Nov. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1303

Crown Prosecutor appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th November, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CHARLES EDWARD HARDEN

to be Crown Prosecutor at Westport of the District Court District of Nelson, from the 10th instant.

W. P. REEVES.

Deputy Sheriff appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th November, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

RODOLPH BLOFIELD MATHIAS

to be Deputy Sheriff for the District of Canterbury.

W. P. REEVES.

Members of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th November, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS JOHN BAIGENT

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Takaka, vice Alexander Robertson, deceased; and

WILLIAM GEORGE THOMPSON

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Paraekaretu, vice W. A. Lloyd, resigned.

W. P. REEVES.

Clerk of District Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th November, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ERNEST CHARLES KELLING

to be Clerk at Westport of the District Court District of Nelson, from the 10th instant.

W. P. REEVES.

Receiver of Land Revenue appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 18th November, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN HAWTIN WHEELER, Esq.,

to be a Receiver of Land Revenue, to act within the Land District of Nelson.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Poundkeeper, Rotorua, appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 23rd October, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

FREDERICK CHARLES CLARKE

to be Poundkeeper of the Public Pound at Rotorua.

A. J. CADMAN,
For the Minister of Lands.

Assessors under “The Land and Income Assessment Act, 1891,” appointed.

Land and Income-tax Office,
Wellington, 11th November, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the following persons to be Assessors under “The Land and Income Assessment Act, 1891.”

J. BALLANCE.

SCHEDULE.

THOMAS ROBINSON TINDALL, Awhitu; Thomas McInnes, Howick; Charles William Mellsop, Mount Roskill; John Lowry, Razorback; Charles Irvin Eller, Auckland; William Robert Franklin, Otaki; James Purkiss, Halcombe; Walter Bock, Featherston; Henry William Potter, Wellington; Walter Knowles, Wellington; Robert Gilbert Baxter, Waimate; James Hassell, Waimate; Andrew Allan, Timaru; Frederick William Marchant, Timaru; Frederick Fuell, Kaitangata.

Trustees for Hawke’s Bay Rabbit District elected.—Notice No. 335.

Head Office, Live-stock Department,
Wellington, 17th November, 1891.

NOTICE has been received, under the hand of the Returning Officer, Mr. E. Black, that on the 2nd instant

ALEXANDER McHARDY,
FRANK SKIPSEY WATERHOUSE,
THOMAS GROSSE,
WALTER SHRIMPTON, and
ALFRED RICHARD LYONS

were duly elected Trustees of the Hawke’s Bay Rabbit District, as constituted under “The Rabbit Nuisance Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1886.”

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Inspector of Stock appointed.—Notice No. 336.

Head Office, Live-stock Department,
Wellington, 16th November, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ALEXANDER IRONSIDE

to be an Inspector of Stock, under “The Sheep Act, 1890,” from the 1st November, 1891, vice R. Corbett, resigned.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Members of Local Examination Board appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th November, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointment of the under-mentioned officers as additional Members of the Local Board for the examination of candidates for commissions in the New Zealand Militia and Volunteer Forces in the East Coast (N.I.) Volunteer District:—

Major STUART NEWALL, New Zealand Militia.
Captain FREDERICK GEORGE SMITH, Napier Artillery Volunteers.
Captain JOHN CHICKEN, Napier Rifle Volunteers.
Date of appointments, 10th November, 1891.

J. BALLANCE,
For the Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th November, 1891.

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

Oamaru Naval Artillery Volunteers.
William Arthur Ward Grenfell to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Robert Mahan to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 7th October, 1891.

B Battery, New Zealand Regiment Artillery Volunteers.
Thomas Chalmer to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 7th October, 1891.

D Battery, New Zealand Regiment Artillery Volunteers.
Guy Featherston Johnston to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 7th October, 1891.

Waikouaiti Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant William White to be Captain.
Neil Stewart to be Lieutenant.
Robert Templeton to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 7th October, 1891.

Temuka Rifle Volunteers.
Edward Whitehead to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 7th October, 1891.

Christchurch Rifle Volunteers.
Frank Benjamin Creswell to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 7th October, 1891.

Canterbury Scottish Rifle Volunteers.
George Fullarton Ross to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 7th October, 1891.

Timaru Rifle Volunteers.
William Henry Foden to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 7th October, 1891.

Tua peka Rifle Volunteers.
Charles Melville Brooks to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 7th October, 1891.

J. BALLANCE,
For the Minister of Defence.