Nov. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1309

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th November, 1885.

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

Ponsonby Naval Artillery Volunteers.
James Bruce Morpeth to be Captain. Date of commission,
1st October, 1885.

Westport Naval Artillery Volunteers.
Samuel Thorpe to be Honorary Surgeon. Date of commis-
sion, 29th August, 1885.

Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
William Acton Adams and James Struthers Williams to be
Lieutenants. Date of commissions, 6th October, 1885.

Canterbury Engineer Volunteers.
William Hunter Bristow to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 6th October, 1885.

First Westland Rifle Volunteers.
James Benning to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 10th
October, 1885.

Geraldine Rifle Volunteers.
Walter Montague Moore to be Captain. Date of commis-
sion, 8th October, 1885.

Richmond Rifle Volunteers.
George Johnston Webster to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 6th October, 1885.

Canterbury Irish Rifle Volunteers.
Joshua Farrell and Christopher McWhannell to be Lieu-
tenants. Date of commissions, 6th October, 1885.

Auckland College Rifle Volunteers.
Benjamin Digby Tonks and Charles Vinci Houghton to be
Lieutenants. Date of commissions, 1st October, 1885.

Newton (Auckland) Rifle Volunteers.
John Robertson and Alfred William Gladding to be Lieu-
tenants. Date of commissions, 1st October, 1885.

Auckland Veteran Rifle Volunteers.
Thomas Thompson Anderson to be Captain. Date of com-
mission, 1st October, 1885.

Queen's Own (Auckland) Rifle Volunteers.
John Howard Keep to be Captain. Date of commission,
1st October, 1885.

Ponsonby Rifle Volunteers.
Danier Berrell McDonald to be Captain. Date of commis-
sion, 1st October, 1885.

Woolston Rifle Volunteers.
Elisha Round to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 6th
October, 1885.

Kaiapoi Rifle Volunteers.
Joseph Lothian Wilson and Thomas Millar to be Lieutenants.
Date of commissions, 6th October, 1885.

ROBERT STOUT,
(for the Defence Minister.)

Agent of Public Trustee appointed.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 5th November, 1885.

IT is hereby notified for general information that
CLARENCE RENNELL, Esq.,
has been appointed an Agent of the Public Trustee at New
Plymouth, vice Wilfred Rennell, Esq., resigned.

R. C. HAMERTON,
Public Trustee.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th November, 1885.

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

D Battery of Artillery.
Lieutenant Horatio McCulloch Lyon. Date of resignation,
11th August, 1885.

Auckland City Guards.
Lieutenant William Osborne. Date of resignation, 19th
October, 1885.

Hampden Rifle Volunteers.
Captain William Murcott. Date of resignation, 24th Sep-
tember, 1885.

ROBERT STOUT,
(for the Defence Minister.)

Arrangements for First Elections, &c., Borough of Newton.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th November, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

JOHN CURRIE

to be the Town Clerk of the Borough of Newton, and also
Returning Officer to conduct the first elections of Mayor,
Councillors, and Auditors of the said borough; also to
appoint Tuesday, the 8th day of December, 1885, for the
election of Mayor; Thursday, the 10th day of December,
1885, for the election of Councillors; and Friday, the 11th
day of December, 1885, for the election of Auditors of the
said borough; also to appoint Monday, the 14th day of De-
cember, 1885, at seven o'clock in the evening, at the office of
the late Newton Road Board, to be the time and place for
the first meeting of the Borough Council of the said borough.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Regulations re Quarantining Dogs imported into New South Wales.—Notice No. 183.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th November, 1885.

THE following amended regulation respecting the dura-
tion of quarantine to which foreign dogs imported
into New South Wales is published for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Department of Mines (Stock Branch),
Sydney, 29th September, 1885.

"IMPORTED STOCK ACT, 1871," AND "IMPORTED STOCK ACT
AMENDMENT ACT, 1884."

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Execu-
tive Council, has been pleased to cancel such parts of the
sub-regulations (1) and (2) of regulation 16 of the 5th
January, 1885, so far as the same relates to dogs, and that
portion of sub-regulation (11) of regulation 16 which pre-
scribes the term of quarantine of dogs, and to make the
following regulation, which is hereby published for general
information.

JOSEPH P. ABBOTT.

The duration of quarantine to which any dog imported
from a port or place not in any of the Australian Colonies
shall hereafter be subjected shall be six months from the
date on which such dog shall have been put on board such
vessel at any such port or place.

Special Order made by Rodney County Council.—Arai Road District merged.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th November, 1885.

THE following special order, made by the Council of the
County of Rodney, is published in accordance with
the provisions of "The Counties Act 1876 Amendment Act,
1882."

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER.

"THAT the Arai Road Board be dissolved, and that district
(te Arai) be merged in the county from and after the 31st
October."

I hereby certify that the above special order was made at
a duly-constituted meeting of the Rodney County Council,
held at the office, Warkworth, on Monday, the 28th Septem-
ber, 1885.

THOMAS CHAPLIN,
County Clerk.

Warkworth, 31st October, 1885.

Special Order made by Waikouaiti County Council.—Horses and Cattle.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th November, 1885.

THE following special order, made by the Council of the
County of Waikouaiti, is published in accordance
with the provisions of "The Counties Act 1876 Amendment
Act, 1882."

P. A. BUCKLEY.

BY-LAW No. 6 AS TO HORSES AND CATTLE STRAYING ON
ROADS.

If any cattle shall be at any time found depasturing, wander-
ing, or trespassing on any main road, district road, or foot-
path under the control of the Waikouaiti County Council,
with or without any person having charge thereof, the owner
of every such cattle shall on conviction forfeit for every such
head of cattle a sum not exceeding £1; and it shall be
lawful for any officer of the Council or any constable to take