MAR. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 537

Registrar of Electors, Grey Electoral District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th February, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOSIAH ROGERS

to be Registrar of Electors, under “The Electoral Act, 1893,” for the Electoral District of Grey, vice B. Harper. Appointment to date from 1st March, 1902.

C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Secretary.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 28th February, 1902.

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

Name. District.
THOMAS WILLIAM LE COCQ .. .. Picton.
ALBERT BENNER .. .. Patea.

C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 28th February, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned 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 THOMAS PAVITT .. .. Oxford.
CHARLES CECIL NATION .. .. Shannon.

C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Secretary.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CHARLES JAMES BENNETT

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

J. G. WARD.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

STEWART DEWAR

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Gore, vice Thomas Theodore King, transferred, on and from the 1st March, 1902.

J. G. WARD.

Cadet in the Treasury appointed.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 5th March, 1902.

IT is hereby notified that

HAROLD WALTER WILLIAMS

has been appointed, under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” to be a cadet in the Treasury, as from the 22nd ultimo.

R. J. SEDDON.

Members of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th March, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM YOUNG DENNETT

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Hawke’s Bay, vice W. Beilby, deceased; and

ARTHUR HENRY WALLIS, J.P.,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Waiapu, vice Alexander Leonard Bellerby, J.P., resigned.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Clerks of Courts, &c., appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th March, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY ROBERTSON BUSH

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s and Warden’s Courts, and Receiver of Gold Revenue, and Mining Registrar, at Paeroa, and also to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Ohinemuri, on and from the 1st day of March, 1902, vice T. A. Moresby, resigned; and,

CONSTABLE PATRICK DUDDY

to be Clerk and Bailiff of the Magistrate’s Court at Raetihi.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Sittings of Magistrate’s Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th March, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THE PUBLIC HALL AT RAETIHI

to be a place wherein a Magistrate’s Court shall be held, under the provisions of “The Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1893.”

JAMES McGOWAN.

Officers appointed under “The Immigration Restriction Act, 1899.”

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned persons to be officers to carry out the provisions of “The Immigration Restriction Act, 1899”:

At Wellington: David Johnston, Collector of Customs, transferred from Invercargill, vice Dugald McKellar, retired.

At Napier: Arthur Valentine Penn, Landing Waiter, vice Ernest Rudolph Brabazon, transferred.

At Westport: Henry Richard Spence, Collector of Customs, vice John Mills, transferred to Christchurch.

At Lyttelton and Christchurch: John Mills, Collector of Customs, transferred from Westport, vice Edward Patten, retired.

At Timaru: Charles Stafford Nixon, Collector of Customs, vice Andrew Hart, retired.

At Invercargill: Atkinson McDowell, Collector of Customs, transferred from Greymouth, vice David Johnston, transferred to Wellington.

C. H. MILLS,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Promotion of Militia Officer.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the promotion of the undermentioned officer:

New Zealand Militia.

Lieutenant William Scott Canavan to be Captain. Commission to date from the 29th November, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Corps attached to Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the Clutha Rifle Volunteers (Balclutha) being attached to the 1st Battalion, Otago Rifle Volunteers, and numbered L Company.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1902.

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

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.

William Edward Redman to be Surgeon-Captain. Commission to date from the 31st January, 1902.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.