APRIL 25.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 419

by Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the
Colonies to provisionally recognise
ALBERT CUFF, Esq.,
as Consular Agent for the United States of America at
Christchurch.
THOS. FERGUS,
(In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

JAMES MOFFATT, Member of the Palmerston North Rifle
Volunteers.
GEORGE HARTLEY, Member of the Palmerston North Rifle
Volunteers.
REUBEN RELF, Member of the Palmerston North Rifle
Volunteers.
JOHN TANNER, Member of the Palmerston North Rifle
Volunteers.
THOS. FERGUS.

Chief Clerk appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to appoint
FRANK GEOFFREY BURTON WALDEGRAVE, Esq.,
to be Chief Clerk in the Department of Justice.
THOS. FERGUS.

Volunteer Officer transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to approve of the transfer of
Lieutenant ARTHUR WELLESLEY BAILEY
from the Timaru High School Cade Rifle Volunteers to the
Timaru Rifle Volunteers.
THOS. FERGUS.

Commissioners of Crown Lands appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to appoint
THOMAS HUMPHRIES, Esq.,
to be Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Auckland Land
District, as from the 1st April, 1889; and
SIDNEY WEETMAN, Esq.,
to be Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Taranaki Land
District, as from the 1st April, 1889.
G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to accept the resignation of the
under-mentioned officers:-
Otago Hussars.
Lieutenant James Gow. Date of resignation, 5th March,
1889.
E Battery, Artillery Volunteers.
Honorary Veterinary Surgeon Charles Augustus Calvert.
Date of resignation, 19th March, 1889.
O Battery, Artillery Volunteers.
Lieutenant George Charles Gilmore. Date of resignation,
19th March, 1889.
Wellington Naval Artillery Volunteers.
Honorary Chaplain the Ven. Archdeacon Arthur Stock.
Date of resignation, 9th April, 1889.
Onehunga Naval Artillery Volunteers.
Lieutenant Richard Webb. Date of resignation, 6th April,
1889.
Invercargill Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant James Aiken Hamilton. Date of resignation,
23rd February, 1889.
Heathcote Rifle Volunteers.
Captain Charles Augustus Calvert. Date of resignation,
19th March, 1889.
Stoke Rifle Volunteers.
Captain Stead Ellis. Date of resignation, 25th March, 1889.
THOS. FERGUS.

Member of Land Board appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to appoint
Lieut.-Colonel JASPER LUCAS HERRICK
to be a Member of the Land Board for the Land District of
Hawke's Bay. Date of appointment, 22nd April, 1889.
G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to approve of the disbandment of
the under-mentioned corps: -
Patea Rifle Volunteers.
Dunedin City Rifle Volunteers.
Te Aro (Wellington) Rifle Volunteers.
Thorndon (Wellington) Rifle Volunteers.
Date of disbandment, 1st April, 1889.
The under-mentioned gentlemen therefore cease to be
officers in the New Zealand Volunteer Force, their commis-
sions having lapsed under the provisions of "The Defence
Act, 1886:"
Captain Thomas Edward Hamerton, Patea Rifles.
Captain John Wilkinson, Dunedin City Rifles.
Lieutenant Frederick Calvert, Dunedin City Rifles.
Honorary Chaplain Reverend William Ronaldson, Dunedin
City Rifles.
Lieutenant Alfred Thomas Bullock, Te Aro Rifles.
Lieutenant Alexander Gray, Te Aro Rifles.
Captain Herbert James Williams, Thorndon Rifles.
Lieutenant Louis Ferdinand Tegner, Thorndon Rifles.
THOS. FERGUS.

Members of Land Board reappointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to reappoint
JOHN BEVAN, Esq., and
LEONARD NORTHCROFT, Esq.,
to be Members of the Land Board for the Land District of
Westland, as from the 2nd May, 1889.
G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 18th April, 1889.
NOTICE is hereby given that EDWARD WATERS, Patent
Agent, of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, has
applied, on behalf of N. HINGLEY AND SONS, of Netherton,
Dudley, England, Manufacturers, to register, under "The

Volunteer Officer appointed to the Active List.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th April, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned
appointment:-
Auckland Naval Artillery Volunteers.
Captain James Porter Gerrard from the Active Unattached
List to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of commission, 11th
January, 1889.
H. A. ATKINSON,
(For the Minister of Defence.)

Trustees of Drill-shed appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th April, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned
gentlemen to be Trustees of the Palmerston North Drill-shed,
under "The Volunteer Drill-shed and Lands Act, 1888;"-
CHARLES STAPP, Lieut.-Colonel, New Zealand Militia,
Commanding Volunteer District.
JAMES CARROLL, Captain, Palmerston North Rifle Volun-
teers.
PATRICK BEATON LIGERTWOOD, Lieutenant, Palmerston
North Rifle Volunteers.