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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 99

Registrar of Brands appointed.—Notice No. 612.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 4th December, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN WATT DEEM

to be Registrar of Brands for the New Plymouth Branding District, in terms of “The Stock Act, 1893,” to date from the 1st September, 1900, vice F. E. Orbell, resigned.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Registrar of Brands appointed.—Notice No. 613.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 4th December, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WALTER MILLER

to be a Registrar of Brands for the Napier Branding District, comprising the Napier Subdivision of the Napier Sheep District, in terms of “The Stock Act, 1893,” to date from the 1st November, 1899, vice H. Oldham, retired.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Engineer-Surveyor and Examiner of Engineers appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 5th December, 1900.

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

SAMUEL DALRYMPLE

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.

J. CARROLL,
For Minister of Marine.

Inspector of Machinery appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 5th December, 1900.

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

SAMUEL DALRYMPLE

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.

J. CARROLL,
For Minister of Marine.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st December, 1900.

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

Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

William Mansfield Hawkesbury McRae Peacock to be Lieutenant.

Reginald McDowell Williams to be Lieutenant.

Marlborough Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Thomas Cornelius Prichard to be Lieutenant.

Wakatu Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Henry Willis Kiernan, from the Unattached Active List, New Zealand Volunteers, to be Captain.

Frank Whitwell to be Lieutenant.

Robert Alton Royd Oldham to be Lieutenant.

Arthur Francis Trask to be Lieutenant.

Takaka Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

John Joshua Langridge to be Captain.

Charles James Kirk to be Lieutenant.

Samuel Fittall to be Lieutenant.

North Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

David Cossgrove to be Captain.

Nelson Rifle Volunteers.

Arthur Gledhill Stewart to be Lieutenant.

Archibald Miles Adams to be Lieutenant.

Christchurch City Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Maurice Melville Louisson to be Captain.

Thomas James Pemberton to be Lieutenant.

Kaiapoi Rifle Volunteers.

Frederick Horrell to be Lieutenant.

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

C. H. MILLS,
For Defence Minister.

Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st December, 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:—

Foxton Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Foxton.

Masterton Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Masterton.

Reefton Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Reefton.

Canterbury Highland Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Christchurch.

Brunner Ranger Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Brunnerton.

Palmerston Guards Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Palmerston North.

Clive Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Clive (Hawke’s Bay).

Patea Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Patea.

Inglewood Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Inglewood.

Taieri Mounted Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Outram.

Pahiatua Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Pahiatua.

Eketahuna Mounted Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Eketahuna.

Eltham Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Eltham.

Motueka Mounted Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Motueka.

Opotiki Mounted Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Opotiki.

Huramua Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Wairoa (Hawke’s Bay).

Queenstown Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Queenstown.

Date of acceptance of all the above corps to date from the 10th September, 1900.

Wellington Submarine Mining Volunteers,
with headquarters at Wellington.

Acceptance to date from the 20th November, 1900.

C. H. MILLS,
For Defence Minister.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1900.

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

Dunedin Highland Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant William Bishop Evans. Date of resignation, 12th November, 1900.

C. H. MILLS,
For Defence Minister.