Mar. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 649

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 27th March, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM PATTISON JAMES

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Suburbs of Wellington, vice Sergeant A. Cruickshank.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Clerks of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 27th March, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable WILLIAM PATRICK PATTON

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Lower Hutt, from the 14th day of March instant, vice Sergeant A. Cruickshank, transferred; and

Constable WILLIAM DAVID LAWRENCE THOMPSON

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Upper Hutt, from the 12th day of March, vice Constable W. P. Patton, transferred.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Probation Officer appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 27th March, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Sergeant PAUL SHIRLEY

to be Probation Officer under “The First Offenders’ Probation Act, 1886,” for the Borough of Greymouth.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Appointment of Trustee of Auckland Institute and Museum approved.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in pursuance of section 4 of “The Auckland Museum Endowment Act, 1882,” of the appointment by the Council of the Auckland Institute and Museum of

JOHN HENRY UPTON

as a Trustee in the place of Stephenson Percy Smith, resigned, to act in conjunction with Messrs. Edmond A. Mackechnie and Thomas Peacock, previously approved.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Appointing a Trustee for Land vested in the Charleston Hospital.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 27th March, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor, in pursuance of section 30 of “The Special Powers and Contracts Act, 1885,” has been pleased to appoint

JOHN GEORGE HARTILL,

of Charleston, blacksmith, in the place of James Parsons, resigned, as a Trustee of Section No. 28, Square 137, Totara District, and Section 37, Block IV., Buller District (Waitakere), Nelson Land District, to hold the said land, in conjunction with Bernard Shepherd and Nicholas Weir, in trust for the benefit of the Charleston Hospital, subject as in the said Act mentioned.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Inspector of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 26th March, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned person to be an Inspector under “The Factories Act, 1894,” and to assign to him the district set opposite his name, viz.:

Name. District.
Constable WILLIAM DAVID LAWRENCE THOMPSON The North Island of the Colony of New Zealand, and the islands adjacent thereto.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Labour.

Member of New Plymouth Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 26th March, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of the provisions of section 40 of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, appointed

JOE WARD

to be a member of the New Plymouth Harbour Board, in the place of James Bellringer, resigned.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st March, 1900.

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

Southland Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
William Thomas Hazlett to be Lieutenant.

No. 3 Company, Waikato Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
William Thomas Wallace to be Lieutenant.

Ponsonby Naval Artillery Volunteers.
George Warren Patterson to be Lieutenant-commanding.

N Battery, Artillery Volunteers.
Daniel William Mahar to be Lieutenant.

No. 1 Company, Victoria Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Louis Philip Skinner to be Captain.
Richard James Derrom to be Lieutenant.

Blenheim Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Edward Charles Wooldridge Powell to be Captain. Commission to date from the 7th June, 1899.

Kaiapoi Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Ernest Edward Papprill to be Captain.
John George Elliott Winsloe to be Lieutenant.

Waimate Rifle Volunteers.
Charles Jacob Jackson to be Lieutenant.

Kelburne Rifle Volunteers.
Harry Phelps Tuckey to be Lieutenant.

Hauraki Rifle Volunteers.
John Tild Swindley to be Lieutenant.

Civil Service Rifle Volunteers (Wellington).
Lieutenant John Matthew King to be Captain.

Linwood Rifle Volunteers.
Charles George Gerald Foster to be Lieutenant.

Ashburton Guards Volunteers.
Frederick George Tucker to be Lieutenant.

Unless otherwise stated, the commissions of all the above officers are to date from the 13th December, 1899.

R. J. SEDDON.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st March, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under clause 39, (1), of “The Defence Act, 1886,” the services of the under-mentioned Volunteer corps:—

Wairarapa Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
With headquarters at Papawai. Acceptance to date from the 19th day of August, 1899.

East Coast Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
With headquarters at Gisborne. Acceptance to date from the 6th day of February, 1900.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st March, 1900.

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

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.
Surgeon-Captain William Edward Stevens (attached to the North Otago Mounted Rifle Volunteers). Date of resignation, 27th February, 1900.

R. J. SEDDON.