THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 481.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th July, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
disband the under-mentioned Volunteer Corps,
at their own request, viz.,-

The Hawke's Bay Yeomanry Cavalry Volun-
teers,
The Wanganui Cavalry Volunteers,
The Manawatu Rangers Rifle Volunteers,
The Wanganui Veteran Rifle Volunteers.

And to discontinue the services of the under-
mentioned Volunteer Corps, viz.,-

The Howick Troop, Royal Cavalry Volunteers,
The Nos. 1 and 2 Companies, Victoria (Auck-
land) Rifle Volunteer Cadets,
The Auckland Naval Volunteer Cadets.

The under-mentioned gentlemen have therefore
ceased to hold the rank of officers in the Volunteer
Force; their commissions having, under the provisions
of "The Volunteer Act, 1865," lapsed: -

Major John Nixon (New Zealand Militia), late
Čaptain, Wanganui Cavalry Volunteers;
Thomas Tanner, Esq., late Captain, Hawke's
Bay Yeomanry Cavalry Volunteers;
Robert Braithwaite, Esq., late Lieutenant,
Hawke's Bay Yeomanry Cavalry Volunteers;
Frederick Hill, Esq., late Lieutenant, Howick
Troop, Royal Cavalry Volunteers;
Hugh Morrow, Esq., late Lieutenant, Wanganui,
Veteran Rifle Volunteers;
Robert Hair, Esq., late Cornet, Wanganui
Cavalry Volunteers;
William Burnett, Esq., late Sub-Lieutenant,
Hawke's Bay Yeomanry Cavalry Volunteers;
James Lindsay, Esq., late Sub-Lieutenant,
Howick Troop, Royal Cavalry Volunteers;
Patrick Collins, Esq., late Sub-Lieutenant,
Manawatu Rangers Rifle Volunteers;
Charles Hovell, Esq., M.D., late Honorary
Assistant-Surgeon, Howick Troop, Royal
Cavalry Volunteers;
Walter Miller, late Honorary Lieutenant, No. 1
Company, Victoria Rifle Volunteer Cadets;
William Patrick Sheehan, late Honorary Lieu-
tenant, No. 2 Company, Victoria Rifle Volun-
teer Cadets;
George McKay, late Honorary Lieutenant,
Auckland Naval Volunteer Cadets;
Archibald Bruce, late Honorary Sub-Lieutenant,
No. 1 Victoria Rifle Volunteer Cadets;
John Connolly, late Honorary Sub-Lieutenant,
No. 2 Victoria Rifle Volunteer Cadets;
James McLeod, late Honorary Sub-Lieutenant,
Auckland Naval Volunteer Cadets.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Money Order Offices.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 27th July, 1874.

THE following Notice, received from the General
Post Office, London, is published for general
information.

By order.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.

MONEY ORDER OFFICES.

ENGLAND.

On the 1st of June the following alterations will
be made, viz.,-

1. A Money Order Office will be opened in
   London at-
   Grosvenor Road (Highbury New Park) Postal
   District.
   N.

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

Head Office. County.
Alexandra Docks, R.O. Lynn ... Norfolk.
Alverstoke ... Gosport ... Hants.
Chatburn ... Clitheroe ... Lancaster.
Drighlington ... Leeds ... York.
East Gates, R.O. ... Lynn ... Norfolk.
Gilesgate Moor ... Durham ... Durham.
Holly Hall ... Dudley ... Worcester.
Humshaugh ... R.S.O. ... Northumberland.
Knockin ... Oswestry ... Salop.
Shaldon ... Teignmouth ... Devon.
Shoreham ... Sevenoaks ... Kent.
Worfield ... Bridgnorth ... Salop.

3. The Office at Irlams o' the height (Manchester)
   will be abolished.

SCOTLAND.

4. Money Order Offices will be opened at-

Head Office. County.
Burrelton ... Cupar Angus ... Perth.
Evie ... Kirkwall ... Orkney.
Wellmeadow Street, R.O. Paisley ... Renfrew.

IRELAND.

5. A Money Order Office will be opened at-

Head Office. County.
Loughlinstown ... Dublin ... Dublin.

General Post Office, London,
25th May, 1874.

Licensed Distributor of Stamps appointed.

Office of the Commissioner of Stamp Duties,
Wellington, 23rd July, 1874.

IT is notified for public information that
Mr. GEORGE SAGE,
of Tory Street, Wellington, has been appointed
a Licensed Distributor of Duty Stamps.

By order of the Commissioner of Stamp Duties.
E. BRANDON.

"Marriage Act, 1854."
OFFICIATING MINISTERS FOR 1874.-NOTICE
No. 14.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 28th July, 1874.

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 name of an Officiating Minister
within the meaning of the said Act is published for
general information: -

United Church of England and Ireland.
The Reverend RICHARD SAMUEL HASSARD, M.A.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.