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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
May; No. 38, of the 4th of July; No. 43, of the
5th of August; and No. 49, of the 5th of September,
in the present year.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
twenty-second day of September, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-
one.

JOHN B. BENNETT,
Registrar-General.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st September, 1871.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned promotions and
appointments, viz. :-

In the New Zealand Militia.
Ensign Henry Humfrey Jackson to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 6th September, 1871.

In the Auckland Sappers and Miners Volunteers.
William Anderson to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 21st April, 1871.
George Kitchen to be Second Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 21st April, 1871.

In the Wairoa (Auckland) Rifle Volunteers.
William Wallace Wallis to be Captain. Date of com-
mission, 2nd March, 1871.
Charles McDonald to be Ensign. Date of commis-
sion, 2nd March, 1871.

In the No. 1 Company, Waiuku Rifle Volunteers.
Cornet Ebenezer Hamlin (Waiuku Troop, Royal
Cavalry Volunteers) to be Captain. Date of com-
mission, 15th August, 1871.
Ensign Patrick William, Hennessy to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 15th August, 1871.

In the No. 2 Company, Waiuku Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Frederick Maundrell Alexander to be
Captain. Date of commission, 14th May, 1871.

In the No. 1 Company, Pukekohe Rifle Volunteers.
John B. Godkin to be Lieutenant. Date of commis-
sion, 28th February, 1871.
Frederick Wightman to be Ensign. Date of com-
mission, 28th February, 1871.

In the No. 2 Company, Pukekohe Rifle Volunteers.
Ensign Edward Boyle to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 7th May, 1871.
Alfred Bluck to be Ensign. Date of commission, 7th
May, 1871.

In the Thames Engineer Volunteers.
Dudley Robert Eyre to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 16th May, 1871.
William McCullough to be Second Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 16th May, 1871.

In the No. 3 Company, Hauraki Rifle Volunteers.
Frederick Cock to be Ensign. Date of commission,
2nd August, 1871.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st September, 1871.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers, viz. :-

Lieutenant J. W. Liddell, New Zealand Militia.
Lieutenant C. Ff. Pemberton, No. 3 Company,
Canterbury Rifle Volunteers.
Honorary Ensign H. Wall, Blenheim Rifle Volun-
teer Cadets.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Clerk of the Writs' Office,
Wellington, 13th September, 1871.

THE Clerk of the Writs has received a Return to
of the time the 17th day of

August, 1871, for the election of a Member to serve
in the House of Representatives of New Zealand for
the Electoral District hereinafter specified; and by
the indorsement on such Writ it appears that the
under-mentioned gentleman has been duly elected
Member for the said District, viz. :-

For the District of the City of Auckland West :
JOHN WILLIAMSON.

G. S. COOPER,
Clerk of the Writs.

REPUBLISHED in pursuance of the Diseased
Cattle Acts.

A PROCLAMATION.

By His Honor Arthur Penrose Seymour, Esquire,.
Superintendent of the Province of Marlborough,
in the Colony of New Zealand.

In pursuance of the powers delegated to me under
the authority of "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861,"
and "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act,
1865," by His Excellency the Governor in Council,
on the fourth day of May, 1870, I, Arthur Penrose
Seymour, the Superintendent of the Province of
Marlborough, do hereby declare and proclaim that
on and after the nineteenth day of September
instant, the District of Kaikoura-that is to say, all
the land which lies to the South of the River
Clarence in the said Province-shall be deemed to be
an infected District within the meaning of the said
Acts.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, and
issued under the seal of the Province of
Marlborough, this fourteenth day of
September, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-one.

A. P. SEYMOUR,
Superintendent.

By His Honor's command.
JAMES BALFOUR WEMYSS,
Provincial Secretary.

STATEMENT of the Affairs of "The Moanatairi
Gold Mining Company, Registered," for the half-
year ended 31st May, 1871, in accordance with section
13 of "The Mining Companies Limited Liability
Act Amendment Act, 1869."

Name of Company: "The Moanatairi Gold Mining Company,
Registered."
When formed, and date of registration: 18th June, 1868.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager:
Queen Street, Auckland; Captain James Stone.
Nominal capital: £135,000, in 13,500 shares of £10 each.
Amount of paid-up scrip given to shareholders: None fully paid
up. There is a liability of 5s. per share on all the Company's
shares.
Number of shares in which capital is divided: 13,500.
Number of shares taken 13,485.
Amount of calls made: Nil.
Total amount of subscribed capital paid up: £131,625. This
from the commencement of the Company by valuation and
calls paid up.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of Company: 7.
Number of shares unallotted: 15.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil."
Whether in operation or not: Yes.
25th June, 1871.
751
C. J. STONE,
Manager.

STATEMENT of the Affairs of "The Venus Gold
Mining Company, Registered," for the half-year
ended 30th June, 1871, in accordance with section
13 of "The Mining Companies Limited Liability Act
Amendment Act, 1869."
Name of Company: "The Venus Gold Mining Company."
When formed, and date of registration: Formed, 5th June,
1871; Registered, 20th June, 1871.