Feb. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 253

EDWD. T. CONOLLY.

Member of Land Board reappointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to reappoint

WILLIAM WARING TAYLOR, Esq.,

to be a Member of the Land Board for the Land District of Wellington. Appointment to date as from the 16th February, 1884.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Land Board reappointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to reappoint

JOHN SHARP, Esq.,

to be a Member of the Land Board for the Land District of Nelson. Appointment to date as from the 4th February, 1884.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Assessors appointed under “The District Railways Acts Amendment Act, 1883.—Railway from Duntrroon to Hakateramea.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 11th February, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint, in terms of section 2 of “The District Railways Acts Amendment Act, 1883,”

HENRY WIRGMAN ROBINSON, Esq., Resident Magistrate, of Oamaru ; and

WILLIAM MOODY, Esq., Land Agent, of Timaru,

to be Assessors to revise the classification for the purposes of section 10 of “The District Railways Act, 1877,” of the lands comprised within the railway district, in connection with the Duntrroon–Hakateramea Railway Company’s (Limited) Line of Railway from Duntrroon to Hakateramea.

EDWIN MITCHELSON,
Minister for Public Works.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the under-mentioned appointments :—

Nelson City Rifle Volunteers.

John Veysey to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 7th January, 1884.

Stoke Rifle Volunteers.

Robert John Malcolm to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 5th January, 1884.

JOHN BRYCE.

Volunteer Officer Resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the undermentioned officer :—

East Taieri Rifle Volunteers.

Sub-Lieutenant David Murray. Date of resignation, 30th November, 1883.

JOHN BRYCE.

Commission of Volunteer Officer cancelled.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to cancel the commission held by

GEORGE AUGUSTUS MUNYARD

as Sub-Lieutenant in the 1st Westland Rifle Volunteers.

JOHN BRYCE.

Rifle Volunteer Corps Transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the transfer of the South District (Dunedin) Rifle Volunteers from the 1st to the 2nd Battalion, Otago Rifle Volunteers.

JOHN BRYCE.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the services of the Greymouth Rifle Volunteers. Date of acceptance, 1st January, 1884.

JOHN BRYCE.

Purchases of Lands in certain Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1884.

THE following communication, received from the Assistant High Commissioner of the Western Pacific, is published for general information,

THOMAS DICK.

High Commissioner’s Office, Western Pacific,
Fiji, 22nd January, 1884.

SIR,—I have the honour to inform your Excellency that, in consequence of instructions from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, I have issued a notification in the Royal Gazette of this colony (copy enclosed) to the effect that Her Majesty’s Government will in no way recognize or assume responsibility in connection with the purchase of land in the Pacific Ocean not being British territory; and I beg leave to ask that your Excellency will permit the decision of Her Majesty’s Government in this matter to be made known within the limits of your Excellency’s Government in such manner as may be convenient.

I have, &c.,

JOHN B. THURSTON,
Assistant High Commissioner.

His Excellency Sir W. F. Drummond Jervois,
Governor of New Zealand.

EXTRACT FROM “FIJI ROYAL GAZETTE” NO. 2, OF THE 11TH JANUARY, 1884.

High Commission, Western Pacific.—Notice.

APPLICATIONS from time to time having been made to the High Commissioner with regard to the registration, in the office of the Commissioner, of purchases of land made by