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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Private Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th August, 1874.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept resignation of
The Honorable GEORGE MAURICE O'RORKE,
holding a seat in the Executive Council, and the
Offices of Secretary for Crown Lands, Land Claims
Commissioner, and Commissioner of Stamps.
By command.
FRANCIS A HARE,
Private Secretary.

Mayor elected.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th August, 1874.
IT is hereby notified, that, in conformity with clause
3 of "The Otago Municipal Corporations Em-
powering Act, 1865," the name of the following
person has been sent in to this Office by the Town
Clerk as having been elected Mayor for the place
set opposite his name, viz.,-
JAMES ARKLE-Palmerston.
DANIEL POLLEN.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.
Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th August, 1874.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointments, viz.,-
Major Maillard Noake, New Zealand Militia, to com-
mand the Militia and Volunteers in the Rangitikei
Militia District.
In the Taranaki Light Horse Volunteers.
George Dye Draper to be Lieutenant. Date of Com-
mission, 3rd May, 1873.
Oliver Oxenham to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
Commission, 3rd May, 1873.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.
Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th August, 1874.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to accept the resignation of the commissions
held by the under-mentioned officers, viz.,-
Major W. J. Willis, as Officer Commanding the
Militia and Volunteers in the Rangitikei Militia
District.
Lieutenant W. Shanagan, Hobson Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Chas. McDonald, Wairoa (Auckland)
Rifle Volunteers.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Appointment of Armed Constabulary Officers.
Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th August, 1874.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to make the under-mentioned promotions in
THE ARMED CONSTABULARY FORCE,
from the 17th August, 1874, viz.,-
2nd Class Inspector John Bell Thomson to be 1st
Class Inspector, vice Cummins, deceased.
1st Class Sub-Inspector William Airey Richardson
to be 1st Class Inspector, vice Pitt, resigned.
1st Class Sub-Inspector Forster Yelverton Goring
to be 2nd Class Inspector, vice Thomson, pro-
moted.
2nd Class Sub-Inspector Arthur Sandys Brooke
Forster to be 1st Class Sub-Inspector, vice
Bullen, promoted.

2nd Class Sub-Inspector Frederick Charles Smith
to be 1st Class Sub-Inspector, vice Watts,
promoted.
2nd Class Sub-Inspector Charles William Ferris
to be 1st Class Sub-Inspector, vice Richardson,
promoted.
2nd Class Sub-Inspector Stuart Newall to be 1st
Class Sub-Inspector, vice Goring, promoted.
Sergeant-Major Charles Debenham Bennett to be
2nd Class Sub-Inspector, vice Forster, pro-
moted.
Sergeant Percy Frederick Carlyon to be 2nd Class
Sub-Inspector, vice Smith, promoted.
Sergeant Christopher Joseph Naden to be 2nd
Class Sub-Inspector, vice Ferris, promoted.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Interpreter appointed.
Native Office,
Wellington, 14th August, 1874.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint
ROBERT MAIR, Esq.,
of Whangarei, to be an Interpreter under "The
Native Land Act, 1873."
DONALD MCLEAN.

Tenders.
Public Works Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1874.
THE following list of successful and unsuccessful
Tenderers is published for general information.
EDWARD RICHARDSON.
MOUNT ROCHFORT RAILWAY.
WESTPORT CONTRACT.
Accepted.
John McLean, Greymouth
£ s. d.
16,795 12 11

Declined.
Stephen Lowin, Westport
16,818 15 0
E. B. Garven, Greymouth
17,373 8 2
Wm. Smith, Hokitika
17,697 7 4
Walton Pell, Westport
19,182 6 0
J. B. Eteveneaux, Westport
25,526 10 0
Keith Brothers, Greymouth
28,741 3 0
Alex. Stitt, Westport

Medical Referee.
Government Annuities Office,
Wellington, 13th August, 1874.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
Dr. F. M. B. STEWART
a Medical Referee for the District of Tokomairiro,
under "The Government Annuities Act, 1869."
W. GISBORNE,
Commissioner.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the parcel of
land hereinafter described will be brought
under the provisions of "The Land Transfer Act,
1870," unless caveat be lodged within one calendar
month from the publication of this notice forbidding
the same.
ISAAC GIFFORD, of Wairau West, Farmer,
Applicant.-300 acres, being Sections Nos. 78 and
79 in the District of Wairau West, Province of
Marlborough, now occupied by William Gifford.
Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 12th day of August, 1874, at the Lands
Registry Office, Blenheim.
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EDWIN BAMFORD,
District Land Registrar.