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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

ruptcy, from the 1st instant; and has cancelled the
appointments of
JAMES EDWARD CUDDEFORD,
CHARLES ULRICH,
ARCHIBALD SCOTT, and
LEOPOLD BEIT,
as Certificated Accountants in Bankruptcy, from the
1st instant, they having left the district.
G. S. WHITMORE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Promotions and Appointments of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th May, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned promotions and
appointments:-
Alexandra Troop.
Lieutenant Walter Symes to be Captain. Date of
commission, 7th September, 1878.
Sub-Lieutenant Joseph R. Sommerville to be Lieuten-
ant. Date of commission, 7th September, 1878.
Daniel Thurston to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 7th September, 1878.

Wairoa Light Horse.
John W. Thurston to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 10th March, 1879.

Hawera Light Horse.
Frederick William Lukis to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 5th September, 1878.
Frederick Riddiford to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 5th September, 1878.

F Battery Artillery.
Charles Emersen Tennent to be Honorary Assistant
Surgeon. Date of commission, 8th April, 1879.

K Battery Artillery.
Lieutenant Henry Feldwick to be Captain. Date of
commission, 19th February, 1879.
Neil Ferguson to be Lieutenant. Date of commis-
sion, 19th February, 1879.
Frederick Charles Raif Evans to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 19th February, 1879.

Canterbury Engineer Volunteers.
Arthur Appleby to be Lieutenant. Date of commis-
sion, 21st February, 1879.

Napier Engineers.
William Isaac Spencer, Esq., to be Honorary Sur-
geon. Date of commission, 26th March, 1879.

Waikari Rifles.
Andrew Gardiner to be Lieutenant (No. 1 Company).
Date of commission, 17th October, 1878.
Sydney Haigh to be Sub-Lieutenant (No. 1 Com-
pany). Date of commission, 17th October, 1878.
John Macdonald, Esq., to be Honorary Surgeon.
Date of commission, 14th March, 1879.
Reverend Charles James Byng to be Honorary Chap-
lain. Date of commission, 26th March, 1879.

Thames Rifle Rangers.
John Grant to be Lieutenant. Date of commission,
16th January, 1879.

Spring Creek Rifles.
Rowden Soper to be Lieutenant. Date of commis-
sion, 27th March, 1879.

Gisborne Rifles.
Sub-Lieutenant William Daly to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 27th March, 1879.

Palmerston North Rifles.
Hugh Kennedy Maclachlan, Esq., to be Honorary

Assistant Surgeon. Date of commission, 17th
February, 1879.

Thames Scottish Battalion.
Lieutenant John Watson to be Captain (No. 2 Com-
pany). Date of commission, 27th December, 1878.
Sub-Lieutenant George Deuchar MeVay to be Lieu-
tenant (No. 2 Company). Date of commission,
27th December, 1878.
Sub-Lieutenant Peter Johnstone to be Lieutenant
(No. 1 Company). Date of commission, 1st Jan-
uary, 1879.
Edward Brownlow to be Sub-Lieutenant (No. 2 Com-
pany). Date of commission, 27th December, 1878.
William Hartley Hargreaves to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 27th December, 1878.
Robert Graham to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 27th December, 1878.
George Symington to be Quartermaster. Date of
commission, 6th February, 1879.

Port Chalmers Naval Brigade.
Thomas John Thomson to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 21st March, 1879.
James Kermode to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 21st March, 1879.

Picton Rifle Cadets.
Samuel Harris to be Captain. Date of commission,
14th January, 1879.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Resignation of Militia and Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th May, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers :-
Lieutenant R. F. Le Patourel, New Zealand Militia.
Lieutenant Lord Hervey L. Phipps, New Zealand
Militia.
Sub-Lieutenant J. Old, Wairoa Light Horse
Volunteers.
Captain H. E. Kenny, Taranaki Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant F. Sutton, Spring Creek Rifle Volun-
teers.
Lieutenant A. D. Bennett, Thames Naval Brigade.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th May, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of the under-mentioned
Volunteer Corps :-
The Masterton Rifle Volunteers. Date of ac-
ceptance, 4th April, 1879.
The Carterton Rifle Volunteers. Date of ac-
ceptance, 14th April, 1879.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Registrar of Joint Stock Companies appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 12th May, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
DUNCAN GUY, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Joint Stock Companies at Napier,
vice J. B. Fielder, Esq., resigned. This appointment
to take effect on and from the 1st May instant.
J. BALLANCE.