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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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to be a Member of the Bluff Harbour Board, in place of James Smith, resigned.

GEO. FISHER,
(For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.)

Senior Clerk in Marine Department appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 21st June, 1888.

IT is hereby notified that

GEORGE ALLPORT

has been appointed Senior Clerk in the Marine Department.

GEO. FISHER.

Volunteer Officers promoted and appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th June, 1888.

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

Wellington Naval Artillery Volunteers.
George Frederick Colin Campbell to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 19th October, 1887.

Nelson Naval Artillery Volunteers.
Roger William Wellesley Kingdon to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 3rd August, 1887.

Napier Naval Artillery Volunteers.
Charles Heslin to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 8th August, 1887.

Dunedin Engineer Volunteers.
Charles Magnus Mouat to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 7th March, 1887.

Victoria Rifle Volunteers.
Ralph Lake Somers to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 20th September, 1887.

South District Rifle Volunteers.
James Mann to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 16th January, 1888.

Palmerston North Rifle Volunteers.
Patrick Beaton Ligertwood to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 29th December, 1887.

Wellington Guards Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Charles Daines Mackintosh to be Captain. Date of commission, 9th February, 1888.

Sydenham Rifle Volunteers.
Frank Edward Greenstreet to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 9th December, 1887.

Wellington Rifle Volunteers.
Arnold Charles Lewis to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 19th December, 1887.

Dunedin Highland Rifle Volunteers.
John Macpherson to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 15th November, 1887.

Nelson College Cadet Rifle Volunteers.
Charles Thomas Major to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 30th April, 1888.

Tuapeka Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
Honorary Captain Charles William Glass Selby to be Captain. Date of commission, 27th April, 1888.

Napier Cadet Rifle Volunteers.
David Addison Sturrock to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 30th April, 1888.

THOS. FERGUS.

Appointment to Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th June, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve the under-mentioned appointment :-

1st Battalion Otago Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant John McIndoe, from the West Taieri Volunteers, to be Quartermaster.

THOS. FERGUS.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th June, 1888.

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

G Battery Artillery Volunteers.
Lieutenant Thomas Welson Begg. Date of resignation, 30th May, 1888.

THOS. FERGUS.

Despatch.—Acts assented to.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd June, 1888.

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

T. W. HISLOP.

(New Zealand, No. 14.)
Downing Street, 13th April, 1888.

SIR,—I have the honour to inform you that Her Majesty will not be advised to exercise her power of disallowance with respect to the following Acts of the Legislature of New Zealand, transcripts of which accompanied your Despatch No. 6, of the 14th January :-

51° VICTORIA.

No. 15. “An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Public Account to the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-first day of March, One thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.”

No. 16. “An Act to amend ‘The Public Revenues Act, 1887.’”

No. 17. “An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Public Account to the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-first day of March, One thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.”

No. 18. “An Act to validate certain Proceedings for Election of the Mayors of Tauranga and Dunedin.”

No. 19. “An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Public Account to the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-first day of March, One thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.”

No. 20. “An Act to amend ‘The Pharmacy Act, 1880.’”

No. 21. “An Act to amend ‘The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886.’”

No. 22. “An Act to amend ‘The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886.’”

No. 23. “An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Representation of the People of New Zealand in the House of Representatives.”

No. 24. “An Act to amend ‘The Parliamentary Honorarium and Privileges Act, 1884.’”

No. 25. “An Act to amend ‘The Civil List 1863 Amendment Act, 1873,’ so far as the same relates to the Salaries and Allowances of Responsible Ministers of the Crown.”

No. 26. “An Act to amend ‘The Building Societies Act, 1880.’”

No. 27. “An Act to amend ‘The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884.’”

No. 28. “An Act in Amendment of ‘The Sheep Act, 1878,’ and in Prevention of the Recurrence of Infection with Scab.”

No. 29. “An Act to provide for the Management of the Westland and Nelson Native Reserves in the South Island.”

No. 30. “An Act to amend ‘The West Coast Settlement Reserves Act, 1881,’ and ‘The West Coast Settlement Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1884.’”

No. 31. “An Act for Further Amendment of ‘The Mining Act, 1886.’”

No. 32. “An Act to amend ‘The Land Act, 1885.’”

No. 33. “An Act to amend ‘The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886.’”

No. 34. “An Act to repeal ‘The Public Bodies’ Leaseholds Act, 1886,’ and for vesting in certain Public Bodies certain Powers.”

No. 35. “An Act to amend ‘The Local Bodies’ Finance and Powers Act, 1885.’”

No. 36. “An Act to further amend ‘The Public Works Act 1882,’ and the Acts amending the same.”

No. 37. “An Act to make better Provision for the Maintenance and Management of the Government Railways in New Zealand, and for the Construction of such Railways in certain Cases.”

No. 38. “An Act to empower the Queen to enter into a New Contract with the New Zealand Midland Railway Company (Limited) for the Construction of the Midland Railway.”

No. 39. “An Act to provide for the Payment by the Colony of New Zealand of a Proportional Part of the Cost of the Establishment and Maintenance of an Additional Naval Force to be employed for the Protection of the Floating Trade in Australasian Waters.”

No. 40. “An Act to impose a Property-tax.”

No. 41. “An Act to amend the Public Revenues Acts.”

No. 42. “An Act to authorise the Borrowing and Raising of Money for Immigration and for Construction of Public Works and other Purposes.”

No. 43. “An Act to appropriate certain Sums of Money for Public Works and other Purposes.”