Nov. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2079

Inspector of Stock, &c., appointed.-Notice No. 608.
Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 10th November, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint (temporarily)
ROBERT WRIGHT
to be an Inspector of Stock in terms of "The Stock Act,
1893," and an Inspector under and for the purposes of "The
Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1882," and its amendments. To date
from the 1st day of November, 1900.
T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Appointment of Clerk.-Notice No. 610.
Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 14th November, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
FREDERICK SIDNEY POPE
to be a clerk in the Civil Service under the provisions of
section 3 of "The Civil Service Reform Act 1886 Amendment
Act, 1887," to date from 7th October, 1900.
T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Additional Member of Local Examination Board appointed.
Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th November, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointment of
Captain JOHN SARSFIELD MURPHY, Invercargill City
Guards Volunteers,
as an additional member of the Local Board for the Southland Sub-district for the Examination of Officers for Commissions in the New Zealand Defence Forces. Appointment to date from the 15th October, 1900.
R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Officers appointed.
Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th November, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned appointments:-
No. 1 Company, Waikato Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant William Hamilton Hume, to be Captain.
Charles George Caldwell Ramsay, to be Lieutenant.

Southland Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant William Thomas Hazlett, to be Captain.
Thomas Andrew Wallace, to be Lieutenant.

South Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Richard Turnbull Saxby, to be Lieutenant.

Auckland Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
William Read Bloomfield, to be Lieutenant.
James Gladwin Wynyard, to be Lieutenant.

No. 3 Company, Waikato Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
John Ramsay Stewart Richardson, to be Captain.

Mataura Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Edmund Robert Bowler, Gore Rifle Volunteers,
to be Captain.

John Buchanan Nichol, to be Lieutenant.

Mackenzie Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Bruce Gillies, to be Captain.

Seddon Horse Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
John Iredale, to be Captain.

Hawke's Bay Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Andrew Hamilton Russell, to be Captain.
William Eugene Whiteley, to be Lieutenant.
Edward Baker, to be Lieutenant.

Wellington City Rifle Volunteers.
Ian Featherstone Johnston, to be Lieutenant.

Napier Guards Rifle Volunteers.
Thomas Haslett Ringland, to be Lieutenant.

Napier Rifle Volunteers.
Thomas Peter Halpin, to be Captain.

Palmerston North Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant John Mounsey, to be Captain.

Wellington Guards Rifle Volunteers.
William Stanley Wheeler, to be Lieutenant.

Hauraki Rifle Volunteers.
Ernest Feltus Adams, to be Captain.

Coromandel Rifle Volunteers.
Frederick Ring Horne Horne, to be Lieutenant.

Dannevirke Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant John Drummond, to be Captain.

No. 3 Company, N.Z. Native Rifle Volunteers
John Ranken Reed, to be Captain.

No. 2 Company, Victoria Rifle Volunteers.
William Hay, to be Lieutenant.

Wanganui Guards Rifle Volunteers.
Henry Spencer Grey Harper, to be Lieutenant.

Ashburton Guards Rifle Volunteers.
Edward Frank Nicholls, to be Lieutenant.

Commissions of the above officers to date from the 5th
September, 1900.

Invercargill City Guards Volunteers.
Lieutenant John Sarsfield Murphy, to be Captain. Commission to date from the 7th March, 1900.
C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Defence.

Permanent Militia Officer promoted.
Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd November, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the promotion of the under-mentioned officer :-
New Zealand Permanent Militia.
Lieutenant John Edward Hume to be Captain. Commission to date from the 22nd October, 1900.
R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Officer transferred.
Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th November, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under paragraph 260, Volunteer Regulations, of the transfer of
Lieut.-Colonel PETER DIGNAN, V.D.,
from the Unattached Active List to the Honorary Unattached List, New Zealand Volunteers, with his present rank, and to serve thereon until he shall have attained the age of sixty-five years.
C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer promoted.
Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th November, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under amended paragraph 73, Volunteer Regulations, of the promotion of the under-mentioned officer :-
New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.
Surgeon-Major Robert Stuart Reid to be Brigade Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel. Commission to date from the 8th January, 1900.
C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer transferred to the Honorary Unattached List, New Zealand Volunteers.
Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th November, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor is pleased to approve of the transfer of Lieutenant John Mehaffey from the Unattached Active List, New Zealand Volunteers, to the Honorary Unattached List, New Zealand Volunteers, with his present rank.
C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Defence.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.
Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd November, 1900.

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