Sept. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1059

Greytown Rifle Volunteers.
Thomas Porritt to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 13th
August, 1886.

Masterton Rifle Volunteers.
Archibald Gillis Thomson to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 13th August, 1886.

Carterton Rifle Volunteers.
Willie Moore to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 13th
August, 1886.

Featherston Rifle Volunteers.
Adam Donald to be Captain.
David Arundel Smith to be Lieutenant.
William Benton to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 13th August, 1886.

Ashburton Guards.
John Henry Brooks to be Lieutenant. Date of commission,
18th August, 1886.

J. BALLANCE.

Secretary to Council of Military Education appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st September, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

Lieutenant ARTHUR PERCY DOUGLAS, R.N.,

to be Secretary to the Council of Military Education, from
the 20th August, 1886.

J. BALLANCE.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st September, 1886.

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

As an Honorary Corps.

The Riversdale Rifle Volunteers. Date of acceptance, 18th
August, 1886.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st September, 1886.

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

Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant James Struthers Williams. Date of resignation,
20th August, 1886.

Petone Naval Artillery Volunteers.

Lieutenant Elwyn Henry Jackson. Date of resignation,
20th August, 1886.

Waimate Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant John Neilson. Date of resignation, 16th August,
1886.

J. BALLANCE.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 30th August, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignation by

JOHN MARKS, Esq.,

of Haast River, Westland, of his appointment as a Justice of
the Peace for the colony.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that ARTHUR BRISCOE AND
COMPANY, of Dunedin, in the Colony of New Zealand,
Merchants, have applied to register, under "The Trade
Marks Act, 1866," the trade mark of which the following is
a description, viz.:—

Description of Trade Mark.

A brand consisting of a trident, surmounted by the word
"Domestic," and having the letters "B.B.B." underneath.
The trade mark is to be used in conjunction with the follow-
ing words, being descriptive of two kinds of kerosine:
"Water White Kerosene Oil, 150° fire test. Perfectly pure
& colorless;" and "Fire test 150°. Domestic Water
White."

Nature of the Article to which it is intended such Trade
Mark shall apply.

Kerosene oil.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Trade Marks.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 1st September, 1886.

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.

Authority to frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 1st September, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to au-
thorize

The CROWN LANDS RANGER, Wellington-Wanganui-Napier
District,

to frank letters, telegrams, and parcels on the public ser-
vice.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Postmaster-General.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 30th August, 1886.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders
is published for general information.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

WELLINGTON-WOODVILLE RAILWAY, WIWAKA CONTRACT.

Accepted.
M. Danaher, Auckland

Declined.
J. McLean and Sons, Wellington
Whitaker and Mackie, Dunedin
Mackle Brothers, Kaikoura
D. Glendinning, Napier
E. J. T. Price, Hokitika

Notice to Owners of Native Land under "The Crown and
Native Lands Rating Act, 1882."

"TE Ture Reiti i nga Whenua o te Karauna me nga
Whenua Maori, 1882," me te Ture Whakatikatika i
taua Ture.

Ki te tangata nana, ki nga tangata ranei na ratou nga
whenua kua whakahuatia i roto i nga rooru whakaatu i nga
utu o nga whenua Maori, kua tukua atu nei ki nga poari
takiwa e mau nei nga ingoa i roto i te Kupu Apiti ki tenei,
i raro i nga tikanga o nga Ture kua whakahuatia i runga ake
nei me era atu Ture katoa e pa ana e whai tikanga ana.

NOTEMEA kua tukua mai he tono ki ahau Te Minita
Whakahaere i nga Moni o Niu Tireni, e mau nei toku ingoa
i raro iho nei, e nga poari takiwa e tetahi tangata ranei mo
te taha ki a ratou, i raro i nga tikanga o "Te Ture Reiti i
nga Whenua o te Karauna me nga Whenua Maori, 1882," kia
utua nga reiti e meingatia ana kia utua i runga i nga tikanga
o aua rooru:

He panuitanga tenei ki a koutou ki ia tangata ki ia tangata
o koutou, kia mohio ai koutou kua takoto nga rooru o nga
whenua Maori ki nga tari o aua poari takiwa ko aua rooru he
mea tuhi ki te reo Maori, a e whakaatu ana hoki i nga utu o
nga whenua Maori kua whakahuatia i runga i aua rooru.

Na he tono tenei ki a koutou ki ia tangata ki ia tangata
hoki o koutou nga tangata na ratou aua whenua kia utua e
koutou aua reiti a te 6 o nga ra o Hepetema, 1886, i mua mai
ranei o taua ra, me utu e koutou aua moni reiti i te tari o te
poari o te takiwa i takoto ai aua whenua, tena te whakaatu-
ranga kei te Kupu Apiti.