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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 39

24. Standard IV. as defined in these regulations shall be the standard of education prescribed under “The Education Act, 1877,” section 90, subsection 4.

25. These regulations shall come into force on the 1st day of January, 1886, and shall supersede all former regulations relating to the inspection and examination of schools.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th June, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts respectively set opposite their names:—

Name. District.
THOMAS YOUNGER .. .. Picton.
WALTER JOHN CHANEY .. .. Bay of Islands.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Resident Magistrate appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th June, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Lieut.-Colonel JOHN McINTOSH ROBERTS, N.Z.C.,

to be a Resident Magistrate for the Districts of Taranaki and Patea, with extended jurisdiction to £100.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th June, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES COCHRAN

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee [for the District of Mackenzie, vice Thomas Howley.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th June, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN WALTON

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Greymouth, vice R. Boddy, resigned.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Visiting Justice appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 15th June, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS THOMPSON, Esq., M.H.R., J.P.,

to be a Visiting Justice of the Prison at Auckland.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Prison Officer appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 10th June, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JANE ROWAN

to be an Assistant Matron in the Prison Service of the colony.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Member of Auckland University College Council appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 17th June, 1885.

PURSUANT to “The Auckland University College Act, 1882,” His Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased to appoint

The Rev. ALEXANDER REID

to be a Member of the Auckland University College Council, vice the Rev. A. Reid, retired, in accordance with section 8 of the said Act.

ROBERT STOUT.

Graduates’ Member of Auckland University College Council appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 17th June, 1885.

PURSUANT to “The Auckland University College Act, 1882,” His Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased to appoint

District Judge HUGH GARDEN SETH-SMITH, M.A.,

to be a Graduates’ Member of the Auckland University College Council, vice Mr. H. G. Seth-Smith, retired, in accordance with section 8 of the said Act.

ROBERT STOUT.

Appointments in New Zealand Militia.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th June, 1885.

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

New Zealand Militia.

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher S. Bailey, late H.M. Devon Regiment, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, and to command the South Canterbury Militia and Volunteer District.

Captain Alfred St. George Hamersley, New Zealand Artillery Volunteers, to be Major.

Date of appointments, 15th June, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th June, 1885.

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

Southland Hussars.

Joseph Osborne Closs to be Honorary Surgeon. Date of commission, 1st June, 1885.

Blenheim Rifle Volunteers.

George Cleghorn to be Honorary Surgeon. Date of commission, 12th May, 1885.

Christchurch Rifle Volunteers.

Charles William Ward to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 1st June, 1885.

Sydenham Rifle Volunteers.

Henry Smart Elgar Hobday to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 1st June, 1885.

Greymouth Rifle Volunteers.

Jacob Theodore Skoglund to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 25th May, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th June, 1885.

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

Southland Hussars.

Honorary Surgeon Thomas Bain Whitton. Date of resignation, 26th April, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.

Officers appointed to Administrative Battalions of Volunteers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th June, 1885.

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

1st Otago Volunteer Administrative Battalion.

Major Nathaniel Young Armstrong Wales and Captain Charles Stevens Reeves to be Majors.

Richard Henry Leary to be Adjutant, with the rank of Captain.

Date of appointments, 9th June, 1885.