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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Mayor of Lawrence, and
WILLIAM SMITHAM, Esq.,
Mayor of Cromwell, to be Justices of the Peace
under "The Otago Municipal Corporations Empower-
ing Act, 1865."
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 8th August, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
JOHN TINLINE, Esq.,
of Lyndon, Amuri, of his appointment as a Justice
of the Peace for the Colony.
W. GISBORNE.

NOTICE.
FREE PARDON TO AN ACCOMPLICE.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 11th August, 1870.
WHEREAS it is supposed that a house, lately
belonging to Mr. Joseph Bennett, situated in
Edinburgh Street, Mount St. Mary's, in the suburbs of
Auckland, was set on fire on the night of the 4th ultimo,
by the act of incendiaries: This is to notify, that
His Excellency the Governor will grant a free pardon
to any person implicated in the said act, who shall
give such information as will lead to the apprehension
and conviction of any one or more of the other
offenders.
W. GISBORNE,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th August, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointments and
promotions, viz. :-

In the Rangitikei Militia.
Charles Christie Graham to be Captain. Date of
commission, 5th August, 1870.

In the Auckland Troop, Royal Cavalry Volunteers.
William Thomas Skinner Snell to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 9th March, 1870.

In the "Pokeno Rangers" Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant William Henry Porter to be Captain.
Date of commission, 28th June, 1870.

In the No. 1 Company, Hauraki Rifle Volunteers.
James Reid Hendry to be Ensign. Date of com-
mission, 4th June, 1870.

In the Napier Artillery Volunteers.
Lieutenant William Routledge (Napier Militia) to
be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 22nd July,
1870.

In the Temuka Company, Canterbury Rifle
Volunteers.
Ensign John Albert Young to be Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 24th May, 1870.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th August, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignations of the commissions
held by
Lieutenant D. Campbell, Auckland Militia.
Lieutenant W. J. Casely, No. 1 Company, Hauraki
Rifle Volunteers.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th August, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of the under-mentioned
corps, viz. :-

The "Fern Ground" (Taita) Rifle Volunteers.
Date of acceptance, 30th June, 1870.

The "Sir George Grey Rangers" Rifle Volun-
teers. Date of acceptance, 27th July, 1870.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th August, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
disband the under-mentioned corps, at their own
request, viz.:-
The Tauranga Cavalry Volunteers.
The Hutt Cavalry 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 :-
Samuel Clarke, Esq., late Lieutenant, Tauranga
Cavalry Volunteers.
Captain W. A. Fitzherbert (Wellington Militia),
late Captain, Hutt Cavalry Volunteers.
Samuel Tucker, Esq., late Lieutenant, Hutt Cavalry
Volunteers.
Edward James Campion, Esq., late Cornet, Hutt
Cavalry Volunteers.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th August, 1870.
IT is notified for general information, that the com-
mission of
Captain M. N. Bower, New Zealand Militia, is to
bear date the 6th June, 1864.
DONALD MCLEAN.

JOHN PARKINSON, late a Constable in No. 2
Division, Armed Constabulary, deceased.

Under the provisions of "The Public Payments
without Probate Act, 1869," and the Regulations
made thereunder, published in the New Zealand
Gazette of 1870, page 212, the Colonial Treasurer
intends to make a payment of money due to the
above-named deceased, to a person not being his legal
representative. All persons objecting to such pay-
ment being made must give notice to the Colonial
Treasurer, at Wellington, within one calendar month
from the date of the Gazette containing this notice,
when their objections will be considered.
JULIUS VOGEL,
Colonial Treasurer.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 15th August, 1870.
IT is hereby notified for general information, that
the Post Office now known as "Turanga"
(Poverty Bay), in the Province of Auckland, will
henceforth be called "Gisborne."
By order.
G. ELIOTT ELIOTT,
Secretary.