Oct. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2331

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 15th October, 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.
LEONARD EDGAR ALDRIDGE .. .. Taihape.
JOHN RITCHIE BOSWELL .. .. Rakaia.
THOMAS ALEXANDER STEPHENS .. .. Heriot.

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Colonial Secretary.

Rangers under the Animals Protection Acts, Nelson District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office.
Wellington, 15th October, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WALTER SMITH KERR,
MARTIN JAMES KERR,
HENRY JOSEPH FAULKNER,
CHARLES FREDERICK FAULKNER,
WILLIAM AITKEN, and
EDWIN ARNOLD

to be Rangers under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, for the District of Nelson.

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Colonial Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 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.
FRANCIS REUBEN PRICE .. .. Picton.
STEPHEN CUMMING .. .. Cambridge.

W. C. WALKER,
For Colonial Secretary.

Inspector of Sea-fishing appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 21st October, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pursuance of the power and authority vested in him by subsection (2) of section 6 of “The Sea-fisheries Act, 1894,” to appoint

JOHN McINTYRE,

of Dunedin, Police Constable, to be an Inspector of Sea-fishing under the abovementioned Act.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Analyst appointed under “The Tea Examination Act, 1882.”

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 9th October, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS HOPPER HUSTWICK, of Bethune’s Buildings, Featherston Street, Wellington,

to make examination of tea for the purposes of “The Tea Examination Act, 1882.”

C. H. MILLS,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st October, 1902.

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

Honorary Lieutenant THOMAS HERD,

Wellington Garrison Band Volunteers, he having a total efficient service counting towards the Medal to the 31st August, 1902, of twenty years and twenty-five days.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer transferred to the Unattached Active List, New Zealand Volunteers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st October, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to approve, under paragraph 256, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of the transfer of

Captain WALTER CHARLES FREDERICK CARNCROSS

from the East Taieri Rifle Volunteers to the Unattached Active List, New Zealand Volunteers, as Captain, and with effect from 24th May, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st October, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to approve, under paragraph 63, Amended Volunteer Regulations, 1900, of the following appointment :—

Ashburton Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Henry John Cracroft Harper to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 9th October, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st October, 1902.

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

North Otago Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Malcolm Stuart Holmes. Date of resignation, 9th October, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st October, 1902.

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

Huramua Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant James Caughley. Date of resignation, 27th September, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st October, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to accept the resignation of the undermentioned officer :—

A Battery (Auckland) New Zealand Regiment of Field Artillery Volunteers.

Captain Lucius O’Brien. Date of resignation, 22nd September, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st October, 1902.

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

Onehunga Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Alexander Scott Mason. Date of resignation, 2nd September, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.