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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Appointment of Volunteer Officer.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th December, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make under-mentioned appointment:—
In the Port Chalmers Naval Volunteers.
James Menelaus to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 13th October, 1876.

J. D. ORMOND,
(for the Native Minister).

Appointment of Volunteer Officer.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th December, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointment, viz.,—
In the No. 5 Company, Canterbury Rifle Volunteers.
George William Wearing to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 3rd September, 1876.

DANIEL POLLEN,
(for the Native Minister).

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th December, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers, viz.,—
Sub-Lieutenant W. A. Cowan, Te Awamutu
Cavalry Volunteers;
Sub-Lieutenant A. Burns, Invercargill Rifle Volun-
teers.
Sub-Lieutenant E. Donoghue, Arrow Rifle Volun-
teers.

DANIEL POLLEN,
(for the Native Minister).

Resignation of Armed Constabulary Officer.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th December, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission
held by
1st Class Sub-Inspector Thomas Withers, Armed
Constabulary Force. From the 8th November,
1876.

DANIEL POLLEN,
(for the Native Minister).

Resignation of Volunteer Officer.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th December, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission held
by
Captain H. Kitchener, Palmerston (South) Rifle
Volunteers.

J. D. ORMOND,
(for the Native Minister).

Resignation of Volunteer Officer.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th December, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission
held by
Lieutenant D. Christie, East Taieri Rifle Volun-
teers.

DANIEL POLLEN,
(for the Native Minister).

Assistant Surveyor, Canterbury, appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 13th December, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
GEORGE LAWRENCE WILKINS, Esq.,
to be Assistant Surveyor, Canterbury, in the Depart-
ment of the Surveyor-General. To date from the
22nd ultimo.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Chief Surveyor, Otago, appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 13th December, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM ARTHUR, Esq.,
to be Chief Surveyor of Otago, in the Department
of the Surveyor-General. To date from 1st January,
1877.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Inspector of Surveys, Southland, appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 13th December, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN SPENCE, Esq.,
to be Inspector of Surveys, Southland, vice J. H.
Baker, promoted, in the Department of the Surveyor-
General. To date from 1st January, 1877.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Assistant Surveyor-General appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 16th December, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JAMES MCKERROW, Esq.,
to be Assistant Surveyor-General in the Department
of the Surveyor-General. To date from 1st Janu-
ary, 1877.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Geodesical Surveyor appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 16th December, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
STEPHENSON PERCY SMITH, Esq.,
to be First Geodesical Surveyor in the Department
of the Surveyor-General. To date from 1st Janu-
ary, 1877.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Chief Surveyor, Canterbury, appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 18th December, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN HOLLAND BAKER, Esq.,
to be Chief Surveyor of Canterbury, in the Depart-
ment of the Surveyor-General. To date from 1st
January, 1877.

H. A. ATKINSON.