APRIL 29.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th April, 1880.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
form the Hamilton Contingent of the Te Awa-
mutu Cavalry into a separate corps under the desig-
nation of
The Hamilton Troop, Waikato Cavalry.
Date of acceptance, 16th March, 1880.
JOHN BRYCE.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th April, 1880.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of
The Southland Hussar Volunteer Corps.
Date of acceptance, 19th April, 1880.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Resignation of Volunteer Officer.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th April, 1880.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission held
by the under-mentioned officer :-
Nelson City Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Percy Bolland Adams. Date of resigna-
tion, 20th April, 1880.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 26th April, 1880.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
JOHN WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Esq.,
of Bay of Islands, of his appointment as a Justice of
the Peace for the colony.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Commissioner of Foxton Local Board, County of
Manawatu, elected.

colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1880.
NOTICE has been received at this office, under the
hand of the Returning Officer, Mr. E. S.
Thynne, that, on the 15th instant,
JOHN PURCELL
was duly elected a Commissioner of the Foxton
Local Board, County of Manawatu, vice A. J.
Whyte, resigned.
THOMAS DICK.

Despatches. Allocation of one Cadetship at Royal
Military College to each Colonial University-
"Territorial Waters Jurisdiction Act, 1878."

colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1880.
THE following despatches (two) from Her Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies
are published for general information.
JOHN HALL,
(in absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

(No. 11.)
Downing Street,
25th February, 1880.
SIR, I have the honor to transmit to you, for the
information of your Government, a copy of a letter,
with its enclosures, from the War Office, stating that,
after consultation with His Royal Highness the Field
Marshal Commanding in Chief, Colonel Stanley has
consented to allow the allocation of one cadetship
per annum at the Royal Military College to students
of each of the colonial Universities to which a
charter by letters patent has been granted, the
nomination to be made in the manner specified.
I have, &c.,
M. E. HICKS BEACH.
Governor Sir Hercules Robinson, G.C.M.G.

The War Office to the Colonial Office.
War Office, 11th February, 1880.
SIR, I am directed by the Secretary of State for
War to acquaint you that he has had under his con-
sideration your letter of the 29th October last, with
its accompanying copies of despatches from the Go-
vernors of Victoria and Tasmania, suggesting that
additional facilities should be conceded, with a view
of enabling the sons of colonists in Australia to
become candidates for commissions in Her Majesty's
service.

In reply, I am to acquaint you, for the information
of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, that,
having conferred with His Royal Highness the Field
Marshal Commanding in Chief, Colonel Stanley has
no objection to the allocation of one cadetship per
annum at the Royal Military College to students of
each of the colonial Universities to which a charter
by letters patent has been granted; and he is of
opinion that it should be left to each University to
make the nomination, after testing the candidates in
such a manner as may seem to be the most satis-
factory.

I am to enclose a copy of the regulations re-
specting the admission of candidates to the Royal
Military College, by which Sir Michael Hicks Beach
will learn the subjects of study in that establish-
ment, upon a successful examination in which the
ultimate reward of a commission is dependent.
I have, &c.,
RALPH THOMPSON.
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.

REGULATIONS RESPECTING EXAMINATIONS FOR AD-
MISSION TO THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE AND
FOR FIRST APPOINTMENTS THEREFROM TO THE
ARMY.
(These regulations will come into force on 1st December, 1876.)

I. OBJECT OF THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE.

1. The Royal Military College is maintained for
   the purpose of affording a special military education
   to candidates for commissions in the cavalry and
   infantry.
2. Candidates for first appointments to the army
   will, with the exception of lieutenants of militia and
   non-commissioned officers recommended for pro-
   motion, be required in future to pass through a
   course of instruction as cadets at the Royal Military
   College.

II. REGULATIONS FOR ADMISSION.

1. General Instructions.
2. Admission to the Royal Military College as
   cadets will be granted-
   (a.) To a successful candidate at a competitive
   examination in general subjects, to be held under
   such regulations as may be issued from time to time:
   (b.) To a graduate in Arts at the Universities of
   Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, London, Dublin, Edin-
   burgh, St. Andrew's, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and the
   Queen's University, Ireland, or to a student who has
   passed "Moderations" at Oxford, the "previous