THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 313

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointments, viz, -
Captain Frederic Charles Rowan, New Zealand
Militia, to command the Volunteers in the Dunedin
District. Date of commission, 22nd April, 1875.

In the Wellington Artillery Volunteer Cadets.
Francis Stevens to be Captain. Date of commission,
20th April, 1875.

H. A. ATKINSON,
(in the absence of the Native Minister).

Resignation of Volunteer Officers accepted.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers, viz,-
Major I. J. Atkinson, Commanding the Volunteers
in the Province of Otago.
Honorary Lieutenant C. D. Kennedy, Napier Rifle
Volunteer Cadets.

H. A. ATKINSON,
(in the absence of the Native Minister).

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of
The St. Matthew's School Rifle Volunteer Cadets.
Date of acceptance, 12th April, 1875.

H. A. ATKINSON,
(in the absence of the Native Minister).

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
disband
The Sir George Grey Rifle Volunteer Cadets, at their
own request.

The under-mentioned gentlemen have therefore
ceased to hold the rank of officers, their commissions
having, under the provisions of "The Volunteer Act,
1865," lapsed:-
Mr. C. A. Taylor, late Captain.
Mr. G. Campbell, late Honorary Lieutenant.
Mr. J. H. Swales, late Honorary Sub-Lieutenant.

H. A. ATKINSON,
(in the absence of the Native Minister).

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1875.

IT is notified for general information, that
Lieut.-Colonel WILLIAM C. LYON,
Inspector, Armed Constabulary, has been appointed
Acting Commissioner of the Armed Constabulary
Force, during the absence, on leave, of Lieut.-Colonel
Moule.
Appointment dates from the 11th March, 1875.

H. A. ATKINSON,
(in the absence of the Native Minister).

Appointments in Public Works Department.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to make the following appointments in the
Public Works Department.

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

WILLIAM ALFRED GARDNER, Accountant, Colonial
Architect's Office, from 6th October, 1873.
CHARLES EDWARD BEATSON, Assistant to Colonial
Architect, from 17th May, 1874.
ARTHUR DUDLEY DOBSON, Resident Engineer, from
1st April, 1875.

Regulations under Section 11 of "The Steam Naviga-
tion Act Amendment Act, 1873."

BY virtue of the power vested in me by the 11th
section of "The Steam Navigation Act Amend-
ment Act, 1873," I, William Hunter Reynolds, the
Commissioner of Customs, do hereby make the fol-
lowing Regulations for the Examination of Masters
and Engineers of River Steamers.

Given under my hand at Wellington, this 1st
day of May, 1875.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.

REGULATIONS.

CANDIDATES for examination must make a proper
application on a form which will be supplied on
application at any Custom House. This application,
accompanied with the necessary testimonials, must
be lodged at the Custom House for delivery to the
Examiners. Certificates procured on false informa-
tion will be cancelled.

A Master of a river steamer must be twenty-one
years of age, and must have served at least one year
on board a sea-going or river steamer. He must pro-
duce satisfactory testimonials of good conduct and
sobriety on board ship. He must be able to read and
write, and understand the first four rules of arith-
metic. He must understand the rules of the road,
Light and Fog Signals, International Code of Signals,
Harbour Regulations, and the Colonial Bar and Tidal
Signals.

An Engineer of a river steamer must be twenty-one
years of age, and must have been employed about the
machinery or boilers of a steamer, or in driving
machinery and having charge of the boiler of a land
engine, for at least one year. He must produce satis-
factory testimonials of good conduct and sobriety.
He must be able to read and write, and must under-
stand the first four rules of arithmetic.

He must understand the use of the salinometer, and
vacuum and steam gauges.

He must understand how to keep the boiler free
from incrustation, and the method of regulating the
density of the water in the boiler.

He must be able to state how a temporary repair
could be effected in case of derangement to machinery
or boiler.

He must pass a creditable examination as to the
details of the different parts of an engine, and give
an explanation of the use of each part.

He must be able to give a satisfactory description
of the construction of the different kinds of boilers
in general use in river steamers, and must explain the
use and management of the feed, safety-valves, brine
cocks, and all connections.

The fee to be paid by the applicants for examina-
tion is one pound, of which ten shillings will be
returned to any applicant who may fail to pass.