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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 35

Local Body appointed to have Authority throughout Licensing District.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th May, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to appoint the

AMBERLEY TOWN BOARD

to have authority for the purposes of the Licensing Act throughout the Ashley Licensing District, in place of the Amuri County Council, previously appointed, as from the 31st day of May, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Police Gaolers appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 9th May, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to appoint the persons hereafter named to be Police Gaolers at the places respectively stated after their names:—

Constable JOHN KENNEDY, Wairoa, vice W. Coughlan, transferred.

Constable RICHARD THOMAS HODGSON, Shortland, vice R. Stapleton, transferred.

T. THOMPSON.

Member of Waimakariri Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 9th May, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has, in pursuance of the provisions of section 40 of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” appointed

CHARLES ORAM

to be a member of the Waimakariri Harbour Board, in the place of John McLachlan, resigned.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Receiver of Land Revenue, Wellington, appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 9th May, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS GEORGE WAITT

to be the Receiver of Land Revenue for the Wellington Land District. The appointment takes effect from the 25th April, 1898.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Inspector of Stock, &c., appointed.—Notice No. 512.

Department of Agriculture
(Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 10th May, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to appoint (temporarily)

FRANCIS HENRY BRITTAIN

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 April, 1898.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister for Agriculture.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1898.

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

Auckland Naval Artillery Volunteers.

The Reverend Robert Ferguson to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 9th March, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Commanding Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to approve of the appointment of

Major JOSEPH HENRY BANKS,

late H.M. 7th Dragoon Guards (Lieut.-Colonel N.Z. Militia), to the command of the Auckland Militia and Volunteer District. Appointment to date from the 1st May, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Commanding Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th May, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to approve of the appointment of the under-mentioned officer to the command of the newly formed military district:—

Otago Military District (including the Sub-districts of North Otago and Southland).

Lieut.-Colonel William Holden Webb, N.Z.M. Commission to date from the 10th May, 1898.

And has also been pleased to approve of the appointment of

Major ALFRED HEADLAND, N.Z. Volunteers,

as Officer commanding the Sub-district of North Otago; and

Captain JOHN EDWARD HAWKINS, Southland Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

as Officer commanding the Sub-district of North Otago.

Commissions to date from the 10th May, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to accept, under section 39 (1), “The Defence Act, 1886,” the services of the under-mentioned Rifle Volunteer corps, and in the order of seniority named:—

No. 3 Company, New Zealand Native Rifle Volunteers (Auckland).

No. 2 Company, Victoria Rifle Volunteers (Auckland).

Acceptance to date from the 28th April, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Corps disbanded, and Transfer of Officers to Reserve Corps.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th May, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to approve of the disbandment of the

Wanganui Naval Artillery Volunteers,

as from the 1st March, 1898; and also to approve of the transfer, from the 1st March, 1898, of

Captain WILLIAM HENRY CLAPHAM and

Lieutenant MARCUS ALLAN NEILL

from the above corps to the Wellington District Reserve Corps, under paragraphs 94 and 97, Volunteer Regulations, 1895; and, further, that the commission held by the under-mentioned gentleman in the first-mentioned corps will therefore lapse under paragraph 62, Volunteer Regulations, 1895:—

GEORGE RICHARD SAUNDERS, late Surgeon-Captain.

T. THOMPSON.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th May, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to accept the resignation by

ROBERT WILLIAM IND CARVER, Esq.,

Ohingaiti, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the colony.

T. THOMPSON.