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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 9

Port of Napier.
The northern portion of a wood and iron building, situate on
Section No. 592, West Quay, in the Port of Napier, to be
known as

BANNER AND LIDDLE'S BOND,

-to be a warehouse for the reception of goods under bond.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-third
day of January, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-three.
THOMAS DICK,
(for the Commissioner of Trade and Customs.)
Commissioner's Order No. 178.]

Friday, the 20th day of July next, at 10 o'clock in the fore-
noon, at this office, to hear the said application and all objec-
tions thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in
opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before
the 5th day of July next, at this office, particulars in writing of
their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be
precluded from urging the same.
No. 765.
C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Formation of Volunteer Corps.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th January, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has
been pleased to form the Petone Contingent of the Wel-
lington Naval Brigade into a separate corps, under the designa-
tion of

The Petone Naval Artillery Volunteers.
Formation to date from the 1st January, 1883.
JOHN BRYCE.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th January, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has
been pleased to accept the services of the under-men-
tioned corps :-

The Christchurch Rifle Volunteers.
Date of acceptance, 1st January, 1883.

The Sydenham Rifle Volunteers.
Date of acceptance, 11th January, 1883.
JOHN BRYCE.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th January, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has
been pleased to disband

The Waimate Rifle Volunteers
at their own request. Date of disbandment, 29th December,
1882.

The under-mentioned gentlemen therefore cease to be officers
in the Volunteer Force, their commissions having lapsed under
"The Volunteer Act, 1881 :"-
William O'Brien, late Captain.
Richard Wilson, late Lieutenant.
Sam Dixon, late Sub-Lieutenant.
JOHN BRYCE.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th January, 1883.

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

Spring Creek Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Rowden Soper. Date of resignation, 6th January,
1883.
JOHN BRYCE.

Property-Tax Assessor dismissed.

Property-Tax Department,
Wellington, 24th January, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to remove
ROBERT DOTT PULLAR
from his office as an Assessor under "The Property Assessment
Act, 1879," for the Canterbury District.
THOMAS DICK,
(for the Colonial Treasurer.)

Application for Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 20th January, 1883.

PATENT for an Improved Meat Press, to be called "Osborne's
Meat Press."

THOMAS OSBORNE, of Wellington, has deposited at this
office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed

Application for Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 24th January, 1883.

PATENT for rendering Brick, Stone, Plaster, or other
similar Porous Substances impervious to Water or Damp.
WILLIAM JEWELL, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Stone-
mason, has deposited at this office a specification of the said
invention; and I have appointed Friday, the 20th day of July
next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the
said application and all objections thereto; and I require all
persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters
Patent to leave, on or before the 5th day of July next, at this
office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said
application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the
same.
No. 766.
C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Officiating Ministers for 1883.-Notice No. 1.

"THE MARRIAGE ACT, 1880."

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 24th January, 1883.

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 list of Officiating
Ministers 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 Josiah William Alloway, B.A.
"
Philip Cuthbert Anderson!
"
John Chapman Andrew, M.A.
"
Benjamin Yate Ashwell
"
William Aylmer, M.A.
"
Frederick Thomas Baker
"
William Ballachey
"
Joseph Bates
"
William Stanley Bean
The Venerable Archdeacon George P. Beaumont, M.A.
The Reverend James William Bevan, B.A.
"
Robert O'Callaghan Biggs
"
Charles Bispham
"
John Edwin Blackburne
"
William Booth
"
Thomas Adolphus Bowden, B.A.
"
Croasdaile Bowen, B.D.
"
Laurence Carsley Brady
"
Reginald Robert Bradley, B.A.
"
Edward Nugent Bree
"
Frederick George Brittan, M.A.
The Venerable Archdeacon Alfred Nesbitt Brown
The Reverend Henry Handley Brown, M.A.
"
Lawrence Lawson Brown, B.A.
"
Robert Burrows
The Venerable Archdeacon Henry Francis Butt
The Reverend Charles James Byng
"
William Calder
"
Peter Cameron
"
Edward Litton Carus-Wilson
"
Jeremiah Chaffers-Welsh
"
Eliot Edward Chambers
"
George James Cholmondeley, Canon
The Venerable Archdeacon Edward Bloomfield Clarke, B.D.
The Reverend Richard Coates, M.A.
"
Charles Coates
"
Henry Bromley Cocks, M.A.
"
Richard Coffey, M.A.
"
Colin Cokayne Cokayne-Frith, B.A.
"
Henry Collins
"
George Cotterill, B.A., Canon
The Right Reverend William Garden Cowie, D.D., Bishop.
The Reverend Edward Samuel Cross, A.K.C.
"
William Cruden, B.A.
"
Lyttelton Lucas Cubitt
"
Alexander Dasent
"
Arthur Davidson