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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 23

Visiting Justice appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 4th April, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

FREDERICK AUGUSTUS KRULL, Esq., J.P.,

to be Visiting Justice to the Prison at Wanganui.

THOS. FERGUS.

Auditor-General appointed to audit Accounts of certain Counties.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 4th April, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, under section 174 of
"The Counties Act, 1886," been pleased to appoint

The CONTROLLER and AUDITOR-GENERAL

to be an Auditor for the Counties of Eden, Manukau, Oroua,
Marlborough, Ashley, and Peninsula.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Auditor-General appointed an Auditor for certain Town Districts.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 4th April, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, under section 45 of
"The Town Districts Act, 1881," been pleased to appoint

The CONTROLLER and AUDITOR-GENERAL

to be an Auditor of the accounts of the Kaikora North,
Taradale, and Te Aroha Town District Boards.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Volunteer Officers promoted and appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th April, 1888.

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

G Battery, Artillery Volunteers.

Thomas Welson Begg to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 22nd March, 1888.

Kumara Rifle Cadet Volunteers.

Robert Eglesfield Wylde to be Captain. Date of commission, 28th January, 1888.

THOS. FERGUS.

Commander of the New Zealand Forces and Under-Secretary for Defence resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th April, 1888.

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

Major-General Sir GEORGE STODDART WHITMORE,
K.C.M.G.,

as Commander of the New Zealand Forces and Under-Secretary for Defence.

THOS. FERGUS.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th April, 1888.

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

E Battery Artillery Volunteers.

Lieutenant Frederick Pratt. Date of resignation, 3rd March, 1888.

Wellington Rifle Volunteers.

Captain Charles Thomas Tatum. Date of resignation, 24th March, 1888.

THOS. FERGUS.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th April, 1888.

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

Inglewood Rifle Volunteers.

The under-mentioned gentlemen therefore cease to be officers in the Volunteer force, their commissions having lapsed under the provisions of "The Defence Act, 1886:"—

Captain Henry Brown.
Lieutenant Timothy McCarthy.
Lieutenant Robert Stevens.
Honorary Surgeon John Murray Gibbes.

THOS. FERGUS.

Police Officer resigned.

Police Department,
Wellington, 4th April, 1888.

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

Third-class Inspector Charles Townley Browne, of the New Zealand Police Force. Date of resignation, 31st March, 1888.

THOS. FERGUS.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th March, 1888.

NOTICE is hereby given that the NEW ZEALAND FROZEN MEAT AND STORAGE COMPANY (LIMITED), of Auckland, 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:—

Description of Trade Mark.

The representation of a shell, commonly called a scallop.

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

All hog and dairy products and canned goods.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
(In the absence of the Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Trade Marks.)

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th March, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under "The Aliens Act, 1880," in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

G. F. RICHARDSON,
(In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Approving and appointing a Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this purpose vested by "The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882," I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do hereby approve and appoint the under-mentioned warehouse to be a warehouse for the reception of goods under bond, namely:—

Port of Auckland.

Portion of the ground-floor of a brick building, roofed with iron, situated on part of Lots 9, 10, 11, Section 15, Elliot Street, City of Auckland, to be known as

McARTHUR'S BOND.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.

GEO. FISHER,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Commissioner's Order No. 298.]

Amended Regulations under which Commissions in the British Army may be obtained by Officers of Colonial Military Forces.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th April, 1888.

THE following despatch, received from Her Majesty's Principal Secretary for the Colonies, is published for general information.

THOS. FERGUS.

(Circular.)
Downing Street, 8th February, 1888.

SIR,—I have the honour to transmit to you, for your information and for that of your Government, the accompanying