JULY 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1503

SCHEDULE.

53. THE highest rank that may be held by officers in command of corps or companies is,—

(a.) For Naval Artillery, Submarine Mining Corps, Field or Garrison Artillery, and Engineers, Major, or relative rank of Major; provided that in each case such rank can only be held by officers who have served seven years in command of any of the above corps as Captain, or with the relative rank of Captain.

(b.) For other branches of the service, Captain.

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

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

C.O.F. 1901/1704.]

Commission on Colonial Scale of Staff and Salaries of Public-school Teachers.

Education Department,
Wellington, 20th July, 1901.

THE following supplementary Commission, extending the time within which the Commission appointed to inquire into the establishment of a uniform scale of staff and salaries for schools maintained under “The Education Act, 1877,” shall report its proceedings, is published for general information.

W. C. WALKER.

RANFURLY, Governor.

To Michael Gilfedder, of Invercargill, Alexander Wilson Hogg, of Masterton, Frank Yates Lethbridge, of Bull's, and Thomas Mackenzie, of Dunedin, members of the House of Representatives; Samuel Luke, of Auckland, a member of the Education Board of the District of Auckland; Thomas Shailer Weston, of Christchurch, Chairman of the Education Board of the District of North Canterbury; Henry Hill, of Napier, and John Smith, of Blenheim, Inspectors of Schools; and William Davidson, of Mornington, and Ralph Duncan Stewart, of Auckland, Schoolmasters: Greeting.

WHEREAS by Commission under my hand dated the ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and one, you were required within forty days from the date thereof to report to me upon a system of establishing a uniform scale of staff and salaries of school-teachers of the colony:

And whereas by Commission under my hand dated the eighteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and one, the time at or before which you were to present to me your report as aforesaid was extended to the eighteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and one:

And whereas it was further extended to the eighteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and one; and it is expedient to further extend the period within which you are required to report your proceedings touching the said premises:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of all powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the colony, do hereby declare and appoint that, notwithstanding anything in the said Commissions contained, the time at or before which you shall present to me your report as aforesaid is hereby further extended to the first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and one, until which date, or until such earlier date as you shall be able to conclude your labours, all the rights, privileges, and powers in the said Commission contained shall be and remain in full force and effect.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one.

R. J. SEDDON.

Approved in Executive Council.
J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th July, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ALEXANDER JOHN HATFIELD, Jun.,

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths, and also to be Vaccination Inspector, for the District of Waiwera, vice John Lees, resigned, on and from the 1st August, 1901.

J. G. WARD.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th July, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE DUNCAN CAMERON

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

J. G. WARD.

Inspectors of Weights and Measures, Borough of Gisborne and County of Inangahua, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th July, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned persons to be Inspectors of Weights and Measures, under “The Weights and Measures Act, 1868,” and the Acts amending the same, for the districts set opposite their names respectively, viz.:

Name. District.
OTHELLO, JOSEPH MORELL Borough of Gisborne.
Sergeant WILLIAM FOLLEY County of Inangahua.

J. G. WARD.

Appointment of Acting-Consul for France at Wellington recognised.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th July, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that he has recognised the appointment by the Vice-Consul of France at Wellington of

ANDREW AGNEW STUART MENTEATH, Esq.,

as Acting-Consul for France at Wellington, with jurisdiction over New Zealand, during the absence of the Vice-Consul, the Count de Courte.

J. G. WARD.

Clerks of Courts, &c., appointed.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

AXEL ASKENBECK

to be Clerk of the Magistrate's and Warden's Courts and Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrar at Reefton, from the 16th instant, vice H. Lucas, deceased; and

JULIUS CÆSAR MALFROY

to be Clerk of the Magistrate's and Warden's Courts and Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrar at Ahaura, from the 12th instant, vice A. Askenbeck, transferred; and

JAMES MCINDOE

to be a Clerk in the Magistrate's and Warden's Courts at Paeroa, vice J. C. Malfroy, transferred.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Sheriff appointed.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

AXEL ASKENBECK

to be Sheriff for the District of Central Westland, from the 16th instant, vice H. Lucas, deceased.

JAMES McGOWAN.