THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Executive Council Chamber,
Wellington, 20th July, 1872.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

The Honorable JOHN HALL
to be a Member of the Executive Council; and His
Excellency directs it to be notified that that gentle-
man has taken the necessary oath.
By command.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 18th July, 1872.
THE following Extract from the London Gazette of
29th September, 1871, is published for general
information.
W. GISBORNE.

"THE Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr.
Ernest Louis Bucholz, as Consul at Auckland, New
Zealand; of Mr. Henry Houghton, as Consul for the
Province of Otago, to reside at Dunedin, New
Zealand; of Mr. Johann Fredrick August Kelling,
as Consul at Nelson, New Zealand; and of Mr.
Fredrick August Krull, as Consul at Wellington,
New Zealand, -for His Majesty the Emperor of
Germany, King of Prussia."

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th July, 1872.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned promotions and ap-
pointments, viz. :-

In the New Zealand Militia.
Lieutenant James Woodbine Johnson to be Captain.
Date of commission, 31st March, 1872.
Ensign James Benjamin Poynter to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 31st March, 1872.
Ensign Frederick William Helyar to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 31st March, 1872.
George Scott to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 15th April, 1872.
Samuel Tomlin Horsfall to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 15th April, 1872.
William Smith to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 15th April, 1872.
John Henry Stubbs to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 15th April, 1872.
William James Parris to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 28th June, 1872.

In the Howick Troop, Royal Cavalry Volunteers.
James Lindsay to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 3rd July, 1871.

In the Porirua Rifle Volunteers.
Gibbes Walker Jordan to be Captain. Date of com-
mission, 9th March, 1872.

In the Karori Rifle Volunteers.
Ensign Henry Cook to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 7th June, 1872.

In the Kaiwharawhara Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant George Reynolds to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 16th April, 1872.
Charles Thompson to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 16th April, 1872.

In the Invercargill Artillery Volunteers.
William Henderson to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 25th January, 1872.

In the Invercargill Rifle Volunteers.
Frederick Wentworth Wade to be Captain. Date
of commission, 14th June, 1872.

In the Bruce Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Edward Pettit to be Captain. Date of
commission, 26th March, 1872.

In the Riverton Rifle Volunteers.
Joseph Schmidt to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 15th February, 1872.

In the Auckland Engineer Volunteer Cadets.
Edward Henry Reilly to be Honorary Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 12th May, 1871.
Charles Lord Russell to be Honorary Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 12th May, 1871.

In the No. 1 Company, Auckland Grammar School
Cadets.
Farquhar McRae to be Honorary Captain. Date of
commission, 15th May, 1871.
Arthur Stichbury to be Honorary Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 15th May, 1871.
John Balneavis to be Honorary Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 15th May, 1871.

In the No. 2 Company, Auckland Grammar School
Cadets.
Joseph N. Flower to be Honorary Captain. Date of
commission, 15th May, 1871.
Robert Lachlan Maclean to be Honorary Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 15th May, 1871.
Henry Lynch to be Honorary Sub-Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 29th June, 1872.

In the Auckland Blue School Cadets.
Charles Arthur Taylor to be Honorary Captain.
Date of commission, 12th June, 1871.
Charles Wildigg to be Honorary Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 12th June, 1871.

In the St. John's (Auckland) College Cadets.
John Adams, B.A., to be Honorary Captain. Date of
commission, 25th September, 1871.
Frederick Williams to be Honorary Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 25th September, 1871.
Martin Lush to be Honorary Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 25th September, 1871.

In the No. 1 Company, Auckland Naval Volunteer
Cadets.
George McKay to be Honorary Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 22nd December, 1871.
James McLeod to be Honorary Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 22nd December, 1871.

In the Onehunga Rifle Volunteer Cadets.
Edwin Davy to be Honorary Captain. Date of
commission, 12th February, 1872.
Robert Bilkey to be Honorary Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 12th February, 1872.
Andrew Kelly to be Honorary Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 12th February, 1872.

In the Egmont Rifle Volunteer Cadets.
Robert Edward Scott to be Honorary Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 18th October, 1871.
John Hartley Ainslie to be Honorary Sub-Lieu-
tenant. Date of commission, 18th October, 1871.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th July, 1872.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned Officers, viz. :-

Cornet J. Robertson, Otahuhu Troop, Royal
Cavalry Volunteers.
Ensign J. B. Gatland, No. 1 (City) Company,
Auckland Rifle Brigade.
Ensign H. McKay, East Taieri Rifle Volunteers.
DONALD MCLEAN.