THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 159

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th April, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned promotions and ap-
pointments, viz. :-

In the New Zealand Militia.
Lieutenant George Edward Gordon Richardson to be
Captain. Date of commission, 8th November,
1870.
Thomas Kells to be Captain. Date of commission,
31st January, 1871.
Alfred Chapman to be Captain. Date of commis-
sion, 10th February, 1871.
Ensign Edmund Sutton to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 8th November, 1870.
Ensign Henry Stokes Tiffen to be Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 8th November, 1870.
Ensign Thomas Kennedy Newton to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 8th November, 1870.
Ensign Sydney Griffiths Brandon to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 8th November, 1870.
Richard Halkett Lord to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 8th November, 1870.
George John Winter to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 2nd January, 1871.
Charles James Gully to be Ensign. Date of com-
mission, 8th November, 1870.
George Thomas Fannin to be Ensign. Date of com-
mission, 8th November, 1870.
James Morris Wood to be Ensign. Date of com-
mission, 8th November, 1870.
Henry Gaisford to be Ensign. Date of commission,
8th November, 1870.
Henry Edward Pulford to be Ensign. Date of com-
mission, 8th November, 1870.
Frederick William Helyar to be Ensign. Date of
commission, 2nd January, 1871.
William Isaac Spencer, M.R.C.S.L., to be Surgeon.
Date of commission, 8th November, 1870.

In the No. 1 Company, Wellington Rifle Volunteers.
George Michell Nation to be Ensign. Date of com-
mission, 14th November, 1870.

In the Napier Artillery Volunteers.
Lieutenant William Routledge to be Captain. Date
of commission, 17th January, 1871.
George Henry Swan to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 17th January, 1871.

In the Waimea Rifle Volunteers.
Eliab Baigent to be Captain. Date of commission,
31st December, 1871.

In the No. 5 Company, Canterbury Rifle Volunteers.
Ensign James Craig to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 26th January, 1871.

In the No. 2 (Dunedin Scottish) Company, Otago Rifle
Volunteers.
Andrew Dunn to be Ensign. Date of commission,
1st January, 1871.

In the North Dunedin Company, Otago Rifle Volunteers.
Richard Henry Leary to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 15th February, 1871.

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

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th April, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers, viz. :-
Captain H. R. Russell, New Zealand Militia.

Captain J. R. Carey, as Captain Commandant
of the Auckland Squadron, Royal Cavalry
Volunteers.
Captain D. A. Tole, No. 4 Company, Auckland
Rifle Volunteers.
Captain A. Wix, Waimea Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant H. Dudding, No. 4 Company, Canter-
bury Rifle Volunteers.
Ensign Owen Mahon, No. 5 Company, Auckland
Rifle Volunteers.

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

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th April, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of the under-mentioned
Corps, viz. :-
The Pauatahanui Rifle Volunteer Cadet Corps.
Date of acceptance, 19th January 1871.
The Timaru Artillery Volunteer Cadet Corps.
Date of acceptance, 31st January, 1871.
The Invercargill Rifle Volunteer Cadet Corps.
Date of acceptance, 7th February, 1871.
The Wairoa (Patea) Light Horse Volunteers.
Date of acceptance, 10th February, 1871.
The Marton Rifle Volunteers. Date of acceptance,
11th February, 1871.
The Onehunga Rifle Volunteers. Date of accept-
ance, 14th February, 1871.
The Te Awamutu Cavalry Volunteers. Date of
acceptance, 2nd March, 1871.

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

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th April, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
approve the alteration of the designation of the
under-mentioned Corps, viz.:--
The No. 6 Company, Canterbury Rifle Volunteers,
to be the "City Guards" Company, Canterbury
Rifle Volunteers.
The Royal Irish Company, Canterbury Rifle
Volunteers, to be the "No. 2" Company, Can-
terbury Rifle Volunteers.

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

Treasury,
Wellington, 5th April, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
BENJAMIN SMITH, Esq.,
to be Deputy Auditor for the Province of Wellington,
vice C. J. Pharazyn, Esq., resigned.

HENRY SEWELL.

Treasury,
Wellington, 5th April, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ANDREW JAMIESON ELLES, Esq.,
to be Receiver of Land Revenue for the Land Dis-
trict of Invercargill, as the same is described in a
notice issued by the Waste Lands Board and
sanctioned by His Honor the Superintendent of
Otago, published in the Provincial Gazette of Otago
on the 14th December, 1870.

HENRY SEWELL.