Jan. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 179

Revoking Clause 11 of the Old-age Pensions Regulations, and Substituting a New Clause.

RANFURLY, Governor.

PURSUANT to and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon him by “The Old-age Pensions Act, 1898,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand doth hereby revoke clause 11 of the regulations made on the ninth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and in lieu thereof substitute the following clause, that is to say:—

INVESTIGATION OF PENSION-CLAIMS.

11. In order to facilitate the Stipendiary Magistrate’s investigation of pension-claims the following provisions shall apply:—
    (1.) If, in the course of the investigation, the Stipendiary Magistrate considers that further evidence on any specific matter is necessary, he may authorise an officer of his Court, or any other fit person, to inquire into the same, and may accept the result of such inquiry as evidence.
    (2.) For the purposes of such inquiry the person so appointed shall have free access to—
    (a.) The registers of the Land Transfer and Deeds Registration Offices for the purpose of searching title to land; and also to
    (b.) The records of the Supreme Court for the purpose of searching instruments registered under “The Chattels Transfer Act, 1889”; and also to
    (c.) The district valuation roll under “The Government Valuation of Land Act, 1896,” for the purpose of ascertaining the particulars and valuation of landed property; and also to
    (d.) The registers and records of the Registrar-General’s Department, for the purposes of information relating to births, deaths, marriages, or ages; and also to
    (e.) All real and personal property of the claimant or pensioner, and all books, vouchers, and documents relating to such property or to his income, for the purpose of assessing the same.
    (3.) It shall be the duty of all officers of the aforesaid offices and departments to afford, without fee, all reasonable information to the person so appointed, in order to enable him to prosecute such inquiry.
    (4.) The Stipendiary Magistrate may also, in his discretion, accept as testimony for or against the claim—
    (a.) A statutory declaration made by any clergyman, Justice, Postmaster, or other reputable person, who therein declares to what he either knows of his own knowledge to be true, or, from inquiries made by him, believes to be true; or
    (b.) Any other documentary evidence, whether strictly legal evidence or not; or
    (c.) The sworn spoken evidence of any reputable person who deposes to what, from inquiries made by him, he believes to be true; or
    (d.) The knowledge or observation of the Stipendiary Magistrate himself.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-sixth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 20th January, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

EDWARD RIDLEY DE LACY BEANE

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

W. C. WALKER.

Inspector of Weights and Measures, Counties of Wanganui and Waitotara, and Borough of Wanganui, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 20th January, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

SERGEANT JOHN DWYER

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 Wanganui and Waitotara and for the Borough of Wanganui.

W. C. WALKER.

Deputy Registrar appointed under “The Old-age Pensions Act, 1898.”

The Treasury,
Wellington, 25th January, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN KING, Esq.,

to be Deputy Registrar for the Auckland Old-age Pension District, vice Thomas Culpan, resigned.

W. C. WALKER,
For Colonial Treasurer.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 25th January, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HUGH GOURLEY

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of the City of Dunedin, vice James Horsburgh, resigned.

T. THOMPSON.

Sittings of Magistrate’s Court, and Clerk of Court, appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 25th January, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The Assembly Rooms at Mangaweka

to be a place wherein sittings of the Magistrate’s Court shall be held, and to appoint

Constable BARRETT RUTLEDGE

to be Clerk and Bailiff of the Magistrate’s Court at Mangaweka.

T. THOMPSON.

Chief Clerk, Public Works Department, appointed.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 20th January, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM DAVIDSON DUMBELL

to be Chief Clerk in the Public Works Department of the Colony of New Zealand, the appointment to date from the 1st January, 1899.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

Resident Engineer, Westport, appointed.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 25th January, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT AUSTEN YOUNG, Esq., Assoc. M. Inst. C.E.,

to be Resident Engineer in the Public Works Department at Westport; the appointment to be for temporary service only, and to date from the 19th December, 1898.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

Licensing Officer under “The Arms Act, 1880,” appointed.

Police Department,
Wellington, 16th January, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Sergeant JOHN DWYER,

of the New Zealand Police Force, to be a Licensing Officer under “The Arms Act, 1880.”

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th January, 1899.

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

South Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

The Reverend Thomas Farley to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 16th December, 1898.

Zealandia Rifle Volunteers.

William Allan Chapple to be Surgeon-Captain. Date of commission, 7th January, 1899.