JULY 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1151

Appointing a Trustee for Takapau Public Cemetery.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the sixth section of “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

THOMAS HOBSON

to be a Trustee, in the place of Charles Hobson, resigned, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Takapau Public Cemetery, in conjunction with the other persons appointed by a warrant under the hand of His Excellency the Governor on the twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

As witness the hand of his Excellency the Governor, this eleventh day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Acting Consular Agent of France at Christchurch appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th July, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that he has recognised the appointment by the Acting Consul of France at Wellington of

Professor WILLIAM MICHEL CLARKE

as Consular Agent of France at Christchurch during the absence on leave of the Hon. E. W. Parker.

J. CARROLL.

Sittings of Magistrate’s Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th July, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The TOWN HALL, ELTHAM,

to be a place wherein sittings of the Magistrate’s Court shall be held.

T. THOMPSON.

Clerk of Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th July, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable WILLIAM JAMES SIMPSON

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Eltham.

T. THOMPSON.

Appointment in the Department of Lands and Survey.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 16th July, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS TUDHOPE

to be a clerical cadet in the Department of Lands and Survey from 1st September, 1897.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th July, 1898.

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

No. 2 Company, New Zealand Native Rifle Volunteers (Auckland).

Emile Dupont Aubin to be Surgeon-Captain. Date of commission, 23rd May, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Militia Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th July, 1898.

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

New Zealand Militia.

Lieutenant George Birnie Mackenzie, Royal Artillery, to be Captain. Commission to date from the 13th July, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th July, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under clause 39, (1), “The Defence Act, 1886,” the services of the

Onehunga Rifle Volunteers (Auckland).

Acceptance to date from the 9th July, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th July, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under clause 39, (1), “The Defence Act, 1886,” the services of the

Sydenham Rifle Volunteers (Canterbury),

with effect from the 12th July, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Formation of Volunteer Rifle Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th July, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under paragraphs 211 and 213, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of the formation of the under-mentioned Rifle Volunteer corps in the Wellington District into a battalion under the designation of the “1st Battalion, Wellington Rifle Volunteers,” with headquarters at Wellington, and with effect from the 9th day of July, 1898,—

A Company—Wellington City Rifle Volunteers,
B " Wellington Guards Rifle Volunteers,
C " Kelburne Rifle Volunteers,
D " Civil Service Rifle Volunteers,
E " Wellington Post and Telegraph Rifle Volunteers,
F " College Rifle Volunteers,
G " Zealandia Rifle Volunteers ;

and to appoint the following officers thereto:—

His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, K.C.M.G.,

to be Honorary Colonel—commission to date from the 9th day of July, 1898;

Major ROBERT JOSEPH COLLINS

to command the battalion, and with his former seniority in the New Zealand Volunteer Force.

T. THOMPSON.

Formation of Volunteer Rifle Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th July, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under paragraphs 211 and 213, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of the formation of the under-mentioned Rifle Volunteer corps in the Wellington district into a battalion, under the designation of the “2nd Battalion, Wellington (West Coast) Rifle Volunteers,” with headquarters at Wanganui, and with effect from the 9th day of July, 1898,—

A Company—Royal Rifle Volunteers,
B " Wanganui Rifle Volunteers,
C " Taranaki Rifle Volunteers,
D " Palmerston North Rifle Volunteers,
E " Manchester Rifle Volunteers,
F " Wanganui Guards Rifle Volunteers ;

and to appoint

V.D. Captain JOHN PATON WATT, Wanganui Rifle Volunteers,

to the command of the battalion, with the rank of Major. Commission to date from the 9th day of July, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.