Dec. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1951

Postmaster appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the eighth section of “The Justices of the Peace Act Amendment Act, 1888,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that

ARCHIBALD STROAK,

being a person holding the office of Postmaster, under “The Post Office Act, 1881,” at Raukanui, is authorised to take and receive statutory declarations under the two-hundred-and-thirty-fourth section of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

As witness my hand, this twenty-sixth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

RANFURLY, Governor.

Postmaster appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the eighth section of “The Justices of the Peace Act Amendment Act, 1888,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that

JOSEPH WALLACE BRAMWELL,

being a person holding the office of Postmaster, under “The Post Office Act, 1881,” at Colyton, is authorised to take and receive statutory declarations under the two-hundred-and-thirty-fourth section of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

As witness my hand, this twenty-sixth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

RANFURLY, Governor.

Appointing Trustees for the Eketauna 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

ANDERS ANDERSON and
CHARLES REEVE

to be Trustees, in the place of Edward Kibblewhite and John Alfred Pothan, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Eketauna Public Cemetery, in conjunction with the other persons appointed by the warrant of the twenty-first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, under the hand of His Excellency the Governor.

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

J. CARROLL,
For Minister of Lands.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY HOOK

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

J. CARROLL.

Clerk of Magistrate’s Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st December, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable THOMAS HICKMAN

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Opunake from the 28th November, 1898, vice Constable C. Cooper, transferred.

T. THOMPSON.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st December, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES RIVERS

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Tuapeka, vice J. Campbell, deceased.

T. THOMPSON.

Clerk of District Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st December, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES McENNIS

to be Clerk of the District Court at Kumara.

T. THOMPSON.

Dairy Commissioner appointed.—Notice No. 529.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 6th December, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointment:—

JOHN ARCHIBALD RUDDICK

to be Dairy Commissioner to the Government of New Zealand, in terms of “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886.” To date from the 13th October, 1898.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister for Agriculture.

Inspector under “The Dairy Industry Act, 1894,” appointed.—Notice No. 530.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 6th December, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN ARCHIBALD RUDDICK

to be an Inspector in terms of “The Dairy Industry Act, 1894.” To date from the 13th October, 1898.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister for Agriculture.

Representative on the Picton Hospital and Charitable Aid Board reappointed.

Lunacy and Charitable Department,
Wellington, 6th December, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in terms of “The Sounds County Hospital Representation Act, 1887,” been pleased to reappoint

DONALD McCORMICK, Esq.,

to represent the Sounds County on the Picton Hospital and Charitable Aid Board.

W. C. WALKER.

Battalion Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th November, 1898.

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

2nd Battalion, Auckland Rifle Volunteers.

Edward William Porritt to be Captain and Adjutant. Date of commission, 8th November, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th November, 1898.

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

N Battery, Artillery Volunteers.

Joseph Thomas Brice to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 11th November, 1898.

Auckland Engineer Volunteers.

Samuel Mackey McGee to be Captain. Date of commission, 8th November, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.