May 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 977

Cadet in Magistrate’s Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th May, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

CHARLES VERNON ROBERTS

to be a Cadet in the Magistrate’s Court at Hokitika, from the 15th day of April, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.

Justices of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th May, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to accept the resignation by

GEORGE RAVEN, Esq., of Kurow, and
ROBERT JOHNSON, Esq., of Skippers’,

of their appointments as Justices of the Peace for the colony.

T. THOMPSON.

Female Official Visitor appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 30th April, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

Mrs. JESSIE FULTON

to be an Official Visitor of Her Majesty’s Prison at Wellington.

T. THOMPSON.

Inspectors of Stock, &c., appointed.—Notice No. 480.

Department of Agriculture,
(Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 4th May, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

HORACE EDWIN COLLETT and
WILFRED RICHARD RUTHERFURD

to be Inspectors of Stock in terms of “The Stock Act, 1893,” and Agents 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 Inspectors under and for the purposes of “The Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1882,” and its amendments—to date from the 1st day of May, 1897.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister for Agriculture.

School Commissioner appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 1st May, 1897.

IN pursuance of “The Education Reserves Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1882,” His Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

JOHN GRAHAM, Esq., M.H.R.,

to be a School Commissioner for the Provincial District of Nelson, vice Oswald Curtis, Esq., resigned.

W. C. WALKER.

Harbourmaster, Picton, appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 30th April, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased, in pursuance of the power and authority conferred by section 13 of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” to appoint

HERBERT BOUCHER DOBBIE

to be Harbourmaster for the Port of Picton, in place of Andrew Duncan, resigned.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Volunteer Officer appointed and attached to Corps.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

HOANI PARAONE TUNUIARANGI

to be a Captain in the New Zealand Volunteer Force, and to be temporarily attached to the Heretaunga Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Commission to date from the 22nd April, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.

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Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 1897.

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

Unattached Active List, New Zealand Volunteers.
Lieutenant John Grant to be Captain. Date of commission, 27th April, 1897.

North Otago Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Joseph Cowie Nicholls to be Captain. Date of commission, 15th April, 1897.

C Battery, New Zealand Regiment Artillery Volunteers.
Herbert Louis Bourn to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 9th March, 1897.

Dunedin Engineer Volunteers.
George Douglass Ross to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 7th April, 1897.

Bruce Rifle Volunteers.
William Fitzgerald Watters to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 3rd March, 1897.

Woodville Rifle Volunteers.
Andrew Stevenson to be Captain.
George Thompson Hall to be Lieutenant.
George Edward Bailey to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 3rd March, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.

Services of Volunteer Cadet Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to accept, under paragraph 264, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of the services of the

Timaru (Main) Public School Rifle Cadet Volunteers,

as from the 29th April, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officer resigned and transferred to District Reserve Corps.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to approve, under paragraphs 94 and 97, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of the transfer of

Captain JOHN HARKNESS RICE,

I Battery New Zealand Regiment Artillery Volunteers, to the North Otago District Reserve Corps, on resigning the command of that Battery, and with effect from the 27th March, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 1897.

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

Heretaunga Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Captain Nathaniel Johnston. Date of resignation, 8th February, 1897.
Lieutenant Charles F. F. A. R. Isherwood. Date of resignation, 6th April, 1897.

1st Westland Rifle Volunteers.
Surgeon-captain Henry W. M. Kendall. Date of resignation, 16th March, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.

Commission of Volunteer Officer cancelled.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to approve, under paragraph 60, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of the cancellation of the commission held by

Captain JOHN HENRY CASS,

Totara Rifle Volunteers, he being non-efficient for the Volunteer year ended 28th February, 1897. Cancellation to date from the 26th April, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.