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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of
Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor
and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her
Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its
Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the
same; and issued under the Seal of the
said Colony, at Wellington, this twenty-
eighth day of June, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy.

W. GISBORNE.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 24th June, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
THOMAS ALFRED SNEYD KYNNERSLEY, Esq.,
of his appointment as a Resident Magistrate.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 30th June, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JAMES BROWN, Esq., of Dunedin;
THOMAS MACFFARLANE, Esq., of Auckland;
JOSEPH PERSTON, Esq., of Goodward, Otago; and
LOUIS VON ROTTER, Esq., of New Plymouth,
to be Justices of the Peace for the Colony.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th June, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned promotion and
appointments, viz. :-
In the Auckland Militia.
Lieutenant Thomas Jackson to be Captain. Date of
commission, 10th March, 1870.
In the Poverty Bay Militia.
George Randall Johnson to be Captain. Date of
commission, 7th June, 1870.
In the Thames Naval Volunteers.
George Charles Best to be Captain. Date of com-
mission, 19th January, 1870.
Angus Nicholson to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 19th January, 1870.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th June, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
alter the designation of the
Prince Alfred Light Horse Volunteers to the Prince
Alfred Troop Royal Cavalry Volunteers.
And to approve the formation of the Auckland Troop
Royal Cavalry Volunteers and the Prince Alfred
Troop Royal Cavalry Volunteers into a Squadron,
under the command of Captain John Randal Carey,
as Captain Commandant.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Customs Department,
(Marine Branch,)
Wellington, 24th June, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
GEORGE PROWSE CHAPMAN
to be Harbour Master for the Port of Kaipara.
JULIUS VOGEL.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 29th June, 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 :-
KOWAI,
Province of Canterbury.
By order.
G. ELIOTT ELIOTT,
Secretary.

IN the matter of "The Friendly Societies Act,
1867," notice is hereby given that a transcript of
the Rules of
"The Wellington Co-operative Society, Limited,"
duly certified, has been lodged with the Registrar of
Friendly Societies, and recorded in his office under
the provisions of "The Friendly Societies Act, 1867."
Dated the 28th day of June, 1870.
G. S. COOPER
(for the Registrar).

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1870.
PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in
the eighteenth year of the reign of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act,
1854," the following name of an Officiating Minister,
within the meaning of the said Act, is published for
general information :-
United Church of England and Ireland,
The Reverend WILLIAM EDWARD PAIGE, M.A.
I, JOHN B. BENNETT, Registrar-General of Births,
Deaths, and Marriages in New Zealand, do hereby
certify that the foregoing NAME of an Officiating
MINISTER, within the meaning of "The Marriage
Act, 1854," has been sent in to me in addition to
the names in Lists published in the New Zealand
Gazette, No. 6, of the 29th of January; No 7, of
the 5th of February; No. 13, of the 12th of March;
No. 21, of the 20th of April; No. 23, of the 4th
of May; No. 24, of the 12th of May; No. 26, of
the 26th of May, and No. 29, of the 8th of June, in
the present year.
Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
twenty-third day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy.
JOHN B. BENNETT,
Registrar-General.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th June, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers, viz. :-
Major Charles Heaphy, V.C., as Captain in the
No. 3 Company, Auckland Rifle Volunteers.
Captain Samuel Gordon, Pokeno Rangers Volun-
teers.
Captain C. Moorsom, Tauranga Cavalry Volun-
teers.
Lieutenant Charles Allison, Christchurch Artillery
Volunteers.
Lieutenant J. B. McIntyre, No. 1 Company, Auck-
land Rifle Volunteers.
Acting Sub-Inspector G. W. Coventry, Armed
Constabulary.
DONALD MCLEAN.