Oct. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1405

Member of Land Board reappointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to re-appoint

GEORGE LESLIE LEE, Esq.,
to be a Member of the Land Board of Canterbury, as from the 20th October, 1886.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Acting Forest Ranger appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
(State Forests and Agricultural Branch,)
Wellington, 21st October, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Mr. HENRY S. WILSON
to be an Acting Forest Ranger under section 12 of "The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885."

J. BALLANCE,
Commissioner of State Forests.

Clerk in Native Land Court Office appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 21st October, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

EDWARD BUCKLE, Esq.,
to be a Clerk in the Native Land Court Office, Wellington, as from the 1st August, 1886.

J. BALLANCE.

Police Officer promoted.

Police Department,
Wellington, 19th October, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to promote

Second-class Inspector WILLIAM STONE PARBY,
of the New Zealand Police Force, to the rank of First-class Inspector, from the 12th instant.

J. BALLANCE.

Instructor of Musketry resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th October, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the appointment held by

Major CHARLES GORING MINNITT
as Instructor of Musketry to the New Zealand Volunteer Force, from the 1st November, 1886, inclusive.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th October, 1886.

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

Cromwell Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant James Fleming. Date of resignation, 5th October, 1886.

J. BALLANCE.

Issue of New Zealand War Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th October, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorize the issue of the New Zealand war medal to the under-mentioned members of the late Colonial Forces whose claims have been investigated and admitted:-

Private William Martin, Taranaki Militia.
Constable Martin Irwin, Armed Constabulary.
Private Thomas Parsons, Taranaki Militia.
Sub-Lieutenant George Scott, New Zealand Militia, Poverty Bay District.
Private Charles Fincham, No. 3 Company, Taranaki Military Settlers.
Constable David Joseph T. Creech, No. 1 Division, Armed Constabulary.

J. BALLANCE.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th October, 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.

Purchase of Horses for Indian Government.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd October, 1886.

THE following notice, received from the Government of India, in reference to the purchase of remounts for the Indian army, is published for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Government of India.-Military Department, Simla, 7th September, 1886.

Sir,-I am desired by His Excellency the Governor-General in Council to forward for general information the accompanying notification, with amended rules and regulations for the management of the Government Remount and Landing Depôt, Garden Reach, Calcutta, and to request that it may be circulated as extensively as possible.

I am, &c.,

T. DEANE,
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India. The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, New Zealand.

HORSES.-REMOUNTS.

The following amended rules and regulations regarding the management of the Government Remount and Landing Depôt, Garden Reach, Calcutta, are published for general information, in supersession of the rules previously circulated:-

Notification.

With a view to assist shippers of horses, and to save the risk and expense in landing and stabling horses imported to Calcutta, it is notified for general information that the Government of India have authorized arrangements being made at the Government Remount Landing Depôt, 13, Garden Reach, for the reception of horses arriving from Australia under the terms laid down in the following revised rules and regulations.

In such cases as may appear necessary the Government of India are also prepared to advance the amount of freight required to clear the consignment of horses from the ships, together with captain's and other fees connected with the voyage; such advances to be recovered from the shippers on payment by the Remount Agent of the value of the horses purchased by him.

Rules and Regulations.

1. Every shipper landing any horse or horses at the Government Remount and Landing Depôt, Garden Reach, Calcutta, shall be subject to the rules hereinafter detailed, and to any such directions as the Remount Agent, Calcutta, may give regarding the horses stabled in Government stables, and every shipper shall sign an agreement on landing to this effect. He is also to agree that he will not remove any horse or horses without the special leave of the Remount Agent, and that he will immediately remove any horse or horses on being requested to do so by the Remount Agent.

2. No horse which has been once removed from the said depôt or the said stables shall be readmitted without the special sanction of the Remount Agent, and until after examination by the Government Veterinary Surgeon.

3. The depôt shall be open for the reception of horses from the 15th September to the end of the purchasing season, and only to horses arriving direct from the country in which they were bred. Horses arriving between the 1st March and the 14th September will be allowed to land, but will not be admitted to the stables or permitted to make any further use of the depôt, and they must be removed at once; such horses will not be entitled to be submitted for purchase by Government until all the horses which are at the time stabled in the depôt shall have been submitted for the approval of the Remount Agent.