Dec. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1491

to be Deputy Commissioner of Stamps at Gisborne, vice Jonah Shrimpton, Esq., resigned; such appointment to take effect on and from the 19th instant.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Chief Conservator of Forests appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
(State Forests and Agricultural Branch,)
Wellington, 19th December, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS KIRK, Esq.,

to be Chief Conservator of Forests under “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885.” The appointment to date from the 12th instant.

J. BALLANCE,
Commissioner of State Forests.

Clerk transferred.

General Crown Lands Office,
(State Forests and Agricultural Branch,)
Wellington, 19th December, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to transfer, as from the 9th instant,

THOMAS STOCK MONTROSE COWIE, Esq.,

from the Treasury to the State Forests and Agricultural Branch of the General Crown Lands Department.

J. BALLANCE,
Commissioner of State Forests.

Member of Land Board reappointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to re-appoint

JOHN DUNCAN, Esq.,

to be a Member of the Land Board for the Land District of Otago, as from the 24th December, 1885.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Land Board appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES BABER, Esq.,

to be a Member of the Land Board for the Land District of Auckland. Date of appointment, 16th December, 1885.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Officer appointed to Board of Examination.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointment of the under-mentioned officer to be a Member of the Board for Examination of Militia and Volunteer Officers, Wanganui District:—

Major Maillard Noake, New Zealand Militia.

J. BALLANCE.

Promotion in New Zealand Militia.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1885.

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

New Zealand Militia.

Captain William Bazire Messenger to be Major. Date of commission, 10th December, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1885.

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

South District (Dunedin) Rifle Volunteers.

William Johnstone Will to be Honorary Surgeon. Date of commission, 14th December, 1885.

Thames Rifle Rangers Volunteers.

Patrick Callam to be Honorary Surgeon. Date of commission, 26th November, 1885.

Otepopo Rifle Volunteers.

David Cossgrove to be Captain.

John William Paterson to be Lieutenant.

Date of commissions, 4th December, 1885.

Stoke Rifle Volunteers.

Charles Stewart Paton to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 26th November, 1885.

Waimate Rifle Volunteers.

Richard Capstick to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 4th December, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.

Officers, Auckland Volunteer Battalions, appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1885.

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

No. 2 Battalion Auckland Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant William Featherston Clifton, Hobson Rifle Volunteers, to be Captain and Adjutant.

No. 3 Battalion Auckland Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Benjamin Digby Tonks, Auckland College Rifle Volunteers, to be Captain and Adjutant.

Date of commissions, 15th December, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1885.

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

Patea Rifle Volunteers.

Captain Samuel Taplin. Date of resignation, 4th December, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.

Justices of the Peace resigned.

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

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

CHRISTOPHER BROWN, Esq., of Fielding, and CHARLES HENRY STREET, Esq., of Auckland,

of their appointments as Justices of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(in the absence of the Minister of Justice.)

Member of Licensing Committee resigned.

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

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

JOSEPH LOWTHIAN WILSON, Esq.,

of his office of Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Eyreton.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(in the absence of the Minister of Justice.)

Trustees of the Auckland Savings Bank appointed and resigned.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 19th December, 1885.

IT is hereby notified for public information that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of Mr. Thomas Henry Hall as a Trustee of the Auckland Savings Bank, and to appoint

JAMES DILWORTH, Esq.,
HENRY BRETT, Esq., and
DAVID BOOSIE CRUICKSHANK, Esq.,

to be Trustees of the same bank, in the room of Messrs. Thomas Macfarlane and Robert Humphrey Stevenson, deceased, and the aforesaid Thomas Henry Hall.

JULIUS VOGEL.