THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 593

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th November, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
cancel the commission held by
Lieutenant Adam Jackson, No. 1 Company,
Thames Rifle Rangers Volunteers,
for absence from parade, under the provisions of
clause 21, Volunteer Regulations.

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

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th November, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of the under-mentioned
corps, viz. :-

The No. 2 Company, Thames Rifle Rangers Volun-
teers. Date of acceptance, 13th April, 1869.

The Wellington Grammar School Rifle Volunteer
Cadet Corps. Date of acceptance, 10th October,
1870.

The Karori Rifle Volunteers. Date of acceptance,
25th October, 1870.

And to alter the designation of "The Auckland
Naval Artillery Volunteers" to "The Auckland
Artillery Volunteers."

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

Militia and Volunteer Office,
Wellington, 10th November, 1870.

IT is notified for general information, that on all
occasions when Rifle Practice is being carried
on at the Lower Hutt Range, a Red and White
Flag will be hoisted on a flagstaff, near the Butts,
to warn persons crossing the mouth of the river
of the danger.

G. S. COOPER
(for the Inspector, Militia and Volunteers).

Native Office,
Wellington, 12th November, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize

SAMUEL DEIGHTON,
of Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, to act as Interpreter under
"The Native Lands Act, 1865," and "The Native
Lands Act, 1867."

W. GISBORNE
(for the Native Minister).

Native Office,
Wellington, 15th November, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize

FREDERICK GREEN SKIPWORTH,
of Poverty Bay, to act as Interpreter under "The
Native Lands Act, 1865," and "The Native Lands
Act, 1867." His certificate to bear date the first day
of August, 1870.

HENRY SEWELL
(for the Native Minister).

Government Annuities Office,
Wellington, 12th November, 1870.

NOTICE is hereby given that Government In-
surance and Annuity Offices under "The

Government Annuities Act, 1869," have been opened
at the under-mentioned Post Offices:-

Newcastle,
Onehunga,
Tauranga,
Otahuhu.

W. GISBORNE,
Commissioner.

Government Annuities Office,
Wellington, 12th November, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be
Medical Referees under "The Government Annuities
Act, 1869":-

ARTHUR G. PURCHAS, Esq., Onehunga.
JOSEPH ELMSLEY, Esq., M.D., Otahuhu.

W. GISBORNE,
Commissioner.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 15th November, 1870.

IT is hereby notified for general information, that
the Post Offices now known as "Papatoitoi,"
"Mahurangi," "Mahurangi Heads," and "Mahu-
rangi Central," all in the Province of Auckland, will
in future be respectively called-

"Woodside,"
"Warkworth,"
"Mahurangi," and
"Cragieburn."

HENRY SEWELL
(for the Postmaster-General).

General Post Office,
Wellington, 12th November, 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:-

FEATHERSTON,
Province of Wellington.

By order.

W. GRAY
(for the Secretary).

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 17th November, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOHN BLACKETT, Esq., C.E.,
Engineer under "The Immigration and Public
Works Act, 1870." This appointment to date from
the 1st of October last.

W. GISBORNE.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 17th November, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOHN TIFFEN STEWART, Esq.,
a District Engineer under "The Immigration and
Public Works Act, 1870." This appointment to
date from the 1st of November instant.

W. GISBORNE.