Nov. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2281

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ARTHUR BECKWITH ROBERTSON FOOKES

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of New Plymouth.

J. G. WARD.

Justice of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th November, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CHRISTOPHER FREKE MAXWELL, Esq.,

of Auckland, to be a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Sittings of Magistrates’ Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THE PUBLIC LIBRARY ROOM, TOWN HALL BUILDING,
Mackenzie, Cheviot,

to be a place wherein a Magistrate’s Court shall be held; and also to appoint

THE PUBLIC HALL at Owaka

to be a place wherein a Magistrate’s Court shall be held.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Clerk of Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable JOSEPH ANDUS RAYNES

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Owaka.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Registrar, Supreme Court, appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 27th November, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES ROLAND COLYER

to be Registrar of the Supreme Court at Invercargill, on and from the 1st day of December, 1901, vice W. Wyinks.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Appointment of Chairmen, Railway Boards of Appeal.

Railway Department,
Wellington, 25th November, 1901.

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

HARRY EYRE KENNY,

of Wanganui, Stipendiary Magistrate, to act as a member of the North Island Railway Board of Appeal, and to be the Chairman of the said Board;

CHARLES DUDLEY ROBERT WARD,

District Judge, to act as a member of the Middle Island Railway Board of Appeal, and to be the Chairman of the said Board.

J. G. WARD,
Minister for Railways.

Inspecting Engineer, Public Works Department, appointed.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 20th November, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT WEST HOLMES

to be Inspecting Engineer in the Public Works Department, the appointment to date from the 1st April, 1901.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

Member of Napier Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1901.

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

JAMES STAINSTREET LARGE

to be a member of the Napier Harbour Board, in place of George Henry Swan, resigned.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st November, 1901.

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

Franklin Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

The Rev. Oswald Robert Hewlett to be Honorary Chaplain. Commission to date from 1st September, 1900.

Wanganui Highland Rifle Volunteers.

The Rev. Robert Middleton Ryburn to be Honorary Chaplain. Commission to date from 27th April, 1901.

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.

Edward Auster Bewes to be Surgeon-Captain. Commission to date from 15th October, 1900.

Maui Pomare to be Surgeon-Captain. Date of commission, 16th August, 1901.

Edward Henry Alexander to be Surgeon-Captain. Date of commission, 7th September, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

New Zealand Militia Officers promoted and appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st November, 1901.

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

New Zealand Militia.

Lieutenant Harry Rowland Potter to be Captain. Commission to date from the 12th June, 1901.

Farrier-Major Duncan Fraser (7th New Zealand Contingent) to be Veterinary Lieutenant. Commission to date from the 18th May, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Additional Members of the Central Military Examination Board appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st November, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint, under paragraph 66, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, the under-mentioned officers to be additional members of the Central Board for Examination of Officers for Commissions in the New Zealand Volunteer Force:—

Lieut.-Colonel ALFRED WILLIAM ROBIN, C.B., New Zealand Militia.

Lieut.-Colonel RICHARD HUTTON DAVIES, C.B., New Zealand Militia.

Major A. DE B. BRANDON, 1st Battalion, Wellington Rifle Volunteers.

Captain HENRY SMART EDGAR HOBDAY, Unattached Active List, New Zealand Volunteers.

The appointments to date from the 2nd September, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Resignation and Appointment of Trustee of the Bromley Rifle Range and Christchurch Drill-shed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st November, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of

Lieut.-Colonel HENRY GORDON

from the position of trustee of the Bromley Rifle Range and Christchurch Drill-shed, and to appoint

Lieut.-Colonel WILLIAM HOLDEN WEBB,

commanding Canterbury Militia and Volunteer District, to succeed him.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.