THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1371

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th October, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
issue Letters of Naturalization, under "The
Aliens Act, 1866," in favour of the under-mentioned
persons, viz.:-

G. S. WHITMORE.

Place of Deposit for Standard Weights and Measures.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 9th October, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in
exercise of the powers conferred upon him by
"The Weights and Measures Act, 1868," to direct
that the authorized copies of the Standard Weights
and Measures for the Division of Hawkesbury, in the
Provincial District of Otago, shall for the future be
deposited at the Office of the Inspector of Weights
and Measures for the said division, which is situated
at the Police Station in the Town of Oamaru.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Cadet, Resident Magistrate's Court, appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 8th October, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

EDWIN J. FAIRBURN

to be a Cadet in the Resident Magistrate's Court at
Timaru, from the 3rd instant, vice J. Mason, re-
signed.

JOHN SHEEHAN.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th October, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointments, viz.:-

In the Greymouth Cadet Corps.
John Griffiths Thomas to be Captain. Date of com-
mission, 22nd August, 1878.

In the Waiuku Forest Rifle Corps.
Sub-Lieutenant William Rowan Crawford to be
Lieutenant. Date of commission, 21st September,
1878.

In the Napier Artillery Corps.
Lieutenant Frank William Garner to be Captain.
Date of commission, 28th September, 1878.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Resignation of Volunteer Officer.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th October, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission held
by the under-mentioned officer :--
Lieutenant J. E. Mackenzie, Waikari Rifle Corps.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Colonial Defence Office
Wellington, 9th October, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of No. 2 Waikari Rifle
Volunteer Corps. Date of acceptance, 17th Sep-
tember, 1878.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Appointment in Defence Department.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th October, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
approve the transfer from the Inspector of
Stores' Office, from 25th September, 1878, of
CHARLES ALEXANDER HUMFREY, Esq.,
to the Militia and Volunteer Office, vice F. Stevens,
Esq., transferred to Crown Lands Department.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Authority to Frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 7th October, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize

The GENERAL MANAGER, RAILWAY DEPARTMENT,
GREYMOUTH,

to frank, free from the prepayment of postage, letters
and parcels posted on the public service.

J. T. FISHER,
Postmaster-General.

"The Otago Dock Trust Ordinance, 1865."

Treasury,
Wellington, 14th August, 1878.
IT is hereby notified that the principal moneys
secured by the debentures issued under the
Ordinance above cited, and falling due on the 1st
November next, will be paid on presentation of the
bonds on or after that date at the Bank of New
Zealand, London, or at the Bank of New Zealand,
Dunedin, whichsoever was the place at which the
last payment of interest on the respective bonds was
paid, viz. :-

At the Bank of New Zealand, London, Bonds
Nos. 418-427, 433-452, 471-490.
At the Bank of New Zealand, Dunedin, Bonds
Nos. 301-302, 364-417, 428-432, 453-470,
491-494, 496-500.

J. BALLANCE,
Colonial Treasurer.

Appointments.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 3rd October, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the following appointments, viz. :-
JAMES DOUGLAS GILLIES, Cadet. From 11th
January, 1878.
GEORGE JONATHAN BINNS, Coal Mine Viewer,
New Zealand Coal Fields. From 18th Septem-
ber, 1878.

J. MACANDREW.