962
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 43

Registrar of Electors, Eden, City of Auckland, Parnell, and Manukau, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN KING

to be Registrar of Electors under “The Electoral Act, 1893,” for the Electoral Districts of Eden, City of Auckland, Parnell, and Manukau, vice Edmund Humphrey Lyons, on leave. This appointment to take effect from the 5th day of April, 1898.

J. CARROLL.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths, and also to be Vaccination Inspectors, for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:

Name. District.
FREDERICK JAMES ROBERTSHAW .. Picton.
ROBERT STONE FLORANCE .. Chatham Islands.

J. CARROLL.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

RICHARD WILLIAM RAYNOR

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Chatham Islands.

J. CARROLL.

Ranger under the Animals Protection Acts, Auckland District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GUY MALCOLM

to be a Ranger, under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, for the District of Auckland.

J. CARROLL.

Assessors, Ngaroto Land-drainage District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM HENRY MANDENO and
JOHN BURGESS TEASDALE

to be Assessors, under “The Land Drainage Act, 1893,” for the Ngaroto Land-drainage District.

J. CARROLL.

Stamp and Land and Deeds Officer appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 8th June, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES MEACHAM BATHAM, Esq.,

to be Deputy District Land Registrar, Examiner of Titles, Deputy Commissioner of Stamps, and Assistant Registrar of Joint-stock Companies at Napier during the absence of Thomas Hall, Esq., on leave, commencing on the 4th June instant.

JAS. CARROLL.

Trustees to Volunteer Drillshed appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1898.

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

Lieutenant NICHOLAS DODDS and
Surgeon-Captain JOHN CUNNINGHAME,

Port Chalmers Naval Artillery Volunteers, as additional trustees of the Port Chalmers Volunteer Drillshed, under “The Volunteer Drillsheds and Lands Act, 1888,” and the Act amending the same, vice Messrs. William Goldie and George Leyon Asher, who have retired from the service. Appointments to date from the 6th day of June, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1898.

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

Hawera Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Thomas Harcourt Ambrose Valentine to be Surgeon-Captain. Appointment to date from the 21st April, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned appointment under paragraph 63, Volunteer Regulations, 1895:

Wellington Volunteer Cycle Corps.

Frederick Bailey Muir to be Lieutenant. Commission to date from the 20th May, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1898.

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

B Battery, New Zealand Regiment Artillery Volunteers.

Lieutenant Hugh Mark Morris. Date of resignation, 30th March, 1898.

East Taieri Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant John Stewart Kennedy. Date of resignation, 6th April, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1898.

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

Wellington Volunteer Cycle Corps.

Acceptance to date from the 18th May, 1898.

Civil Service Rifle Volunteers (Wellington).

Acceptance to date from the 19th May, 1898.

Dunedin Volunteer Bearer Company.

Acceptance to date from the 20th May, 1898.

Dunedin Volunteer Cycle Corps.

Acceptance to date from the 20th May, 1898.

Christchurch Volunteer Cycle Corps.

Acceptance to date from the 20th May, 1898.

Wellington Post and Telegraph Rifle Volunteers.

Acceptance to date from the 21st May, 1898.

College Rifle Volunteers (Wellington).

Acceptance to date from the 30th May, 1898.

Zealandia Rifle Volunteers (Wellington).

Acceptance to date from the 30th May, 1898.

Dunedin Rifle Volunteers (Dunedin).

Acceptance to date from the 30th May, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Disbandment of the Otago Battalion of Infantry Volunteers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the disbandment of the Otago Battalion of Infantry Volunteers, formed on the 8th October, 1895, and to cancel the commissions of all officers therein, with effect from the 20th May, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.