THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
861

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to make the under-
mentioned appointments, viz., —

In the Alexandra Cavalry Volunteers.
Walter Symes to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 19th August, 1874.

In the Taranaki Light Horse Volunteers.
Patrick Joseph O'Carroll to be Honorary Assistant-
Surgeon. Date of commission, 3rd May, 1873.

In the Forest Rifle Volunteers.
Thomas Lawrence Crawford to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 1st May, 1874.

In the Riverton Rifle Volunteers.
Joseph Robinson to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 21st October, 1874.

In the Nelson Artillery Volunteer Cadets.
Samuel Herbert Strong to be Captain. Date of
commission, 13th August, 1874.

DANIEL POLLEN,
(in the absence of Sir Donald McLean).

Commanding Officer of District appointed.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint
Inspector FORSTER YELVERTON GORING, Armed
Constabulary,
to command the Militia and Volunteers in the
Opotiki Militia District.

DANIEL POLLEN,
(in the absence of Sir Donald McLean).

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to accept the resigna-
tion of the commissions held by the under-mentioned
officers, viz.,—

Captain F. Hamilton, Greymouth Rifle Volun-
teers.
Captain A. Burns, Hobson Rifle Volunteers.
Captain W. Douglas, Manukau Rifle Volunteers.
Captain J. Wigzell, Nelson (City) Cadets.
Lieutenant D. McLean, Greymouth Rifle Volun-
teers.
Lieutenant C. W. Smith, Union Rifle Volun-
teers.
Lieutenant J. Richardson, Marton Rifle Volun-
teers.
Sub-Lieutenant A. Otterson, Nelson (City)
Rifle Volunteers.

DANIEL POLLEN,
(in the absence of Sir Donald McLean).

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to disband the under-
mentioned Corps at their own request :—

The Greytown Rifle Volunteers.
The No. 4 (Rangiora) Company, Canterbury
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 :—

William Udy, Esq., late Captain, Greytown Rifle
Volunteers.
Charles Ffrench Pemberton, Esq., late Captain,
No. 4 (Rangiora) Company, Canterbury Rifle
Volunteers.
William Saywell, Esq., late Lieutenant, Greytown
Rifle Volunteers.

DANIEL POLLEN,
(in the absence of Sir Donald McLean).

Authority to Receive Free Letters, &c.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to authorize
THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER FOR CON-
STRUCTED RAILWAYS
to receive free from prepayment of postage letters
and packets addressed to him and posted on the
Public Service, by the Managers of Railways at
Auckland, Napier, and Wellington.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Acting Postmaster-General.

Authority to Census Enumerators to Frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to authorize
The CENSUS ENUMERATORS and the SUPERIN-
TENDENT COLLECTORS under "The Census
Act Amendment Act, 1867,"—
a notification of whose appointment appears in this
Gazette, or whose appointments may be hereafter
notified in any subsequent Gazette, to frank and
receive free from prepayment of postage, for a period
of four months from this date, letters and packets
addressed from or to them " on Census business
only."

H. A. ATKINSON,
Acting Postmaster General.

Interpreter appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 21st December, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint
W. H. TUCKER, Esq.,
of Gisborne, to be an Interpreter under the 12th
section of "The Native Land Act, 1873."

DANIEL POLLEN,
(in the absence of the Native Minister).

Inspectors of Immigrant Ships appointed.

Immigration Office,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1874.

IT is hereby notified for general information, that
the following gentlemen have been appointed
Members of the Commission to inspect and report
upon the state and condition of Immigrants and
Immigrant Ships upon their arrival at Picton, in the
Province of Marlborough :—

CYRUS GOULTER, Esq.,
WILLIAM BORRODALE TRIPE, Esq.,
JOHN HENRY DALTON, Esq.

H. A. ATKINSON.