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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 65

Trustees for the Hunterville Cemetery appointed.

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

ALEXANDER GRANT SIMPSON,
FREDERICK MARSHALL,
ROBERT COLTMAN,
MARTIN TIERNEY,
JOHN HENNESSY,
GEORGE VALDER, and
ALLAN STEPHEN BROOKER

to be Trustees, in the place of Robert Henry Coltman, George William Drake Morris, John Hensleigh Norris, James Arthur Pawson, and Henry Valder, who have resigned.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirtieth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Inspector of Weights and Measures, Counties of Hobson and Otamatea, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable ALEXANDER FREDERICK GORDON

to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures, under “The Weights and Measures Act, 1868,” and the Acts amending the same, for the Counties of Hobson and Otamatea.

J. CARROLL.

Inspector of Stock, &c., appointed.—Notice No. 522.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 29th August, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

DAVID FLEMING

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 August, 1898; also to be Registrar of Brands for the Marsden and Bay of Islands Branding Districts, in terms of “The Stock Act, 1893”—to date from the 1st September, 898: such appointments to be in terms of section 4 of “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886.”

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister for Agriculture.

Member of Otago Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 30th August, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to reappoint

JOHN DUNCAN

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Otago, as from the 7th September, 1898.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Inspector of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 26th August, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned persons to be Inspectors under “The Factories Act, 1894,” and to assign to them the districts set opposite their names, viz. :

Name. District.
Constable ALEXANDER FREDERICK The North Island of the
GORDON Colony of New Zealand,
and the islands adjacent
thereto.
Constable JAMES RIORDAN Ditto.
R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Labour.

Additional Trustee of Volunteer Drill-shed appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th August, 1898.

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

Lieut.-Colonel WILLIAM MONTAGU MOORE,

South Canterbury Battalion of Infantry Volunteers, as an additional Trustee of the Ashburton Volunteer Drill-shed, under “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act 1888 Amendment Act, 1890.” Appointment to date from the 7th day of August, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th August, 1898.

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

Ellesmere Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

with headquarters at Leeston, Canterbury. Acceptance to date from the 5th August, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Trustee of Volunteer Drill-shed resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th August, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

Major WILLIAM ST. GEORGE DOUGLAS, Unattached Active List, New Zealand Volunteers,

of his appointment as a Trustee of the Ashburton Volunteer Drill-shed. Resignation to date from the 7th day of August, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th August, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the under-mentioned officer:—

Invercargill City Guards Volunteers.

Lieutenant Thomas Edward Gazzard. Date of resignation, 19th July, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Cessation of Hostilities between United States of America and Spain.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th August, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that he has been informed by Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies that hostilities will not be resumed between the United States of America and Spain, and that therefore ships of war of either country may be docked and cleaned at all ports.

T. THOMPSON,
Minister of Defence.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 25th August, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

J. CARROLL.