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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 67

Carterton Rifle Volunteers.
Captain John Snodgrass. Date of resignation, 21st
July, 1882.

Normanby Rifle Volunteers.
Captain Francis Hingdon Brett. Date of resigna-
tion, 24th June, 1882.
JOHN BRYCE.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to disband
The Ngaire Rifle Volunteers
at their own request.

The under-mentioned gentlemen therefore cease to
be officers in the Volunteer Force, their commissions
having lapsed under "The Volunteer Act, 1881:"-
Joseph Henry Cowen, late Captain.
John Cunningham, late Lieutenant.
Francis Bernard Selwood Tresilian McCarthy, late
Sub-Lieutenant.
JOHN BRYCE.

Designation of Post Office changed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 27th July, 1882.

IT is hereby notified for general information that
the designation of the Post Office in the Thames
Postal District, known as Hastings, will, on and after
the 1st proximo, be changed to

TAPU.

By order of the Postmaster-General.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Money Order and Savings Bank Office opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 27th July, 1882.

IT is hereby notified for general information that
a Money Order and Savings Bank Office will be
opened at

BRUNNERTON (Chief Office, Greymouth),
from and after the 8th August proximo.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Money Order and Savings Bank Office opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 1st August, 1882.

IT is hereby notified for general information that
a Money Order and Savings Bank Office will be
opened at

WHAKATANE (Chief Office, Auckland),
on and after the 15th instant.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Officiating Ministers for 1882.-Notice No. 16.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 1st August, 1882.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in
the forty-fourth year of the reign of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act,
1880," the following name of an Officiating Minister

within the meaning of the said Act is published for
general information :-

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly
called the Church of England.
The Reverend John Hubert Maclean.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 29th July, 1882.

THE Masterton Tent, No. 38, situated at Master-
ton, is registered as a branch of the New Zealand
Central District Independent Order of Rechabites
Friendly Society, under "The Friendly Societies
Act, 1877," this 29th day of July, 1882.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Te Makarini Scholarships.

THREE scholarships, to be held at the Native
College, Te Aute, Hawke's Bay, are offered by
the Trustees of the fund instituted in memory of the
late Sir Donald McLean for promoting the higher
education of Maori youths.

Two of these scholarships are open to any Maori
or half-caste whose age on the 30th November, 1882,
shall not exceed fifteen years, and who shall have
attended a Native college or school for the preceding
twelve months. The remaining scholarship is open
to any Maori or half-caste whose age on the 30th
November, 1882, shall not exceed thirteen years, and
who shall have attended a Native village school for
the preceding twelve months.

The scholarships are of the annual value of £35,
and are tenable for two years from the 1st January,
1883.

The examination will be held at convenient centres
on the 18th and 19th December, 1882. Candidates
must, either directly or through their teachers, send
notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education
Department, Wellington, of their intention to pre-
sent themselves for examination. Such notice must
be posted not later than the 31st October.

Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may
be obtained from teachers of Native schools and
boarding institutions, the Secretaries to Education
Boards, or the Secretary to the Education Depart-
ment.
JAMES H. POPE,
Inspector of Native Schools.

Crown Lands Notices.

Sale of Crown Lands.-Land District of Canterbury.

Land Office,
Christchurch, 30th June, 1882.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
Crown lands will be sold by auction at Messrs.
J. Mundell and Co.'s Sale-rooms, Geraldine, on
Tuesday, the 3rd October next, at 12 o'clock :-

UPPER RANGITATA BRIDGE.
Block VI., 3 acres and 27 perches. Upset price,
£60, and £1,175 value of hotel and buildings
thereon.
Block VII., containing twelve allotments of 1 rood
each. Upset price, £5 per allotment.
Lots 1, 2, and 3, of Block VIII., 1 acre each.
Upset price, £10 per allotment.