AUG. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1117

Certificated Accountant in Bankruptcy appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd August, 1881.
HIS Honor Sir James Prendergast, Chief Justice,
has appointed
Mr. WEBBER SAMUEL SEAVEY,
of Dunedin, to be a Certificated Accountant in
Bankruptcy.
THOMAS DICK.

Licensed Interpreter appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 24th August, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
license
Mr. ALFRED A. YATES,
of Tauranga, to act as an Interpreter under "The
Native Land Court Act, 1880," from the 22nd
August, 1881.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Members of Otago Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 20th August, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of
the provisions of section 23 of "The Harbours
Act, 1878," been pleased to appoint
ALEXANDER BURT,
ROBERT PATERSON, and
ROBERT WILSON
to be Members of the Otago Harbour Board.
H. A. ATKINSON.

Cemetery Manager appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 24th August, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
CHARLES SYDNEY ALINGTON, Esq.,
to be a Manager of the Mount Hutt (Canterbury)
Cemetery, vice Thomas Allen, deceased.
WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Promotion and Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointments and
promotion :-
Southland Regiment of Hussars.
Andrew Burns to be Lieutenant. Date of commis-
sion, 1st April, 1881.
E Battery of Artillery.
Rowland Parker-Hill to be Second Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 10th August, 1881.
Spring Creek Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant Charles Peake to be Captain. Date
of commission, 24th July, 1881.
Lyttelton Naval Brigade.
Frank Dransfield to be Second Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 11th July, 1881.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers :--
Hauraki Engineer Volunteers.
Second Lieutenant John Leydon. Date of resigna-
tion, 25th July, 1881.
Invercargill Rifle Volunteers.
Captain William Edward Heywood. Date of resig-
nation, 9th August, 1881.
Thames Scottish Battalion.
Lieutenant Edward Brownlow. Date of resignation,
20th July, 1881.
Napier Rifle Volunteers.
Captain James Meecham Batham. Date of resig-
nation, 4th August, 1881.
Lieutenant Russell James Duncan. Date of resig-
nation, 8th July, 1881.
Sub-Lieutenant Roope Brooking. Date of resigna-
tion, 4th August, 1881.
Spring Creek Rifles.
Captain Wheaton Soper. Date of resignation, 2nd
May, 1881.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Amalgamation, &c., of Volunteer Corps.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
form the Kumara Contingent of the First
Westland Rifle Volunteers into a separate corps, to
be designated
The Kumara Rifle Volunteers;
and to amalgamate the Thames Scottish Rifle Cadet
Volunteers and the St. George's Naval Cadet Volun-
teers into one corps, under the designation of
The Thames Naval Cadet Volunteers.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Notice of proposed Loan, Borough of Tapanui.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 22nd August, 1881.
THE following notice, received from his Worship
the Mayor of Tapanui, is published in accord-
ance with section 145 of "The Municipal Corpora-
tion Act, 1876."
THOMAS DICK.
TAPANUI BOROUGH COUNCIL.---PROPOSED LOAN OF
£2,500.
At the poll taken this day, under "The Municipal
Corporations Acts Amendment Act, 1880," the voting
was as follows :-
For the loan ... ... ... 83
Against the loan ... ... 11
W. QUIN, Returning Officer.
J. A. MOONEY, Mayor.

Members for Pangatotara and Upper Motueka High-
way Districts, County of Waimea, elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th August, 1881.
IN conformity with "The Nelson Highways Act,
1872," it is hereby notified that, on the 4th July
last,