THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 73
Honorary Sub-Lieutenant R. Lynch, No. 2 Com-
pany, Auckland Grammar School Cadets.
JOHN BATHGATE,
(in the absence of Mr. McLean).

Formation of Battalion.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
form
"The Union Rifle Volunteers,"
"The Marton Rifle Volunteers,"
"The Royal Rifle Volunteers," and
"The Marton Rifle Volunteer Cadets,"
into a Battalion, under the designation of
"The Rangitikei Rifle Volunteer Administrative
Battalion."
JOHN BATHGATE,
(in the absence of Mr. McLean).

Deputy Commissioner of Stamps appointed.

Office of the Commissioner of Stamps,
Wellington, 25th January, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
EDWARD STAFFORD, Esq.,
to be Deputy Commissioner of Stamps for the Pro-
vince of Wellington. This appointment to take effect
on and from the 24th instant.
JOHN BATHGATE.

"MARRIAGE ACT, 1854."
OFFICIATING MINISTERS FOR 1873.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 28th January, 1873.
PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in
the eighteenth year of the reign of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act,
1854," the following LIST of OFFICIATING MINIS-
TERS within the meaning of the said Act is published
for general information :----

United Church of England and Ireland.
The Reverend John Chapman Andrew, M.A.
" Benjamin Yate Ashwell
" Charles Baker
" William Ballachey
" Joseph Bates
" George P. Beaumont, M.A.
" Charles Bice
" William J. G. Bluett, M.A.
" Croasdaile Bowen
" Reginald R. Bradley, B.A.
" Laurence Carsley Brady
" Edward Nugent Bree
" Frederick George Brittan, B.A.
" Charles Hyde Brooke
The Venerable Archdeacon Alfred Nesbitt Brown
The Reverend Henry H. Brown
" Robert Burrows
The Venerable Archdeacon Henry Francis Butt
The Reverend Arthur P. O. Callaghan
" Thomas Chapman
" George J. Cholmondeley
The Venerable Archdeacon Edward Bloomfield Clarke
The Reverend Robert Henry Codrington, M.A.
" Richard Coffey, M.A.
" William Henry Cooper
" George Cotterill, B.A., Canon
The Right Reverend William Garden Cowie, D.D.,
Bishop
The Reverend Alexander Dasent
" Benjamin Thornton Dudley
" Benjamin Woolley Dudley, M.A.,
Canon
" Christopher Blencowe Dunn
" Herbert E. East
" Edward George Edwards, B.A.
" Thomas Fancourt
" Thomas Flavell
" George Foster
" John Foulger
" Algernon Gifford
" Hannibal John C. Gilbert
" Frank Gould
The Venerable Archdeacon Henry Govett, B.A.
The Reverend Samuel Dutton Green
The Right Reverend Octavius Hadfield, Bishop
The Reverend Richard Augustus Hall, M.A.
" David Orr Hampton
The Most Reverend Henry John Chitty Harper,
D.D., Primate
The Venerable Archdeacon Henry William Harper,
Μ.Α.
The Reverend William Chambers Harris, M.A.
" Bache Wright Harvey, M.A.
" Tamihana Huata
" G. D'Arcy Irvine, M.A.
" Robert S. Jackson
The Very Reverend Henry Jacobs, M.A., Dean
The Reverend George Henry Johnstone, M.A.
" David Jones, B.A.
The Reverend Joshua Jones
" Charles Jordan, A.B.
" Raniera Kawhia
" Robert Kidd, LL.D.
" John Kinder, M.A.
" Amos Knell
" Francis Knowles
" Edward Atherton Lingard
" Frederick Charles Lloyd
" Vicesimus Lush, M.A.
" James McWilliam
" William Marshall
" Joseph Matthews
" George Maunsell
The Venerable Archdeacon Robert Maunsell, LL.D.
The Reverend Richard Henry Mitchell, B.A.
" Joshua Te Moanaroa
" Lorenzo Moore, M.A.
" Charles Oliver Mules, M.A.
" George P. Mutu
" Charles Mosely Nelson, M.A.
" Edmund Berrey Nevill
The Right Reverend Samuel Tarratt Nevill, D.D.,
Bishop
The Reverend Charles Henry Sinderby Nicholls
" William Francis Oldham, M.A.
" Francis Thomas Opie
" Ezra Robert Otway
" Matiaha Pahewa
" William Edward Paige, M.A.
" John Palmer
" Robert Pantutun
" Wiremu Paraire
" William A. Pascoe
" Philip Patiki
" Frederick Pember, M.A.
" Edward Gorton Penny, M.A.
" Hone Pohutu
" Wiremu Pomare
" Samuel Poole, M.A.
" James Preston
The Venerable Archdeacon Lonsdale Pritt, B.A.
The Reverend Arthur Guyon Purchas
" Rihara Rangamaro
" John Raven, M.A.