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7th. From the Telegraph Office or Post Office to
the Queen's Wharf, and vice versa, at per load.

ALEX. C. P. MACDONALD,
(for the Under Secretary).

Coroner resigned.

Office of the Minister of Justice,
Wellington, 28th February, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by

T. H. GARLAND, Esq.,
of Hokitika, of his appointment as a Coroner.

JOHN BATHGATE.

Coroner appointed.

Office of the Minister of Justice,
Wellington, 28th February, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HENRY WIDENHAM MAUNSELL, Esq.,
of Hokitika, to be a Coroner within the Colony.

JOHN BATHGATE.

Volunteer Appointments.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th March, 1873.

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

In No. 2 Company, Hauraki Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant William Henry Hazard to be Captain.
Date of commission, 9th August, 1872.

In No. 3 Company, Akaroa Rifle Volunteers.
Commander Ralph de Beauvoir Hawtrey, R.N., to
be Captain. Date of commission, 23rd December,
1872.

Wanganui Rifle Volunteers.
Robert C. Earle, M.R.C.S.E., to be Honorary As-
sistant Surgeon. Date of commission, 22nd
February, 1873.

JOHN BATHGATE,
(in the absence of Mr. McLean).

Accepting Services of Corps.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th March, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of

The Queenstown Rifle Volunteers. Date of ac-
ceptance, 12th February, 1873.

JOHN BATHGATE,
(in the absence of Mr. McLean).

Resignation of Commission.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th March, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission
held by

Honorary Captain E. Davy, Onehunga Rifle Vo-
lunteer Cadets.

JOHN BATHGATE,
(in the absence of Mr. McLean).

Customs-Appointments and Promotions.

Office of the Commissioner of Customs,
Wellington, 28th February, 1873.

IN virtue of the power delegated to the Commis-
sioner of Customs by His Excellency the Governor,
and in pursuance of the provisions of "The Civil
Service Act, 1866," the following promotions and
appointments have been made in the Customs
Department :-

MENSDORFFE CONINGSBY WYNYARD ATKYNS pro-
moted from the fifth class to the fourth class, and
appointed Clerk at the Port of Dunedin. Promotion
to take effect from 1st September, 1872.

EDWARD CHILMAN promoted from the fifth class to
the fourth class, and appointed Clerk and Landing
Waiter at the Port of Invercargill. Promotion to
take effect from the 1st October, 1872.

RICHARD DIGNAN to be a Fifth-class Officer at the
Port of Thames. This appointment to take effect
from 1st July, 1872.

CYRUS ALFRED WEBB to be a Fifth-class Officer
at the Port of Wellington. This appointment to
take effect from 1st July, 1872.

CHARLES STAFFORD NIXON to be a Fifth-class
Officer at the Port of Westport. This appointment
to take effect from 23rd July, 1872.

ALFRED MERRETT BUTLER to be a Fifth-class
Officer at the Port of Auckland. This appointment
to take effect from 19th September, 1872.

WILLIAM FAIRCLOUGH DICKEY to be a Fifth-class
Officer at the Port of Dunedin. This appointment
to take effect from 1st January, 1873.

JOHN BATHGATE.

Friendly Societies registered.

IN the matter of "The Friendly Societies Act,
1867:" Notice is hereby given, that transcripts
of the By-laws of

"The Loyal Hand of Friendship Lodge, No. 5831,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Manchester
Unity Friendly Society, No. 6, Hokitika Dis-
trict;" and

"The Loyal Kanieri Lodge of the Manchester
Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows in
New Zealand, Branch No. 9, of the Hokitika
District;"

duly certified, have been lodged with the Registrar of
Friendly Societies, registered and recorded under the
provisions of "The Friendly Societies Act, 1867."

ALEX. C. P. MACDONALD,
(for the Registrar).

Dated this 1st day of March, 1873.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the parcel of
land hereinafter described will be brought
under the provisions of "The Land Transfer Act,
1870," unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same
on or before the 9th day of April, 1873.

Section 1 and part of Section 2, Upper Harbor,
West District; Sections 25, 27, 29, 31, Sawyers Bay
District; Section 1, Block IX., North Harbor and
Blueskin District; Sections 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21,
22, Block VI., Portobello District. - ANDREW
BUCHANAN, of Dunedin, Doctor of Medicine, on
behalf of HUMPHREY STANLEY HERBERT
JONES, of North Wales, in Great Britain, Esquire,
Applicant. 986.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 26th day of February, 1873, at the
Lands Registry Office, Dunedin.

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D. F. MAIN,
District Land Registrar.