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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Land Transfer Act, 1870," and the Registrar of
Deeds for the Marlborough Deeds Registration
District.
G. MAURICE O'RORKE,
Acting Minister of Justice.
ISSUE OF £50,000 NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT
DEBENTURES UNDER "THE WESTLAND LOAN
ACT, 1873."

Treasury,
Wellington, 9th April, 1874.
TENDERS are invited for the purchase of the
whole or any portion of Fifty Thousand Pounds
New Zealand Government Debentures, issued under
the Act of the Legislature of the Colony, entitled
"The Westland Loan Act, 1873." By the Act above
cited, the principal sum to be raised, and the interest
thereon, are charged on the Consolidated Revenue
of the Colony; a special block of land of 250,000
acres in extent being set apart as security to the
Colony for the amount to be raised.
The Tenders will be received and the Debentures
issued subject to the under-mentioned conditions :--

1. The Debentures will be payable to bearer,
   and will be issued in sums of not less than
   One Hundred Pounds each.
2. The Debentures will bear interest at the rate
   of 5 per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly,
   on the 15th day of April and the 15th day of
   October in each year, at the Treasury at Wel-
   lington, or at any Branch of the Bank of New
   Zealand in New Zealand, on notice given at
   the Treasury one month before the due date.
3. The principal sum will be payable on the 15th
   day of April, 1894, at the Treasury at Wel-
   lington, or at any Branch of the Bank of New
   Zealand in New Zealand, at the option of the
   holder, six months' notice being required, pre-
   vious to maturity, of the place at which pay-
   ment is desired.
4. Tenders will be opened at the Treasury at Wel-
   lington, at noon, on Friday, the 1st day of May
   next, in the presence of such of the tenderers
   as desire to be present, -the minimum price
   under seal being first placed on the table. In
   the event of equal tenders being received for
   a sum in excess of the issue, a pro rata distri-
   bution will be made.
5. The amount tendered for must be paid at the
   Treasury at Wellington as under :--
   Five per cent. accompanying application;
   the balance on or before the 8th May.
   On payment of the balance of purchase money,
   Debentures signed by the Agents appointed under
   the Act will be forwarded, at the risk of the Govern-
   ment, to purchasers or their nominees.
   Half per cent. brokerage will be allowed to brokers
   through whose applications sales are effected.
   Applications by telegraph, received not later than
   10 o'clock a.m. on the 1st May, will be accepted,
   provided they are accompanied by a telegram from
   the Manager of any Branch or Agency of the Bank
   of New Zealand notifying that the necessary deposit
   has been paid into the Bank of New Zealand to the
   credit of a Loan Deposit Account.
   If no allotment be made, the 5 per cent. deposit
   will be returned in full; and if a portion only of the
   amount be allotted, the surplus will be applied in
   payment of the balance.
   JULIUS VOGEL,
   Colonial Treasurer.
   FORM OF TENDER.
   I HEREBY tender for £
   New Zealand Five per Cent.
   Debentures, at the price of £
   for each £100 of such

Debentures; and I agree to accept the same or any less amount
that may be allotted to me, and to pay for them in cash at the
Bank of New Zealand (a)
on
(a) The name of the place at which the purchaser undertakes
payment of the balance to be inserted.
Appointments of Officers in Militia and Volunteers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th April, 1874.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to make the under-mentioned appointments,
namely, -

In the New Zealand Militia.
Thomas Wilson to be Captain. Date of commission,
20th March, 1874.

In the Thames Scottish Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant Samuel Charles Schofield to be
Lieutenant. Date of commission, 1st October,
1873.
William Dry to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 1st October, 1873.

In the Wellington Highland Rifle Volunteers.
George Sample to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 25th September, 1873.

In the Thames Scottish Rifle Volunteer Cadet Corps.
Edwin Davy to be Honorary Captain. Date of com-
mission, 4th March, 1874.
John Phillips to be Honorary Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 4th March, 1874.
DANIEL POLLEN,
(in the absence of Mr. McLean).

Appointment of Officer Commanding District.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd March, 1874.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
Captain WALTER EDWARD GUDGEON
to command the Militia and Volunteers in the Poverty
Bay District.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th April, 1874.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignations of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers:--
Honorary Captain S. C. Schofield, Thames Scot-
tish Rifle Volunteers Cadet Corps.
Sub-Lieutenant William Cawood, Victoria Troop,
Cavalry Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant T. M. Fleetwood, Marton Rifle
Volunteers.
Lieutenant John Stewart Reid, Auckland Scottish
Rifle Volunteers.
Honorary Lieutenant Charles A. Willdigg, Sir
George Grey Rifle Volunteer Cadet Corps.
Captain James Bird, Christchurch Artillery Volun-
teers.
Sub-Lieutenant T. A. Brown, Otahuhu Royal
Cavalry Volunteers.
Lieutenant C. A. Robertson, Thames Scottish
Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant William Shand, South District Rifle
Rangers Volunteers.
DANIEL POLLEN,
(in the absence of Mr. McLean).