Jan. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 113

Arrangements for First Elections, &c., Maungatua Land-drainage District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 0th January, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN GRANT,

of Outram, to be Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the first election of five members of the Maungatua Land-drainage District, as constituted under “The Land-drainage Act, 1893,” vice John Stevenson.

J. CARROLL,
For Colonial Secretary.

Gaolers appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 15th January, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the persons hereafter named to be Gaolers of the Prisons respectively stated after their names:—

FRANCIS EGERTON SEVERNE, Auckland, vice G. S. Reston, services dispensed with.

MICHAEL FLANNERY, Napier, vice F. E. Severne, transferred.

THOMAS ROSSON POINTON, Hokitika, vice M. Flannery, transferred.

T. THOMPSON.

Member of Wellington Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 13th January, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to reappoint

JOHN STEVENS

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Wellington, as from the 1st February, 1900.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Appointment in Department of Lands and Survey.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 13th January, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT WILLIAM WATSON

to be an Assistant Surveyor in the Department of Lands and Survey, as from the 1st January, 1900.

JOHN McKENZIE.

Trustees appointed for the Tapanui Agricultural and Pastoral Showground.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 13th January, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor, in pursuance of section 6 of “The Tapanui Agricultural and Pastoral Exhibition Reserve Act, 1877,” has been pleased to appoint

JOHN ROBERT MACKENZIE, of Glenkenich, Farmer;
GEORGE HEPBURN STEWART, of Tapanui, Farmer;
GEORGE MILNES, of Waikoikoi, Farmer;
JAMES EDGAR, of Tapanui, Farmer; and
JOHN BAIRD MCALISTER, of Tapanui, Builder,

as “The Tapanui Agricultural Reserve Trust,” in the place of John Francis Herbert, resigned, and John Fry Kitching, David McKellar, James Rodgers, and Francis William Mackenzie, deceased.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Conservators of State Forests in Albury Settlement, Canterbury, appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 15th January, 1900.

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

ANDREW THOMPSON,
ISAAC CURTIS,
JOHN McVEY,
JAMES REESE HART, and
ALEXANDER SEARLE SMITH

to be Conservators of the State Forest Reserves in the Albury Settlement, Tengawai Survey District, Canterbury Land District, and known as Reserves 3244 and 3245.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Veterinary Surgeons, &c., appointed.—Notice No. 583.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 16th January, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments:—

DONALD HENRY RATT, M.R.C.V.S.,

to be a Veterinary Surgeon to the Government of New Zealand, in terms of “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” an Inspector of Stock, in terms of “The Stock Act, 1893,” and a Special Inspector, in terms of “The Stock Act Amendment Act, 1898.” To date from the 21st day of December, 1899.

JOHN FRASER McEACHRAN, M.R.C.V.S.,
PETER MAXWELL EDGAR, M.R.C.V.S.,

to be Veterinary Surgeons to the Government of New Zealand, in terms of “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” Inspectors of Stock, in terms of “The Stock Act, 1893,” and Special Inspectors, in terms of “The Stock Act Amendment Act, 1898.” To date from the 1st day of January, 1900.

ALEXANDER REID YOUNG, M.R.C.V.S.,

to be a Veterinary Surgeon to the Government of New Zealand, in terms of “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” and an Inspector of Stock, in terms of “The Stock Act, 1893.” To date from the 1st day of January, 1900.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister for Agriculture.

Dairy Instructor, &c., appointed.—Notice No. 584.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 17th January, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN JOHNSTON

to be a Dairy Instructor (temporary appointment only) in terms of “The Civil Service Reform Act 1886 Amendment Act, 1887,” and to be an Inspector and Grader in terms of “The Dairy Industry Act, 1898”; to date from the 1st January, 1900.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister for Agriculture.

Inspector of Machinery appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 15th January, 1900.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance of the power and authority vested by “The Inspection of Machinery Act, 1882,”

ALEXANDER WILLIAM BETHUNE

has been appointed an Inspector of Machinery for the Auckland, Taranaki, Wellington, Hawke’s Bay, Marlborough, Nelson North, Nelson South, Canterbury, Otago, and Westland Districts.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Engineer-Surveyor and Examiner of Engineers appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 15th January, 1900.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance of the power and authority vested by “The Shipping and Seamen’s Act, 1877,”

ALEXANDER WILLIAM BETHUNE

has been appointed an Inspector and Surveyor and an Engineer-Surveyor for the purposes of the said Act, and also an examiner of candidates for certificates of competency as engineers of sea-going steamships or of steamships plying within restricted limits.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Member of Lyttelton Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 16th January, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of the provisions of section 40 of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” appointed

GEORGE LAURENSON, M.H.R.,

to be a member of the Lyttelton Harbour Board, in place of John Joyce, deceased.

WM. HALL-JONES.