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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Provincial District of Marlborough, from the 13th
instant.
J. BALLANCE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Justice of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th June, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ALFRED DILLON BELL, Esq.,
of Shag Valley, Otago, to be a Justice of the Peace
for the colony.

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

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th June, 1878.

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

In the Thames Naval Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant Thomas Gavin to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 29th April, 1878.
Sub-Lieutenant Arthur Dunrobin Bennett to be
Lieutenant. Date of commission, 29th April,
1878.

In the Auckland Scottish Rifle Volunteers.
Charles Napier McMurdo to be Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 28th May, 1878.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th June, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by
Captain F. Bradey, Pauatahanui Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant J. Walker, Pauatahanui Rifle Volun-
teers.
Lieutenant J. Codling, Auckland Scottish Rifle
Volunteers.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th June, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to accept the services of

The Invercargill Engineer Volunteers. Date of
acceptance, 20th May, 1878.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th June, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
disband

The Pauatahanui Rifle Volunteers, at their own
request.

G. S. WHITMORE.

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

Treasury,
Wellington, 14th May, 1878.

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 29th 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 during the week following the close of
the financial year, requisitions for the amount re-
quired are to be made in such time as to enable them
to reach Wellington not later than the 22nd June,
so that the funds requisite may be placed at the
disposal of the officer on the 1st July.

G. S. WHITMORE,
Acting for the Colonial Treasurer.

D. A. Tole, Esq., appointed Receiver of Native
Land Duties, Auckland.

Treasury,
Wellington, 18th June, 1878.

IT is hereby notified for public information that,
under the provisions of "The Native Land
Duties Act, 1873," I have this day empowered

DANIEL AUSTIN TOLE, Esq.,
to receive at Auckland the duties payable under the
above cited Act.

J. BALLANCE,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.

Native Assessors appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 13th June, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WI PERE, of Gisborne; and
HEMI MAHUKI, of Gisborne,
to be Assessors under the Outlying Districts Sale of
Spirits Acts, for the District of Poverty Bay. These
appointments take effect from the 31st May, 1878.

J. BALLANCE,
(in the absence of the Native Minister.)

Appointment of Reha Aperahama, of Omahu, Thames,
to be an Assessor of the Native Land Court.

Native Office,
Wellington, 18th June, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has been
pleased to appoint

REHA APERAHAMA,
of Omahu, Thames, to be an Assessor of the Native
Land Court of New Zealand.

J. BALLANCE,
(in the absence of the Native Minister.)

Appointment of J. A. Wilson, Esq., to be a Judge,
Native Land Court.

Native Office,
Wellington, 18th June, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has been
pleased to appoint

JOHN ALEXANDER WILSON, Esq.,
to be a Judge of the Native Land Court of New
Zealand.

J. BALLANCE,
(in the absence of the Native Minister.)