THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 315

Provincial Returning Officer appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 20th May, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Officer Administering the
Government has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM PARKER STREET, Esq.,

to be Returning Officer for the election of Members
of the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago
for the Electoral Districts of City of Dunedin, North
Harbour, Wakari, Kaikorai, Caversham, and Penin-
sula, vice A. R. Chetham-Strode, Esq., resigned.

DONALD MCLEAN,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary).

HOANI TAIPUA and
HEMA TE Ao,
of Otaki, to be Assessors under "The Native Lands
Act, 1865."

DONALD MCLEAN.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st May, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Officer Administering the
Government has been pleased to disband the
under-mentioned Corps, viz.:-
The Blenheim Rifle Volunteers.
The Prince Alfred Rifle Volunteers.
The Blenheim Rifle Volunteer Cadets.
The Carlyle Light Horse Volunteers.

The under-mentioned gentlemen have therefore
ceased to hold the rank of officers, their commissions
having, under the provisions of "The Volunteer Act,
1865," lapsed:-
William Evans Dive, Esq., late Captain, Prince
Alfred Rifle Volunteers.
George Beamish, Esq., late Lieutenant, Carlyle
Light Horse Volunteers.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Licensed Surveyor.

Native Office,
Wellington, 17th May, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Officer Administering the
Government has been pleased to authorise and
license

SIDNEY DAVID TAIWHANGA,
of Bay of Islands, to survey land under "The Native
Lands Act, 1865."

DONALD MCLEAN.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st May, 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.
John George Ginger to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 13th May, 1873.

In the Wellington Highland Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant Charles McKirdy to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 8th May, 1873.

In the No. 3 (Akaroa) Company, Canterbury Rifle
Volunteers.
Lieutenant Cyprian Wynyard Bridge to be Captain.
Date of commission, 21st April, 1873.
Robert Townshend to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 21st April, 1873.
Herbert de Bohnn Bridge to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 21st April, 1873.

DONALD MCLEAN

Assessors under "The Native Lands Act, 1865."

Native Office,
Wellington, 17th May, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Officer Administering the
Government has been pleased to appoint

Money Order Offices.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 9th May, 1873.
THE following Notice, received from the General
Post Office, London, is published for general
information.

By order.
W. GRAY, jun.,
(for the Secretary).

MONEY ORDER OFFICES.

ENGLAND.

1. On the 1st of March a Money Order Office will
   be opened in London at-
   Oxford Street (Soho), No. 431
   Postal
   District.
   W.

2. The designation of the Money Order Office at
   Kennington Park Road, S.E., will be changed to
   Kennington Park, and the Offices at Oxford Street,
   No. 26 (near Rathbone Place) W., and Putney
   (High Street), S.W., will be abolished.

3. Money Order Offices will be opened in the
   Country at-

4. The Railway Sub Offices at Glastonbury and
   Saltburn by the Sea will be constituted Head Offices.
5. The Office at Walton-on-Thames (Weybridge
   Station) will be made a Railway Sub Office.
6. The Money Order Office at East Holborn
   (South Shields) will be designated Holborn only.
7. The under-mentioned Money Order Sub Offices