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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 9

Member of Land Board appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 9th February, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES KERR, Esq.,

to be a Member of the Land Board for the Land District of Westland, from the 9th February, 1886.

Jos. A. TOLE,
(For the Minister of Lands.)

Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrar appointed.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 8th February, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Sergeant FLORENCE O’DONOVAN

to be a Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrar, under “The Mines Act, 1877,” at Havelock, in the Marlborough Gold-mining District, as from the 15th February, 1886.

Jos. A. TOLE,
(For the Minister of Mines.)

Prison Officers appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 15th February, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments in the Prison Service of the colony from the dates stated :—

Assistant Warders.

ALFRED CONDLIFFE, 29th August, 1885.
JOHN MAHONEY, 4th December, 1885.
PATRICK O’CONNELL, 4th December, 1885.
JAMES BAXTER, 13th January, 1886.

Assistant Matrons.

GEORGINA STENSON, 4th December, 1885.
MIRIAM ISABEL McINTOSH, 20th January, 1886.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(For the Minister of Justice.)

Police Gaoler appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 15th February, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Sergeant PERCY FREDERICK CARLYON

to be Gaoler of the Police Gaol at Woodville, vice Constable Motley, transferred.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(For the Minister of Justice.)

Inspector of Machinery and Engineer Surveyor appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 16th February, 1886.

IT is hereby notified that

LUDOVIC BLACKWOOD

has been appointed, under “The Inspection of Machinery Act, 1882,” to be an Inspector of Machinery for the Otago District; and has also been appointed an Inspector and Surveyor and Engineer Surveyor under “The Shipping and Seamen’s Act, 1877.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Commissioner of Dunedin Drill-shed resigned and appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th February, 1886.

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

William Lambert, late Captain, B Battery of Artillery, as Commissioner of the Dunedin Drill-shed,

and to appoint, in his place,

Captain Donald Stronach, of the Dunedin Cavalry Volunteers.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(In absence of Defence Minister.)

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th February, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the under-mentioned appointments and promotion ;—

Dunedin City Guards.

Robert Crawford to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 11th January, 1886.

Wanganui City Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant James Purnell to be Captain. Date of commission, 26th January, 1886.

Hawera Rifle Volunteers.

Maurice Alfred Chilton to be Honorary Surgeon. Date of commission, 2nd February, 1886.

Caversham Rifle Volunteers.

David Munro to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 11th January, 1886.

Waitahuna Rifle Volunteers.

Robert York to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 11th January, 1886.

Kaitangata Rifle Volunteers.

William Smaill to be Captain. Date of commission, 11th January, 1886.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(In absence of Defence Minister.)

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th February, 1886.

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

Ashburton Guards.

Captain Charles William Purnell. Date of resignation, 1st February, 1886.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(In absence of Defence Minister.)

Justices of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th February, 1886.

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

THOMAS KEBBELL, Esq.,

of Wellington, and

WILLIAM OLDHAM, Esq.,

of Nelson, of their appointments as Justices of the Peace for the colony.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(For the Minister of Justice.)

Member of Westport Harbour Board resigned.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 11th February, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pursuance of the provisions of section 40 of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” to appoint

THOMAS JAMES WATERS

to be a Member of the Westport Harbour Board, in the place of William Hay Dickson, resigned.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.)

Interpreter licensed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 10th February, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to license

JOHN TURNER,

of Rotorua, to act as an Interpreter under “The Native Land Court Act, 1880.”

J. BALLANCE.

Time and Place for First Meeting of Contributors to Grey River Hospital.

Premier’s Office,
Wellington, 11th February, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in terms of section 49 of “The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885,” been pleased to appoint Thursday, the 18th day of February instant, at 8 o’clock p.m., to be the time, and the Public Hall, Greymouth, to be the place, for the first meeting of the contributors to the Grey River Hospital.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(In the absence of the Premier.)