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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 45

SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Surveyed Land.

All forest, with the exception of part of Section No. 25, which is covered with light bush, comprising rata, rimu, kahikatea, tawa, and soft woods. Most of the sections are rich alluvial flats, with good slopes on other portions. Distance from Urenui Township, about thirteen miles, partly by gravelled road and partly by dray-road formation. There is a school at Uruti, distant about three miles. The Moki Road will in the future be a connecting-road to Mokau and Ohura Roads.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this nineteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

Inspector of Abattoirs, &c., Borough of Foxton, appointed.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WALTER ALZDORF

to be an Inspector of Abattoirs and Slaughterhouses and of Cattle intended for Slaughter, under “The Abattoirs and Slaughterhouses Act, 1894,” within the Borough of Foxton.

J. G. WARD.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th May, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:

Name. District.
HECTOR PORTEOUS WEST .. .. Mount Cook.
CHARLES JAMES DORN .. .. Oxford.
WILLIAM JONES .. .. Malvern.

J. G. WARD.

Appointments to the Central Military Examination Board, and Officers relieved.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th May, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointment of Lieut.-Colonel Thomas William Porter, New Zealand Militia, to be President of the Central Board for the Examination of Candidates for Commissions in the New Zealand Defence Forces, whilst in command of the Wellington Militia and Volunteer District; and also to approve of the appointment of Lieut.-Colonel Robert Joseph Collins, 1st Battalion Wellington Rifle Volunteers, and Captain Robert Haylock Owen, Her Majesty’s South Lancashire Regiment, as additional members of the said Board: relieving Lieut.-Colonel Arthur Hume, New Zealand Militia; Major Sir Arthur Percy Douglas, Baronet, New Zealand Militia; and John Coleman, late Major, New Zealand Permanent Militia, of their duties. Appointments to date from 14th May, 1900.

J. G. WARD,
For Minister of Defence.

Officer transferred, and appointed to New Zealand Militia.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th May, 1900.

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

Lieutenant-Commanding LEWIS JOHN JOYCE

from the Lyttelton Naval Artillery Volunteers to the New Zealand Militia, as Captain, for Staff duties. Commission to date from the 19th January, 1900.

J. G. WARD,
For Minister of Defence.

Battalion Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th May, 1900.

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

1st Battalion, Wellington Rifle Volunteers.

Captain Alfred de Bathe Brandon, College Rifle Volunteers (Wellington), to be Major. Commission to date from the 7th March, 1900.

Lieutenant and Adjutant Charles James Stanton Harcourt to be Captain and Adjutant. Commission to date from the 1st March, 1900.

J. G. WARD,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th May, 1900.

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

Caversham Rifle Volunteers.

The Reverend Daniel Dutton to be Honorary Chaplain. Commission to date from the 7th May, 1900.

J. G. WARD,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th May, 1900.

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

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.

William Anderson to be Surgeon-Captain. Date of commission, 10th March, 1900.

J. G. WARD,
For Minister of Defence.

Award of the Imperial Volunteer Officers’ Decoration.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th May, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the issue of the Imperial Volunteer Officers’ Decoration to

Lieutenant-Commanding WILLIAM JOHN WATERS, Port Chalmers Naval Artillery Volunteers,

he having a total efficient commissioned and rank service counting towards the decoration to the 28th February, 1900, of twenty years one hundred and thirty days.

R. J. SEDDON.