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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 31st January, 1870.
T is hereby notified for public information, that the
under-mentioned Suburban Allotments, adjoining
the Township of Raleigh (Waitara), will be offered
for sale by auction, on Saturday, the 5th day of
March, 1870, at the upset prices named in the
Schedule hereunto attached.
The sale will be held at the Taranaki Institute,
New Plymouth, and will commence at 12 o'clock
in the morning.

W. GISBORNE.

SCHEDULE.
TOWNSHIP OF RALEIGH (WAITARA).
Suburban Allotments, East Bank.

Number. Area. Upset Price.
A. R. P. £ s. d.
1 15 3 37 47 19 0
2 21 0 4 63 1 0
3 17 1 38 52 9 0

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 2nd February, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN WILLIAMSON, Esq.,
to be Curator of Intestate Estates to act within the
Auckland District, vice W. Corbett, Esq., resigned.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 28th January, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
CALEB WHITEFOORD, Esq.,
of his appointment as Clerk of the Warden's Court
of the Nelson South-west Gold Fields, at Westport.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 28th January, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
CALEB WHITEFOORD, Esq.,
of Cobden, Nelson, to be a Justice of the Peace for
the Colony.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 28th January, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
CALEB WHITEFOORD, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Resident Magistrate, under "The Resident
Magistrates Act, 1867," for the District of Nelson
South-west Gold Fields, and as such to exercise the
extended jurisdiction conferred on the Courts of the
said District.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 29th January, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
MAILLARD NOAKE, Esq.,
of Patea, to be a Coroner for the Colony.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 29th January, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
THOMAS BRUNNER, Esq.,
to be Sheriff for the District of Nelson, vice B.
Walmsley, Esq., resigned.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 29th January, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
RICHARD DAVIS, Esq.,
to be Deputy Registrar, at Christchurch, of the
Supreme Court.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st January, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointments, viz.:—

In the New Zealand Militia.
Edward Mortimer Edgcumbe to be Ensign. Date
of commission, 22nd January, 1870.
Captain Charles Alexander Humfrey (Napier Militia)
to be Adjutant of the Militia and Volunteers in
the Hutt and Taita portion of the Wellington
Militia District. Date of commission, 1st January,
1870.

In the Masterton Rifle Volunteers.
Henry Bentley to be Ensign. Date of commission,
18th October, 1869.

In the Pelorus Rangers Volunteers.
Thomas Brown to be Ensign. Date of commission,
3rd December, 1869.
W. GISBORNE
(in the absence of Mr. McLean).

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st January, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignations of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers, viz.:—
Honorary Lieutenant C. H. Thorpe, Motueka Rifle
Volunteer Cadets.
Second Lieutenant W. H. McCabe, Nelson Artil-
lery Volunteers.
Cornet Isaac Bayly, Taranaki Cavalry Volunteers.
Cornet F. Slee, Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry
Volunteers.
W. GISBORNE
(in the absence of Mr. McLean).

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st January, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
form the under-mentioned Volunteer Corps
into an Administrative Battalion, viz.:—
The No. 2 Company, Auckland Rifle Volunteers,
" 5 ditto ditto,
" 3 ditto ditto,
" 1 ditto ditto,
" 6 ditto ditto,
" 4 ditto ditto,
and to appoint
Lieutenant-Colonel William Charles Lyon (Auck-
land Militia)
to command the same. Date of commission, 17th
January, 1870.
W. GISBORNE
(in the absence of Mr. McLean).