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purposes of the said Act, as therein mentioned: And
whereas it is expedient that notice should be given,
in accordance with the fourteenth section of the said
Act, that the Debentures for the said Loan of
£16,000 should be paid off:

Now therefore I, Julius Vogel, Colonial Treasurer
of New Zealand, do hereby, on behalf of the Govern-
ment of New Zealand, and I, Isaac Earl Featherston,
Superintendent of the said Province, do hereby, on
behalf of the Government of the said Province, give
notice that all Debentures issued under the said Act
shall become payable at the Colonial Treasury,
Wellington, New Zealand, on the first day of
January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

JULIUS VOGEL,
I. E. FEATHERSTON.

Wellington, 8th September, 1869.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 9th September, 1869.

IT is hereby notified, that the Town Clerk of Crom-
well has reported that

Mr. GEORGE W. GOODGER
has resigned the office of Mayor of Cromwell.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th September, 1869.

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

In the Thames Rifle Rangers Volunteers.
Adam Jackson to be Lieutenant. Date of commis-
sion, 10th March, 1869.
Henry Skene to be Ensign. Date of commission,
10th March, 1869.

In the No. 3 Company, Hauraki Volunteers.
William John Newby to be Captain. Date of com-
mission, 10th July, 1869.
Thomas G. Sandes to be Ensign. Date of commission,
17th July, 1869.

In the Picton Company, Marlborough Rangers
Volunteers.
Samuel Harris to be Ensign. Date of commission,
21st August, 1869.

In the Christchurch Artillery Volunteers.
James Alexander Bird to be Captain. Date of com-
mission, 3rd August, 1869.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 9th September, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of

The Napier Horse Artillery Volunteers.
Date of acceptance, 23rd August, 1869.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th September, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ST. JOHN BRANIGAN, Esq., R.M.,
to be Commissioner of the New Zealand Armed
Constabulary. Date of commission, 8th August,
1869.

DONALD MCLEAN.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 8th September, 1869.

IN virtue of the powers delegated to the Postmaster-
General by His Excellency the Governor,

JOHN GRUBB, Esq.,

has been appointed Acting Chief Postmaster for the
Province of Canterbury, during the absence of Mr.
Wright on leave.

JULIUS VOGEL.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 8th September, 1869.

THE following Notice, received from the General
Post Office, London, is published for general
information.

By order,

G. ELIOTT ELIOTT,
Secretary.

MONEY ORDER AND SAVINGS BANK OFFICES.
ENGLAND.

1. On the 1st of July Money Order and Savings
   Bank Offices will be opened in London and the
   Suburbs at—

2. The Offices at Bell Green, S.E.; Falcon Road,
   Battersea, S.W.; and Thorne Road, South Lambeth,
   S.W.; will be abolished.

3. The Office at Walworth (Crosby Row) will
   henceforth be designated No. 227 Walworth Road;
   and the Office at 179 Sloane Street will be called
   179 Sloane Street (Lowndes Square).

4. During the past Quarter the following changes
   have been made, viz. :-

The Office known as "Woolwich Dockyard" has
been altered to Woolwich only; and the Office
known as Sloane Square has been altered to
No. 161 Sloane Street (near Sloane Square).
The Office at the House of Commons has been
constituted an Office for the Payment as well
as for the Issue of Money Orders.

5. Money Order and Savings Bank Offices will be
   opened in the Country at--