Inspectors of Factories and Workrooms appointed.

Bureau of Industries,
Wellington, 5th October, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned persons to be Inspectors of Factories and Workrooms under "The Factories Act, 1891," and to assign to them the districts set opposite their names respectively, viz.:-

Name. District.
John Pratt .. .. .. Motueka.
John Watson Forbes .. .. Hamilton.
Hugh Mulholland .. .. Cromwell.
William Fouhy .. .. Roxburgh.
Henry Green .. .. Naseby.
Walter Williams .. .. Havelock.
Hugh Nickle .. .. Queenstown.
Luke Mullany .. .. Palmerston South.
Michael Joyce .. .. Hampden.
Thomas King .. .. Milton.
John Alfred Ferguson .. .. Mataura.
Frank Stanley Parker .. .. Tapanui.
James Joseph Herbert Pascoe .. Clinton.

W. P. REEVES.

Assayer of Gold appointed.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 5th October, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

TOM KENRICK

to be an Assayer of Gold under "The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882."

J. BALLANCE,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Inspector of Oyster Fisheries appointed.

Marine Department.
Wellington, 28th September, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pursuance of the power and authority vested by the 6th section of "The Oyster Fisheries Act, 1892," to appoint

JOHN MUNRO,

of Marsden Point, Whangarei, Coastwaiter in Her Majesty's Customs, to be an Inspector of Oyster Fisheries under the above-mentioned Act.

R. J. SEDDON.

Inspectors of Oyster Fisheries appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 28th September, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested by the 6th section of "The Oyster Fisheries Act, 1892," to appoint

Police Constable Patrick John Dunne, of Mongonui,
Police Constable William Sefton, of Whangaroa,
Police Constable Alexander McGilp, of Russell,
Police Constable John Haslett, of Kawakawa,
Police Constable Bartholomew Sheehan, of Whangarei,
Police Constable Jonas Ambrose Abrams, of Waipu,
Police Sergeant Joseph Swinburne Kelly, of Devonport,
Police Constable James William Moar, of Auckland,
Police Sergeant Robert James Gillies, of Thames,
Police Constable Timothy Donovan, of Coromandel,
Police Constable William James Rist, of Mercury Bay, and
Police Constable William Joyce, of Tairua,

to be Inspectors of Oyster Fisheries under the abovementioned Act.

R. J. SEDDON.

Police Gaoler appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 30th September, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable WILLIAM HENRY MURRAY

to be Police Gaoler at Rotorua, vice Constable Timothy Cahill, transferred.

A. J. CADMAN.

Officer appointed to Honorary Unattached List, New Zealand Volunteers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th September, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointment of

ARTHUR GETHIN CREAGH, Esq.,

(late Captain, I Battery, New Zealand Regiment Artillery Volunteers), as Captain on the Honorary Unattached List, New Zealand Volunteers, under corrected clause 237, Volunteer Regulations, 1889. Date of commission, 17th September, 1892.

R. J. SEDDON.

Additional Members to Local Military Examination Board appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th September, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointment of

Lieut.-Colonel FORSTER YELVERTON GORING, New Zealand Militia, Commanding the Auckland Militia and Volunteer District, and
Lieutenant JOHN GRANT, Unattached Active List, New Zealand Volunteers,

as additional Members of the local Board for the examination of officers of the Militia and Volunteer Forces in the Auckland District, as from the above date.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th October, 1892.

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

Wellington Rifle Volunteers.

Alfred de Bathe Brandon to be Captain. Date of commission, 16th September, 1892.

R. J. SEDDON.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th September, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the services of the Te Aroha Rifle Volunteers (Auckland). Date of acceptance, 15th September, 1892.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th October, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by Captain Archibald Dudingston Willis, Albert Rifle Volunteers. Date of resignation, 20th September, 1892.

R. J. SEDDON.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th September, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under "The Aliens Act, 1880," in favour of the under-mentioned persons:-

Name. Occupation. Residence.
Charles Ludwig Olsen Seaman .. Auckland.
Hans Jessen Christensen Farmer .. Ashurst, Manawatu.
Hans Hansen Strand .. Labourer .. Norsewood.
Otto Reichel .. Labourer .. Palmerston North.
Sam Wah Lee .. Storekeeper .. Kumara.
Frederick Baechman .. Seaman .. Port Ahuriri, Napier.
Lars Jacobsen .. Bootmaker .. Sydenham, Christchurch.

P. A. BUCKLEY.