JULY 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 793

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

CHARLES DUNCAN YENCKEN, of 115, William Street, Melbourne, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria, has been appointed this day, by His Honour the Chief Justice, a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in Victoria, under section 2 of “The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875,” for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated this 7th day of July, 1891.

D. G. A. COOPER,
Registrar, Supreme Court.

New Zealand Militia Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1891.

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

Captain COLIN MCKENZIE TAYLOR,

New Zealand Militia (on his retirement from the Permanent Artillery), to the rank of Major. Date of commission, 1st April, 1891.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1891.

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

Wellington Naval Artillery Volunteers.

Ernest Dillon Bell to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of commission, 15th April, 1891.

R. J. SEDDON.

Designation of Rank of Officers changed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the designation of the rank of the following officers being changed as under:—

Wellington Naval Artillery Volunteers.

Captain John Duncan to be Lieutenant Commanding. Date of commission, 26th January, 1886.

Lieutenant George Frederick Colin Campbell to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of commission, 19th October, 1887.

R. J. SEDDON.

Services of Mounted Rifle Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the services of the under-mentioned Mounted Rifle Volunteer Corps, under the designation of the Manawatu Mounted Rifle Volunteers. Date of formation, 28th May, 1891.

R. J. SEDDON.

Hussar Volunteers formed into Mounted Rifles.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the Marlborough Hussar Volunteers being formed into a Mounted Rifle Corps, under the designation of the Marlborough Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

R. J. SEDDON.

Despatch.—Readmission to British Nationality.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 30th June, 1891.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

(Circular.) Downing Street, 2nd April, 1891.

MY LORD,—My attention has recently been called to the fact that in some colonies no provision appears to exist for the registration of the oath of allegiance in a case of readmission to British naturalisation.

In all certificates issued in such cases in the United Kingdom the oath forms part of the document, a blank form of it being annexed to the certificate, which, when the oath has been taken and subscribed, is registered at the Home Office.

I enclose, for information, the form of certificate and oath used in this country, with a copy of the instructions to applicants in the United Kingdom for such certificates.

I would suggest that a similar practice should be followed in the colony under your Government.

I have, &c.,

KNUTSFORD.

The Officer Administering the Government
of New Zealand.

(D.)

NATURALISATION ACTS, 1870.—OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.

I, , do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, her heirs and successors, according to law. So help me God.

(Signed.)

Sworn and subscribed this day of , before me.

(Signed.)

Justice of the Peace [or other official title].

(D.)

NATURALISATION ACTS, 1870.—INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR CERTIFICATES OF READMISSION TO BRITISH NATIONALITY.

[These instructions apply only to certificates granted in the United Kingdom.]

1. ANY person desirous to obtain a certificate of readmission to British nationality must present to one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State a memorial praying for the grant of such certificate.

2. The memorial must state—

(1.) The name, address, age, profession, trade, or other occupation of the applicant, his place of birth, and the name and nationality of his parents :

(2.) Whether the applicant is married and has any children under age residing with him, and, if so, to state their names and ages:

(3.) That the applicant was a natural-born British subject by reason of having been born in British territory, or by reason of his or her father or grandfather, by the father’s side, having been a British subject :

(4.) That the applicant became the subject or citizen of a foreign State. The name of the foreign State must be specified, and the mode in which the applicant became an alien. If the applicant became an alien by naturalisation, the date of such naturalisation must be mentioned ; or, if the applicant be a widow who became an alien by marriage with her late husband, the date and place of such marriage, the name of her husband, and the foreign State of which he was a subject must be mentioned :

(5.) That, during the period of eight years immediately preceding the application, the applicant has for five years resided within the United Kingdom, namely :—

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[Or] That, during the period of eight years immediately preceding the application, the applicant has been in the service of the Crown (the post in which he has served being specified), namely :—

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(6.) That he intends to reside in the United Kingdom or to serve under the Crown.

3. The applicant must verify the statements in his memorial by a general declaration made before a Magistrate or other person authorised to receive such declaration in pursuance of the Act passed in the fifth and sixth years of His late Majesty King William IV., chapter 62.

4. The statements in the memorial with respect to the several periods of residence in the United Kingdom making up the full statutory term must be verified specifically, as to both place and time, by a like declaration of some person, who, being a natural-born British subject, and not the agent or solicitor of the memorialist, is able to testify to the fact of such residence from personal knowledge, and not from information only. Should there be no one such person who has personal knowledge of the memorialist having resided the full statutory term, and should, in consequence, the declaration of two or more persons become necessary for the purpose, the declaration may be made either by each separately, or by the declarants jointly, each with respect to

• The exact address and, if in town, the name of street and number of house to be given.