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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Weights and Measures Act, 1868," for Districts in
the Provinces set opposite their names respectively:
JOHN MCWILLIAMS, Auckland;
WILLIAM COBDEN, Otago;
JAMES DEANE, Otago;
SAMUEL MOORE, Otago.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
DUNCAN GUY, Esq.,
to be Deputy Registrar of Deeds at Picton, in the
Province of Marlborough. This appointment to take
effect on and from the 1st day of April next.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1870.
IT is hereby notified, that His Honor Mr. Justice
Richmond has reported that he has appointed
THOMAS CONNELL, Esq.,
to be Revising Officer for the Electoral Districts of
Collingwood, Motueka, City of Nelson, Suburbs of
Nelson, and Waimea; and
EDWARD JAMES LEE, Esq.,
to be Revising Officer for the Electoral Districts of
Westland North, Westland South, and Westland
Boroughs.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
grant Letters of Registration, dated seventeenth
day of March, 1870, in favour of
CHARLES HODGSON,
of Richmond, in the County of Surrey, England, of
Letters Patent, dated twentieth day of July, 1868,
for an Invention for "Improved means of, and ap-
paratus for, transporting Loads."
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 22nd March, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
THOMAS BANNATYNE GILLIES, Esq.,
GEORGE COWIE, Esq.,
JOSEPH MCMULLEN DARGAVILLE, Esq.,
of Auckland;
ALEXANDER MOLLISON, Esq., of Waihola Park,
WILLIAM DUFF, Esq., of Waihola,
Otago; and
JAMES STUART HOLMES, Esq.,
of Castle Rock, Southland, to be Justices of the
Peace for the Colony.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 19th March, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM MORGAN CROMPTON, Esq.,
to be Curator of Intestate Estates for the Taranaki
District, vice C. F. Crawford, Esq., resigned.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to make the under-mentioned appointments,
viz. :-
In the Wellington Militia.
Honorary Captain Charles Plummer Powles (Wel-
lington Rifle Volunteer Cadets) to be Captain.
Date of commission, 3rd March, 1870.
In the Poverty Bay Militia.
James Woodbine Johnson to be Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 16th February, 1870.
James Benjamin Poynter to be Ensign. Date of
commission, 16th February, 1870.
In the Napier Rifle Volunteers.
William Robert Robinson to be Captain. Date of
commission, 19th January, 1870.
John James Torre to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 19th January, 1870.
John Close to be Ensign. Date of commission, 19th
January, 1870.
W. GISBORNE
(in the absence of Mr. McLean).

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers, viz. :-
Captain H. W. Packer, Canterbury Yeomanry
Cavalry Volunteers.
Lieutenant Wm. Buchanan, Pukekohe Rifle
Volunteers.
Lieutenant J. F. Dobbie, Dunedin Naval Volun-
teers.
W. GISBORNE
(in the absence of Mr. McLean).

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
disband the under-mentioned Corps, viz. :-
The Westland Light Horse Volunteers;
The No. 2 Company, Westland Rifle Volunteers.
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 :-
Thomas Knolles Christian, Esq., late Lieutenant,
Westland Light Horse Volunteers;
George Ogilvie Preshaw, Esq., late Cornet, West-
land Light Horse Volunteers;
William Evans, Esq., late Captain, No. 2 Com-
pany, Westland Rifle Volunteers;
John Conway Frew, Esq., late Lieutenant, No. 2
Company, Westland Rifle Volunteers.
W. GISBORNE
(in the absence of Mr. McLean).

Native Office,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1870.
IT is hereby notified, that
MARIAN STEWART
has been duly authorized by the Chief Judge of the
Native Lands Court to act as an Interpreter under
"The Native Lands Act, 1865," and "The Native
Lands Act, 1867."
W. GISBORNE
(for the Native Minister).