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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 67

Clerk of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 6th July, 1880.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JAMES EDWARD ALLEN, Esq.,
to be Clerk at Timaru of the District Court of
Timaru and Oamaru, Clerk at Timaru of the Resi-
dent Magistrate's Court for the District of Timaru,
and Clerk of the Licensing Courts for the Districts
of Levels and Town of Timaru, vice T. Howley, Esq.,
resigned. These appointments to date from the 5th
May, 1880.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th July, 1880.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointments:—
Thames Scottish Battalion.
Thomas Heron to be Sub-Lieutenant (No. 1 Com-
pany). Date of commission, 15th May, 1880.
Pukekohe Rifle Volunteers.
John Chilman to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 12th May, 1880.
JOHN BRYCE.

Assistant Law Officer resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 6th July, 1880.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
JOHN HENRY SHAW, Esq.,
of his appointment as Assistant Law Officer to the
Government of New Zealand.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th July, 1880.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers:—
Invercargill Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant Alfred Frederick Dawson.
Arrow Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant William Locke. Date of resignation,
19th June, 1880.
JOHN BRYCE.

Resignation of Volunteer Officer.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th July, 1880.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of
Major THOMAS LEITCH MURRAY
as Officer in Command of No. 1 Company, Thames
Scottish Battalion.
JOHN BRYCE.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th July, 1880.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
disband
The Queen's Native Rifle Volunteers.
JOHN BRYCE.

Trustees of New Plymouth Savings Bank resigned,
and Trustee nominated.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 6th July, 1880.
IT is hereby notified for public information that
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignations of Messrs. John Barleyman,
A. S. Douglas, J. Flight, and F. U. Gledhill, of their
appointments as Trustees of the New Plymouth
Savings Bank; and to nominate
ROBERT THOMPSON, Esq.,
to be a Trustee of the same Bank.
H. A. ATKINSON.

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th July, 1880.
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.:—

THOMAS DICK.

Despatches.—Surrender of Merchant Seamen De-
serters. "Administration Bill, 1879," assented to.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th July, 1880.
THE following despatches, received from Her
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the
Colonies, are published for general information.
THOMAS DICK.

Downing Street, 16th April, 1880.
(Circular.)
SIR, —I have the honor to transmit to you, for in-
sertion in any volumes of colonial regulations in use
in the colony under your Government, amended
copies of clause 415, relating to the mutual surrender
of merchant seamen deserters, under the provisions
of the Imperial Act 15 and 16 Vict., c. 26, of 1852.
I have, &c.,
M. E. HICKS BEACH.
The Officer Administering the Government
of New Zealand.

§3. Apprehension of Deserters from Merchant
Vessels.
415. The Act 15 and 16 Vict., c. 26 (1852), enables
the Crown to carry into effect arrangements with
foreign Powers for the apprehension and surrender
of seamen, not being slaves, who may desert from
merchant vessels belonging to a subject of such
Powers when within Her Majesty's dominions. The
following list shows the arrangements (in the shape
of treaties, conventions, agreements, declarations,
notifications, and Orders in Council) at present
existing between Great Britain and the foreign
Powers named for the mutual surrender of merchant
seamen deserters:—