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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1889.

Consul for the Argentine Republic at Dunedin appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th January, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Governor directs it be notified
that he has been informed by Her Majesty's Principal
Secretary of State for the Colonies that the Queen's ex-
equatur, empowering

JOHN LEE LEESMITH, Esq.,
to act as Consul for the Argentino Republic at Dunedin,
received Her Majesty's signature on the 8th November last,
and that the notification of Her Majesty's approval of the
appointment appeared in the London Gazette of the 9th
November last.

T. W. HISLOP.

Netherlands Consul for New Zealand appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th January, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified
that he has been informed by Her Majesty's Principal
Secretary of State for the Colonies that the Queen's ex-
equatur, empowering

CHARLES JOHN JOHNSTON, Esq.,
to act as Netherlands Consul for New Zealand, at Welling-
ton, received Her Majesty's signature on the 8th November
last, and that the notification of Her Majesty's approval of
this appointment appeared in the London Gazette of the 9th
November last.

T. W. HISLOP.

Native Interpreter appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 9th January, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorise

WILLIAM JAMES BUTLER,
of Wellington, to act as an Interpreter under the Native
Land Courts Acts, as from the 1st instant.

EDWIN MITCHELSON.

Trustees of Drill-shed appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th December, 1888.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point the under-mentioned gentlemen to be Trustees
of the Wellington Volunteer Drill-shed, under "The Volun-
teer Drill-sheds and Lands Act, 1888:"-

JOHN GEORGE BUTTS, Lieutenant-Colonel, New Zealand
Militia, Commanding Wellington Volunteer District.
JOHN DUNCAN, Captain, Wellington Naval Artillery Volun-
teers.
WILLIAM HORT LEVIN, Esq.
T. W. HISLOP,
(For the Minister of Defence.)

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th January, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the under-mentioned appointment:-

Dunedin City Guards Rifle Volunteers.
Frederick Calvert to be Lieutenant. Date of commission,
25th June, 1888.

T. W. HISLOP,
(For the Minister of Defence.)

Cadet Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th January, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the disbandment of the

Te Aro School Cadet Rifle Volunteers.
Date of disbandment, 19th December, 1888.

T. W. HISLOP,
(For the Minister of Defence.)

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th January, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignation of the commission held by the under-
mentioned officer:-

Sydenham Rifle Volunteers.
Captain Frank Coxon. Date of resignation, 10th December,
1888.

THOS. FERGUS.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 31st December, 1888.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ac-
cept the resignation by

THOMAS BERNARD LEWIS, Esq.,
of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the colony.

THOS. FERGUS.