MAY 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 565

Receiver of Land Revenue appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 14th May, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

R. W. S. BALLANTYNE, Esq.,

to be a Receiver of Land Revenue to act within the Land District of Hawke’s Bay. Date of appointment, 6th May, 1890.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Assistant Medical Officer, Seacliff Lunatic Asylum, appointed.

Charitable Aid Department,
Wellington, 14th May, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ERNEST EDWARD FOOKS, Esq., M.B. Univ. N.Z.,

to be Assistant Medical Officer of the Seacliff Lunatic Asylum, from the 1st instant.

T. W. HISLOP.

Engineer-in-Chief for the Colony appointed.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1890.

HIE Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM NEWSHAM BLAIR, Esq., M.Inst.C.E.,

to be Engineer-in-Chief and Under-Secretary for Public Works for the Colony of New Zealand. Appointment to date from the 31st instant.

THOS. FERGUS,
Minister for Public Works.

Marine Engineer for the Colony appointed.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CHARLES YELVERTON O’CONNOR, Esq., M.Inst.C.E.,

to be the Marine Engineer for the Colony of New Zealand. Appointment to date from the 31st instant.

THOS. FERGUS,
Minister for Public Works.

Deputy Cattle Inspector appointed.—Notice No. 295.

Head Office, Live Stock Department,
Wellington, 12th May, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointment under “The Diseased Cattle Act, 1881:” —

JAMES E. THOMSON,

Christchurch, to be a Deputy Cattle Inspector for the Canterbury Cattle District, from the 1st March, 1890, vice T. T. W. Mackay.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Officers under “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” Otago Acclimatisation District, appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 8th May, 1890.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 9 of “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,”

JOHN AMBROSE KIRKE, of Kelso,
MILTON W. FLEMING, of Henley,
JAMES PATERSON, of Waikaka,
JAMES HOWELL, of Hamilton’s,
WILLIAM BRIGGS McMEIKAN, of Brockville,
JAMES ALEXANDER PATERSON, of White Swamp, and
ROBERT DUNSTAN SMITH, of Roslyn,

have been appointed Officers for the purposes of that Act within all that area in the Provincial District of Otago bounded on the east and south by the ocean, from Shag Point to the mouth of the Mataura River; on the north-west by Lake County; on the west and south-west by the Mataura River; and on the north, north-west, and north-east by the Counties of Westland and Waitaki.

EDWIN MITCHELSON,
(For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.)

Officers under “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” Geraldine Acclimatisation District, appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 8th May, 1890.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 9 of “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,”

GEORGE ARTHUR RENNISON,
THOMAS RUSSELL ROBERTS, and
GEORGE VELVIN

have been appointed Officers for the purposes of that Act within that part of the County of Geraldine lying between and including the Rangitata River on the north, the Opihi River on the south, the sea-coast on the east, and the Mackenzie County on the west.

EDWIN MITCHELSON,
(For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.)

Appointment to Medical Board.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th May, 1890.

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

FRANCIS WILLIAM INNES, Esq., B.M., M.S., Edin.,

to be a Member of the Napier Medical Board, as provided for by “The Military Pensions Act, 1866,” vice Alfred Chevalier Preston, Esq., M.R.C.S.E., who has left the district.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Officers transferred to Unattached Active List.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th May, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the transfer of the under-mentioned officers to the Unattached Active List, New Zealand Volunteers:—

M Battery, Artillery Volunteers.
Captain Ernest Herbert Wilmot.
Lieutenant John Mehaffey.

Arrow Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant George Stoddart.

Cromwell Rifle Volunteers.
Captain David Anderson Jolly.
Lieutenant Spencer Hardy Turton.

Ashburton Guards Rifle Volunteers.
Captain William Sparrow.
Lieutenant Robert Moncrieff Cuthbertson.
Lieutenant Edwin James Paul.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th May, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the disbandment of the under-mentioned Artillery and Rifle Volunteer Corps, on being formed into Rifle Clubs:—

M Battery, Artillery Volunteers.
Date of disbandment, 1st May, 1890.

Arrow Rifle Volunteers.
Date of disbandment, 1st May, 1890.

Cromwell Rifle Volunteers.
Date of disbandment, 1st May, 1890.

Ashburton Guards Rifle Volunteers.
Date of disbandment, 2nd May, 1890.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Cadet Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th May, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the disbandment of the under-mentioned Cadet Rifle Volunteer Corps:—

Arrow School Cadet Rifle Volunteers.
Date of disbandment, 1st May, 1890.

Cromwell School Cadet Rifle Volunteers.
Date of disbandment, 1st May, 1890.

Queenstown Main School Cadet Rifle Volunteers.
Date of disbandment, 1st May, 1890.

W. R. RUSSELL.