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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Registration and Returning Officer appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th April, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Officer Administering the
Government has been pleased to appoint
CYRUS GOULTER, Esq.,
to be Registration and Returning Officer for the
Election of Members of the House of Represent-
atives for the Districts of Picton and Wairau. This
appointment dates from the 12th day of April, 1873.
WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.

Militia and Volunteer Appointments.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Officer Administering the
Government has been pleased to make the
under-mentioned promotions and appointments,
viz.:-

In the New Zealand Militia.
Captain John Wilson to be Major. Date of com-
mission, 8th March, 1873.
Lieutenant Harry Alfred Lomax to be Captain.
Date of commission, 26th March, 1873.
Gervaise Disney Hammerton to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 13th February, 1873.
James Hanna Smyth to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 27th February, 1873.
William Henry Phillip Dakers, L.S.A.L., M.R.C.S.E.,
to be Assistant-Surgeon. Date of commission,
12th March, 1873.

In the Rangitikei Rifle Volunteer Administrative
Battalion.
Captain George Anthony Ross, New Zealand Militia,
to be Major. Date of commission, 22nd March,
1873.

In the Invercargill Artillery Volunteers.
John Dalgleish to be Captain. Date of commission,
25th January, 1872.
William Conyers to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 16th January, 1873.
Edward Drury Butts to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 16th January, 1873.

In the Oamaru Rifle Volunteers.
Ensign George Sumpter to be Captain. Date of
commission, 3rd January, 1873.
Hay Mackenzie to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 3rd January, 1873.

In the Pauatahanui Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant Frederick Bradey to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 22nd February, 1873.

In the No. 1 Company, Auckland Rifle Volunteers.
John Morgan to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 5th February, 1872.

In the Auckland Scottish Rifle Volunteers.
John Mowbray to be Lieutenant. Date of commis-
sion, 20th March, 1872.

In the No. 2 Company, Hauraki Rifle Volunteers.
Josias Hoskin to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 12th September, 1872.

In the Opotiki Rifle Volunteers.
Daniel Irwin to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 12th October, 1872.

In the Napier Rifle Volunteer Cadet Corps.
Honorary Sub-Lieutenant Russell James Duncan to
be Honorary Lieutenant. Date of commission,
21st March, 1873.
Thomas Wilson Begg to be Honorary Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 21st March, 1873.

In the Te Aro School Rifle Volunteer Cadet Corps.
William Peter Barber to be Honorary Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 29th March, 1873.
Harry Hickson to be Honorary Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 29th March, 1873.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Transfer of Appointments.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th April, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Officer Administering the
Government has been pleased to transfer
Captain John Jude Taylor, from the Wairoa
(Hawke's Bay) Rifle Volunteers, and
Captain William Robert Robinson, from the
Napier Rifle Volunteers,
to the New Zealand Militia.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Resignation of Commissions.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Officer Administering the
Government has been pleased to accept the
resignation of the commissions held by
Major Sir J. C. Wilson, C.B., Canterbury Militia
and Volunteers.
Captain E. Daniell, Aramoho Light Horse Volun-
teers.
Lieutenant J. E. Hannah, Invercargill Artillery
Volunteers.
Lieutenant J. B. Godkin, No. 1 Company, Puke-
kohe Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant H. J. Twigg, New Zealand
Militia.
Sub-Lieutenant W. Henderson, Invercargill Artil-
lery Volunteers.
Honorary Lieutenant R. E. Scott, Egmont Rifle
Volunteer Cadets.
Honorary Ensign C. Collett, Hutt Rifle Volunteer
Cadets.
Honorary Sub-Lieutenant J. H. Ainslie, Egmont
Rifle Volunteer Cadets.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Services of Corps accepted.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Officer Administering the
Government has been pleased to accept the
services of the under-mentioned Corps, viz.:-
The Taranaki Cavalry Volunteers. Date of accept-
ance, 20th March, 1873.
The Stoke (Nelson) Rifle Volunteer Cadet Corps.
Date of acceptance, 19th February, 1873.
The No. 1 (City Guards) Company, Otago Rifle
Volunteer Cadet Corps. Date of acceptance,
25th February, 1873.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Commissioner of Crown Lands appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 15th April, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Officer Administering the
Government has been pleased to appoint
CYRUS GOULTER, Esq.,
to be Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Province
of Marlborough.
This appointment takes effect on and from the
12th of April instant.
G. M. O'RORKE.