THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 189

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers, viz. :-
Captain R. Paterson, New Zealand Militia.
Captain E. Maclean, Howick Troop, Royal Cavalry
Volunteers.
Captain W. B. Retemeyer, Victoria Troop, Rangi-
tikei Cavalry Volunteers.
Captain A. Pitt, Nelson (City) Artillery Volun-
teers.
Captain J. Gwynneth, Thames Engineer Volun-
teers.
Captain A. K. Arnot, Greytown Rifle Volunteers.
Captain J. Sharp, No. 1 (Nelson City) Company,
Rifle Volunteers.
Major F. E. Horneman, as Honorary Captain,
Motueka Rifle Volunteer Cadet Corps.
Lieutenant F. W. Wade, Invercargill Light Horse
Volunteers.
Lieutenant C. H. Brown, Nelson (City) Artillery
Volunteers.
Lieutenant J. R. Sommerville, Prince Alfred Rifle
Volunteers.
Ensign George Peacock, New Zealand Militia.
Ensign James Caffin, New Zealand Militia.
Second Lieutenant T. Garrard, Nelson (City)
Artillery Volunteers.
Ensign M. Sinclair, No. 1 (Nelson City) Company,
Rifle Volunteers.
Ensign Wm. Broderick, Porirua Rifle Volunteers.
W. GISBORNE
(in the absence of Mr. McLean).

And to disband the under-mentioned Corps at
their own request, viz. :-
The Invercargill Light Horse Volunteers.
The Nelson (City) Artillery Volunteers.
The No. 1 (Nelson City) Company, Rifle Volun-
teers.
The under-mentioned gentlemen have therefore
ceased to hold the rank of officers, their commissions
having, under the provisions of "The Volunteer Act,
1865," lapsed :-
F. A. Monckton, Esq., late Honorary Assistant
Surgeon, Invercargill Light Horse Volunteers.
J. Percy, Esq., late Lieutenant, No. 1 (Nelson
City) Company, Rifle Volunteers.
W. GISBORNE
(in the absence of Mr. McLean).

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of the under-mentioned
Corps, viz. :-
The Tauranga Rifle Volunteers. Date of ac-
ceptance, 30th January, 1871.
The Nelson (City) Rifle Volunteers. Date of ac-
ceptance, 17th January, 1871.
The Campbelltown (Wanganui) Rifle Volunteers.
Date of acceptance, 10th February, 1871.
The Parewanui (Rangitikei) Rifle Volunteer Cadet
Corps. Date of acceptance, 11th February,
1871.
The Auckland College Rifle Volunteer Cadet
Corps. Date of acceptance, 1st March, 1871.
The Auckland Sappers and Miners Volunteers.
Date of acceptance, 25th March, 1871.
The Auckland Grammar School Rifle Volunteer
Cadet Corps. Date of acceptance, 29th March,
1871.
The Oamaru Grammar School Rifle Volunteer
Cadet Corps. Date of acceptance, 31st March,
1871.
The Auckland Harmonic Rifle Volunteers. Date
of acceptance, 3rd April, 1871.
The Otahuhu Rifle Volunteers. Date of acceptance,
5th April, 1871.
The Upper Manawatu Rangers Rifle Volunteers.
Date of acceptance, 16th April, 1871.
The Wellington Highland Rifle Volunteers. Date
of acceptance, 17th April, 1871.
W. GISBORNE
(in the absence of Mr. McLean).

Office of Registrar of Joint Stock Companies,
Auckland, 17th April, 1871.
JOHN MUIR WAYLAND, Registrar of
Joint Stock Companies for the Provinces of
Auckland and Hawke's Bay, in the Colony of New
Zealand, do hereby notify that I have registered a
Memorandum of Association, with Articles of Asso-
ciation, establishing a Company, with limited liability
of the shareholders therein, entitled
"The John o' Groats Gold Mining Company,
Limited."
The objects for which the Company is established
are-
" 1. To carry on mining operations of any kind
upon, within, or under a certain leasehold property
called 'The John o' Groats Claim,' situate at the
Thames Gold Fields, in the Province of Auckland.
2. To acquire land by purchase or otherwise, and to
amalgamate with other claims or companies. 3. To
purchase, erect, work, hire and let, machinery of all
kinds connected with the working of mines, and the
rendering the ores therefrom available. 4. To let,
perty whatever of the Company, as the Company
thinks fit. 5. And to do all such other things as are
incidental or conducive to the attainment of the
above objects."
And that, in pursuance of the provisions of "The
Joint Stock Companies Act, 1860," I have issued a
Certificate of Incorporation of the said Company,
bearing date this seventeenth day of April, 1871.
JOHN M. WAYLAND,
Registrar of Joint Stock Companies.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
alter the designation of
The "Egmont Zouaves" Rifle Volunteers to the
"Egmont" Rifle Volunteers.

Office of Registrar of Joint Stock Companies,
Auckland, 5th April, 1871.
I, JOHN MUIR WAYLAND, Registrar of
Joint Stock Companies for the Province of
Auckland and Hawke's Bay, in the Colony of New
Zealand, do hereby notify that I have registered a
Memorandum of Association, with Articles of Associ-
ation, establishing a Company, with limited liability
of the shareholders therein, entitled
"The Sons of Freedom Gold Mining Company,
Limited."
The objects for which the Company is established
are-
"(a.) To acquire ground or land, by purchase,
amalgamation, lease, agreement, miner's right, or
otherwise, within the boundaries of the Thames Gold
Field, within the Province of Auckland.
"(b.) To obtain any precious or other metal or
mineral, by any mode or method whatsoever, where-
by the soil, or earth, or any rock or stone, may be
disturbed, removed, carted, carried, washed, lifted,
smelted, refined, crushed, or otherwise dealt with, for
the purpose of obtaining such metal or mineral from
any ground or land which the Company may now
own or may hereafter acquire as aforesaid.