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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th December, 1870.
IT is hereby notified that, in consequence of Christ-
mas Day and New Year's Day respectively
falling on Sunday, the Holidays usual on such
Anniversaries will be observed at the General
Government Offices on the following Mondays, viz.,
the 26th December instant, and the 2nd of January,
1871.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 14th December, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
CHARLES DUDLEY ROBERT WARD, Esq.,
to be District Judge for the District for Timaru.
W. GISBORNE.

Native Office,
Wellington, 10th December, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize
GEORGE THOMAS WILKINSON,
of Shortland, to act as Interpreter under "The
Native Lands Act, 1865," and "The Native Lands
Act, 1867;" his certificate to bear date the 1st
day of August, 1870.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Native Office,
Wellington, 14th December, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize
WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, of Auckland,
GEORGE H. DAVIES, of Bay of Islands,
WILLIAM MCDONNELL, of Whanganui,
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.

Native Office,
Wellington, 21st September, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
license
GEORGE WILTSHIRE, Esq., of Auckland,
JAMES MORAN, Esq., of Auckland,
H. F. WYLES, Esq., of Wellington,
to survey lands under "The Native Lands Act,
1865."
DONALD MCLEAN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th December, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to make the under-mentioned promotions and
appointments, viz. :-

In the New Zealand Militia.
Ensign Edward Mortimer Edgecumbe to be Lieu-
tenant. Date of commission, 16th November,
1870.
Ensign John Mottishead Collins to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 18th November, 1870.
Charles George Hewson to be Assistant-Surgeon.
Date of commission, 28th October, 1870.
In the Auckland Troop, Royal Cavalry Volunteers.
John May to be Cornet. Date of commission, 7th
March, 1870..

In the No. 3 Company, Hauraki Rifle Volunteers.
Frederick Alexander Whitaker to be Ensign. Date
of commission, 10th September, 1870.
In the Picton Sub-Division, Blenheim Rifle
Volunteer Cadet Corps.
Hiram Harris to be Honorary Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 4th November, 1870.
In the Christchurch Artillery Volunteers.
Second Lieutenant John Brough Stansell to be
Lieutenant. Date of commission, 16th August,
1870.
In the Waikouaiti Rifle Volunteers.
Ensign William Cleaver Ancell to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 3rd November, 1870.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th December, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers, viz. :-
Captain John Cameron, New Zealand Militia.
Captain Thomas Kells, Wanganui Veteran
Volunteers.
Major Charles Westrup, as Captain in the Poverty
Bay Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant H. W. Hill, Forest Rifle Volunteers.
Ensign W. H. Skinner, Auckland Rifle Volunteers.
Ensign R. White, Wairoa Rifle Volunteers.
Ensign T. G. Sandes, No. 3 Company, Hauraki
Rifle Volunteers.
Ensign T. Delamore, Royal Company, Rangitikei
Rifle Volunteers.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th December, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of the under-mentioned
corps, viz. :-
The Napier Rifle Volunteer Cadet Corps. Date
of acceptance, 11th November, 1870.
The Manukau Rifle Volunteers. Date of accept-
ance, 14th November, 1870.
The Wakefield Rifle Volunteer Cadet Corps.
Date of acceptance, 15th November, 1870.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th December, 1870.
THE following Schedule of Militia Districts con-
stituted under "The Militia Act, 1870," is
published for general information.
DONALD MCLEAN.

SCHEDULE.
MILITIA DISTRICTS, NORTH ISLAND.
Mongonui District.
Bounded on the South by the Harbour of Whan-
garoa and by the Pupuke River to its source;
thence by a straight line to the summit of Maunga-
taniwha; on the South-west by a straight line from
Maungataniwha to the source of the Herekino
River, and by that river to the sea; and on all
other sides by the sea.

Bay of Islands District.
Bounded on the North-west by the Whangaroa
Harbour, and by the Kaio River from its mouth
to its source; on the West by a straight line from
the source of the Kaio River to the western shore of
the Omapere Lake, and thence by a straight line to
the source of the Mangakahia River, and by that
river to its junction with the Wairua River; on
the South by the Wairua River and by the Whana-