May 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 643

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th May, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ARTHUR AUGUSTUS WINTERBURN

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths, also to be Vaccination Inspector, for the District of Charleston, vice T. Dollman, resigned. This appointment takes effect on and from the 15th instant.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th May, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOSIAH MAYNE

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Ahaura.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th May, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOSEPH BEASLEY,
J. GOUGH,
HENRY MOREY, Sen.,
HENRY MOREY, Jun., and
JOHN KNOX PEACE

to be the Licensing Committee for the District of Manai'a.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th May, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

FREDERICK WILLIAM BUTLER

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Danevirk, from the 15th instant.

Jos. A. TOLE.

County Chairmen appointed as Conservators of State Forests

General Crown Lands Office,
(State Forest and Agricultural Branch,)
Wellington, 18th May, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The CHAIRMEN of the COUNTIES OF RAGLAN AND WAI-TEMATA

as Conservators of State Forests within their respective counties, under section 12 of “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885.”

J. BALLANCE,
Commissioner of State Forests.

Crown Lands Ranger appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 19th May, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

RICHARD BOURCHIER, Esq.,

to be a Ranger of Crown Lands for the Land District of Otago.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Stewards of Village Special Settlements appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 19th May, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ALEXANDER MACKAY, Esq.,

Crown Lands Ranger in the Wellington Land District, to be Steward of Village Special Settlements for the Wellington Land District; and

JOHN EDWIN MARCH, Esq.,
Immigration Officer at Christchurch, to be Steward of Village Special Settlements for the Canterbury Land District.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Promotion in New Zealand Militia.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th May, 1886.

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

New Zealand Militia.
Major Maillard Noake to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Date of commission, 12th May, 1886.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officers promoted and appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th May, 1886.

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

Taranaki Rifle Volunteers.
Patrick Joseph O’Neil O’Carroll to be Honorary Surgeon from date of former commission, viz., 13th October, 1876.

Sydenham Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Richard Linn to be Captain.
Albert William Andrew to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 1st May, 1886.

Dargaville Rifle Volunteers.
Joseph McMullen Dargaville to be Captain. Date of commission, 13th August, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th May, 1886.

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

As an Honorary Corps.
The Gore Rifle Volunteers. Date of acceptance, 13th May, 1886.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th May, 1886.

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

1st Battalion Canterbury Rifle Volunteers.
Quartermaster William Henry Matthews. Date of resignation, 4th May, 1886.

Greytown Rifle Volunteers.
Captain Alexander Lowe Webster. Date of resignation, 3rd May, 1886.

Masterton Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Donald John Cameron. Date of resignation, 10th April, 1886.

J. BALLANCE.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 15th May, 1886.

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

ALEXANDER MCNAB, Esq.,

of Invercargill, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the colony.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Consul-General for Germany for Australia provisionally recognized.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th May, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to provisionally recognize

Dr. GUSTAVE TRAVERS

as His Imperial German Majesty’s Consul-General for Australia at Sydney, with jurisdiction in New Zealand.

P. A. BUCKLEY.