THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 85

Major E. L. Green as Captain, Napier Rifle
Volunteers.
Sub-Inspector H. E. Handley, Armed Constabulary,
from the 8th January, 1870.
Lieutenant H. J. H. Eliott, No. 1 Company, Wel-
lington Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant J. Irvine, Napier Rifle Volunteers.
Ensign G. Rutherford, Waimea Rifle Volunteers.

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

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th February, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
disband
The Cambridge Mounted Rangers Volunteers.
W. GISBORNE
(in the absence of Mr. McLean).

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th February, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
direct that the name of the under-mentioned
officer shall be transferred to the Unattached List
of the New Zealand Militia:---
Ensign Henry Edwin Webb, Napier Rifle Volun-
teers.
W. GISBORNE
(in the absence of Mr. McLean).

Government Annuities Office,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1870.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the following Offices
will be opened as Government Life Insurance
and Annuity Offices, on and after 1st of March next.
Forms of application, and any information, can be
obtained by the public on application to the several
Postmasters-

Chief Post Office ... Auckland.
" ... New Plymouth.
" ... Wellington.
" ... Napier.
" ... Nelson.
" ... Blenheim.
" ... Christchurch.
" ... Dunedin.
" ... Invercargill.
Post Office ... Hokitika.
" ... Greymouth.
" ... Westport.
" ... Charleston.
W. GISBORNE,
Commissioner.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1870.
THE following Notice received from the General
Post Office, Adelaide, is published for general
information.
By Order.
G. ELIOTT ELIOTT,
Secretary.

NOTICE.
General Post Office, Adelaide,
26th January, 1870.
NOTICE is hereby given, that Money Order Offices
will be opened at the under-mentioned places on the
1st February next, viz. :-
Langhorne's Creek.
Stockport.
CHARLES TODD,
Postmaster-General.

IN the matter of "The Friendly Societies Act,
1867," notice is hereby given that a transcript of
the Bye-laws of
"Court Patea, No. 5,086, branch of the Nelson,
New Zealand, Ancient Order of Foresters
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 21st day of February, 1870.
ALEX. C. P. MACDONALD
(for the Registrar).

TOWNSHIP OF GISBORNE, Poverty Bay. ---
The following Town and Suburban Sections in
and adjoining the Township of Gisborne, situate at
Turanganui, Poverty Bay, on land purchased by
Government from the Natives, will be sold by auction
at the Crown Lands Office, Napier, on the 13th day
of April, 1870.
Subjoined are the Regulations under which the
sale will be conducted, and a Schedule of the Sections
to be submitted for sale.
Plans can be seen on application at the General
Government Agents' Offices at Auckland and Napier,
at the Office of the Secretary for Crown Lands, Wel-
lington, and at the Crown Lands Commissioners'
Offices in the other Provinces.
J. D. ORMOND,
General Government Agent,
East Coast District.

Napier, 16th February, 1870.
THE following are the Regulations and Conditions
under which the land will be sold:---

1. The sale will be conducted by the Agent at
   Napier of the General Government, or such person
   as he shall authorize to conduct the sale.
2. The said Agent may order any lot to be with-
   drawn at any time before it is put up.
3. The land will be sold in lots by auction to the
   highest bidder. In case of doubt as to the highest
   bidder for any lot, or in case the person to whom a
   lot has been knocked down shall fail to make the
   deposit hereinafter mentioned, the lot will be at once
   put up again.
4. The purchase money of every allotment shall be
   paid by the purchaser thereof, or his agent, to the
   said Agent of the General Government, as follows,
   viz. :-
   One fourth at the time of sale or selection by way
   of deposit, and the remaining three-fourths within
   three calendar months after such sale or selection.
   In the event of the second payment not being made
   as aforesaid, the sale shall be void, and the deposit
   forfeited.
5. Any land that shall have been put up to auction
   and not sold may be purchased by any person for cash
   at the upset price at which the same was put up for
   sale, at any time, unless it shall have been specially
   withdrawn from sale by order of the Government
   Agent at Napier: Provided always that it shall be
   lawful for the said Agent, instead of permitting any
   land to be purchased under this regulation, to cause
   the same to be put up again to auction.
6. Any land that shall have been put up to auction
   and sold, but the purchase whereof shall not have been
   completed, may be purchased at the price at which it
   shall have been sold as aforesaid, deducting the
   amount of deposit paid, unless withdrawn from sale
   as in manner provided in the last preceding section.
7. Every person desiring to select land, open for
   selection after auction under these Regulations, shall
   describe the same by the number of the allotment, so