JUNE 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 777

1st Canterbury Volunteer Administrative Battalion.
Captain Robert George Davis Toswill to be Major.
Lieutenant Frederick Wyatt Francis to be Adjutant, with the rank of Captain. Date of appointments, 9th June, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.

Naval Artillery Volunteers formed into a Corps, and Appointment of Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th June, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to form the Naval Artillery Volunteers into a corps, under the title of

The New Zealand Naval Artillery Volunteers,

and to make the under-mentioned appointments:—

Rear-Admiral Robert Anthony Edward Scott, R.N., to be Honorary Commodore.

Lieutenant Arthur Percy Douglas, R.N., to be Vice-Commodore.

Captain Emelius le Roy to be Captain Commandant of the Auckland Division, comprising the Auckland, Thames, Devonport, Ponsonby, Onehunga, and Naval Coast Guards Corps.

Captain William Goldie to be Captain Commandant of the Otago Division, comprising the Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Bluff, Oamaru, and Peninsula (Dunedin) Corps.

Captain Charles John Johnston to be Captain Commandant of the Wellington Division, comprising the Wellington, Petone, and Napier Corps.

Captain Hugh McLellan to be Captain Commandant of the Canterbury Division, comprising the Lyttelton and Timaru Corps.

Captain Charles Yates Fell to be Captain Commandant of the Nelson Division, comprising the Wanganui, Nelson, and Greymouth Corps.

J. BALLANCE.

Appointment of Members of Board in connection with School of Instruction for Examination of Officers of Militia and Volunteer Forces.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th June, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned officers to be Members of the Board in connection with the School of Instruction for the examination of officers of the Militia and Volunteer Forces:—

Otago District.

Rear-Admiral Robert Anthony Edward Scott, R.N.

Major Nathaniel Young Armstrong Wales, New Zealand Volunteers.

Major Archibald Hill-Jack, New Zealand Regiment Artillery Volunteers.

Major Henry Gordon, New Zealand Militia, District Adjutant.

Captain Robert Smith, Dunedin Naval Artillery Volunteers.

Canterbury District.

The Hon. Colonel James de Renzie Brett, late H.M. 108th Regiment.

Lieut.-Colonel Christopher S. Bailey, New Zealand Militia, late H.M. Devon Regiment.

Major Henry Slater, New Zealand Volunteers, unattached.

Major Stuart Newall, New Zealand Militia, District Adjutant.

Major Alfred St. George Hamersley, New Zealand Militia.

Auckland District.

Lieut.-Colonel Charlton Dawson, late H.M. 18th Royal Irish Regiment.

Major William Augustus Deane Pitt, late H.M. King’s Royal Rifles.

Major James Pirie, late 1st Regiment Royal Guernsey Militia, and Hythe School of Musketry.

Major James Derrom, New Zealand Volunteers.

Major Thomas Viret Shepherd, New Zealand Militia, District Adjutant.

J. BALLANCE.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th June, 1885.

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

As a Garrison Corps.

The South Franklin Mounted Infantry Volunteers. Date of acceptance, 28th May, 1885.

As a Country Corps.

The Waimate (Canterbury) Rifle Volunteers. Date of acceptance, 30th May, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.

Services of Garrison Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th June, 1885.

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

The Peninsula (Dunedin) Naval Artillery Volunteers

as a Garrison Corps, instead of as a Country Corps, as notified in Gazette No. 30, of the 7th May, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.

Corps embodied in New Zealand Regiment of Artillery Volunteers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th June, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned corps forming part of the New Zealand Regiment of Artillery Volunteers, and to be designated as follows:—

Lyttelton Artillery Volunteers, N Battery.

Parnell Artillery Volunteers, O Battery.

J. BALLANCE.

Interpreter licensed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 12th June, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to license

GEORGE STOCKMAN,

of Waitara, to act as an Interpreter under “The Native Land Court Act, 1880.”

J. BALLANCE.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—CHARLES EDWARD GATES, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria, has been appointed, this day, by his Honour Mr. Justice Williams, a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in the Colony of Victoria, under “The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875,” for the purpose of taking affidavits, as in the said Act mentioned.

Dated at Dunedin, this 5th day of June, 1885.

COLIN McK. GORDON,
Registrar of the Supreme Court.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 15th June, 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.

Special Order made by Mongonui County Council.—Pedlars and Hawkers.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th June, 1885.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT this Council levy a license for pedlars and hawkers, in accordance with section 197 of the Counties Act.

List of fees to be charged by the Mongonui County Council for hawkers and pedlars:—

Hawkers and pedlars travelling on foot, £4 per annum.

Hawkers and pedlars travelling, using horse or horse and cart, £6 per annum.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly made in accordance with law.

W. J. HARRIS,
Clerk, Mongonui County Council.