Aug. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1481

Appointment in the Department of Lands and Survey.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 6th August, 1897.

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

SAMUEL THOMPSON

to be Chief Draughtsman in the Dunedin Office of the
Department of Lands and Survey.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

District Agent appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 6th August, 1897.

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

JAMES HOPKINS STEVENS,

Postmaster at Hawera, as District Agent under "The Deeds
and Instruments Registration Act, 1886," for the Land and
Deeds Registration District of Hawera, such appointment
to take effect on and from the 2nd day of August, 1897.

W. C. WALKER,
For Commissioner of Stamps.

Appointment to the Police Department.

Police Department,
Wellington, 7th August, 1897.

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

WILLIAM JOHN MAHONEY

to be a shorthand- and type-writer in the above depart-
ment, as from the 1st day of August instant.

T. THOMPSON.

Inspector of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
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 THOMAS POTTER The Middle Island of the Colony
Lister of New Zealand, and the
islands adjacent thereto.

T. THOMPSON,
For Minister of Labour.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th August, 1897.

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

Queen's Rifle Volunteers (Oamaru).
Lieutenant John Meggett Forrester to be Captain. Date of
commission, 27th April, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th August, 1897.

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

No. 1 Company, Ohinemuri Rifle Volunteers (Paeroa).
Francis Courtenay Sutherland Forbes to be Surgeon-
Captain.
The Rev. William Henry Wilson to be Honorary Chaplain.
Date of commissions, 17th July, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th August, 1897.

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

College Rifle Volunteers (Auckland).
Charles Thomas Major to be Captain.
Frederick William Robert John King to be Surgeon-Captain.
The Rev. Henry Dewsbury Major to be Honorary Chaplain.
Date of commissions, 30th June, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th August, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned
appointments, under paragraph 63, Volunteer Regulations,
1895:—

Manchester Rifle Volunteers.
Owen Pleasants to be Lieutenant. Date of commission,
1st July, 1897.

Christchurch City Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Andrew Fairbairn to be Captain. Date of com-
mission, 26th July, 1897.

Timaru Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Walter Beckingham to be Captain. Date of
commission, 5th July, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officer transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th August, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to approve of the transfer of

Captain John Lillie Gillies

from the Canterbury District Reserve Corps to the Timaru
Rifle Volunteers as Lieutenant. Commission to date from
the 5th July, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th August, 1897.

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

Greymouth Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Henry Matthew Blakiston. Date of resignation,
8th July, 1897.

Te Aroha Rifle Volunteers.
Captain John Archibald Cochrane. Date of resignation, 1st
June, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.

Issue of Imperial Volunteer Officers' Decoration.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th August, 1897.

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

Major ALFRED ROGERS, Unattached Active List, New
Zealand Volunteers,

he having a total broken efficient commissioned and rank
service counting towards the decoration to the 31st July,
1897, of twenty years forty-one days.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th August, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to approve of the disbandment of
the

Auckland City Rifle Volunteers,

as from the 29th May, 1897.