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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 6th December, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

MICHAEL LYNSKEY

to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court for
the Resident Magistrate's District of Kaiapoi, at
Rangiora and Leithfield.

W. GISBORNE.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1869.

IT is hereby notified for public information, that
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to accept the resignation by Mr. Alexander Sproul
of the offices of Harbour Master and Pilot at the
Port of Lyttelton, from and after 30th November,
1869.

W. GISBORNE
(for the Postmaster-General).

General Post Office,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize

INSPECTORS OF THE ARMED CONSTABULARY
FORCE, and
THE CHIEF CLERK OF THE ARMED CONSTABU-
LARY COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE,
to frank and receive, free from payment of postage,
Letters or Packets on Public Service.

W. GISBORNE
(for the Postmaster-General).

General Post Office,
Wellington, 1st December, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize

THE QUARTERMASTER, COLONIAL FORCES, NAPIER,
to frank free from pre-payment of postage, Letters and
Packets sent by him through the Post on the Public
Service.

W. GISBORNE
(for the Postmaster-General).

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th November, 1869.

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

In the Auckland Militia.
Lieutenant George Rayner to be Captain. Date of
commission, 19th October, 1869.
Ensign James Hume to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 19th October, 1869.
Ensign Alexander Stephen Sherret to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 20th October, 1869.
James Arthur Woolly to be Ensign. Date of com-
mission, 19th October, 1869.

In the Patea Militia.
Lieutenant Charles Allen Wray (New Zealand
Militia) to be Captain. Date of commission, 28th
October, 1869.
Captain Richard Thomas Blake (Carlyle Rifle Volun-
teers) to be Captain. Date of commission, 29th
October, 1869.

In the Hutt Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant George Farmer to be Captain. Date of
commission 2nd October, 1869.
Ensign George Wood to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 2nd October, 1869.
David Speedy to be Ensign. Date of commission,
2nd October, 1869.

In the Alfred Troop, Rangitikei Cavalry Volunteers.
Hamilton Andrews Moore to be Cornet. Date of
commission, 2nd October, 1869.

In the Poverty Bay Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Thomas William Porter to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 16th October, 1869.

In the Bay of Plenty Cavalry Volunteers.
Cornet Angus Smith to be Captain. Date of com-
mission, 6th September, 1869.

In the Pelorus Rangers Volunteers.
Charles Mills to be Lieutenant. Date of commission,
29th September, 1869.
John E. Weld, M.D., to be Honorary Assistant
Surgeon. Date of commission, 29th September,
1869.

W. GISBORNE
(in absence of Mr. McLean).

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th November, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignations of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers, viz. :-
Captain J. C. R. Isherwood, Wellington Veteran
Volunteers.
Honorary Captain T. Garrard, Nelson Artillery
Volunteer Cadet Corps.
Honorary Lieutenant F. F. C. Huddleston, Nelson
Artillery Volunteer Cadet Corps.
Lieutenant D. Wells, Pelorus Rangers Volunteers.
Assistant Surgeon W. Brown, Armed Constabulary.

W. GISBORNE
(in absence of Mr. McLean).

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th November, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
disband the under-mentioned corps at their
own request, viz. : -
The Kai-iwi Yeomanry Cavalry Volunteers.
The No. 2. Company, Canterbury Rifle Volunteers.
The Nelson Artillery Volunteer Cadet Corps.
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 :-
John Bryce, Esq., late Captain, Kai-iwi Yeomanry
Cavalry Volunteers.
R. Garrett, Esq., late Lieutenant, Kai-iwi Yeo-
manry Cavalry Volunteers.
A. F. N. Blakiston, Esq., late Lieutenant, No. 2
Company, Canterbury Rifle Volunteers.
T. Papprill, Esq., late Ensign, No. 2 Company,
Canterbury Rifle Volunteers.

W. GISBORNE
(in absence of Mr. McLean).

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th November, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
direct that the names of the under-mentioned
officers shall be transferred to the Unattached List
of the New Zealand Militia:-
Captain M. Fitzgerald, Napier Militia.
Lieutenant Robert Horner, Rangitikei Militia.

W. GISBORNE
(in absence of Mr. McLean).