(From the New Zealand Gazette No. 23, July 11, 1865.)

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th June, 1865.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the undermentioned resignations, viz:-

CAPTAIN B. FULLARTON,
Waikouaiti Rifle Volunteers.

SUB-LIEUTENANT W. H. MUMFORD,
Volunteer Naval Brigade.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Native Secretary’s Department,
Wellington, 30th June, 1865.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM ROLLESTON, Esq.,
to be Under Secretary in the Native Department. This appointment to date from the 17th instant.

WALTER MANTELL.

MARINE BOARD.

Notice to Mariners.—Dog Island Lighthouse.

REFERRING to a Notice issued by the Board of Trade, dated 1st March, 1865, stating that the Light on Dog Island, Foveaux Strait, would be exhibited during the month of April, 1865, it has been found that through unavoidable delays the above light will not be in readiness for permanent exhibition before the end of July.

CHAS. SHARP,
President Marine Board.

Marine Board Office,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1865.

(From the New Zealand Gazette, No. 24 July 12, 1865.)

Members summoned to Legislative Council.

Government Buildings,
Wellington, 10th July, 1865.

HIS Excellency the Governor has in Her Majesty’s name, summoned

JOHN BARTON ARUNDEL ACKLAND,
of Christchurch, in the Province of Canterbury, Esquire;

HENRY JOSEPH COOTE,
of Wellington, in the Province of Wellington, Esquire;

HENRY JOHN MILLER,
Dunedin, in the Province of Otago, Esquire;

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
of Dunedin, in the Province of Otago, Esquire;

JAMES CROWE RICHMOND,
of Nelson, in the Province of Nelson, Esquire;

JAMES ROLLAND,
of Clutha, in the Province of Otago, Esquire;

ARTHUR PENROSE SEYMOUR,
of Picton, in the Province of Marlborough, Esquire;

ALFRED ROWLAND CHETHAM STRODE,
of Dunedin, in the Province of Otago, Esquire;

JOHN PARKIN TAYLOR,
of Invercargill, in the Province of Southland, Esquire;

to the Legislative Council of New Zealand by writ of Summons under the Seal of the Colony.

FRED. A. WELD.

James Mackay, jun., Esq., to be a Civil Commissioner.

Native Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1865.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES MACKAY the younger, Esq.,
to be a Civil Commissioner for the Colony of New Zealand. This appointment to take effect from the 18th of May, 1865.

WALTER MANTELL.

Ordinances left to their operation (Otago).

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1865.

THE following Ordinances, passed by the Provincial Council of Otago, intituled—

“Superintendent’s Indemnity Ordinance, 1865,”
“Impounding Ordinance, 1862, Amendment Ordinance, 1865,”

having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency has been pleased to leave the same to their operation.

J. C. RICHMOND.

Ordinances assented to (Otago).

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1865.

THE following Ordinances, passed by the Provincial Council of Otago, intituled—

“Otago Harbor Trust Lands Ordinance, 1865,”
“Otago Roads Ordinance, 1865,”
“Otago Harbor Loan Ordinance 1862 Amendment Ordinance, 1865,”
“Otago Public Buildings Loan Ordinance 1862 Amendment Ordinance, 1865,”

which Ordinances were reserved for the signification of the Governor’s pleasure thereon, having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency has been pleased to assent to the same.

J. C. RICHMOND.

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