1468
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 68

Altering the Name of the Town of Birmingham.

(l.s.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by sections two and three of “The Designation of Districts Act, 1894” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is provided that the Governor in Council may, at the request or with the consent of the Council of any county, city, or borough, alter the geographical name or designation of any place or locality in the colony:

And whereas the Kiwitea County Council has requested that the present name of “Birmingham,” within the County of Kiwitea, be altered as hereinafter mentioned, and it appears expedient to comply with such request:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby proclaim and declare that the Township of Birmingham, in the County of Kiwitea aforesaid, shall, on and after the fourth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, be called and known by the name of “Kimbolton,” and the name of the said Township of Birmingham is hereby altered accordingly.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

R. J. SEDDON.

Approved in Council.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Appointing Trustees for the Hinds 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

JOHN STUDHOLME, Jun.,
ROBERT TARBOTTOM, and
ALBERT BUTTERICK

to be Trustees, in the place of William T. Norrish, Alfred John Norrish, and John O'Donnell, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Hinds Public Cemetery, in conjunction with the other persons appointed by the warrant of the eighteenth July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, under the hand of His Excellency the Governor.

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

J. CARROLL,
For Minister of Lands.

Health Officer, Lyttelton, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th September, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CHARLES HAZLITT UPHAM, Esq., M.R.C.S. Eng., &c.,

to be a Health Officer, under section 105 of “The Public Health Act, 1876,” for the Port of Lyttelton, as from the 10th instant, vice Dr. Guthrie, resigned.

J. CARROLL.

Appointment of Vice-Consul for the Netherlands, Wellington, recognised.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th September, 1898.

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

HAROLD FEATHERSTON JOHNSTON, Esq.,

as Vice-Consul for the Netherlands at Wellington.

J. CARROLL.

Inspector of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 13th September, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor 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 ARCHIBALD MCPHEE The North Island of the Colony of New Zealand, and the islands adjacent thereto.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Labour.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th September, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

R. R. MIDDLETON RAY

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

J. CARROLL.

Additional Trustees, Volunteer Drill-shed, appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th September, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointments of the under-mentioned officers as additional Trustees of the Invercargill Volunteer Drill-shed, under “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act 1888 Amendment Act, 1890”:

Captain JOHN EWAN MACKENZIE, Oreti Rifle Volunteers;
Captain ROBERT BARBOUR MACKAY, Invercargill City Guards Volunteers.

Appointments to date from the 4th day of August, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th September, 1898.

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

Napier Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant James Porteous Thomson to be Captain. Date of commission, 8th August, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th September, 1898.

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

Waimate Rifle Volunteers.

Herbert Clifford Barclay to be Surgeon-Captain. Date of commission, 24th May, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officer transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th September, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under paragraph 56, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of the transfer of

Lieutenant JOHN ARROWSMITH BROMLEY

from the Mawhera Rifle Volunteers to the Greymouth Rifle Volunteers, with effect from the 3rd day of September, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Trustee of Volunteer Drill-shed resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th September, 1898.

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

Mr. ROBERT MCNAB

of his appointment as a Trustee of the Invercargill Volunteer Drill-shed. Resignation to date from the 3rd August, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.