Nov. 17.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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Oakura Rifle Volunteers.
James Loveridge to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 2nd November, 1881.

Stratford Rangers Rifle Volunteers.
James Hirst to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 29th October, 1881.

New Plymouth Guards Rifle Volunteers.
Frederick Lewis Webster to be Captain.
Thomas Kingswell Skinner to be Sub-Lieutenant.
John Murray Gibbes to be Honorary Assistant-Sur-
geon.
Date of commissions, 26th October, 1881.

Egmont Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant William James Wills Smart to be Captain.
Charles Barriball to be Lieutenant.
Thomas Henry Hughes to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 31st October, 1881.

Ngaire Rifle Volunteers.
John Cunningham to be Lieutenant.
Francis Bernard Selwood Tresilian McCarthy to be
Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 29th October, 1881.

Raleigh Rifle Volunteers.
Matthew Jonas, N.Z.M., to be Captain.
Thomas Elliott to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 4th November, 1881.

Christ's College Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
Urban Vigors Richards to be Captain. Date of com-
mission, 28th October, 1881.

WM. ROLLESTON.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th November, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of the under-mentioned
corps :--

Raleigh Rifle Volunteers. Date of acceptance,
4th November, 1881.

Greytown School Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
Masterton School Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
Date of acceptance, 23rd September, 1881.

WM. ROLLESTON.

Resignation of Volunteer Officer.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th November, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission held
by the under-mentioned officer :--

Thames Naval Cadet Volunteers.
Captain Alexander Mennie. Date of resignation,
15th October, 1881.

WM. ROLLESTON.

Hawke's Bay Acclimatisation Society registered.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th November, 1881.

IT is hereby notified that a copy of the rules of the
HAWKE'S BAY ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY,
duly signed, has been deposited in this office, and the
said Society is therefore deemed to be a registered
Acclimatisation Society under "The Animals Pro-
tection Act, 1880,"

THOMAS DICK.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th November, 1881.

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM LE CREN,
of Lambton Quay, in the City of Wellington,
in the Colony of New Zealand, has applied, on behalf
of EDWIN HELLARD CREASE, of Wellington, afore-
said, Merchant, to register, under "The Trade Marks
Act, 1866," the trade mark of which the following is
a description:--

Description of Trade Mark.

In a medallion are depicted the figures of a cow
and calf, the latter recumbent, with foliage in the
background. This is surrounded by a diamond-
shaped lozenge, bearing the words "Salsaline" twice
on the top, and "Trade Mark" underneath.

Nature of the Article to which it is intended such
Trade Mark shall apply.

Salsaline, which is an antiseptic and preservative
of all articles of perishable food.

THOMAS DICK,
Colonial Secretary and Registrar
of Trade Marks.

Notice that the Colony of New Zealand is free from
Pleuro-pneumonia.—Notice No. 108.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th November, 1881.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Colony of New
Zealand is free from the disease among cattle
known as pleuro-pneumonia, and that no quarantine
restrictions exist against the moving of cattle from
one district to another within the Colony of New
Zealand.

THOMAS DICK.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th November, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
issue Letters of Naturalisation, under "The
Aliens Act, 1880," in favour of the under-mentioned
persons, viz. :--

THOMAS DICK.

Despatch.—Extending Provisions of "The Foreign
Deserters Act, 1852," to Crews of Danish Vessels.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th November, 1881.

THE following despatch from Her Majesty's Prin-
cipal Secretary of State for the Colonies is pub-
lished for general information.

[CIRCULAR.]

Downing Street, 8th August, 1881.

SIR, -I have the honor to transmit to you, for publi-
cation in the colony under your Government, a copy
of an Order of Her Majesty in Council of the 15th
July, extending the provisions of "The Foreign