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The Post Offices at Greymouth and Hawera respectively are hereby appointed as the offices of the above-named Agents respectively, and as the places for the reception of deeds and instruments under the said Act.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(For the Commissioner of Stamps.)

Appointment of Medical Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th April, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned Medical Officers to the General List, in accordance with paragraphs 52 to 63 of the Volunteer Regulations in force from 1st January, 1887:—

To be Surgeon-General.

Surgeon the Hon. Morgan Stanislaus Grace. Date of commission, 1st April, 1887.

To be Brigade Surgeons.

Surgeon Patrick Joseph O’Neil O’Carroll. Date of commission, 1st April, 1887.

Assistant-Surgeon Joseph Henry. Date of commission, 2nd April, 1887.

Surgeon Thomas Moore Philson. Date of commission, 3rd April, 1887.

Surgeon Leonard Boor. Date of commission, 4th April, 1887.

Assistant-Surgeon John Murray Gibbes. Date of commission, 5th April, 1887.

Assistant-Surgeon Bernard Charles Beale. Date of commission, 6th April, 1887.

Assistant-Surgeon Julius Decimus Tripe. Date of commission, 7th April, 1887.

To be Surgeon-Majors.

Surgeon John George Frederick Wilford. Date of commission, 1st April, 1887.

Assistant-Surgeon Joseph Elmsley. Date of commission, 2nd April, 1887.

Surgeon William Isaac Spencer. Date of commission, 3rd April, 1887.

Surgeon Alexander Todd. Date of commission, 4th April, 1887.

Honorary Surgeon Frederick William Edmund Dawson. Date of commission, 5th April, 1887.

To be Surgeons.

Honorary Surgeon Harry Archibald De Lautour. Date of commission, 27th July, 1875.

Honorary Surgeon Hugh McCaw. Date of commission, 16th January, 1878.

Honorary Surgeon Charles Emerson Tennant. Date of commission, 8th April, 1879.

Honorary Surgeon John Drysdale. Date of commission, 7th July, 1879.

Honorary Surgeon James Douglas. Date of commission, 4th September, 1879.

Honorary Surgeon Robert Stuart Reid. Date of commission, 7th January, 1880.

Honorary Surgeon James Galbraith. Date of commission, 25th March, 1880.

Honorary Surgeon William Edward Collins. Date of commission, 18th December, 1880.

Honorary Surgeon George William Cole. Date of commission, 29th August, 1881.

Honorary Surgeon Spencer Francis Beard. Date of commission, 20th October, 1881.

Honorary Surgeon Patrick Connolly. Date of commission, 2nd November, 1881.

Surgeon William Bey. Date of commission, 21st March, 1882.

Honorary Surgeon Henry William Campbell. Date of commission, 19th April, 1882.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(In the absence of the Minister of Defence.)

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th April, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments:—

Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

The Rev. William Radcliffe to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 2nd April, 1887.

New Zealand Regiment, Artillery Volunteers.

Captain Alfred St. George Hamersley, from C Battery Artillery, to be Major. Date of commission, 8th October, 1886.

Hobson Rifle Volunteers.

Thomas Dignan to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 30th August, 1886.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1887.

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

Auckland Royal Dragoon Volunteers.

Honorary Surgeon Edward George Leger Erson.

Honorary Chaplain the Rev. John Haselden.

Date of resignations, 26th October, 1886.

Canterbury Reserve Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant William Henry Partridge. Date of resignation, 16th February, 1887.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(In the absence of the Minister of Defence.)

Commission cancelled and Dismissal of Officer from the Volunteer Force.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th April, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to cancel the commission of, and dismiss from the Volunteer Force,

Major Frank William Garner, Commanding the Napier Volunteer District.

J. BALLANCE.

Prison Officers dispensed with.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 6th April, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to dispense with the services of

Warder ROBERT BREBNER and
Assistant-Warder JAMES DURKIN.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Cemetery Trustee resigned.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 6th April, 1887.

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

Mr. EDWARD DAVIS

as a Trustee of the Hawksbury Cemetery.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(For the Minister of Lands.)

Despatch.—Engineer Studentships.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1887.

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

By His Excellency’s command.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Downing Street, 10th January, 1887.

Sir,—I have the honour to acquaint you that the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have agreed to place annually at the disposal of the Secretary of State, on behalf of the sons of families settled in the principal colonies, three nominations for engineer studentships in Her Majesty’s dockyards, under the general regulations at present in force with regard to these appointments; and I transmit for your information the accompanying extract from a letter from the Admiralty on the subject, together with copies of the general regulations referred to, and a form of particulars which should accompany each application for a nomination.

I have to request that applications accompanied by your recommendation may be forwarded so as to reach the Secretary of State before the 31st December in the present and any succeeding year.

I have, &c.,

EDWARD STANHOPE.

The Officer Administering the Government
of New Zealand.

EXTRACT from a LETTER from the ADMIRALTY to the COLONIAL OFFICE, dated 9th November, 1886.

I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you, for the information of the Secretary for the Colonies, that, in view of the fact that there are at present four cadetships given annually to the sons of gentlemen of the colonies, my Lords have decided that in future three engineer studentships shall be offered annually under the same general regulations as are at present in force with regard to other candidates for these appointments.

2. With regard to the educational examination, these candidates will be subject to the provisions contained in