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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 2]

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 31st March, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE MACDONALD

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Moeraki, vice James Martin, resigned.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Commissioner of Crown Lands, Taranaki, appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 31st March, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS HUMPHRIES

to be Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Land District of Taranaki, vice Charles Douglas Whitcombe, as from the 1st day of April, 1885.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Gaolers appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 31st March, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments:—

PATRICK SAMUEL GARVEY

to be Gaoler of the Terrace Prison, Wellington, vice Micaiah Read, retired; and

EDWARD RICKERBY

to be Gaoler of the Prison, New Plymouth, vice W. H. Bosworth, retired.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Member of Medical Board appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st April, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN WHITE KEYWORTH, Esq., M.D.,

to be a Member of the Medical Board, constituted 12th November, 1866, under “The Military Pensions Act, 1866.”

Jos. A. TOLE,
(for the Defence Minister.)

Interpreters appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 30th March, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to license

The Rev. FREDERICK HAMILTON SPENCER,
CHARLES RICHARDSON BAYLEY, and
KEREAMA RANGATIRA TAWHAI

to act as Interpreters under “The Native Land Court Act, 1880.”

J. BALLANCE.

School Commissioner appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 30th March, 1885.

PURSUANT to “The Education Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1882,” His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS HUMPHRIES, Esq.,

to be a School Commissioner for the Provincial District of Taranaki, vice C. D. Whitcombe, Esq., resigned.

ROBERT STOUT.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st April, 1885.

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

Southland Hussars.
William Grant Forbes to be Lieutenant.
Terer o 3 Patrick Finn to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 25th February, 1885.

Devonport Naval Artillery Volunteers.
William Henry Fenton to be Captain.
Charles Craven Dacre to be Lieutenant.
James Porter Gerrard to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 19th February, 1885.

F Battery of Artillery.
Arthur McCartney to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 25th February, 1885.

Christ’s College Rifle Volunteers.
Robert George Davis Tosswill to be Captain. Date of commission, 17th February, 1885.
Reverend Walter Harper to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 9th March, 1885.

Manchester Rifle Volunteers.
Owen Pleasant to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd March, 1885.

Palmerston North Rifle Volunteers.
Alexander Richard Fletcher Johnston to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd March, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st April, 1885.

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

Petone Naval Artillery Volunteers.
Lieutenant Fenwick Williams Pasley Jackson. Date of resignation, 31st December, 1884.

Blenheim Rifle Volunteers.
Captain John Tucker Robinson. Date of resignation, 24th February, 1884.

Masterton Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Charles Francis Wilton. Date of resignation, 20th January, 1885.

Coromandel Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant John Hunter Harrison. Date of resignation, 9th August, 1884.

J. BALLANCE.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st April, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the services of the under-mentioned Volunteer Corps:—

Canterbury Scottish Rifle Volunteers.
Date of acceptance, 16th February, 1885.

No. 1 Company (Dunedin) Highland Brigade Rifle Volunteers.
Date of acceptance, 11th March, 1885.

Ormond Rifle Volunteers.
Date of acceptance, 17th February, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.

Member of the Legislative Council resigned.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 27th March, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that

CHARLES JOHNSON PHARAZYN, Esq.,
having tendered his resignation of his seat in the Legislative Council, His Excellency has, in the name of Her Majesty, accepted the same.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Member of Kawakawa Domain Board resigned.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 27th March, 1885.

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

THOMAS PEARSON MOODY

as a Member of the Kawakawa Domain Board.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.