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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Auditor of Trust Accounts appointed.

Department of Justice.
Wellington, 26th August, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM HORTON REVELL, Esq., R.M.,
to be Auditor of Courts of Law Trust Accounts for
the District of Greymouth, vice J. F. McBeth, Esq.,
resigned.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Chairman of Licensing Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 26th August, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN NUGENT WOOD, ESq., R.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Courts for the
Districts of Town of Riverton, Waiau, Mount Plea-
sant, Jacob's River, South Riverton Town, Waima-
tuku. Heddon Bush, Orepuki, and Longwood, vice
H. McCulloch, Esq., R.M, resigned.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Sheriffs appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th August, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be
Sheriffs under "The Sheriffs Act, 1858," for the
districts set opposite their names respectively, viz. :—
Edward Willcocks, Esq. ... Auckland ;
Charles Edward Rawson, Esq. ... Taranaki:
Duncan Guy, Esq. ... Hawke's Bay;
Alexander Sutherland Allan, Esq. ... Wellington;
Frederick de Carteret Malet, Esq. ... Canterbury;
Alfred Hassal King, Esq. ... Westland;
Edward Ffrancis Ward, Esq. ... Otago;
William Stuart, Esq. ... Southland:
vice Theodore Minet Haultain, Esq., Charles Doug-
las Whitcombe, Esq., John Thomas Tylee, Esq.,
Ebenezer Baker, Esq., Alexander Back, Esq., Wil-
liam Alexander Spence, Esq., Isaac Newton Watt,
Esq., and Henry McCulloch, Esq., respectively.
The above appointments are to take effect on
and from the 1st proximo.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th August, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned promotions and
appointment, viz. :—

In the New Zealand Volunteer Force.
Captain Benjamin Harris, Pukekohe Rifle Volun-
teers, to be Major. Date of commission, 24th
August, 1878.
Captain Arthur Morrow, No. 3 Company, Auckland
Rifle Volunteers, to be Major. Date of com-
mission, 26th August, 1878.

In the Forest Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant James Mellsop to be Captain. Date of
commission, 17th August 1878.

In the Sandy-Mount Rifle Volunteer Cadets.
David Cossgrove to be Captain. Date of commission,
3rd August, 1878.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th August, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions
held by the under-mentioned officers, viz. :—
Lieut. T. H. Blatch, West Taieri Rifle Volunteers.
Lieut. C. W. Gale, No. 2 Company, Thames Scot-
tish Rifle Volunteers.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th August, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of
The Hawera Light Horse Volunteers. Date of
acceptance, 8th August, 1878.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Receiver of Gold Revenue appointed.

Secretary for Gold Fields' Office,
Wellington, 29th August, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
Mr. HORATIO NELSON FIRTH,
of Havelock, to be a Receiver of Gold Revenue and
Mining Registrar, under "The Mines Act, 1877,"
for the Marlborough Mining Districts, from the 1st
of September, 1878.
ROBERT STOUT.

£10,000 Bonus.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1878.
NOTICE is hereby given that, in terms of a reso-
lution of the House of Representatives, the
Government of New Zealand will pay, by way of
bonus, the sum of five thousand pounds (£5,000) to
any individual or company who shall first produce
not less than five hundred (500) tons of marketable
sugar from beet grown and manufactured in the
North Island.

Also that a like sum of five thousand
pounds (£5,000) will be paid to any individual or
company who shall first produce not less than five
hundred (500) tons of marketable sugar from beet
grown and manufactured in the Middle Island.
Such bonus to be paid upon its being duly certified
by the Commissioner of Crown Lands of the district
within which the sugar shall have been produced,
and by the Chairman of the nearest Chamber of
Commerce, that the minimum quantity hereinbefore
mentioned has been so produced, and is of market-
able quality: Provided further that such certificates
shall have been presented at the Colonial Treasury
within three years of the date above written.
J. MACANDREW,
Minister of Lands.

Depositary of Stamps appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 24th August, 1878.
IT is hereby notified for public information that
Mr. T. F. FABIAN,
Postmaster at Tinui, in the County of Wairarapa
East, has been appointed a Depositary of Stamps.
R. C. HAMERTON,
Secretary for Stamps.