Nov. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1853

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th November, 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.
JAMES HEMPHILL .. .. .. Maungaturoto.
WILLIAM HOOK .. .. .. Paparoa.
WILLIAM BLECKLY FARRAND .. .. Mangawai.
GEORGE FOSTER .. .. .. Heriot.
CHARLES WHELAN .. .. .. Tapanui.
ALEXANDER MILLAR EYES .. .. Gabriel’s.
THOMAS COOP .. .. .. Mount Benger.

Appointments to date from 1st December, 1898.

J. CARROLL.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th November, 1898.

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

Name. District.
LAWRENCE WILLIAM BOURKE .. .. Kaiapoi.
GEORGE LEVY .. .. .. Foxton.

J. CARROLL.

Appointment of Trustee of Aorangi Land-drainage District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th November, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOSEPH ALFORD GOWER,

in terms of section 13 of “The Land Drainage Act, 1893,” to be a Trustee for the Aorangi Land-drainage District.

J. CARROLL.

Vice-Consul for Germany at Wellington appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th November, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that he has been instructed by Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies to recognise the appointment of

EBERHARD FOCKE, Esq.,

as Vice-Consul for Germany at Wellington.

J. CARROLL.

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

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th November, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HARRY FEAREY

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

J. CARROLL.

Registrar of Old-age Pensions appointed.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 14th November, 1898.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has, under section 4 of “The Old-age Pensions Act, 1898,” appointed

EDMUND MASON, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Old-age Pensions.

R. J. SEDDON.

Sittings of Magistrate’s Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th November, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THE MOA ROAD BOARD OFFICE, Inglewood,

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

T. THOMPSON.

Clerk of Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th November, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY

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

T. THOMPSON.

Medical Officer appointed to Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th November, 1898.

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

1st Battalion, Otago Rifle Volunteers.

Surgeon-Major William Johnston Will to be Medical Officer, with his present rank and seniority.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th November, 1898.

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

No. 1 Company, Waikato Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Nicholas Irwin Hunt to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 6th October, 1898.

Auckland Naval Artillery Volunteers.
Thomas Benjamin Salmon to be Lieutenant.
The Hon. Trevor Ogilvie-Grant to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 14th September, 1898.

Timaru City Rifle Volunteers.
Geoffrey Bailey to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 7th September, 1898.

Invercargill City Guards Volunteers.
John Murphy to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 7th September, 1898.

Wellington City Rifle Volunteers.
John Eglinton Montgomerie to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 12th September, 1898.

Thames Naval Artillery Volunteers.
Thomas White Sommerville to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 20th September, 1898.

Awarua Rifle Volunteers.
Robert Swindley to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 7th September, 1898.

Timaru Rifle Volunteers.
George Crawshaw to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 7th September, 1898.

Waimate Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant William Coltman to be Captain. Date of commission, 7th September, 1898.

No. 1 Company, Ohinemuri Rifle Volunteers.
John Brown to be Lieutenant.
Duncan McArthur to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 21st September, 1898.

Hauraki Rifle Volunteers.
Neville Leese to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 20th September, 1898.

No. 1 Company, New Zealand Native Rifle Volunteers.
Edwin Harold Montgomery to be Captain. Date of commission, 13th September, 1898.

No. 2 Company, New Zealand Native Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant John Peter Oakes, Auckland Naval Artillery Volunteers, to be Captain. Date of commission, 13th September, 1898.

No. 2 Company, Victoria Rifle Volunteers.
Robert Percy Chatfield to be Captain. Date of commission, 13th September, 1898.

Christchurch Volunteer Cycle Corps.
William Charles Finnis to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 7th September, 1898.

T. THOMPSON