MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS. Appointment of Officers. Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland, 22nd June, 1863. | ...., Excellency the Governor has bee —i pleased to make the following appointnents in the Third Battalion of the Auckland tegiment of Militia : William Charles Lyon, to be Major, date of Commission, 24th June, 1863. Paul Frederick De Quincey, to be Captain, date of Commission, 15th June, 1863. Lieutenant George Kells, to be Captain, date of Commission, 20th June, 1863. William Clare, to be Captain, date of Commission, Ist July, 1863. Ensign Wynne Peyton Gray, to be Lieutenant, date of Commission, 22nd June, 1863. Ensign Raleigh Peacocke, to be Lieutenant, date of Commission, 23rd June, 1863. Ensign George Harris, to be Lieutenant, date of Commission, 24th June, 1863. Ensign Whiston Woodfall Powell, to be Lieutenant, date of Commission, 25th June, 1863. Alfred Domett. MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS. Resignation of Officers. i Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland, 22nd June, 1863. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignations of the" following Officers : Ensign Alex. C. P. Macdonald, and Ensign Fredeiick Sims, of the Ist Battalion, Auckland Regiment of Militia. The Commissions of the following Officers lapse in consequence of their having left the Province of Auckland, — Capt. James James, Lieut. Harry W. Barbor, Surgeon Thomas F. McGauran, Ist Battalion Auckland Regiment of Militia. Capt. William Mason, 3rd Battalion Auckland Regiment of Militia. Alfred Domett. MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS. Appointment of Officers. Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland, 22nd June, 1862. "IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments in the Auckland Rifle Volunteers:— Captain Francis Eastwood Campbell, (from the Ist Battalion Auckland Militia), to be Major. Date of Commission, 23rd June, 1863. John Mitchell, to be Captain, (in No. 2 Company). Date of Commission, 25th June, 1863. Lieut. James McCosh Clark, to be Captain, (in No. 6. Company). Date of Commission, 26th June, 1863. Fredk. Verney Mornington Ratnes, to be Captain, (in No. 1 Company). Date of Commission, 27th June, 1863. Charles Heaphy, to be Lieutenant, (in No. 6 Company). Date of Commission, 29th June, 1863. Emelitjs Leßoy, to be Ensign, (in No. 6. Company). Date of Commission, 19th June, 1863. Alfred Domett. MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS. Appointment of Captain Moss, Lieutenant Leggett, and Ensign Jackson. Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland, 22nd June, 1863. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments in the Dunedin Rifle Volunteers, viz.— Frederick Joseph Moss, to be Captain. Date of Commission, 22nd June, 1863. Francis Charles Leggett, to be Lieutenant. Date of Commission, 22nd June, 1863. William George Jackson, to be Ensign. Date of Commission, £2nd June, 1563, Alfred Domett. MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS. Resignation of Capt. Bannatyne. Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland, 22nd June, 1863. "IS Excellency the Governor has been - pleased to accept the resignation of Capt. William McLeod Bannatyne, of the Ist Battalion, Wellington Militia. Alfred Domett. MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS. Resignation of Lieut. Simmonds. ■ Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland, 22nd June, 1863. HIS Excellency the Governor has been p!eased to accept the resignation of Lieutenant HORACE SIMMONDS )f the " Taranaki" Rifle Volunteers. Alfred Domett. Justices of the Peace appointed. i Colonial Secretary's Office, Judicial Department Auckland, 23rd June, 1863. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint. John Allen, Esq., of Picton, Alexander Wighton Ingles, Esq., ot Kincaird, in the Province of Marlborough, and Colonel Charles Thynne Thomas, of Riwaka, in the Province of Nelson, to be Justices of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand. Alfred Domett.