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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
countant in Bankruptcy under "The Debtors and
Creditors Act, 1876."

J. BALLANCE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Resignation of Volunteer Officer.

Auckland, 27th March, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission held
by the under-mentioned officer, viz. :-
Captain John Roberts, South District Rifles.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Auckland, 27th March, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of
The Napier Engineer Volunteer Corps.
Date of acceptance, 5th March, 1878.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Auckland, 27th March, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointments :-

In the East Taieri Rifle Volunteers.
Hugh McCaw, Esq., M.B., to be Honorary Assistant-
Surgeon. Date of commission, 16th January, 1878.

In the Auckland Artillery Volunteers.
The Right Rev. William Garden Cowie, Bishop of
Auckland, to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of
commission, 26th January, 1878.

In the Nelson Artillery Volunteers.
George Henry Ashcroft to be 2nd Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 14th February, 1878.

In the Nelson Naval Brigade.
Lieutenant Philip L. Gully to be Captain. Date of
commission, 26th February, 1878.
Sub-Lieutenant W. Simpson to be 1st Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 26th February, 1878.
Edward Harold Tribe to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 26th February, 1878.

In the Nelson College Cadets Corps.
Joseph Mackay, Esq., to be Captain. Date of com-
mission, 9th February, 1878.

In the Nelson City Cadets.
Sub-Lieutenant Archibald Roscoe to be 1st Lieut-
enant. Date of commission, 23rd February, 1878.
Thomas Shone to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 23rd February, 1878.

In the Dunedin Naval Cadets.
Robert Burrows, Esq., M.D., to be Honorary Assist-
ant-Surgeon. Date of commission, 23rd February,
1878.

In the Stoke Rifle Volunteers.
Robert John Malcolm to be Captain. Date of com-
mission, 9th March, 1878.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Measuring Surveyor under "The Merchant Shipping
Act, 1854," appointed.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 28th March, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILSON HEAPS, Esq.,

of Her Majesty's Customs at the Port of Welling-
ton, to superintend the Survey and Admeasurement
of Ships under the provisions of "The Merchant
Shipping Act, 1854."

J. BALLANCE,
Commissioner.

Emigration Officer under "The Passengers Act,
1855," appointed.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 28th March, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint WILSON HEAPS, Esq.,
of Her Majesty's Customs at the Port of Wellington,
to be an Emigration Officer under "The Passengers
Act, 1855."

J. BALLANCE,
Commissioner of Customs.

Appointment under "The Sale for Non-payment of
Rates Act, 1870."

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 1st April, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ALFRED GREENFIELD, Esq.,
the Commissioner of Crown Lands at Nelson, to
perform the duties, &c., under "The Sale for Non-
payment of Rates Act, 1870," which were previously
performed by the Superintendent of the late Pro-
vince of Nelson.

J. MACANDREW.

Appointment of Interpreters under "Native Land
Act, 1873."

Native Office,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ALFRED PREECE,
of Coromandel, and
THOMAS MONTGOMERY,
of Hamilton, Waikato, to be Interpreters under the
twelfth section of "The Native Land Act, 1873."

J. BALLANCE,
(for the Native Minister.)

Cadets appointed in the Surveyor-General's Department.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be
Cadets in the Surveyor-General's Department :---

J. MACANDREW,
Minister for Lands.