Aug. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1731

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 15th August, 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.
ARTHUR AUGUSTUS WINTERBURN .. .. Temuka.
(On and from 8th August, 1902.)
ROBERT VINCENT McGLONE .. .. Charleston.
(On and from 11th August, 1902.)
JOHN WICKSTEAD .. .. Waipu.
(On and from 13th August, 1902.)

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Colonial Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 15th August, 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.
WILLIAM BOWLING .. .. Middlemarch.
ARTHUR RHODES WILLIAMS .. .. Takapau.

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Colonial Secretary.

Officer under “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” Hawke’s Bay District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th August, 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,”

SAMUEL SMITH

has been appointed an officer for the purposes of that Act within the Hawke’s Bay Acclimatisation District.

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Colonial Secretary.

Clerk of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th August, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable ROBERT VINCENT McGLONE

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s and Warden’s Courts, and Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrar, at Charleston, from the 11th instant, vice Constable T. A. Godfrey, transferred.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th August, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ARTHUR WELLESLEY MANNING, J.P.,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Franklin, vice J. H. Wright, deceased.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Clerk appointed in Old-age Pensions Department.

Old-age Pensions Department,
Wellington, 11th August, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

FRANK MAXWELL LECKIE, Esq.

(a clerk in the Government Life Insurance Department), to be a clerk in the Old-age Pensions Department. Appointment to date from 11th August, 1902.

C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Treasurer.

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Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th August, 1902.

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

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.

Walter Dymock Perry to be Surgeon-Captain. Date of commission, 25th June, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th August, 1902.

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

Huntly Rifle Volunteers.

The Reverend John Egerton Ward to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 26th July, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Commission of Volunteer Officer cancelled.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th August, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that the commission of

Lieutenant GEORGE CHURCHILL,

Port Chalmers Naval Artillery Volunteers, be cancelled, as from 5th July, 1902, he having left the colony without permission.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted, and attached to Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under clause 39, (1), “The Defence Act, 1886,” the services of the

Popotunoa Rifle Volunteers,

with headquarters at Clinton, to be attached to the 1st Battalion Otago Rifle Volunteers, and numbered “N” Company, with effect from 4th August, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Services of Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under clause 15, “The Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900,” the services of the

Chatton Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at East Chatton. Acceptance to date from 1st August, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration to

Captain and Quartermaster THOMAS CHAMBERS SELF,

Honorary Unattached List, N.Z. Volunteers, he having a total efficient rank and commissioned service counting towards the Decoration, to the 31st July, 1902, of twenty-eight years eight months and fifteen days.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.