Aug. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1025

Trust Commissioner appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 25th August, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT WARD, Esq.,

to be a Trust Commissioner, under “The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act, 1881.”

J. BALLANCE.

Native Assessor under “The Resident Magistrates Act, 1867,” appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 25th August, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

TE AWANUI APOROTANGA,

of Opotiki, to be an Assessor, for the purposes of “The Resident Magistrates Act, 1867,” “The Native Circuit Courts Act, 1858,” and “The Native Circuit Courts Act Amendment Act, 1862,” within the Resident Magistrate’s District of Opotiki.

J. BALLANCE.

Members of Land Board appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 24th August, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ARTHUR PENROSE SEYMOUR, Esq., and
EDWARD PAUL, Esq.,

to be Members of the Land Board for the Marlborough District, from the 18th August, 1876.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Volunteer Officers promoted and appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1886.

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

Rangitikei Cavalry Volunteers.

John Stevens to be Captain.
Falconer Balston Larkworthy to be Lieutenant.
Robert Bruce McKenzie to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 6th August, 1886.

Wanganui Naval Artillery Volunteers.

Lieutenant William Henry Clapham to be Captain.
Gifford Marshall to be Lieutenant.
Thomas John Nichols to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 9th August, 1886.

Greymouth Naval Artillery.

Charles Edward Lacy McCarthy to be Honorary Surgeon.
Date of commission, 14th January, 1886.

B Battery of Artillery.

John William Innes to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 16th June, 1886.

E Battery of Artillery.

George Harris to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 10th August, 1886.

Wellington Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Robert Joseph Collins to be Captain. Date of commission, 7th March, 1886.

Christchurch Rifle Volunteers.

Cecil Luscombe Hawley to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 10th August, 1886.

Ashburton Guards.

John Gifford Restell to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 10th August, 1886.

Nga tiporou Rifle Volunteers.

Tuta Nihoniho to be Captain.
Pine Tuhaka to be Lieutenant.
Wi Keiha to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 2nd August, 1886.

J. BALLANCE.

Appointment of President to Council of Military Education.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th August, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Lieutenant-Colonel CHRISTOPHER SAMUEL BAILEY,

New Zealand Militia, late H.M. Devon Regiment, to be President of the Council of Military Education, from the 1st August, 1886.

J. BALLANCE.

Services of Garrison Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the services of the Queen’s Own (Auckland) Rifle Volunteers as a Garrison Corps instead of an Honorary Corps, as notified in New Zealand Gazette No. 33, of the 21st May, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st August, 1886.

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

As a Country Corps.

The Heathcote Rifle Volunteers. Date of acceptance, 20th August, 1886.

As a Cadet Corps.

The Tuapeka Rifle Cadet Volunteers. Date of acceptance, 20th August, 1886.

J. BALLANCE.

Formation of South Canterbury Battalion Rifle Volunteers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to form the under-mentioned corps into a battalion, under the designation of the South Canterbury Battalion Rifle Volunteers:—

Timaru Rifle Volunteers.
Temuka Rifle Volunteers.
Ashburton Rifle Volunteers.
Geraldine Rifle Volunteers.
Waimate Rifle Volunteers.
Ashburton Guards.

J. BALLANCE.

Designation of Volunteer Corps altered.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st August, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the designation of the Auckland Naval Coastguards Volunteers being altered to the Waitemata Naval Artillery Volunteers.

• J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officers resigned

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1886.

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

Heretaunga Light Horse.

Lieutenant Charles Hayward Izard. Date of resignation, 18th August, 1886.

B Battery Artillery.

Lieutenant John Remison Murray. Date of resignation, 4th May, 1886.

Manchester Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant James Harford Blackmore. Date of resignation, 11th August, 1886.

J. BALLANCE.

Despatch.—Convention between Great Britain and Spain respecting Commercial Relations.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st August, 1886.

THE following despatch, received from Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Downing Street, 10th June, 1886.

SIR,—I have the honour to transmit to you, for information and publication in the colony under your Government, a copy of a Parliamentary Paper containing the Convention between the Governments of Great Britain and Spain re-