May 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 757

Rangers under the Animals Protection Acts, Auckland, Hawera, and Grey Districts, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 11th May, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned persons to be Rangers under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, for the districts set opposite their names:—

Name. District.
LIONEL IZOD .. .. .. Auckland.
ALFRED HANSEN .. .. .. Hawera.
JOHN LEWIS .. .. ..
TIMOTHY CROWE .. .. ..
JAMES BAXTER .. .. .. } Grey.

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Public Vaccinators, Mercury Bay and Birmingham, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 11th May, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GILBERT THOMAS SMITH, Esq., M.R.C.S. Eng., &c., and PHILIP J. MUSSEN, Esq.,

to be Public Vaccinators under “The Public Health Act, 1876,” for the Districts of Mercury Bay and Birmingham respectively.

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 11th May, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

EDGAR FRANCIS PATERSON

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

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Assessor of the Validation Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th May, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

PIRIMI MATAIAWHEA

to be an Assessor of the Validation Court.

R. J. SEDDON.

Interpreter under the Native Land Court Acts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th May, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorise

WILLIAM R. BORLASE,

of Wanganui, to act as an Interpreter under the Native Land Court Acts.

R. J. SEDDON.

Cadets appointed,

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th May, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES McINDOE

to be a Cadet in the Magistrate’s Court at Reefton, from 1st May, 1896; and

GEORGE URQUHART

to be a Cadet in the Supreme Court at Auckland, from 27th April, 1896.

T. THOMPSON.

Member of Hawke’s Bay Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 5th May, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to reappoint

THOMAS HYDE

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Hawke’s Bay as from the 12th day of June, 1896.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Inspector of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 6th May, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned person to be an Inspector under “The Factories Act, 1894,” and to assign to him the district set opposite his name, viz.:—

Name. District.
Constable JAMES FRANKLIN { The North Island of the Colony of New Zealand, and the islands adjacent thereto.
R. J. SEDDON.

Inspector of Sea-fisheries appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 5th May, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pursuance of the power and authority vested in him by subsection (2) of section 6 of “The Sea-fisheries Act, 1894,” to appoint

JAMES PHILIP BENNETT,

of Waiheke Island, to be an Inspector of Sea-fishing under the above-mentioned Act.

T. THOMPSON,
For Minister of Marine.

Land Transfer and Deeds Officers appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 12th May, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Mr. LUKE HALLAM HOLLOWAY

to be Deputy Registrar of Deeds at Auckland, as from the 1st instant, vice Mr. Thomas Hall; and

Mr. MARTIN JAMES KILGOUR

to be Assistant District Land Registrar at Wellington, as from the 1st March, 1896, vice Mr. J. W. Shaw.

J. CARROLL.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 1896.

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

Wellington Battalion of Infantry Volunteers.
Captain Robert Joseph Collins (Wellington City Rifle Volunteers), to be Major. Date of commission, 4th March, 1896.

Nelson Naval Artillery Volunteers.
Robert William Stiles to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 4th March, 1896.

Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry Volunteers.
William Stewart Lindsay to be Captain. Date of commission, 4th March, 1896.

Hawera Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Thomas Harcourt Ambrose Valentine to be Lieutenant.
Robert Sexton Matthews to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 19th March, 1896.

D Battery, New Zealand Regiment Artillery Volunteers.
Francis Joseph Rolleston to be Lieutenant.
Frank Gustavus Hume to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 4th March, 1896.

Invercargill City Guards Rifle Volunteers.
Philip Henry Mohr to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 4th March, 1896.

Wellington City Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant William Grieve Duthie to be Captain. Date of commission, 4th March, 1896.

Naseby Rifle Volunteers.
David Cairns White to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 4th March, 1896.

Blenheim City Rifle Volunteers.
Cyril John Gregory to be Lieutenant.
Beauchamp Urquhart Barlow to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 4th March, 1896.

R. J. SEDDON.