FEB. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. .267

Postmaster appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the
ninth section of "The Justices of the Peace Act
Amendment Act, 1888," I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify
and declare that

HENRY WHIMP,

being a person holding the office of Postmaster under "The
Post Office Act, 1881," at Opuawhanga, is authorised to take
and receive statutory declarations under the two hundred
and thirty-fourth section of "The Justices of the Peace Act,
1882."

As witness my hand, at Christchurch, this tenth
day of February, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-four.

GLASGOW, Governor.

Deputy-Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th February, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

HENRY BREMER SMITH

to be Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and
Deaths for the District of Arrow.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Judge of Assessment Court for City of Wellington
appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th February, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

JAMES CROSBY MARTIN, Esq., R.M.,

to be Judge of the Assessment Court, under "The Rating
Act, 1876," and the Acts amending the same, for the
Borough of the City of Wellington.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Judge of Assessment Court for Nelson and Richmond
appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

HENRY WIRGMAN ROBINSON, Esq., R.M.,

to be Judge of the Assessment Courts, under "The Rating
Act, 1876," and the Acts amending the same, for the City of
Nelson and the Borough of Richmond.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Vice-Consul for France in New Zealand provisionally
recognised.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified
that he has been pleased to recognise provisionally
the appointment by the Consul-General of France at Sydney
of

WILLIAM THOMAS LOCKE TRAVERS, Esq.,

as Vice-Consul for France in New Zealand, vice Mons. F. J.
de L. de Bachoué, deceased.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Clerk in Industries and Commerce Department appointed.

Department of Industries and Commerce,
Wellington, 12th February, 1894.

IT is hereby notified that

AMELIUS MORLAND SMITH

has been appointed Clerk to the Department of Industries
and Commerce.

J. G. WARD.

Deputy Inspector of Lunatic Asylums appointed.

Lunacy Department,
Wellington, 13th February, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

WILLIAM HENRY SPACKMAN, Esq.,

of Christchurch, to be a Deputy Inspector of Lunatic
Asylums, Hospitals, and Licensed Houses in the Colony of
New Zealand, under "The Lunatics Act, 1882," vice Alex-
ander Lean, deceased.

W. P. REEVES.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th February, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the under-mentioned appointment:—

D Battery, New Zealand Regiment, Artillery Volunteers.
William Harold Sefton Moorhouse to be Captain, under
paragraph 53, Volunteer Regulations, 1889. Date of com-
mission, 23rd January, 1894.

R. J. SEDDON.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th February, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the under-mentioned appointment:—

Hawera Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Thomas Harcourt Ambrose Valentine to be Honorary
Surgeon. Date of commission, 25th January, 1894.

R. J. SEDDON.

Commission of Volunteer Officer cancelled.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th February, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
cancel, under paragraph 40, Volunteer Regulations,
1889, the commission held by

Lieutenant Tom Corden Probert Whiteley,
Ponsonby Naval Artillery Volunteers, as from the 2nd
March, 1891, he not having attended to the duties attached
to his commission since that date.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th February, 1894.

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

G Battery, New Zealand Regiment, Artillery Volunteers.
Captain Robert McNab. Date of resignation, 9th January,
1894.

Westport Naval Artillery Volunteers.
Lieutenant-Commanding George Walter Martin. Date of
resignation, 20th January, 1894.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th February, 1894.

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

B Battery New Zealand Regiment Artillery Volunteers.
Captain George Charles Proudfoot. Date of resignation, 1st
January, 1894.

R. J. SEDDON,

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th February, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the disbandment of the Wellington Rifle
Volunteers as from the 2nd November, 1893.
The following gentlemen therefore cease to be officers in
the New Zealand Volunteer Force, their commissions having
lapsed under paragraph 51, Volunteer Regulations, 1889:—

ALFRED DE BATHE BRANDON, late Captain.
CHARLES FRANK FREDERICK AUGUSTUS RAMSBOTTOM
ISHERWOOD, late Lieutenant.
The Reverend RICHARD COFFEY, late Honorary
Chaplain.

R. J. SEDDON.