Jan. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 117

Additional Trustees of Wellington Volunteer Drill-shed appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd January, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointment of the under-mentioned gentlemen as additional Trustees of the Wellington Volunteer Drill-shed, under “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act, 1888:”—

Captain WILLIAM PLUNKETT COLE, Commanding Newtown Rifle Volunteers;

Captain ROBERT JOSEPH COLLINS, Commanding Wellington City Rifle Volunteers;

Captain CHARLES DAINES MACINTOSH, Commanding Wellington Guards Rifle Volunteers;

Captain WILLIAM HAROLD SEFTON MOORHOUSE, Commanding D Battery, New Zealand Regiment Artillery Volunteers; and

Captain HERBERT JAMES WILLIAMS, Commanding Wellington Rifle Volunteers.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th January, 1890.

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

Greymouth Naval Artillery Volunteers.

Henry Charles Fricker to be Lieutenant Commanding. Date of commission, 2nd October, 1889.

Te Awamutu Cavalry Volunteers.

Lieutenant Robert Bruce to be Captain. Date of commission, 31st July, 1889.

Thomas Gresham to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 6th November, 1889.

A Battery, Artillery Volunteers.

James Frederick Haultain to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 11th October, 1889.

O Battery, Artillery Volunteers.

George McGuffie Reid to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 11th October, 1889.

Kumara Rifle Volunteers.

William Close to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd October, 1889.

Greymouth Rifle Volunteers.

William Hamilton to be Captain.

Charles James to be Lieutenant.

Date of commissions, 2nd October, 1889.

Newton Rifle Volunteers.

Harvey James Durham to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 11th October, 1889.

Blenheim City Rifle Volunteers.

John Brown to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 9th October, 1889.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Transfer of Officers from Honorary Unattached to Active List.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th December, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned appointments, in accordance with paragraph 234A of the Volunteer Regulations, 1889:—

South Franklin Mounted Infantry Volunteers.

Benjamin Harris, Major, Unattached List, to be Captain. Commission to date from the 28th May, 1885.

Auckland Engineer Volunteers.

William Anderson, Major, Unattached List, to be Captain. Commission to date from the 24th April, 1885.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Volunteer Artillery Cadet Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th January, 1890.

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

WANGANUI ARTILLERY CADET VOLUNTEERS.

Date of disbandment, 31st December, 1889.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Trustee of Wellington Volunteer Drill-shed resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd January, 1890.

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

WILLIAM HORT LEVIN, Esq.,

as Trustee of the Wellington Volunteer Drill-shed, under “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act, 1888.”

W. R. RUSSELL.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th January, 1890.

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

Auckland Naval Artillery Volunteers.

Sub-Lieutenant James Porter Gerrard. Date of resignation, 3rd January, 1890.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th January, 1890.

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

FRANCIS MORAN,

of Wellington, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the colony.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Commissioner of Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Honour Mr. Justice Williams has this day appointed GEORGE BELL the younger, of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, Barrister of the Supreme Court of Victoria, to be and act as a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand for the Colony of Victoria, for the purpose of taking oaths, affidavits, and affirmations under and within the meaning of “The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875.”

Dated this 16th day of January, 1890.

COLIN McK. GORDON,

Registrar at Dunedin of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st January, 1890.

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

W. R. RUSSELL.

Despatch from Secretary of State forwarding Act, &c., re Use of Flags in British Merchant Service.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 25th January, 1890.

THE following despatch, received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and its enclosures, are published for general information.

EDWIN MITCHELSON,

(For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.)

(Circular.) Downing Street, 3rd October, 1889.

SIR,—I have the honour to transmit to you, for information and publication in the colony under your Government, a copy of “An Act to amend the Law relating to the Use of Flags in the British Merchant Service” [52 and 53 Vict., cap. 73], passed in the last session of Parliament. I also enclose, for publication and for insertion in any volumes of the colonial regulations in use in the colony, an amended