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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 96

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 31st October, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:—

Name. District.
JOHN ERNEST TAYLOR .. Invercargill.
SAMUEL ALEXANDER CONNOLLY .. Picton.
J. G. WARD.

Justice of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st November, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM McINNES, Esq.,

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

JAMES McGOWAN.

Inspector and Grader under “The Dairy Industry Act, 1898,” appointed.—Notice No. 676.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 1st November, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS CUDDIE BRASH

to be an Inspector and Grader under and for the purposes of “The Dairy Industry Act, 1898.” Appointment to date from 1st instant.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

School Commissioner appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 5th November, 1901.

PURSUANT to “The Education Reserves Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1882,” His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

E. G. ALLSWORTH, Esq.,

to be a School Commissioner for the Provincial District of Taranaki, vice C. K. Stock, Esq., deceased.

W. C. WALKER.

Cadets appointed.

Government Insurance Department,
Wellington, 31st October, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Matilda Maxwell,
Percy Midgley West,
Thomas Peter Laurensen,
William Newlands,
Gordon Leslie Osborne,
William Thompson,
Ivon Edgar Foot, and
Ludwig Arnold Berthold Teutenberg,

to be cadets in the Government Insurance Department; the appointments to date from 29th July, 1901; 29th July, 1901; 29th July, 1901; 26th August, 1901; 29th August, 1901; 2nd September, 1901; 2nd September, 1901; and 7th September, 1901, respectively.

W. C. WALKER.

Battalion Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th October, 1901.

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

Lieut.-Colonel ALFRED HEADLAND, V.D., Unattached Active List, New Zealand Volunteers (North Otago), to be in command of No. 3 Battalion, Otago Rifle Volunteers.

Major JOHN EDWARD HAWKINS, New Zealand Volunteers, to be in command of No. 2 Battalion, Otago Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Appointments to date from the 1st October, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Acting-Commandant, New Zealand Forces, appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th November, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointment of

Major ROBERT HAYLOCK OWEN, New Zealand Militia (Captain H.M. South Lancashire Regiment),

to be Acting-Commandant, New Zealand Forces, from the 17th October, 1901, until the arrival in the colony of the officer appointed to the position of Commandant.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Designation of Volunteer Battalion changed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th October, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the designation of the 2nd Battalion, Auckland Rifle Volunteers, being changed to the “2nd Battalion, Auckland (Hauraki) Infantry Volunteers,” with effect from the 1st October, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Corps attached to Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th October, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under paragraphs 211 and 213, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of the addition of the under-mentioned cycle corps in the Otago Military District to the 1st Battalion, Otago Rifle Volunteers, with effect from 1st October, 1901:—

Dunedin Volunteer Cycle Corps.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Corps attached to Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th October, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under paragraphs 211 and 213, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of the addition of the under-mentioned Rifle Volunteer Corps in the Otago Military District to the 3rd Battalion, Otago Rifle Volunteers, with effect from 1st October, 1901:—

H Company, Duntroon Rifle Volunteers.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Corps attached to Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st October, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under paragraphs 211 and 213, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of the addition of the under-mentioned Mounted Rifle Volunteer Corps in the Otago Military District to the 1st Battalion, Otago (Dunedin) Mounted Rifle Volunteers, with effect from 1st October, 1901:—

E Company, Taieri Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
F Wakatipu Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Formation of Mounted Rifle Volunteer Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th October, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under paragraphs 211 and 213, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of the under-mentioned corps in the Nelson Military District being formed into a battalion of Mounted Rifle Volunteers under the designation and with headquarters as set forth below, and with effect from 1st October, 1901:—

1st Battalion, Nelson Mounted Rifle Volunteers (Headquarters, Nelson).

A Company—Marlborough Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
B Wakatu Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
C Takaka Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
D Motueka Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.