1922
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 72

Vaccination Inspector appointed.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 5th September, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

KENNETH JAMES CHAMBERS

to be a Vaccination Inspector under “The Public Health Act, 1900,” for the District of Middlemarch, vice C. Russell, transferred. Appointment to date from the 4th day of August, 1902.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Public Health.

Public Vaccinators appointed.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 8th September, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to be Public Vaccinators under “The Public Health Act, 1900,” for the districts set opposite their names respectively, viz.:

Name. District.
ALFRED TEMPLE PERKINS, Esq., M.R.C.S., Eng., 1882, L.R.C.P., Edin., 1882 Wellington.
HENRY ADAMS, Esq., M.R.C.S., Eng., L.R.C.S., Lond., 1889 Wellington.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Public Health.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 6th September, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN ANGUS McCASKILL

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Geraldine, vice E. Richardson, jun., resigned.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Appointment in the Department of Roads.

Department of Roads,
Wellington, 30th August, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT HOWE

to be an Accountant in the Department of Roads.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Appointing Inspector under “The Orchard and Garden Pests Act, 1896.”—Notice No. 729.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 9th September, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ARTHUR CHARLES SMALE

to be an Inspector of imported fruit and plants, in terms of “The Orchard and Garden Pests Act, 1896,” to date from 1st September, 1902.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Honorary Colonel appointed to Volunteer Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th September, 1902.

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

1st Battalion, South Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
The Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, G.C.M.G., to be Honorary Colonel. Date of commission, 18th August, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Services of Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th September, 1902.

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

Sandon Block Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Waipuru. Acceptance to date from 21st August, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Cadet Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th September, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under paragraph 264 (j), amended Volunteer Regulations, 1900, of the undermentioned appointment:—

Dunedin High School Rifle Cadet Volunteers.

Honorary Captain Thomas David Pearce to be Captain. Date of commission, 1st June, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th September, 1902.

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

Takaka Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Captain John J. Langridge. Date of resignation, 30th July, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Award of Imperial Meritorious Service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th September, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under the Warrant dated 22nd April, 1898, published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 30, of the 28th April, 1898, of the award of the Imperial Meritorious Service Medal to

No. 95, Sergeant Thomas Farquharson, No. 1 Service Company, New Zealand Permanent Force.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Regulations cancelled and other Regulations substituted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th September, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that paragraphs 146, 147, 148, 149, and 150 of the Regulations of the Volunteer Force, 1895, be cancelled, and the following substituted in lieu thereof, and with effect from 27th July, 1902:—

MUSKETRY INSTRUCTION.

146. Officers commanding corps will be held, under the Officer Commanding District, responsible for the training of their respective units in musketry.

147. Musketry instruction and range practices in the annual course must be at all times carried out under the superintendence of an officer of the corps, assisted as far as practicable by a member of the permanent or district staff.

148. To enable an officer or Volunteer to qualify for capitation he must fire the course of target practices approved for the year by the Commandant of the Forces. Officers, and non-commissioned officers of the rank of sergeant and upwards, are exempt from firing in the collective practices, but should command or supervise units during the execution of such practices.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence,

[C.F. 02/W./570.]