THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 795

Clerk in Resident Magistrate's Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st August, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JAMES PHILIP SIMPSON, Esq.,
to be a Clerk in the Resident Magistrate's Court,
Dunedin, vice H. C. Brewer, Esq., transferred.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Clerk of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st August, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN SMITH HICKSON, Esq.,
to be Clerk at Stafford and Goldsborough, of the
Resident Magistrate's Court for the District of
Hokitika, and of the Warden's Court of the West-
land Gold Fields; and Clerk of the Licensing Court
for the District of Waimea, vice J. P. Simpson, Esq.,
transferred.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Clerk of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st August, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
TOM KENRICK, Esq.,
to be Clerk at Greymouth of the District Court of
Westland, and of the Resident Magistrate's Court
for the District of Greymouth; and Clerk of the Licen-
sing Courts for the Districts of Town of Greymouth,
Cobden, Coaldale, and Paroa, vice Harry Kenrick,
Esq., transferred.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Clerk of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st August, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM SOMERVILLE, Esq.,
to be Clerk of the District Court of Dunedin; Clerk
at Dunedin of the Resident Magistrate's Court for the
District of Dunedin; and Clerk of the Licensing
Courts for the Districts of Half-way Bush, North-East
Valley, Blueskin, Portobello, Peninsula, Caversham,
Mornington, City of Dunedin South Ward, City of
Dunedin High Ward, City of Dunedin Bell Ward,
City of Dunedin Leith Ward, Roslyn, Kaikorai, and
Suburban, vice W. P. Street, Esq., resigned.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st August, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointments, viz.,-

In the Alexandra Cavalry Volunteers.
Joseph Reginald Somerville to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 14th July, 1877.

In the No. 2 Company Hauraki Rifle Volunteers.
George Denby to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 4th May, 1877.

In the No. 3 Company Hauraki Rifle Volunteers.
Charles William Gale to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 21st February, 1877.
DANIEL POLLEN.

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st August, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers, viz.,-
Lieutenant C. A. Calvert, Nixon Light Horse
Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant D. McLennan, Alexandra Cavalry
Volunteers.
DANIEL POLLEN.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st August, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of
The Gisborne Rifle Volunteers. Date of accept-
ance, 29th June, 1877.
DANIEL POLLEN.

Resignation of Armed Constabulary Officer.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st August, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to accept the resignation of the commission
held by
1st class Sub-Inspector George Preece, New Zea-
land Armed Constabulary, from the 1st July,
1877.
DANIEL POLLEN.

Interpreter under Native Land Act appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 17th July, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
The Venerable Archdeacon FRANCIS HENRY
BUTT, of Blenheim,
to be an Interpreter under the 12th section of "The
Native Land Act, 1873."
DANIEL POLLEN.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 27, of 1877.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 30th July, 1877.
WITH reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 7,
published in New Zealand Gazette, No. 24, of
the 15th March last, the Marine Board of South
Australia have given notice that on and after the
20th of August next, a Revolving White Light of
the 1st order, having eclipse every thirty seconds,
and visible at a distance of 18 miles, will be exhibited
on Tipara Reef, Spencer's Gulf.
GEO. MCLEAN.

Addition to the Rates for the Conveyance and
Delivery of Goods on all the New Zealand Rail-
ways published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 48,
of the 1st of June, 1877.

IN accordance with the By-laws for the New
Zealand Railways, fixed by Order in Council
dated the 17th day of April, 1877, the following
addition to the rates for the conveyance and
delivery of goods on all the New Zealand Railways
published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 48, of
the 1st of June, 1877, is hereby declared to be
fixed, and shall come into force from the day of the
date hereof:--