Surgeon at Milford Sound Prison appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 26th September, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
Guy David Porter, Esq., M.R.C.S. Eng.,
to be Surgeon of Her Majesty's Prison at Milford Sound, for
a period of six calendar months, as from the 1st October
proximo.

W. P. REEVES.

Appointment in the Department of Lands and Survey.

Lands and Survey Department,
Wellington, 21st September, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
Thomas Brook
as a Survey Cadet in the Department of Lands and Survey.
The appointment to date as from the 1st January, 1891.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Appointment in the Department of Lands and Survey.

Lands and Survey Department,
Wellington, 23rd September, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
James Robertson Strachan
as a Cadet Draftsman in the Department of Lands and
Survey, as from the 1st January, 1891.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Auckland Land Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 24th September, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
Robert Thompson, Esq.,
to be a Member of the Land Board of the Land District of
Auckland.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Otago Land Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 25th September, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
Andrew McKerrow, Esq.,
to be a Member of the Land Board of the Land District of
Otago.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

"Deeds and Instruments Registration Act, 1886."—Notice
of Appointment.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 29th September, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make
the under-mentioned appointment under "The Deeds
and Instruments Registration Act, 1886," such appointment
to take effect from the 1st November, 1891:

Land and Deeds Registration District of Auckland.
Charles Storey, Postmaster, Whangarei, to be District
Agent at Whangarei.

The post-office at Whangarei is hereby appointed as the
office of the above-named Agent, and as the place for the
reception of deeds and instruments under the said Act,

J. BALLANCE.

Public Trustee appointed.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 25th September, 1891.

IT is hereby notified for public information that His
Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased
to appoint
James Kemmis Warburton, Esq.,
to be Public Trustee under the Public Trust Office Acts, vice
R. C. Hamerton, Esq., resigned,

J. BALLANCE.

Officers appointed under "The Fisheries Conservation Act,
1884," for the Otago Acclimatisation District.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 30th September, 1891.

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

James C. Whitelaw, of Owake,
Duncan Dundass, of Tois Tois,
Alexander Christie, of Waikaka,
William Stirling, of South Wyndham,
Edwin Ellis, of Tuapeka,
James Campbell Scott, of Palmerston South,
Thomas Muir, of Palmerston South, and
William McCormick, of Tapanui,

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.

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

Officers appointed under "The Fisheries Conservation Act,
1884," Southland Acclimatisation District.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 30th September, 1891.

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 Spratt, of Mataura Island, Farmer,
Edwin Pollard, of Clifton, Storekeeper,
John Coupland, of Waikiwi, Farmer, and
Thomas Paterson, of Lord River, Hokonui, Farmer,

have been appointed Officers for the purposes of that Act
within that portion of the Provincial District of Otago
formerly known as the Province of Southland.

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

Officer transferred to Unattached Active List, New Zealand
Volunteers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th September, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the transfer of
Captain Daniel Cameron,

Greytown Rifle Volunteers, to the Unattached Active List,
New Zealand Volunteers, on the disbandment and formation
of that corps into a rifle-club.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th September, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the disbandment of the Greytown Rifle
Volunteers, on being formed into a rifle-club. Date of dis-
bandment, 7th September, 1891.

The under-mentioned gentlemen therefore cease to be
officers in the New Zealand Volunteer Force, their commis-
sions having lapsed under "The Defence Act, 1886:"

Charles Higgins, Esq., late Lieutenant, Greytown Rifle
Volunteers.

William Bey, Esq., late Honorary Surgeon, Greytown
Rifle Volunteers, and Surgeon on the General Medical
List, New Zealand Volunteers.

Rev. William Thomas Western, late Honorary Chaplain,
Greytown Rifle Volunteers.

R. J. SEDDON.

Public Trustee resigned.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 25th September, 1891.

IT is hereby notified for public information that His
Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignation of

Robert Chisenhall Hamerton, Esq.,
of his appointment as Public Trustee.

J. BALLANCE.