THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 301

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th May, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
disband
The Invercargill Highland Rifle Volunteers.

DANIEL POLLEN,
(in the absence of Mr. McLean).

Authority to Frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 6th May, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to authorize

OFFICERS COMMANDING VOLUNTEER DISTRICTS
to frank and receive free from prepayment of postage,
letters or packets posted on the Public Service.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Certificates suspended.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 24th April, 1874.

IT is hereby notified, that His Excellency the
Governor has been pleased to confirm the
sentences of the Courts of Inquiry into the wrecks
of the "Silver Lining," "Cyrus," and "Wellington;"
and that the Certificate of Competency as Master,
issued by the Marine Board of New South Wales,
No. 8, held by

JAMES TAYLOR,

is therefore suspended for a period of six months
from the 25th March last; the Certificate of Com-
petency as Master, issued by the Steam Navigation
Board of Victoria, No. 41, held by

POWELL ANDREWS,

is suspended for a period of twelve months from the
19th March last; and that the Certificate of Service,
issued by the Marine Board of New South Wales,
No. 62, held by

HENRY EDWARD HILL,

is suspended for a period of six months from 19th
March last.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.

Warehouses under "The Customs Regulation Act
Amendment Act, 1858," approved.

CUSTOMS. - In exercise of the powers in me for
this purpose vested by "The Customs Regula-
tion Act, 1858," I, the Commissioner of Customs, do
hereby approve and appoint the under-mentioned
Warehouses, viz.,-

Port of Wanganui.
The whole of a two-storied building situate on
Taupo Quay, Wanganui, formerly known as "Lewis's
Bond," at present occupied by Mr. Edward Wright,
and known as

WRIGHT'S BOND.

Port of Lyttelton.
A wooden building with iron roof situate in High
Street, Christchurch, at present occupied by Mr.
Henry Hayes Hannah, and known as

HANNAH'S BOND,

to be Warehouses for the reception of goods under
Bond.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
twenty-fifth day of April, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-four.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS,
Commissioner of Customs.

[Commissioner's Order, No. 66.]

Changing Name of Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS. - In pursuance of the powers in me for
this purpose vested by "The Customs Regula-
tion Act, 1858," I, the Commissioner of Customs, do
hereby change the name of the under-mentioned
Warehouse, viz.,-

Port of Russell.
A building situate on the Strand, Russell, and
heretofore known as

to

VILCOQ'S BOND,

MACFARLANE'S BOND.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
twenty-fifth day of April, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-four.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS,
Commissioner of Customs.

[Commissioner's Order, No. 67.]

Member of Immigration Commission appointed.

Immigration Office,
Wellington, 1st May, 1874.

IT is hereby notified for public information, that

WILLIAM PANTON GRIGOR, Esq., L.R.C.S.,
has been appointed to act on the Commission to
inspect and report on the state and condition of
Immigrants and Immigrant Ships upon their arrival
at the Bluff, vice F. A. Monckton, Esq., resigned.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Commissioner of Crown Lands appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 13th April, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

CHARLES DOUGLAS WHITCOMBE, Esq.,
to be Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Province
of Taranaki.

G. MAURICE O'RORKE,
Secretary for Crown Lands.

Commissioner of Otago Waste Lands Board
appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 6th May, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has (on
the 24th April, 1874), under the provisions of
"The Otago Waste Lands Act, 1872," been pleased to
approve of the following appointment made by His
Honor the Superintendent of Otago, with the advice
and consent of his Executive Council:-

DONALD REID, Esq.,
to be a Commissioner of the Otago Waste Lands
Board.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(in absence of Secretary for Crown Lands).

"Marriage Act, 1854."
OFFICIATING MINISTERS FOR 1874.—NOTICE No. 9.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 6th May, 1874.

THE following additional names of Officiating
Ministers sent in to me for insertion in the list
of Officiating Ministers for the year 1874, are pub-
lished in pursuance of the provisions of the Marriage
Act and Marriage Amendment Acts:-

Church of England.
Reverend EDWARD SAMUEL CROSS.
" JAMES LEIGHTON.
" JOHN PRATT KEMPTHORNE.
" THOMAS SAMUEL GRACE, jun.
WM. R. E. BROWN.

Registrar-General.