THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 9

Archer Charles Croft, M.R.C.S.E., to be Honorary
Assistant-Surgeon. Date of commission, 13th
July, 1871.

In the Christchurch Artillery Volunteers.
William Deamer, M.D., to be Honorary Assistant-
Surgeon. Date of commission, 22nd December,
1871.

In the Canterbury Engineer Volunteers.
Donald Campbell, L.R.C.P.E., &c., to be Honorary
Assistant-Surgeon. Date of commission, 22nd
December, 1871.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd January, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions
held by
Captain J. H. Hurst, Turakina Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant W. T. Snell, Auckland Troop, Royal
Cavalry Volunteers.
Lieutenant A. Nicholson, Thames Naval Volun-
teers.
Ensign G. Reid, Riverton Rifle Volunteers.
Honorary Assistant-Surgeon J. Frankish, M.D.,
Canterbury Engineer Volunteers.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd January, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of
The Wanganui Rifle Volunteer Cadet Corps. Date
of acceptance, 15th December, 1871.

DONALD MCLEAN.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 3rd January, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize

THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC WORKS FOR
GOLD FIELDS

to frank and receive, free from prepayment of postage,
Letters or Packets posted on the Public Service.

W. GISBORNE
(for the Postmaster-General).

General Post Office,
Wellington, 4th January, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize

THE SECRETARY TO THE RESIDENT MINISTER FOR
THE MIDDLE ISLAND

to frank and receive, free from prepayment of postage,
Letters and Packets on the Public Service.

W. GISBORNE
(for the Postmaster-General).

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 29th December, 1871.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

CHARLES EDWARD HAUGHTON, Esq.,
to be Under Secretary in the Public Works Depart-
ment for Gold Fields.

W. GISBORNE
(in the absence of the Minister for
Public Works).

WHEREAS by "The Immigration and Public
Works Act Amendment Act, 1871," it is
amongst other things enacted, that the Minister for
Public Works may receive applications from the

owners or lessees of works for the supply of water
on Gold Fields, for mining and other purposes, or
from other persons interested in such works about
to be constructed, for advances of money to aid in
the construction, extension, or improvement of such
works; and by the said Act it is further enacted
that the said Minister may make Regulations pre-
scribing the mode of making and the form of such
application, and for proceeding on such application,
as in the said Act mentioned: And whereas it is
expedient that Regulations should be made for the
purposes in the said Act mentioned:

Now therefore, I, the Honorable John Davies
Ormond, the Minister for Public Works, in pur-
suance and exercise of the authority vested in me by
the said Act, do hereby make the Regulations set
forth in the Schedule hereto, prescribing the mode of
making and the form of application for advances of
money to aid in the construction of works for the
supply of water on Gold Fields, and for proceeding
on such application.

SCHEDULE.

1. Persons desirous of obtaining advances of money
   for the purposes specified shall make application in
   writing to the Warden of the District or the Agent
   duly appointed in that behalf for the Province or
   District in which the intended works are to be con-
   structed, and such application shall state—
   (1.) The names and descriptions of the applicants,
   or if they be a Company registered under
   any Act of the General Assembly, then
   the registered particulars thereof.
   (2.) The names of the Engineer and Manager of
   the enterprise.
   (3.) The general description of the water race
   or races, dams, reservoirs, or other works
   proposed to be constructed, together with
   duly attested copies of the certificate or
   certificates of title to the water or ground;
   the quantity of water intended to be
   conveyed or stored; the length of the
   race or races; size of reservoirs or
   dams; the maximum rate proposed to
   be charged for the water; the nature and
   extent of the auriferous ground proposed
   to be supplied with water.
   (4.) The estimated cost of the enterprise.
   (5.) The proposed capital.
   (6.) The interests, if any, affected by the diver-
   sion or storage of the water to be dealt with.
   (7.) The amount of money proposed to be
   borrowed, which must not exceed one-third
   of the estimated cost of the construction of
   the works.

2. With the application the applicant shall for-
   ward to the Warden or Agent a receipt from the
   Receiver of Land Revenue of the District for the
   amount of 2½ per cent. upon the money proposed to
   be borrowed.

3. Immediately after any application shall have
   been finally decided upon, the deposit thereon will
   be repaid, except so much as may be retained under
   authority of the Minister for covering the cost of the
   inquiry made in accordance with the provisions of
   the Act.

4. The projectors of any enterprise to which
   money may be advanced shall, before the issue of any
   loan to them, give to the Minister a valid lien or
   mortgage to cover the amount of loan over the works
   and property proposed to be constructed; and such
   lien or mortgage shall be registered in the Warden's
   Court of the district, and shall be prepared at the
   expense of the projectors.

5. No money shall be paid towards the construc-