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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 33

Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES JOHNSTON GREENE

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

J. G. WARD.

Officer under “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” Canterbury District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1902.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 9 of “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,”

ERNEST ALFRED RADFORD, of Gebbie’s Valley,

has been appointed an officer for the purposes of that Act for that part of the Provincial District of Canterbury to the north of and including the Rakaia River, and for the waters of the Clarence River which are within the County of Marlborough.

C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Secretary.

Officers under “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” Wellington District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1902.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 9 of “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,”

WILLIAM GARDNER, of Hukanui, and

WILFRED GEORGE CHRYSOSTOM LEGONIER LEE, of Otaki,

have been appointed officers for the purposes of that Act within the Wellington Acclimatisation District, as defined by notification under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 22nd June, 1899.

C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Secretary.

Rangers under the Animals Protection Acts, Wellington and Canterbury Districts, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned persons to be Rangers, under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, for the districts set opposite their names respectively, viz.:—

Name. District.
WILLIAM GARDNER .. .. .. } Wellington.
WILFRED GEORGE CHRYSOSTOM LEGONIER LEE
ERNEST ALFRED RADFORD .. .. Canterbury.

C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Secretary.

Cadets in the Treasury appointed.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 29th April, 1902.

IT is hereby notified that the following appointments of cadets under section 4 of “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” have been made in this Department:—

Date of Appointment.
ELLA MILLICENT TAYLOR .. .. 1 April, 1902.
PETER MCNAB .. .. 3 " "
SEAFORTH SIMPSON MACKENZIE .. 17 " "
ETHEL STEWARD WATTS .. .. 17 " "
EDITH ALICE CARSE BURRAGE .. 17 " "

J. G. WARD,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.

Visiting Justice appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 22nd April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HAROLD BEAUCHAMP, Esq., J.P.,

to be a Visiting Justice of H.M. prison at Wellington.

JAMES MCGOWAN.

School Commissioners appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 28th April, 1902.

PURSUANT to “The Education Reserves Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1882,” His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to be School Commissioners for the respective Provincial Districts, as follows:—

For the Provincial District of Auckland:
James Marshall Lennox, Esq.
Gerhard Mueller, Esq.
John McEffer Shera, Esq.

For the Provincial District of Taranaki:
Richard Cock, Esq.
Christopher Keating Stock, Esq.
J. Mackenzie, Esq.

For the Provincial District of Wellington:
John Strauchon, Esq.
Alexander Wilson Hogg, Esq., M.H.R.
Frederick Pirani, Esq., M.H.R.

For the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay:
Hyman Phineas Cohen, Esq.
Eric Charles Gold Smith, Esq.
Henry Arthur Cornford, Esq.

For the Provincial District of Marlborough:
W. H. Macey, Esq.
Alfred Rogers, Esq.
Charles William Adams, Esq.

For the Provincial District of Nelson:
W. G. Murray, Esq.
John Graham, Esq., M.H.R.
Francis Trask, Esq.

For the Provincial District of Westland:
Henry Michel, Esq.
John Staines, Esq.
Thomas Vincent Byrne, Esq.

For the Provincial District of Canterbury:
Thomas Humphries, Esq.
John Rennie, Esq.
Hon. William Rolleston.

For the Provincial District of Otago:
Alfred Baldey, Esq.
William Dallas, Esq.
David Barron, Esq.

W. C. WALKER.

Notice to Mariners No. 29 of 1902.

NEW BUOY OFF THAMES RIVER.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 25th April, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that a red buoy has been laid down at the mouth of the Thames River, outside Opani Point, on the west side of the channel. It is moored in 4 ft. of water L.W.O.S., and marks the edge of the channel, as the edge of the bank there is steep-to.

The following are the magnetic bearings from the buoy:—
Opani Point in one with Kopn wharf light, S. 59°E, 2½ cables.
Shortland Light, North,
Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 1108 and 2543; “New Zealand Pilot,” 7th edition, chap. iii., page 114.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds in Hawera County.—Notice No. 697.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 28th April, 1902.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Hawera County Council has by special order declared giant burdock and ragwort to be noxious weeds within the meaning of “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900,” in the district under its jurisdiction.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Commission of Volunteer Officer cancelled.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under paragraph 64, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of the cancelling of the commission held by the undermentioned officer:—

N Battery, New Zealand Regiment of Field Artillery Volunteers.

Lieutenant Daniel William Mahar. As from the 21st March, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Defence,