APRIL 10. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 829

Police Gaoler appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 2nd April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Sergeant JAMES SIDDELLS

to be Police Gaoler at Gisborne, vice Constable John McCabe, retired.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
For Minister of Justice.

Inspector of Machinery appointed.

Inspection of Machinery Department,
Wellington, 5th April, 1902.

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

WILLIAM REID DOUGLAS

has been appointed Inspector of Machinery for the Auckland, Taranaki, Wellington, Hawke’s Bay, Marlborough, Nelson North, Nelson South, Canterbury, Otago, and Westland Districts.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister of Marine.

Engineer-Surveyor and Examiner of Engineers appointed.

Inspection of Machinery Department,
Wellington, 5th April, 1902.

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

WILLIAM REID DOUGLAS

has been appointed Inspector and Surveyor and Engineer-Surveyor for the purposes of the said Act, and also Examiner of candidates for certificates of competency as engineers of sea-going steamships or of steamships plying within restricted limits.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister of Marine.

Registrar of Old-age Pensions appointed.

Old-age Pensions Department,
Wellington, 1st April, 1902.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has, under section 4 of “The Old-age Pensions Act, 1898,” appointed

JAMES EMAN SMITH, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Old-age Pensions.

R. J. SEDDON.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1902.

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

Feilding Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

The Reverend Allan Innes Jones to be Honorary Chaplain. Commission to date from the 12th October, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1902.

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

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.

Harold Guthrie McAllum to be Surgeon-Captain. Commission to date from the 12th October, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1902.

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

Seddon Horse Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Honorary Chaplain the Reverend Trevor Evershed. Date of resignation, 17th February, 1902.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Trustee of Waikouaiti Athenæum resigned.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1902.

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

ARCHIBALD GRANT REID

as a Trustee of the Waikouaiti Athenæum under “The Waikouaiti Athenæum Land Act, 1877.”

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Officer dismissed.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office,
Wellington, 1st April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to dismiss from the public service

DAVID ROBERT COWAN,

lately a clerk in the Chief Post Office at Wellington.

J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General.

Officers dismissed.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office,
Wellington, 1st April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to dismiss from the public service

HENRY JOHN HARRIS and
ROBERT McGREGOR,

each of whom was lately a letter-carrier in the Chief Post-office at Oamaru.

J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General.

Arrangements for First Elections, &c., Kairanga County.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WALTER RUTHERFURD

to be the person to make up electors’ rolls for the Ridings of Taonui and Fitzherbert, in the County of Kairanga, as constituted under “The Counties Act, 1886,” and “The Kairanga County Act, 1901”; also to be Returning Officer to conduct the first elections of members of the Council of the said county; and also to be the Clerk of the Kairanga County Council for the purpose of presiding at the first meeting thereof.

J. G. WARD.

Despatch.—Proclamation by the King determining New Designs for Silver Coins.

The Treasury,
8th April, 1902.

THE following despatch, received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

(Circular.)

Downing Street, 10th February, 1902.

Sir,—I have the honour to transmit to you, for your information and with a view to its publication in the colony under your government, the accompanying copy of a Proclamation by the King in Council determining new designs for silver coins.

I have, &c.,

J. CHAMBERLAIN.

The Officer administering the Government
of New Zealand.

BY THE KING.—A PROCLAMATION.

EDWARD R. AND I.

WHEREAS under section eleven of the Coinage Act, 1870, We have power, with the advice of our Privy Council, from time to time by Proclamation to determine the design for any coin :

And whereas it appears to Us desirable to determine new designs for the silver coins specified in this Proclamation