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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Members of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st April, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT KING, J.P., and
WILLIAM LAW

to be Members of the Licensing Committee for the District of Waioeka, vice H.G. Walmsley and J. F. Connelly, resigned.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Volunteer Officers promoted and appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th April, 1887.

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

Napier Naval Artillery Volunteers.

Walter Henry Duncan to be Captain. Date of commission, 30th June, 1886.

Joseph Bell to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 26th March, 1886.

Te Awamutu Cavalry Volunteers.

Rev. Robert Gooddine Boler to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 8th January, 1887.

1st Battalion Otago Rifle Volunteers.

Captain Andrew Burns, from North Dunedin Rifle Volunteers, to be Major.

Captain John Bartholomew Callan, from Dunedin Irish Rifles, to be Major.

Date of commissions, 8th October, 1886.

1st Battalion North Otago Rifle Volunteers.

Major George Sumpter to be Lieutenant-Colonel.

Captain Alfred Headland, from Oamaru Rifle Volunteers, to be Major.

Captain David Cosgrove, from Otepopo Rifle Volunteers, to be Captain and Adjutant.

Date of commissions, 8th October, 1886.

Stoke Rifle Volunteers.

Charles Ching to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 10th September, 1886.

Hamilton Light Infantry Rifle Volunteers.

James Reid, late 7th Haddington Rifle Volunteers, to be Captain. Date of commission, 22nd March, 1887.

Cromwell School Rifle Cadet Volunteers.

Honorary Captain John Adolphus de Ravin to be Captain. Date of commission, 2nd June, 1886.

Reefton School Rifle Cadet Volunteers.

Honorary Lieutenant Richard Egbert Dowling to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 6th May, 1886.

Westport School Rifle Cadet Volunteers.

Honorary Captain John Kay to be Captain. Date of commission, 15th November, 1880.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th April, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to disband the

Auckland College Rifle Volunteers.

Date of disbandment, 23rd March, 1887.

The under-mentioned gentlemen therefore cease to be officers in the Volunteer Force, their commissions having lapsed under “The Defence Act, 1886:”—

John Flashman Sloman, late Captain.

Tobias Henry Keesing, late Lieutenant.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1887.

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

Onehunga Naval Artillery Volunteers.

Captain Eugene Hulse. Date of resignation, 10th April, 1887.

Ashburton Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant James Malcolm Dunn. Date of resignation, 18th April, 1887.

J. BALLANCE.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th April, 1887.

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

East Coast Hussars, Cavalry Volunteers.

Date of acceptance, 8th April, 1887.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officer transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st April, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the transfer of

Lieutenant JAMES WATSON

from the Spring Creek to the Blenheim City Rifle Volunteers.

J. BALLANCE.

Arrangements for First Elections, &c., North Amuri Rabbit District.—Notice No. 234.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st April, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Saturday, the 21st day of May, 1887, to be the time, and the Courthouse, Waiau, to be the place, for holding the first election of five Trustees of the North Amuri Rabbit District, as constituted under “The Rabbit Nuisance Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1886;” also to appoint Tuesday, the 7th day of June, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, to be the time, and the Courthouse, Waiau, to be the place, at which the first meeting of the Trustees of the said district shall be held.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 27th April, 1887.

NOTICE is hereby given that ARTHUR BRISCOE AND COMPANY, of Dunedin, in the Colony of New Zealand, 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 words “Silver Ray,” and having the letters “B.B.B” underneath. To be used in conjunction with the following words: “Safe and Brilliant Kerosene Oil, 130° test;” or the same description of kerosene oil, “150° test.”

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.

Special Orders made by Rangitikei County Council.—(1) Altering Ridings; (2) Altering Representation.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1887.

THE following special orders, made by the Rangitikei County Council, are published in accordance with “The Counties Act, 1886.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

In the matter of “The Counties Act, 1886,” and in the matter of the alteration of the number, names, and boundaries of the ridings in the Rangitikei County for the purpose of adjustment of representation in the Rangitikei County Council.

WHEREAS at a special meeting of the Rangitikei County Council, held at the Council Chambers, Marton, on Saturday, the 5th day of March, 1887, for the purpose of considering whether the representation of the ridings of the Rangitikei County required readjustment, it was found that, taking into consideration the number of ratepayers and rateable values of the respective ridings, and in order that the representation of the separate ridings should, as far as possible, be proportioned to the rateable value and number of each riding respectively, alterations of the number of ridings within the county and of the boundaries of some of them were required: It was therefore resolved that the