THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1351

Examiner of Titles appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st October, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM HENRY HALL, Esq.,
to be an Examiner of Titles for the District of Otago.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Chief Clerk, Land Transfer Department, appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st October, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HENRY AUGUSTUS GILLER, Esq.,
to be Chief Clerk in the Land Transfer Department
at Dunedin, vice W. D. Smith, Esq., resigned.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Appointment of Clerk in Constabulary Department.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd September, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
approve the transfer, from 1st August, 1878, of
Mr. JOHN CURRY,
from the Inspector of Stores' Office, to be Clerk in
the Commissioner's Office, Armed Constabulary, vice
Edmunds, resigned.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th September, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned promotions and
appointments :-
In the New Zealand Volunteer Force,
Captain Frederick Maundrell Alexander, Waiuku
Rifle Volunteers, to be Major. Date of commis-
sion, 21st September, 1878.
In the No. 1 (City Guards) Dunedin Rifle Volunteers.
Sigismund Kohn to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 13th August, 1877.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Amalgamation of Volunteer Corps.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st October, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
amalgamate the No. 1 and 2 Companies Thames
Scottish Rifle Volunteers into one Corps, under the
designation of
The Thames Scottish Battalion.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Designation of Corps altered.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st October, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
alter the designation of the Arrow Contingent
Queenstown Cadets to
The Arrow Cadet Corps.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Resignation of Volunteer Officer.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st October, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission held
by the under-mentioned officer :-
Sub-Lieutenant G. W. Wearing, No. 5 Christchurch
Rifle Volunteer Corps.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Appointment of Assessor, Native Land Court.

Native Office,
Wellington, 21st September, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
APERAHAMA KOHARI PATENE,
of Karakariki, Waipa, to be an Assessor of the
Native Land Court of New Zealand.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Trust Commissioner appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 26th September, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ROBERT STUART, Esq.,
of Napier, to be a Trust Commissioner under "The
Native Land Frauds Prevention Act, 1870," for the
Hawke's Bay District, vice Richmond Beetham, Esq.,
resigned.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Revocation of Appointment of Bonding Warehouses.

CUSTOMS. - In exercise of the authority in me for
this purpose vested, I, Sir George Grey, K.C.B.,
the Commissioner of Customs, do, by this order under
my hand, revoke and annul the appointment of the
under-mentioned buildings and warehouses for the
reception and security of goods entered to be ware-
housed without payment of duty upon the first entry
thereof:-
Port of Poverty Bay.
A corrugated-iron building situate on Section 28,
Customhouse Street, in the Township of Gisborne,
and known as
GRAHAM'S BOND.
Port of Wairau.
A building situate on Section No. 47, Leeds Quay,
Blenheim, and known as
DODSON AND FELL'S BOND.
Given under my hand at Wellington, this
twenty-fifth day of September, one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
G. GREY,
Commissioner of Customs.
[Commissioner's Order No. 111.]

Approving and Appointing Bonding Warehouses.

CUSTOMS. - In exercise of the powers in me for
this purpose vested by "The Customs Regulation
Act, 1858," I, the Commissioner of Customs, do
hereby approve and appoint the under-mentioned
warehouses, viz. :-
Port of Auckland.
A brick building, with slate roof, situate at the
corner of Customhouse and Commerce Streets, on
Allotment 38, Section 2, and known as
L. D. NATHAN AND CO'S. BOND.