Feb. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 185

Appointment of County Chairmen as Conservators of State Forests.

General Crown Lands Office,
(State Forests and Agricultural Branch,)
Wellington, 10th February, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint, under section 12 of “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885,” the Chairmen of the undermentioned counties to be Conservators of State Forests within their respective counties, viz.:

Akaroa. Hutt. Waikato.
Ashburton. Inangahua. Waipawa.
Bruce. Mongonui. Wairarapa East.
Buller. Ohinemuri. Wairarapa West.
Clifton. Patea. Waitotara.
Cook. Piako. Wanganui.
Coromandel. Patangata. Whangarei.
Clutha. Rodney. Waihemo.
Geraldine. Selwyn. Waikouaiti.
Grey. Taieri. Waimate.
Hawera. Tuapeka. Wainea.
Hawke’s Bay. Tauranga. Wallace.
Horowhenua. Thames. Westland.

Jos. A. TOLE,
(For the Commissioner of State Forests.)

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th January, 1886.

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

Nelson City Rifles.
Alexander Gray to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 9th January, 1886.

Cook County Rifle Volunteers.
Joseph Anthony Cornet Cresswell to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 8th December, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.

Officers to Volunteer Battalions appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th January, 1886.

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

2nd Battalion, Auckland Rifles.
Major Peter Dignan, New Zealand Volunteers, to be Major.
Major Alfred Edward Isaacs, New Zealand Volunteers, to be Major.

3rd Battalion, Auckland Rifles.
Major Owen Mahon, New Zealand Volunteers, to be Major.

J. BALLANCE.

Formation of Volunteer Battalion and Appointment of Officer to command.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th January, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to form the under-mentioned corps into a battalion, under the designation of the

1st Battalion, Wellington (Rifle) Volunteers
The Wellington City Rifle Volunteers.
The Wellington Guards Rifle Volunteers.
The Wellington Rifle Volunteers.
The Newtown Rifle Volunteers.
The Kaiwarawara Rifle Volunteers.

And to appoint Major Alexander Crowe, New Zealand Volunteers, to the command of the battalion.

J. BALLANCE.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st February, 1886.

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

As an Honorary Corps.
No. 2 or B Troop, Auckland Cavalry Volunteers. Date of acceptance, 27th January, 1886.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th January, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commissions held by the undermentioned officers:

Stoke Rifle Volunteers.
Captain John Paynter. Date of resignation, 1st January, 1886.

Wanganui City Rifle Volunteers.
Captain George Hutchison. Date of resignation, 11th January, 1886.

Wellington Guards.
Honorary Surgeon Maurice Alfred Chilton. Date of resignation, 21st January, 1886.

Richmond Rifle Volunteers.
Honorary Chaplain the Rev. Albert Cecil Wright. Date of resignation, 23rd January, 1886.

J. BALLANCE.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 9th February, 1886.

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

JACOB JOSEPH, Esq.,

of Wellington, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the colony.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Trustees of New Plymouth Savings Bank resigned.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1886.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned gentlemen have resigned their appointments as Trustees of the New Plymouth Savings Bank, as from the dates set opposite their names:

WILLIAM MORGAN CROMPTON, 2nd June, 1885.
HENRY WESTON, 15th May, 1885.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Incorporation of Wellington Benevolent Society as a Separate Institution.

Premier’s Office,
Wellington, 10th February, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council directs it to be notified, in terms of section 43 of “The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885,” that he has received a petition from the Committee of Management of the Wellington Benevolent Society, to which is annexed a verified list, signed by 127 persons, in terms of section 38 of the said Act, praying that the Wellington Benevolent Society may be incorporated as a separate institution; and that if no counter-petition, signed by an equal or greater number of such persons, shall have been delivered at the office of the Colonial Secretary within one month after the publication of this notice, or if the District Board shall not have lodged with the Colonial Secretary within the same time an objection to such petition, the Governor in Council will declare the said society to be a separate institution under the said Act.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(In the absence of the Premier.)

Incorporation of Hokitika Benevolent Society as a Separate Institution.

Premier’s Office,
Wellington, 10th February, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council directs it to be notified, in terms of section 43 of “The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885,” that he has received a petition from the Committee of Management of the Hokitika Benevolent Society, to which is annexed a verified list, signed by 227 persons, in terms of section 38 of the said Act, praying that the Hokitika Benevolent Society may be incorporated as a separate institution; and that if no counter-petition, signed by an equal or greater number of such persons, shall have been delivered at the office of the Colonial Secretary within one month after the publication of this notice, or if the District Board shall not have lodged with the Colonial Secretary within the same time an objection to such petition, the Governor in Council will declare the said society to be a separate institution under the said Act.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(In the absence of the Premier.)

Incorporation of Dunedin Hospital as a Separate Institution.

Premier’s Office,
Wellington, 10th February, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council directs it to be notified, in terms of section 43 of “The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885,” that he has received