbour-master.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 21st January, 1869.
THE following Notices to Mariners, as to the shoal-
ing of the Western Channel over Wide Bay Bar,
and as to the depth of water on Upper Flats, Fitzroy
River, both in the Colony of Queensland, are pub-
lished for general information.
JAMES M. BALFOUR,
Colonial Marine Engineer.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
Wide Bay Bar.
In consequence of the shoaling of the present
Western Channel over Wide Bay Bar, masters of
vessels are cautioned against using this channel until
further notice.
G. P. HEATH, Lieut. R.N.,
Port Office, 10th December, 1868.
Portmaster.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
Upper Flats, Fitzroy River.
MASTERS of vessels are hereby informed that the
Cutting through the Upper Flats, in the Fitzroy
River, has now only a depth of two feet three inches
at low-water springs.
G. P. HEATH, Lieut. R.N.,
Port Office, 11th December, 1868.
Portmaster.

Land Claims Court,
Wellington, 25th January, 1869.
NOTICE of Hearing. Pursuant to the Land
Claims Settlement Acts, the claims specified in
the annexed Schedule will be investigated in open
Court, at Campbelltown, before Mr. Assistant Com-
missioner Pearson, on Wednesday, the 10th day of
February next, and following days, at which time
and place the claimants, and all parties interested,
are required to attend with their witnesses, and the
original deeds or documents in their possession
relating to the said claims.
Name of Claimant. Land, where situate.
George Green ... Bluff.
James Spencer ... "
J. McGibbon ... "
ALFRED DOMETT,
Land Claims Commissioner.

"MARRIAGE ACT, 1854."
OFFICIATING MINISTERS FOR 1869.
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 27th January, 1869.
PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in
the eighteenth year of the reign of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act,
1854," the following LIST of OFFICIATING MINISTERS
within the meaning of the said Act, is published for
general information :-
United Church of England and Ireland.
The Reverend Riwai Te Ahu
" J. C. Andrew