THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 855

relative to the shipment of Angora goats to the
colony.
I have, &c.,
JULIUS VOGEL,
Agent-General.
The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

Constantinople, 12th April, 1878.
SIR,-I beg to acknowledge receipt of your favour of
25th ultimo. Thank you for the kind interest you
have taken in the matter of the Angora goats. I
find now that there will be no difficulty whatever in
transhipping from Melbourne to New Zealand, and
further that if a small flock, say 80 to 100 goats, were
ordered, they could be delivered at a considerable re-
duction on the price previously quoted. The animals
would be of the very finest and purest breed, and
could be delivered in New Zealand at £40 per pair,
guaranteed to be in perfect health and condition. I
should send them hence to Egypt or Malta, thence
by the Peninsula and Oriental steamers. The short
sea voyage to these places would insure the animals
being quite sound prior to shipment, and the journey
would be then only about thirty-five days by sea.
There would be much greater risk in sending the
goats to England, unless in the summer, and very
few steamers from this make the passage in less than
twenty days.

I remain, &c.,
JOHN R. PARRY.
The Agent-General for New Zealand, London.

Clerks in Resident Magistrates' Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th June, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HENRY J. BARCLAY
to be a Clerk in the Resident Magistrate's Court at
Christchurch, from the 1st instant, vice J. Bamford,
resigned; and
GEORGE ARCHIBALD JOHNSON
to be a Clerk in the Resident Magistrate's Court at
Featherston, from the 10th instant.

ROBERT STOUT,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Clerk in Land Transfer Office appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th June, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM WARING DE CASTRO
to be a Clerk in the Land Transfer Office, Welling-
ton. Transferred from the Government Insurance
Department.

ROBERT STOUT,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Coroner and Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th June, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
HENRY LLOYD, Esq.,
of Wade, of his appointments as a Coroner and
Justice of the Peace for the colony.

ROBERT STOUT,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Chairman of Licensing Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th June, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN ALLEN, Esq., R.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Courts for the
Districts of Pelorus and Town of Havelock, from the
5th instant, vice William Whitehorn, Esq., R.M.,
resigned.

ROBERT STOUT,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Appointment of Volunteer Officer.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th June, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointment, viz. :-
In the Tuakau Rifle Volunteers.
Edgar Bluck to be Lieutenant. Date of commission,
6th October, 1877.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th June, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers :-
Captain J. McRoberts, Thames Rifle Rangers
Volunteers.
Captain W. H. Revell, Greymouth Rangers Volun-
teers.
Captain J. Thornton, Oamaru Grammar School
Cadets.
Lieutenant John Ward, Wanganui Rifle Volun-
teers.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Amalgamation of Volunteer Corps.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th June, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
approve of the amalgamation of the No. 1 Com-
pany Clutha Rifles and the No. 2 Company Clutha
Rifle Volunteers into one corps, under the designa-
tion of
"The Clutha Rifle Volunteers."
The commissions of the under-mentioned officers
therefore lapse, viz. :-
Captain W. Pillans, No. 1 Clutha Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant W. Henderson, No. 2 Clutha Rifle
Volunteers.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Appointment of J. King, Esq., to mark out and survey
Roads under "The Native Land Act, 1873."

Native Office,
Wellington, 29th May, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN KING, Esq.,
of Masterton, to mark out and survey roads passing
through lands granted under the provisions of "The
Native Land Act, 1873," in the Wairarapa District.

JOHN SHEEHAN.