THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 613

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th September, 1874.

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

Drury Light Horse Volunteers, and
Karori Rifle Volunteers.

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:-

Captain James Baird Hay (New Zealand Militia),
late Captain, Drury Light Horse Volunteers;
Captain Walter W. Johnston (New Zealand
Militia), late Captain, Karori Rifle Volun-
teers;
Henry Cook, Esq., late Lieutenant, Karori Rifle
Volunteers;
George Godkin, Esq., late Sub-Lieutenant,
Drury Light Horse Volunteers.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Resignation of Armed Constabulary Officer.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th September, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to accept the resignation of the commission
held by

Sub-Inspector John Taylor Marshall, Armed
Constabulary Force.

DONALD MCLEAN.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 7th September, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize

THE PROVINCIAL ENGINEER OF WELLINGTON
to frank free from prepayment of postage letters and
packets posted on the Public Service.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Receiver of Gold Revenue at Coromandel appointed.

Treasury,
Wellington, 5th September, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOSEPH COCHRANE, Esq.,
to be Receiver of Gold Revenue at Coromandel, in
the Province of Auckland, as from the 1st instant.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Harbour Masters appointed for Ports of Thames,
Tauranga, and Poverty Bay.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 7th September, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

GEORGE CHARLES BEST
to be Harbour Master for the Port of Thames;
HANNIBAL MARKS
to be Harbour Master for the Port of Tauranga; and
JOSEPH KENNEDY
to be Harbour Master for the Port of Poverty Bay.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.

"Marriage Act, 1854."
OFFICIATING MINISTERS FOR 1874.-NOTICE
No. 16.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 8th September, 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 :-

Hebrew Congregations.
The Reverend ABRAHAM MYERS.

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

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S REPORT on the Vital Statistics of the Boroughs of Auckland, Thames,
Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Hokitika, during the Month of August, 1874.

TABLE showing the Number of Births, the actual Mortality of Males and Females, and the Proportion of Deaths to Popula-
tion in the Boroughs of Auckland, Thames, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Hokitika during the Month
of August, 1874.

N.B.—The Auckland and Hokitika Hospitals are outside the boundaries of the respective boroughs.
The persons on board ships are not included in the numbers of the population.
The births were 316 in August, against 269 in July, while the deaths were 4 more in number than the deaths in July.
Of the deaths, males contributed 53; females, 55: 53 of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 49-07 of the
whole number; 25 of these were of children under 1 year of age.
The deaths of children under 5 years of age exceeded those in July by 7.
Three females died aged respectively 65, 68, and 71 years; 6 males died between the ages of 65 and upwards, the oldest
being 79.
Three of the above 9 deaths occurred in Wellington, and 3 in Dunedin.