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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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machinery. Such meat must have been collected in | Despatch.—*Alteration in Rules for Examination of
a refrigerating chamber in this colony, and must
have been landed in Europe in sound marketable
condition.

CONDITIONS.

NOTICE of intention to claim any of the above
bonuses must be given in writing to the Colonial
Secretary not later than the 31st December, 1881.
The claim must be made before the 30th June,
1882.
The other conditions as to quantity, quality, and
value to be fulfilled to the satisfaction of an officer
appointed for the purpose by the Government.
Further information and particulars may be
obtained by application at the Colonial Secretary's
Office.
THOMAS DICK.

Resignation of Member of Land Board.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of
JOSIAH CLIFTON FIRTH, Esq.,
as a Member of the Land Board of the Land District
of Auckland.
WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Resignation of Officer Commanding Thames Scottish
Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of
Major Thomas Leitch Murray
as Officer in Command of the Thames Scottish Bat-
talion. Resignation to date from the 21st April,
1881.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers :—

North Dunedin Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant John Allan. Date of resignation,
5th July, 1881.

No. 2 Waikari Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Alexander Telford.
Sub-Lieutenant Henry John Matthews.
Date of resignations, 23rd July, 1881.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Commission of Volunteer Officer cancelled.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
cancel the commission held by
Honorary Assistant-Surgeon Leighton Kesteven,
Wellington City Rifle Volunteers, for absence with-
out leave from the colony.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Masters and Mates.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 1st August, 1881.

THE following despatch, with its enclosures, from
the Colonies, is published for general information;
and it is hereby notified that, in compliance with the
provisions of "The Merchant Shipping (Colonial)
Act, 1869," and of the conditions and regulations
of Her Majesty's Order in Council of the 12th
February, 1876," the alterations in the rules for the
examination of masters and mates set forth in the
Board of Trade Circular No. 179, of January, 1881,
printed below, are hereby adopted, and will be in
force in New Zealand after the date hereof.
H. A. ATKINSON.

(Circular.)
Downing Street,
12th May, 1881.

SIR,—I have the honor to transmit to you, for the
information of your Government, the accompanying
copy of a letter from the Board of Trade, of the 4th
May, 1881, covering documents relating to alterations
proposed to be made, after the 1st August, 1881,
in the examination of candidates for certificates of
competency as masters and mates in the mercantile
marine, with a view to the alterations being adopted
in the colony under your government after the date
specified.
I have, &c.,
KIMBERLEY.

The Officer Administering
the Government of New Zealand.

The BOARD OF TRADE to the COLONIAL OFFICE.
Board of Trade (Marine Department),
Whitehall Gardens, S.W., 4th May, 1881.
Certificates.

SIR,—I am directed by the Board of Trade to trans-
mit herewith copies of a circular (No. 179) and
other papers relating to alterations which it is pro-
posed to make after the 1st August next in the
examination of candidates for certificates of com-
petency as masters and mates in the mercantile
marine, and to request you to be good enough to
move the Earl of Kimberley, if he sees no objection,
to cause one set to be forwarded to each of the follow-
ing colonies: Victoria, Canada, New Zealand, New
South Wales, Malta, South Australia, Tasmania,
Newfoundland, and Queensland, to which the pro-
visions of section 8 of "The Merchant Shipping
(Colonial) Act, 1869," have been extended, with a
view to the alterations being adopted there in the
examination for masters' and mates' certificates after
the date above referred to. Birdwood's Time
Azimuth Tables and Admiralty Coasting Magnetic
Charts to be used in these examinations. If not
procurable in the colonies, may be obtained of
Messrs. Potter and Co., 31, Poultry, E.C.

I am to add that it is not at present intended that
examinations should be held or certificates granted
in the colonies under Circular No. 178, which is only
sent herewith because it contains the regulations for
foreign-going steamships referred to in the last
paragraph of Circular No. 179.
I have, &c.,
THOMAS GRAY.

The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office, S.W.

NOTICE OF ALTERATIONS IN THE EXAMINATIONS OF
MASTERS AND MATES.

FROM the 1st August, 1881, candidates for second,
only, first mates', and masters' certificates of com-