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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 23

Officers under “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” Hawke’s Bay District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 15th March, 1900.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 9 of “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,”

HERBERT CHADWICK, of Dannevirke, and
GEORGE HANSEN, of Ormondville,

have been appointed Officers for the purposes of that Act for the Counties of Hawke’s Bay, Waipawa, Patangata, and Wairoa, and for all boroughs situated within the said counties.

J. CARROLL,
For Colonial Secretary.

Rangers under the Animals Protection Acts, Hawke’s Bay District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th March, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE HANSEN and
HERBERT CHADWICK

to be Rangers under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, for the District of Hawke’s Bay.

J. CARROLL,
For Colonial Secretary.

Inspectors of Abattoirs, &c., County of Ashburton, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th March, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM BRYANS and
WILLIAM KENNEDY

to be Inspectors of Abattoirs and Slaughterhouses and of Cattle intended for Slaughter under “The Abattoirs and Slaughterhouses Act, 1894,” within the County of Ashburton.

J. CARROLL,
For Colonial Secretary.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th March, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HERBERT CHAPMAN

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

J. CARROLL,
For Colonial Secretary.

Conservator of South Egmont Forest Reserve appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 12th March, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pursuance of section 12 of “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885,” to appoint

JOHN HESLOP

of Normanby, farmer, to be a Conservator of the South Egmont Forest Reserve, and to act in conjunction with the Conservators who have been previously appointed.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Commissioner of State Forests.

Appointment of Members of Switzers Commonage Committee.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 16th March, 1900.

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

WILLIAM NATION,
JOSEPH DAVIDSON, and
GEORGE ROBSON

as members of the Switzers Commonage Committee for the care and management of the commonage, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the 10th June, 1897, in the place of the three retiring members—viz., William Nation, Walter McIvor, jun., and George Smith Vial.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Westport Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 16th March, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has, in pursuance of the provisions of section 40 of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” and sections 3 and 4 of “The Westport Harbour Board Act, 1884,” and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, appointed

JAMES SCANLON, Mayor of Westport,

to be a member of the Westport Harbour Board, in the place of James Colvin, Esq., resigned.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Member of Wairoa Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 18th March, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of the provisions of section 41 of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” appointed

JAMES PURDON LOMAX

to be a member of the Wairoa Harbour Board, the ratepayers of the Waikaremoana Riding of the County of Wairoa having, on the second Monday in February last, neglected to elect two members of the Board, as required by sections 2 and 3 of “The Wairoa Harbour Board Act, 1878,” they having elected only one.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Inspectors of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 20th March, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned persons to be Inspectors under “The Factories Act, 1894,” and to assign to them the districts set opposite their names, viz.:

Name. District.
Sergeant WALTER HENRY The North Island of the Colony of New Zealand, and
HADDRELL the islands adjacent thereto.
Constable WILLIAM ROBERT Ditto.
LOWRY

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Labour.

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

Police Department,
Wellington, 13th March, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Sergeant WALTER HENRY HADDRELL,

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

JAMES McGOWAN.

Rules of the Mangonui and Whangaroa Acclimatisation Society.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th March, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that a copy of the rules of the Mangonui and Whangaroa Acclimatisation Society, duly signed, has been deposited in this office, and the said society is therefore deemed to be a duly registered acclimatisation society under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880.”

J. G. WARD.

Volunteer dismissed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th March, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under section 50 of “The Defence Act, 1886,” of the dismissal of

No. 73, Private RICHARD MEREDITH,

No. 3 Company, Waikato Mounted Rifle Volunteers, from the New Zealand Volunteer Force, for having, while on parade at Kihikihi, on the 20th December, 1899, used abusive language to his superior officer. Dismissal to date from the 20th December, 1899.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.