APRIL 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 513

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1885.

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

Timaru Naval Artillery Volunteers.

Gilbert Laing Meason to be Captain. Date of commission, 6th April, 1885.

Christ’s College Rifle Volunteers.

Robert Higgins to be Captain. Date of commission, 10th April, 1885.

Christchurch Rifle Volunteers.

Honorary Captain Urban Vigors Richards to be Captain. Date of commission, 22nd April, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.

Promotions and Appointments in the New Zealand Militia.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the under-mentioned promotions and appointments in the New Zealand Militia:—

Brevet-Major Charles Stapp to be Lieutenant-Colonel.

Major Albert Pitt, New Zealand Volunteers, to be Lieutenant-Colonel.

Captain Walter Edward Gudgeon to be Major, from 20th April, 1885.

Captain Stuart Newell to be Major, from 21st April, 1885.

Captain Henry Gordon to be Major, from 21st April, 1885.

Captain William Holden Webb to be Major, from 21st April, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.

Officer to command Auckland Districts appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Colonel WILLIAM CHARLES LYON,

New Zealand Militia, to the command of the Colonial Forces in the Auckland Districts.

J. BALLANCE.

Services of Canterbury Honorary Reserve Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th April, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the services of

The Canterbury Honorary Reserve Corps of Volunteers, and to make the under-mentioned appointments in connection therewith:—

De Renzie James Brett, late Colonel H.M. 108th Foot, to be Colonel Commandant.

Richard James Strauchan Harman, late Canterbury Volunteers, to be Captain of A Company.

Charles Christopher Bowen to be Lieutenant of A Company.

George Harper, late Canterbury Volunteers, to be Lieutenant of A Company.

John David Frankish to be Honorary Surgeon.

J. BALLANCE.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th April, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the services of the under-mentioned Volunteer corps:—

The Geraldine Rifle Volunteers.

Date of acceptance, 17th April, 1885.

The Newtown (Wellington) Rifle Volunteers.

Date of acceptance, 21st April, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th April, 1885.

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

Petone Naval Artillery Volunteers.

Lieutenant David Buick.

J. BALLANCE.

Special Order made by Wairarapa West County Council.— Authority to construct Private Tramway.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1885.

THE following special order, made by the Council of the County of Wairarapa West, is published in accordance with “The Counties Act 1876 Amendment Act 1882.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER passed by the Wairarapa West County Council on the 14th day of March, 1885, and confirmed by same on the 11th day of April, 1885.

THAT Messrs. Udy and Gallon, of Matarawa, Saw-millers, be authorized to construct and work a tramway along and across a certain road in Subdivision No. 5 of the Taratahi-Carterton Road District, known as Moffat’s Line.

I certify that the above special order has been duly passed, and that all requirements of law have been duly complied with.

H. H. WOLTERS,
County Clerk.

Dated 22nd April, 1885.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Extracts from Regulations respecting Introduction of Sheep into New South Wales.—Notice No. 173.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 28th April, 1885.

THE following extracts from regulations respecting the introduction of sea-borne sheep into New South Wales from other Australian Colonies are published for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Department of Mines,
Sydney, 10th April, 1885.

IMPORTED STOCK ACT OF 1871 AND THE IMPORTED STOCK ACT AMENDMENT ACT OF 1884.

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has been pleased to cancel Nos. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 of the regulations of the 5th January last, issued under the above-named Acts, and to substitute the following regulations in lieu thereof, which are hereby published for general information.

JOSEPH P. ABBOTT.

SHEEP FROM AUSTRALIAN COLONIES BY SEA.

1. No sheep shall be landed at any port or place in this colony except at the port of Sydney.

2. No colony shall be deemed to be a clean colony in which scab or catarrh or any other infectious or contagious disease exists or is suspected to exist, nor any colony in which scab shall have existed within the next preceding two years, and no sheep shall be imported except from a clean Australian colony.

3. No sheep shall be imported except by vessels that have not traded to any but a clean Australian colony within the next preceding twenty-four months, nor by any vessel which shall within the period hereinbefore mentioned have had any sheep on board from any colony other than a clean Australian colony.

4. Every vessel on which it is intended to carry any such sheep shall be thoroughly cleansed and disinfected before the sheep have been shipped.

5. All such sheep shall be accompanied by a certificate and declaration, to the effect of Form 2 hereto, that they have been examined one by one by the Chief and another