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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 37

SCHEDULE.

Names of Trustees.

Name of Public Cemetery, and Description of Land.

YALDHURST.

All that parcel of land in the Rolleston Survey District, Provincial District of Canterbury, containing 5 acres, more or less. Bounded westward by Section No. 3084; southward by Bealey's Road, 1200 links; eastward by a line at right angles thereto, 500 links; and northward by a line parallel to the southern boundary.

Also all that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 5 acres, more or less, being Section No. 2538 (in red), formerly part of Reserve No. 321, situate in Block IX., Christchurch Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by a road-line, 7425 links; towards the south-east by the remaining portion of Reserve No. 321, 726.7 links; towards the south-west by a road-line, 1288.5 links; and towards the north-west by Section No. 3084, 1508 links.

Be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same are delineated on the plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Christchurch.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-eighth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

G. F. RICHARDSON,

Minister of Lands.

Members of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 2nd July, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

COLIN FISHER CAMPBELL ALGIE

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Ahaura, vice J. Marshall, resigned; and

GEORGE ADAMS CLARK

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Waima, vice J. D. Triphook, resigned.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Native Land Court Judge appointed.

Native Office,

Wellington, 1st July, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WALTER EDWARD GUDGEON, Esq.,

to be a Judge of the Native Land Court. Appointment to take effect from the 1st instant.

EDWIN MITCHELSON.

Trust Commissioner appointed.

Native Office,

Wellington, 2nd July, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WALTER EDWARD GUDGEON, Esq.,

to be a Trust Commissioner under "The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act, 1881," and the amendments thereof.

EDWIN MITCHELSON.

Commissioner of Police appointed.

Police Department,

Wellington, 1st July, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Lieutenant-Colonel ARTHUR HUME,

New Zealand Militia, to be Commissioner of Police, vice Major Walter Edward Gudgeon, transferred.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Officer under Section 36 of "The Electric Lines Act, 1884," appointed.

General Post Office,

Wellington, 26th June, 1890.

IN pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by "The Electric Lines Act, 1884" (hereinafter termed "the said Act"), and by the regulations made thereunder on the 30th June, 1885, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 41, 1885, the following officer is hereby appointed a Transmitting and Receiving Officer for the purpose of dealing with all notices by telegraph sent under the said Act or regulations, and of signing such certificates in relation to the service of any such notices as are required or authorised to be signed or given under the said Act or the regulations aforesaid:

ROBERT KIRTON, Chief Postmaster, Chief Post Office, Nelson.

EDWIN MITCHELSON.

Electric Telegraph Commissioner.

Official Visitor resigned.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),

Wellington, 1st July, 1890.

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

Mr. ARTHUR BAKEWELL WHITE PARSONS

as Official Visitor of H.M. Prison at Lyttelton.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,

Wellington, 2nd July, 1890.

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

Wairoa Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant John Creighton. Date of resignation, 9th May, 1890.

Dunedin Engineer Volunteers.

Lieutenant Charles Magnus Mouat. Date of resignation, 12th May, 1890.

Heretaunga Light Horse Cavalry Volunteers.

Captain George Herbert Scales. Date of resignation, 6th June, 1890.

Nelson College Cadet Volunteers.

Lieutenant Sisley Richard Davidson. Date of resignation, 15th June, 1890.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Commissions in the British Army.-Amended Regulations.

Defence Office,

Wellington, 2nd July, 1890.

THE following amended regulations, under which commissions in the British army may be obtained by officers of colonial local military forces, are published for general information.

W. R. RUSSELL.

REGULATIONS UNDER WHICH COMMISSIONS IN THE BRITISH ARMY MAY BE OBTAINED BY OFFICERS OF COLONIAL LOCAL MILITARY FORCES.

1. COMMISSIONS in the cavalry or infantry of the line will be granted to officers (who are bona fide colonists) of the local military forces of certain colonies, to be specified from time to time, under the conditions hereinafter prescribed as to age, physical and moral fitness, length of service in the colonial forces, literary and military qualifications, and general eligibility for the position of an officer in Her Majesty's regular forces.

2. A candidate will be required to have served at least fifteen months as an officer in the local military force of the colony from which he is nominated, and must have attended two annual trainings, or have seen active service in the field. A certificate to this effect from his commanding officer must be attached to the candidate's papers

3. The candidate must be within the ages of nineteen and twenty-two on the 1st January of the year in which he is allowed to present himself for the examination hereafter specified. A certificate of birth, or a declaration of his exact age, made by the candidate's parents or guardian before a Magistrate, must be attached to his papers when forwarded to the War Office.

4. He will be required to undergo an inspection by a Medical Board, to be convened by the Governor of the colony or other proper authority, and will not be allowed to