JUNE 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 881

Sittings of Magistrate’s Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st June, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The Wirokino Road Board Office, at Levin,

to be a place wherein sittings of the Magistrate’s Court shall be held.

T. THOMPSON.

Clerk of Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st June, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable JAMES O’CONNOR

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Levin.

T. THOMPSON.

Deputy Inspector, Lunatic Asylums, appointed.

Lunacy Department,
Wellington, 1st June, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CHARLES LOUISSON, Esq.,

of Christchurch, to be a Deputy Inspector, under “The Lunatics Act, 1882,” of Lunatic Asylums, Hospitals, and Licensed Houses in the Colony of New Zealand, vice William Henry Spackman, Esq., resigned.

W. C. WALKER.

Official Visitors, Auckland, Hokitika, Nelson, Wellington, and Porirua Lunatic Asylums, appointed.

Lunacy Department,
Wellington, 1st June, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, under “The Lunatics Act, 1882,” and “The Lunatics Act Amendment Act, 1894,” been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned persons to be Official Visitors of the Lunatic Asylums set opposite their respective names :—

Eliza Collings, Auckland Asylum.

John Graham, Esq., Nelson Asylum.

Fanny Sarah Cooke, Nelson Asylum.

Eliza Reynolds, Hokitika Asylum.

Ann Norah Heaphy, Wellington Asylum.

Alice Rose Schoch, Porirua Asylum.

Hon. John Rigg, Wellington and Porirua Asylums.

W. C. WALKER.

Inspector of Stock, &c., appointed.—Notice No. 441.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 3rd June, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

RICHARD INGRAM GOSSAGE

to be an Inspector of Stock in terms of “The Stock Act, 1893,” an Agent to appear and act for Her Majesty in all suits in the Magistrate’s Court brought for the recovery of rates or sums of money in the nature thereof payable to Her Majesty under “The Stock Act, 1893,” and an Inspector under and for the purposes of “The Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1882,” and its amendments; to date from the 1st day of May, 1896.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th May, 1896.

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

Wellington Battalion Infantry Volunteers.

James Thain to be Quartermaster. Date of commission, 25th April, 1896.

And also to approve of the above gentleman’s name being removed from the list of Quartermasters on the Unattached Active List, New Zealand Volunteers, on being appointed to the Wellington Infantry Battalion.

R. J. SEDDON.

Appointment of Officer to General Medical List, New Zealand Volunteers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th May, 1896.

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

JAMES ROBERT PURDY (late Lieutenant Heretaunga Mounted Rifle Volunteers)

as Surgeon-Captain on the General Medical List, New Zealand Volunteers. Date of commission, 25th April, 1896.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Officer transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th May, 1896.

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

Major ARTHUR MORTON

from the Unattached Active List, New Zealand Volunteers, to the Honorary Unattached List, New Zealand Volunteers, with effect from the 25th April, 1896.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Officer transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th May, 1896.

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

Lieutenant JOHN WILLIAM THURSTON

from the Wairoa Mounted Rifle Volunteers to the District Reserve Corps, Wellington, under paragraphs 94 and 97, Volunteer Regulations, 1895. Commission to date from the 13th March, 1896.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th May, 1896.

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

Geraldine Rifle Volunteers

(Canterbury) as from the 17th November, 1894.

The commissions held by the under-mentioned officers will therefore lapse from the above date in accordance with paragraph 51, Volunteer Regulations, 1889, and paragraph 62, Volunteer Regulations, 1895 :—

ROBERT HENRY PEARPOINT, late Captain;

KENNETH MCKENZIE, late Lieutenant;

BEAUCHAMP RANDALL MACDONALD, late Lieutenant;

ROBERT FISH, late Honorary Surgeon;

The Reverend JAMES PRESTON, late Honorary Chaplain.

R. J. SEDDON.

Dismissal of Volunteer.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th May, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under sections 46 and 50 of “The Defence Act, 1886,” of the dismissal of

No. 258, Private JAMES GALLOWAY, Dunedin City Guards Rifle Volunteers,

from the New Zealand Volunteer Force, for being drunk while on parade on the 4th May, 1896. Dismissal to date from the 11th May, 1896.

R. J. SEDDON,

Coroner resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th May, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

THOMAS NEPEAN EDWARD KENNY, Esq., J.P.,

of Paeroa, of his appointment as a Coroner for the Colony.

T. THOMPSON.

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