THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 579

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th October, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

DANIEL FLETCHER TYERMAN, Esq.,
L.S.A.L., M.R.C.S.E.,
to be a Member of the Medical Board constituted
15th October, 1866, under "The Military Pensions
Act, 1866."

DONALD MCLEAN.

Native Office,
Wellington, 7th November, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HENRY JOHN TANCRED, Esq.,
to be a person to ascertain the assent of the Natives
to their Reserves being brought under the operation
of "The Native Reserves Act, 1856."

DONALD MCLEAN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th October, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to make the under-mentioned appointments,
viz. :-

In the New Zealand Militia.
Major Henry Ferdinand Turner to be Major. Date
of commission, 14th October, 1870.
And to command the Militia and Volunteers in
the Wanganui Militia District.

In the No. 3 Company, Auckland Rifle Volunteers.
William Greer Harrison to be Ensign. Date of
commission, 20th September, 1870.

In the Auckland Naval Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant Lawrence David Nathan to be
Lieutenant. Date of commission, 20th May, 1870.
Thomas Whitson to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 20th May, 1870.

In the Pauatahanui Rifle Volunteers.
Captain James Taylor (Wellington Militia) to be
Captain. Date of commission, 24th September,
1870.

In the Invercargill Light Horse Volunteers.
Frederick Wentworth Wade to be Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 9th September, 1870.
Francis Alexander Monckton to be Honorary Assis-
tant-Surgeon. Date of commission, 9th Septem-
ber, 1870.

DONALD MCLEAN.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 31st October, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize

The INSPECTOR OF MILITIA and VOLUNTEERS
to frank and receive free from payment of postage
Letters and Packets sent and received by him on the
Public Service; and also to authorize

The CLERK to the INSPECTOR of MILITIA and
VOLUNTEERS
to frank free from prepayment of postage Letters or
Packets sent on the Public Service.

HENRY SEWELL
(for the Postmaster-General).

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th October, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept resignation of the commission held
by
Captain Joseph Cochrane, Wairoa Rifle Volun-
teers.

DONALD MCLEAN.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 28th October, 1870.
THE following Notice, received from the Money
Order Office, Brisbane, is published for general
information.

HENRY SEWELL
(for the Postmaster-General).

Money Order Office,
Brisbane, 4th October, 1870.
SIR,---The office at Charleville in this Colony having
been closed, I have to request that you will cause
it to be noted in the usual way.

I have, &c.,

J. W. LAWRY,
Acting Superintendent.

The Controller, Money Order Office, G.P.O.,
Wellington, N.Z.

Native Office,
Wellington, 26th October, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize
E. S. MAUNSELL, of Wairarapa;
C. DE THIERRY, of Auckland;
A. WARBRICK, of Tauranga;
G. W. WOON, of Auckland;
J. H. GREENWAY, of Russell;
H. E. WILLIAMS, of Auckland;
H. W. BRABANT, of Raglan;
to act as Interpreters under "The Native Lands Act,
1865," and "The Native Lands Act, 1867;" their
certificates to bear date the 1st day of August, 1870.

DONALD MCLEAN.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 28th October, 1870.
THE following Notice, received from the General
Post Office, Melbourne, respecting the extension
of the Money Order System in the Colony of Victoria,
is published for general information.

HENRY SEWELL
(for the Postmaster-General).

General Post Office,
Melbourne, 1st October, 1870.
SIR, I beg to inform you that, on and after the
1st October, Money Orders may be issued and made
payable at the Post Office, Yowen Hill.

I am, &c.,

WILLIAM TURNER,
Deputy Postmaster-General.

The Controller, Money Order Office,
Wellington.

Native Office,
Wellington, 28th October, 1870.
IN the Scale of Fees to be charged by Certificated
Interpreters under the Native Lands Acts,
published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 11th
October, No. 56, page 512, the first line of the Scale
should read-

Interpreter's Fee (per diem) £ s. d.
2 2 0

DONALD MCLEAN.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 1st November, 1870.
IT is hereby notified that
HUNTLY JOHN HARRY ELLIOTT, Esq.,
has been appointed Chief Clerk in the Department
of Public Works.
This appointment dates from 1st October, 1870.

W. GISBORNE.