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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 3

Receiver of Land Revenue appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 11th January, 1882.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM HOLMES, Esq.,
to be a Receiver of Land Revenue, to act within the
Wellington Land District.
THOMAS DICK,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

Members of Land Board appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 11th January, 1882.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointments,
viz.:—
To the Land Board of Taranaki.
THOMAS KELLY, Esq.
ARTHUR STANDISH, Esq.
WILLIAM MORGAN CROMPTON, Esq.
WILLIAM NEILSON SYME, Esq.
From the 2nd January, 1882.
THOMAS DICK,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

Member of Domain Board resigned.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 11th January, 1882.
HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has been
pleased to accept the resignation of
JOSEPH LOWTHIAN WILSON, Esq.,
as a Member of the Kaiapoi Domain Board.
THOMAS DICK,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

Appointment in the New Zealand Armed Constabulary.

Constabulary Office,
Wellington, 6th January, 1882.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
SAM COSGRAVE ANDERSON, Esq.,
Defence Storekeeper, to be Quartermaster in the
New Zealand Armed Constabulary, with the rank
of Captain, New Zealand Militia, from the 1st instant.
JOHN BRYCE.

Promotion and Appointments of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th January, 1882.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned promotion and ap-
pointments:—
Picton Rifle Volunteers.
Charles Godfrey to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 23rd December, 1881.
Nelson City Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant Samuel Crossman to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 20th December, 1881.
Blenheim Rifle Volunteers.
George Morton Dobbs to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 19th July, 1881.
Napier Rifle Volunteers.
William Robert Blythe to be Captain.
Walter Cato to be Lieutenant.
Henry Austin King to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 6th August, 1881.
JOHN BRYCE.

Resignation of Volunteer Officer.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th January, 1882.
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 Stead Ellis. Date of resignation, 27th
October, 1881.
JOHN BRYCE.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th January, 1882.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to disband the under-mentioned Volunteer
Corps:—
The Otahuhu Rifle Volunteers.
The Auckland Scottish Rifle Volunteers.
The Pukekohe Rifle Volunteers.
The Tuakau Rifle Volunteers.
The Auckland Engineer Cadet Volunteers.
The under-mentioned gentlemen therefore cease
to be officers in the Volunteer Force, their com-
missions having lapsed under "The Volunteer Act,
1881":—
John Gordon, late Captain, Otahuhu Rifle Volun-
teers.
William Dalton Bush, late Lieutenant, Otahuhu
Rifle Volunteers.
James Toms, late Sub-Lieutenant, Otahuhu Rifle
Volunteers.
John Birnie, late Captain, Auckland Scottish
Volunteers.
John Stewart Fotheringham, late Lieutenant,
Auckland Scottish Volunteers.
John Robertson, late Sub-Lieutenant, Auckland
Scottish Volunteers.
Benjamin Harris (Major, New Zealand Volun-
teers), late Captain, Pukekohe Rifle Volunteers.
Hugh Wyllie, late Lieutenant, Pukekohe Rifle
Volunteers.
Edward Boyle, late Lieutenant, Tuakau Rifle
Volunteers.
William Bagnall White, late Captain, Auckland
Engineer Cadet Volunteers.
JOHN BRYCE.

By-laws, Lower Moutere and Pangatotara Highway
Districts, County of Waimea.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 9th January, 1882.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
approve of the following by-laws passed by the
Boards of the Lower Moutere and Pangatotara High-
way Districts.
THOMAS DICK.

BY-LAWS PASSED BY THE LOWER MOUTERE HIGH-
WAY BOARD.

1. Any person or persons guilty of any of the
   following offences within the limits of the Lower
   Moutere Highway District shall, on conviction of
   any such offence, be liable to forfeit and pay any
   penalty not exceeding the sum of forty shillings for
   any one offence:—
2. No person shall place, or cause to be placed, any
   obstruction in or upon any roadway, street, or foot-
   path, by allowing any animal or vehicle to remain in,
   upon, or across the same, or by placing thereon any
   goods or material of any kind, or by erecting fences
   in, upon, or across any roadway, street, or footpath,