Sept. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1053

Deputy Registrars of Marriages appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set opposite their names respectively, viz.:—

Name. District.
JOHN LEDYARD EVANS .. .. .. Wyndham.
EDWARD RICHARD GOOD .. .. .. Rangiora.
P. A. BUCKLEY.

Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th September, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN BANNISTER,
WILLIAM BLINKHORNE,
GEORGE SAMUEL WEMYSS DALRYMPLE,
WILLIAM EVERETT, and
JAMES WRIGLEY

to be the Licensing Committee for the Licensing District of Masterton.

W. P. REEVES.

Members of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st September, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

EDWARD GILL

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the Licensing District of Wanganui, vice W. H. Alborough, resigned; and

WILLIAM HOUNSELL

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the Licensing District of Omaka, vice J. A. Andrews, a bankrupt.

W. P. REEVES.

Person appointed to grant Deck-cargo Certificates, Wanganui.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 14th September, 1891.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by "The Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877," and subsection 3 of section 2 of "The Shipping and Seamen's Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1885,"

CHARLES BATT,

of Wanganui, Wharfinger, has been appointed to be a person to give special permission to the effect that horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, cargo, provisions, water, or stores may be carried on the upper deck of any steamship.

JOHN McKENZIE,
For the Minister having charge of the
Marine Department.

Recorder under "The Native Land Court Act, 1886," appointed,

Native Office,
Wellington, 23rd September, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CHARLES CARGILL KETTLE, R.M.,

to be a Recorder of the Native Land Court for the North Island Recorder's District.

A. J. CADMAN.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

ALFRED GEORGE ORMANT, of Zeekan, Tasmania, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Colony of Tasmania, has been appointed this day, by His Honour the Chief Justice, a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in Tasmania, under the second section of "The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875," for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 19th day of September, 1891.

D. G. A. COOPER,
Registrar, Supreme Court.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

AUGUSTINE MATTHEW BETTS, of Goulburn, New South Wales, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Colony of New South Wales, has been appointed this day, by His Honour the Chief Justice, a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in New South Wales, under the second section of "The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875," for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 19th day of September, 1891.

D. G. A. COOPER,
Registrar, Supreme Court.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd September, 1891.

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

Wanganui Naval Artillery Volunteers.
George Richard Saunders, Esq., M.B., &c., to be Honorary Surgeon and Surgeon on the General Medical List, New Zealand Volunteers. Date of appointment, 16th September, 1891.

Kumara Rifle Volunteers.
John Myles, Esq., M.B., &c., to be Honorary Surgeon and Surgeon on the General Medical List, New Zealand Volunteers. Date of appointment, 10th August, 1891.

R. J. SEDDON.

Cadet Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd September, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the services of the under-mentioned cadet corps:—

George Street School Rifle Cadet Volunteers. Date of acceptance, 2nd September, 1891.
Woodlands School Rifle Cadet Volunteers. Date of acceptance, 21st September, 1891.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd September, 1891.

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

Te Awarua Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Thomas Gresham. Date of resignation, 11th August, 1891.

Kumara Rifle Volunteers.
Honorary Surgeon James McBrearty. Date of resignation, 21st July, 1891.

R. J. SEDDON.

Authority to frank.

General Post Office.
Wellington, 18th September, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorise

VOLUNTEER OFFICERS

to frank unsealed notices to Volunteers of date when drills are to be held.

J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General.

Notice to Mariners, No. 34 of 1891.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 21st September, 1891.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Portmaster, Brisbane, Queensland, is published for general information.

JOHN McKENZIE,
For the Minister having charge of the
Marine Department.

WIDE BAY BAR.—ALTERATION IN NORTH CHANNEL.
Notice is hereby given that in crossing Wide Bay Bar by the North Channel the square beacons must now be kept open to the northward once their own width.

T. M. ALMOND,
Department of Ports and Harbours, Portmaster.
Brisbane, 25th August, 1891.