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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1870.

THE following Ordinance, passed by the Provincial
Council, and reserved by the Superintendent of
the Province of Otago for the signification of the
Governor's pleasure thereon, intituled

"The Dunedin Reserves Management Ordinance,
1869,"

having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has been pleased to withhold his assent to the same.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th May, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
grant Letters Patent, under "The Patents Act,
1860," dated the 13th day of May, 1870, in favour of

DECIMUS ATKINSON,
of Fitzroy District, in the Province of Taranaki,
Gentleman, for an Invention of "A Method of
Smelting the Iron Sand of New Zealand into Iron
or Steel by one process."

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th May, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
grant Letters Patent under "The Patents Act,
1860," dated the 13th day of May, 1870, in favour of

EDWARD MAINWARING JOHNSON,
of Christchurch, in the Province of Canterbury,
Gentleman, for an Invention of "divers Improve-
ments in Machinery for Gold-saving purposes."

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 14th May, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ARTHUR SHUCKBURGH COLLINS, Esq.,
of Wakapuaka, Nelson, and

ALEXANDER SCLANDERS, Esq.,
of Nelson, to be Justices of the Peace for the
Colony.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 16th May, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by

ALFRED NEWMAN, Esq.,
of Waipukurau, of his appointment as a Justice of
the Peace for the Colony.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 14th May, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JAMES BUTLER STONEY
to be Clerk at Shortland of the Resident Magistrate's
Court for the Resident Magistrate's District of
Hauraki, vice J. C. Young.

W. GISBORNE.

Treasury,
Wellington, 13th May, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

BORTHWICK ROBERT BAIRD, Esq.,
to be a Receiver of Gold Revenue at Cromwell, in
the Province of Otago.

W. GISBORNE.

Treasury,
Wellington, 13th May, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

EDWARD FAWCONER TIZARD, Esq.,
to be a Receiver of Gold Revenue at Okarito, in the
County of Westland, vice Mathew Price, Esq.,
resigned.

W. GISBORNE.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

LEONARD BOOR, Esq.,
to be Medical Referee under "The Government An-
nuities Act, 1869," for the District of Wairarapa.

W. GISBORNE
(for the Postmaster-General).

General Post Office,
Wellington, 14th May, 1870.

NOTICE is hereby given, that His Excellency the
Governor has been pleased to appoint the
under-mentioned Post Office to be a Money Order
and Savings Bank Office, for the transaction of
Money Order and Savings Bank business, from 1st
proximo, viz.:-

WAIPAWA,
Province of Hawke's Bay.

By order.

G. ELIOTT ELIOTT,
Secretary.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1870.

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

In the New Zealand Militia.
Ensign Andrew Middlemas to be Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 24th March, 1870.

In the Wellington Militia.
Joseph Payton to be Ensign. Date of commission,
16th April, 1870.

In the 2nd (Hutt) Battalion, Wellington Militia.
Ensign Stephen Smith to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 12th May, 1864.

In the Royal Company, Rangitikei Rifle Volunteers.
John Scott to be Lieutenant. Date of commission,
26th March, 1870.

In the No. 1 Company, Westland Rifle Volunteers.
William Edward Connell Osborne to be Ensign.
Date of commission, 24th March, 1870.

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

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers, viz. :--
Captain F. J. Blundell, Waimea Company, Nelson
Rifle Volunteers.