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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 16

visionally the appointments of the under-mentioned gentlemen as Consuls of Belgium at the places set opposite their names, viz.:

JOHN BURNS .. .. .. Auckland.
JOSEPH JAMES KINSEY .. .. Christchurch.
THE HON. RICHARD OLIVER, M.L.C. .. Dunedin.

J. CARROLL.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st February, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE ANDREW SCOTT

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths, and also to be Vaccination Inspector, for the District of Malvern, vice George Alfred Keys, transferred.

J. CARROLL.

Visiting Justice appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 16th February, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES NEILL BROWN, Esq., J.P.,

to be a Visiting Justice of Her Majesty’s prison at Dunedin.

T. THOMPSON.

Clerk of Magistrates’ and Wardens’ Courts, &c., appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

DONALD BANKS

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s and Warden’s Courts, and Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrar, at Te Aroha, from the 17th October, 1898, vice J. M. Hickson, transferred; and

HENRY MCARDLE

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s and Warden’s Courts, and Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrar, at Havelock and Cullensville, from the 20th February instant, vice J. P. Ward, transferred.

T. THOMPSON.

Commissioners, Native Land Court, appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th February, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT STONE FLORANCE, Esq., S.M., and
HENRY WIRGMAN ROBINSON, Esq., S.M.,

to be Commissioners of the Native Land Court.

T. THOMPSON,
For Native Minister.

Trustees of Tuapeka Commonage appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 13th February, 1899.

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

MOSES GIRVAN, of Blue Spur, Tuapeka;
ANDREW BARR, of Blue Spur, Tuapeka;
CHRISTOPHER WATSON, of Wetherstone’s;
THOMAS JOHN MILES, of Wetherstone’s;
ARTHUR DONNELLY, of Wetherstone’s,

as members of the Committee for the Care, Management, and Protection of the Tuapeka Commonage, in the place of James Campbell, deceased; John Uren, resigned; and Michael Drew, James McKay, and Arthur Donnelly, who were retired by ballot in pursuance of the rules and regulations for the management of the said commonage, dated the 23rd September, 1897.

JOHN McKENZIE;
Minister of Lands.

Special Inspector, &c., appointed.—Notice No. 536.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 21st February, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint (temporarily)

JOHN ROBERT CHARLTON, M.R.C.V.S.,

to be a Special Inspector under and for the purposes of section 12 of “The Stock Act Amendment Act, 1898.” To date from the 1st day of March, 1899.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister for Agriculture.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th February, 1899.

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

Sydenham Rifle Volunteers.

Richard Walker Anderson to be Surgeon-Captain.
The Rev. Thomas Arthur Williams to be Honorary Chaplain.
Date of commissions, 17th January, 1899.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th February, 1899.

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

Palmerston North Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant William Lockhart Fitzherbert. Date of resignation, 3rd October, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Notice to Mariners, No. 7 of 1899.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 18th February, 1899.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners, No. 6 of 1899, issued by this department on the 30th ultimo, the following notice, received from the Port Office, Melbourne, Victoria, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

PORT OF PORT PHILLIP.—GELLIBRAND LIGHTSHIP.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners of the 24th ult. (No. 3), it is now notified that the Gellibrand Lightship has been remoored in position, and the temporary gas-buoy has been removed.

CHAS. A. PARSONS,
Acting Port Officer.
Harbour Office, Customs,
Melbourne, 28th January, 1899.

Justices of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1899.

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

WILLIAM GREY NICHOLLS, Esq., of Paeroa, and
ROBERT SIMMS, Esq., of Waihi,

of their appointments as Justices of the Peace for the colony.

T. THOMPSON.

Notice to Imprestees under “The Public Revenues Act, 1891.”

The Treasury,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1899.

EVERY officer holding advances of public money is hereby required to pay to the Public Account, at the nearest branch of the Bank of New Zealand, the unexpended balance in his hand on or before Thursday, the 30th March proximo, and forthwith to transmit to the Treasury at Wellington the bank-receipt for such repayment, together with an account of his expenditure to the same date, as required by clause 4 of the Treasury Regulations.

As respects disbursements which officers may require to make immediately after the close of the financial year, requisitions for the amount required are to be made in such time as to enable them to reach Wellington not later than the 16th March, so that the requisite funds may be placed at the disposal of the officer as soon after the 1st April as possible.

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer,