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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 57

SCHEDULE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Public Vaccinator, Stratford District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 29th August, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

DAVID BROWN LOGIE, Esq., M.B. and M.S. Edin.,

to be a Public Vaccinator, under “The Public Health Act, 1876,” for the District of Stratford.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Deputy-Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 30th August, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN FRANCIS GARVEY

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Assistant Gaol Warders appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 26th August, 1887.

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.

JAMES ALBERT ALLMAN, from the 8th March, 1887.

PATRICK MOLLOY, from the 1st June, 1887.

JOHN KIRBY, from the 8th June, 1887.

ROGER MULROONEY, from the 13th June, 1887.

CHARLES HAWKSWORTH BROWN, from the 26th July, 1887.

PATRICK PHELAN, from the 26th July, 1887.

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

Receivers of Gold Revenue appointed.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 27th August, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments as Receivers of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrars :—

JOHN FRANCIS GARVEY, for Riverton, Otago Mining District, from the 27th August, 1887.

Constable THOMAS LIONEL KING, for Pembroke, Otago Mining District, from the 1st January, 1887.

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

Medical Officer to the General List appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned appointment to the General List of Medical Officers :—

ROBERT CHARLES EARLE to be a Brigade Surgeon.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officers promoted and appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1887.

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

2nd Battalion Otago Rifle Volunteers.

Captain Stephen Parmenter, from Clutha Rifle Volunteers, to be Major.

Captain William Smaill, from the Kaitangata Rifle Volunteers, to be Major.

Date of commissions, 12th July, 1887.

Ashburton Rifle Volunteers.

Edmund John Fooks to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 17th May, 1887.

Geraldine Rifle Volunteers.

Kenneth McKenzie to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 1st March, 1887.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1887.

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

South Dunedin Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Frederick George Odell. Date of resignation, 9th August, 1887.

J. BALLANCE.

Uniform of Staff Officers of Militia and Volunteers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1887.

WITH reference to the notice in the New Zealand Gazette No. 45, of the 14th July, 1887, page 935, the full-dress uniform of staff officers of Militia and Volunteer districts will remain, as hitherto, a scarlet one, according to the Dress Regulations for Her Majesty’s Militia Service. The undress will also be as laid down in Dress Regulations—a blue patrol-jacket or frock-coat.

J. BALLANCE.

Notice re Examination of Colonial Candidates for Commissions in the Imperial Army.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1887.

THE following despatch, received from Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

J. BALLANCE.

(New Zealand, No. 35.)

Downing Street, 5th July, 1887.

SIR,—With reference to the telegraphic correspondence which has passed on the subject, I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of your Government, that a letter has been received in this department from the War Office stating that the month of July in each year has been fixed for the qualifying literary examination of colonial candidates for commissions in the Imperial army.

All the colonies concerned except New Zealand had expressed a preference for that month.

I have, &c.,

H. T. HOLLAND.

Governor Sir W. F. Jervois, G.C.M.G., C.B., &c.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 30th August, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons :—