1698 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 83]

Land Classification Commissioners appointed.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the one hundred and eighty-ninth section of "The Land Act, 1892," I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint—

GEORGE WATKIN WILLIAMS, Chief Surveyor and Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Land District of Southland,

JOHN McINTYRE, and

ANDREW KINROSS,

Commissioners to classify and report to me upon the rural lands in the Land District of Southland known as Run Number Six, and Sections 34 and 35, Block I., Wendon District, as provided by section one hundred and eighty-nine of "The Land Act, 1892," aforesaid.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventeenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th November, 1894.

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 respectively opposite their names, viz.:—

Name. District.
ERNEST ALBERT MOORE .. .. Ohinemuri.
FRANK KNELL .. .. Ahaura.
AUGUSTUS EDWARD BRAITHWAITE .. Whangaroa.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Police Gaoler appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 19th November, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable HUGH CHISHOLM

to be Police Gaoler at Clyde, Otago, vice Constable Groves, transferred.

A. J. CADMAN.

Members of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 19th November, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

DUNCAN McFARLANE and
ARCHIBALD SHAW

to be members of the Licensing Committee for the District of Invercargill, vice T. Fleming and W. Ross, resigned.

A. J. CADMAN.

Appointing Inspectors and Graders under "The Dairy Industry Act, 1894."—Notice No. 407.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 17th November, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments, in terms of "The Dairy Industry Act, 1894":—

To be Inspectors and Graders,—

AUGUST BUSCK,

to date from the 2nd November, 1894;

JOSEPH TILSON LANG,
HUGH ROBERTSON McWILLIAM, and
ALFRED ARTHUR THORNTON,

to date from the 12th November, 1894.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture.

Additional Member of Local Board of Examiners appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th November, 1894.

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

Major Sir ARTHUR PERCY DOUGLAS, Bart., N.Z.M.,

as an additional member of the Local Board, North Canterbury District, for the Examination of Candidates for Commissions in the New Zealand Militia and Volunteer Forces.

R. J. SEDDON.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th November, 1894.

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

Napier Rifle Volunteers.

Benjamin Locking to be Honorary Surgeon. Date of commission, 13th November, 1894.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
For Defence Minister.

Inspector of Stock, &c., appointed.—Notice No. 406.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 17th November, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

FRANK ERNEST ORBELL

to be an Inspector under and for the purposes of "The Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1882," and its amendments; an Inspector of Stock in terms of "The Stock Act, 1893," to date from the 1st November, 1894; and an Agent to appear and act for Her Majesty in all suits in the Magistrate's Courts brought for the recovery of rates or sums of money in the nature thereof payable to Her Majesty under "The Stock Act, 1893."

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture.

Issue of Imperial Volunteer Officers' Decoration.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th November, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the issue of the Imperial Volunteer Officers' Decoration to

LEONARD BOOR, Brigade Surgeon, General Medical List New Zealand Volunteers, and Honorary Surgeon Nelson City Rifle Volunteers,

he having a total broken commissioned service to 19th October, 1894, of 24 years 111 days.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th November, 1894.

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

Waimate Rifle Volunteers.

Captain Edward Channon Studholme. Date of resignation, 5th October, 1894.

R. J. SEDDON.

Special Order made by the Manawatu Road Board, County of Oroua.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th November, 1894.

THE following special order, made by the Manawatu Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of "The Road Boards Act, 1882."

P. A. BUCKLEY.

MANAWATU ROAD BOARD.—SPECIAL ORDER.

Notice is hereby given that the Manawatu Road Board did, at the regular meeting held on Tuesday, 13th November, 1894, make the following special order:—

"That it is the intention of the Manawatu Road Board, under the provisions of 'The Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,' and by virtue of a warrant issued under the hand of His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, dated the 30th day of April, 1892, authorising the maintaining, repairing, improving, or reconstructing the Awahuri Bridge, to borrow the sum of £1,669 for the purpose of providing 37½ per cent. of the cost of reconstructing the Awahuri Bridge, and all other works necessary for the due completion of the reconstruction of the said bridge, in accordance with the above-mentioned warrant; and that a special rate of 1/4d. in the pound be made upon the rateable value of the whole of the rateable property (Crown and Native lands occupied by