THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 387

Examiner of Titles appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st June, 1875.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ANDREW TURNBULL, Esq.,
to be Examiner of Titles for the Nelson Land Regis-
tration District, vice E. W. Bunny, Esq., deceased.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Clerk in Treasury appointed.

Treasury,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1875.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to make the following appointment to the
Civil Service :-
JAMES WEBBER, Esq.,
to be a Clerk in the Colonial Treasury, as from the
28th April, 1875, vice C. F. W. Palliser, transferred.

DANIEL POLLEN,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1875.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned promotion and
appointments, viz.,-

In the Thames Rifle Rangers Volunteers.
Ensign Andrew Carnie to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 26th October, 1874.
William John Young to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 20th March, 1875.

In the No. 2 Company Hauraki, Rifle Volunteers.
Frederick Williams Paul to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 12th March, 1875.

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

Notice under Section 12 of "The Public Revenues
Act, 1872."

Treasury,
Wellington, 10th May, 1875.
OFFICERS holding advances of Public Money are
hereby required to pay to the Public Account
at the nearest branch of the Bank of New Zealand,
the total unexpended balances in their hands, on or
before Saturday, the 26th day of June proximo, so as
to close absolutely all Advance Accounts on that
date, and forthwith to transmit the Bank Receipt for
such repayments to the Treasury at Wellington.
As respects disbursements which officers may re-
quire to make between the date of refund of their
balances and the 30th June, special requisitions for
the amount required are to be made by telegram, but
such requisitions are not to include provisions for
expenditure of the financial year 1875-76. Sums
required for the service of that year are to be applied
for by post in the usual form.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(in the absence of the Colonial Treasurer).

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1875.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignations of the commissions
held by
Captain P. J. Richardson, Alfred Troop, Cavalry
Volunteers.
Captain G. F. Martin, Stoke (Nelson) Rifle
Volunteer Cadets.
Lieutenant W. Rea, Thames Rifle Rangers Volun-
teers.
Lieutenant J. Locke, Oamaru Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant Thomas Goodfellow, Otahuhu Rifle
Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant J. T. Morrison, Tauranga Rifle
Volunteers.

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

Master and Matron for Somes Island appointed.

Immigration Office,
Wellington, 28th May, 1875.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
MORTIMER CORLISS
to be Assistant to the Superintendent of Somes
Island Quarantine Station, in terms of "The Public
Health Act, 1872," vice James Canning, resigned.
Also to approve the appointments of MORTIMER
and HANNAH CORLISS as Master and Matron of Somes
Island Quarantine Station, vice James and Mary Ann
Canning, resigned.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Designation of Volunteer Corps changed.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1875.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
change the designation of
The Wellington Veteran Volunteers
to
The Wellington (City) Rifle Volunteers.

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

Appointments in the Stamp Department.

Office of the Commissioner of Stamps,
Wellington, 28th May, 1875.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
FRANCIS R. SMITH, Esq.,
to be Stamp Clerk at Dunedin, vice Colin Mac-
andrew, Esq., resigned; and
JAMES MACANDREW, Esq.,
to be Junior Clerk in the Stamp Office, Dunedin
vice F. R. Smith, promoted.
These appointments to take effect on and from the
11th inst.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Deputy Inspector of Surveys appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 3rd May, 1875.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HORACE BAKER, Esq.,
of Gisborne, Poverty Bay, to be Deputy Inspector of
Surveys for the East Coast of the North Island.

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