THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 677

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 28th August, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
JABEZ MARRIAGE GIBSON, Esq.,
of Motueka, Nelson, of his appointment as a Justice
of the Peace for the Colony.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 28th August, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be
Auditors of the Courts of Law Trust Accounts for
the Districts set opposite their names:—
ROBERT CLAPHAM BARSTOW, Esq.—Onehunga.
Ditto, Papakura.
Ditto, Waiuku.
WILLIAM FRASER, Esq.—Hauraki.
JOHN ROGAN, Esq.—Kaipara.
WALTER HARSANT, Esq.—Raglan.
WILLIAM BERTRAM WHITE, Esq.—Bay of Islands.
JAMES PILLANS MAITLAND, Esq.—Clutha.
HENRY WIRGMAN ROBINSON, Esq.—Otago Gold
Fields.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 29th August, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
LOWTHER BROAD, Esq.,
to be Sheriff of the District of Nelson, from the 1st
September next.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th August, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
to make the under-mentioned promotion and
appointments, namely:—

In the Drury Light Horse Volunteers.
William Martyn to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 17th April, 1871.
George Godkin to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 27th November, 1871.

In the Thames Rifle Rangers Volunteers.
Captain John Howell (New Zealand Militia) to be
Captain. Date of commission, 18th July, 1872.

In the Carterton Rifle Volunteers.
Ensign James Leydon to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 12th August, 1872.
William Challis to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 12th August, 1872.

In the No. 3 Company, Pukekohe Rifle Volunteers.
Joseph Scott to be Captain. Date of commission,
6th January, 1872.
Elijah Roose to be Lieutenant. Date of commission,
6th January, 1872.
Jacob Henry Wright to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 6th January, 1872.

In the Auckland Rifle Volunteer Brigade Cadets.
William Charles Kensington to be Honorary Captain.
Date of commission, 15th May, 1872.
William Ratcliffe to be Honorary Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 1st March, 1872.
Edward Moss to be Honorary Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 15th June, 1871.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th August, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers, namely:—
Captain H. Williams, Thames Rifle Rangers Volun-
teers.
Lieutenant N. Y. Stokes, New Zealand Militia.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th August, 1872.

ENQUIRIES having been made respecting a
person named GEORGE PRIOR MARABELLO, who
left San Francisco in 1858 for Australia, and in
1862 left Melbourne for New Zealand, where he is
supposed to have served in the local Forces,—any
one who can give any information respecting him is
requested to communicate with this office.

G. S. COOPER,
Under Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th August, 1872.

IN the matter of "The Friendly Societies Act,
1867:" Notice is hereby given, that a transcript
of the By-laws of
"The Star of Hauraki Tent, No. 3, Independent
Order of Rechabites, Salford Unity,
duly certified, has been lodged with the Registrar of
Friendly Societies, registered and recorded in his
office under the provisions of "The Friendly Societies
Act, 1867."

Dated the 24th day of August, 1872.
G. S. COOPER
(for the Registrar).

General Post Office,
Wellington, 22nd August, 1872.

IT is hereby notified for public information, that
Subscriptions to the New Zealand Hansard will
be received at all Money Order Post Offices.

W. GRAY
(for the Secretary).

Public Works Office,
Gold Fields Department,
Wellington, 26th August, 1872.

THE following Regulations respecting Subsidies to
Works for Water Supply upon Gold Fields are
republished for general information.

C. E. HAUGHTON.

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, exten-
sion, or improvement of such works: and by the said
Act it is further enacted that the said Minister may
make Regulations prescribing 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