Jan. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 31

Appointment in the Department of Lands and Survey.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st December, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
John Hay, Esq.,
to be Chief Surveyor of the Land District of Otago, as from
the 1st January, 1897, vice C. W. Adams, Esq.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Appointment in the Department of Lands and Survey.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st December, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
Charles William Adams, Esq.,
to be the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Chief Surveyor
for the Land District of Marlborough, as from the 1st day of
January, 1897, vice Sidney Weetman, Esq.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Appointment in the Department of Lands and Survey.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st December, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
Sidney Weetman, Esq.,
to be the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Chief Surveyor
for the Land District of Canterbury, as from the 1st day of
January, 1897, vice J. W. A. Marchant, Esq.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Appointment in the Department of Lands and Survey.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st December, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
Thomas Humphries, Esq.,
to be the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Chief Surveyor
for the Land District of Nelson, as from the 1st day of
January, 1897, vice J. S. Browning, Esq.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Appointment in the Department of Lands and Survey.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st December, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
Eric Charles Gold Smith, Esq.,
to be the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Chief Surveyor
for the Land District of Hawke's Bay, as from the 1st day of
January, 1897, vice Thomas Humphries, Esq.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Appointment in the Department of Lands and Survey.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st December, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
Alexander Barron, Esq.,
to be Assistant Surveyor-General in the Department of
Lands and Survey, as from the 15th December, 1896, vice
J. H. Baker, Esq., retired.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Southland Land Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th December, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
Duncan King
to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of
Southland.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Appointing Inspectors under "The Orchard and Garden Pests Act, 1896."—Notice No. 471.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 30th December, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the following persons Inspectors in terms of "The Orchard and Garden Pests Act, 1896":—
Thomas William Kirk, F.L.S., F.R.M.S., Government Biologist.
Thomas Broun, F.E.S., Government Local Entomologist, Auckland.
William John Palmer, Government Pomologist.
John Coombes Blackmore, Government Pomologist.
Joseph Mayo, Government Pomologist.
Appointments to date from the 30th November, 1896.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister for Agriculture.

Member of Otago Dock Trust appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 19th December, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pursuance of the provisions of section 40 of "The Harbours Act, 1878," and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, to appoint
Edmund Giblett Allen
to be a member of the Otago Dock Trust, in the place of Hugh Gourley, resigned.
WM. HALL-JONES.

Member of the Waimakariri Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 26th December, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pursuance of the provisions of section 40 of "The Harbours Act, 1878," to appoint
John McLachlan
to be a member of the Waimakariri Harbour Board, in the place of William Doubleday, resigned.
R. J. SEDDON,
For Minister of Marine.

Member of Waitara Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 29th December, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pursuance of the provisions of section 40 of "The Harbours Act, 1878," to appoint
Samuel Robert Fairweather, Esq.,
to be a member of the Waitara Harbour Board, in place of Frederick Bluck, Esq., resigned.
W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Marine.

Governor of Canterbury Agricultural College appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 21st December, 1896.

IN pursuance of section 46 of "The Canterbury College and Canterbury Agricultural College Act, 1896," His Excellency the Governor has appointed
John Rennie, Esq.,
to be a member of the Board of Governors of the Canterbury Agricultural College.
W. C. WALKER.

Land Transfer and Stamp Officers appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 5th January, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments:—
William Stuart, Esq.,
to be District Land Registrar, Registrar of Deeds, and Examiner of Titles at Gisborne.
Thomas Hutchison, Esq.,
to be District Land Registrar, Registrar of Deeds, Examiner of Titles, Deputy Commissioner of Stamps, and Registrar of Joint-stock Companies at New Plymouth.
Charles Henry Walter Dixon, Esq.,
to be Deputy Registrar of Deeds and Deputy Commissioner of Stamps at Nelson during the absence of Mr. W. W. de Castro on leave.
All the above appointments to take effect on and from the 1st day of January, 1897.
J. CARROLL.