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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 81

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th September, 1902.

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

Surgeon-Major SIDNEY SKERMAN,
New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff, he having a total efficient commissioned service counting towards the Decoration to the 17th September, 1902, of twenty years three months and fourteen days.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th September, 1902.

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

Blenheim Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Donald Polson, D.S.O. Date of resignation, 16th September, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th September, 1902.

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

Waipawa Rifle Volunteers.

Captain Herbert Melville Rathbone. Date of resignation, 23rd September, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th September, 1902.

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

Hawera Rifle Volunteers.

Captain Charles Edwin Major. Date of resignation, 6th September, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th September, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

No. 174, Corporal WILLIAM NEWMAN,
No. 1 Company, Thames Rifle Volunteers, he having a total efficient service counting towards the medal to the 28th February, 1902, of twenty-one years nine months twenty-two days.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th September, 1902.

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

2nd Battalion Otago Rifle Volunteer Band.

Bandmaster Philip Henry Mohr to be Honorary Lieutenant. Date of commission, 21st August, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Enumerators appointed under “The Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics Act, 1895.”—Notice No. 734.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 30th September, 1902.

THE following Enumerators have been appointed, under “The Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics Act, 1895,” for the districts specified :—

CLIFTON, EDMUND, Inspector of Stock, Auckland, the Counties of Mangonui, Whangaroa, Hokianga, Bay of Islands, Hobson, Whangarei, Otamatea, Rodney, Waitemata, Eden, Manukau, Coromandel, Thames, Ohinemuri, Raglan, Waikato, Waipa, Piako, Tauranga, Rotorua, Whakatane, Opotiki, Kawhia, West Taupo, and East Taupo ;

MILLER, WALTER, Inspector of Stock, Napier, the Counties of Waiapu, Cook, Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay, Waipawa, Patangata, Woodville, and Pahiatua ;

BLUNDELL, ARTHUR KENNEDY, Inspector of Stock, Wanganui, the Counties of Clifton, Taranaki, Egmont, Stratford, Hawera, Patea, Waitotara, Wanganui, Rangitikei, Kiwitea, Pohangina, Manawatu, Oroua, Kairanga, and Horowhenua ;

JENKINSON, GEORGE HENRY, Inspector of Stock, Masterton, the Counties of Mauriceville, Masterton, Castlepoint, Eketahuna, Akitio, Wairarapa South, and Featherston ;

MILLS, ALFRED, Inspector of Stock, Wellington, the Hutt County, including the Islands of Mana and Kapiti ;

MOORE, JOHN, Inspector of Stock, Blenheim, the Counties of Kaikoura, Marlborough, and Sounds, also D’Urville Island ;

CAMPBELL, HECTOR MCNEIL, Inspector of Stock, Nelson, the Counties of Waimea and Collingwood ;

EMPSON, CHARLES CLENDON, Inspector of Stock, Hokitika, the Counties of Buller, Inangahua, Grey, and Westland ;

TURNER, HENRY THOMAS GEORGE, Inspector of Stock, Christchurch,
the Counties of Cheviot, Amuri, Ashley, Selwyn, Akaroa, Ashburton, Geraldine, Levels, Mackenzie, and Waimate ;

THOMSON, JAMES ELLIOT, Inspector of Stock, Dunedin, the Counties of Waitaki, Maniototo, Waihemo, Waikouaiti, Peninsula, Taieri, Tuapeka, Bruce, Clutha, Vincent, and Lake ;

WRIGHT, ROBERT, Inspector of Stock, Invercargill, the Counties of Southland, Wallace, and Fiord, also Stewart Island.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds in the Borough of Hawksbury, and in the Wallace County.—Notice No. 737.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 3rd October, 1902.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the undermentioned local governing bodies have, by special order, declared the plants enumerated opposite each to be noxious weeds within the meaning of “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900,” in the district under the jurisdiction of each respectively :—

Local Bodies. Plants.
Hawksbury Borough Council .. Gorse and broom.
Wallace County Council .. Gorse.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Notice to Mariners No. 72 of 1902.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 2nd October, 1902.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Board of Trade, London, are published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

AFRICA.
West Coast.

TABLE BAY.—ROBBEN ISL.—In about two months time, from May, 1902, an explosive fog sig., giving one report every 5 mins., was to be est. at Robben Isl. lt.-h. (33° 49′ S., 18° 22½′ E.). Aug.