Nov. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2525

Polling-place under “The Electoral Act, 1902,” appointed.

RANFURLY, Governor.
By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon me by “The Electoral Act, 1902,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the place mentioned in the Schedule hereto to be a polling-place for the electoral district the name of which is therein specified.

SCHEDULE.
Bay of Plenty Electoral District—
Opera House, Durham Street, Tauranga (principal).

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this nineteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and two.

W. C. WALKER.

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

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th November, 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,”

RICHARD BARNES,

of Clinton, has been appointed an officer for the purposes of that Act within the Otago Acclimatisation District.

W. C. WALKER,
For Colonial Secretary.

Ranger under the Animals Protection Acts, Otago District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th November, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to appoint

RICHARD BARNES

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

W. C. WALKER,
For Colonial Secretary.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 13th November, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, 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.
ANTONIE BEEKMAN . . . . Kurow.
(Vice Samuel Pringle; on and from the 16th October, 1902.)
JOHN RICHARD MARTIN . . . . Kurow.
(Vice Antonie Beekman; on and from the 5th November, 1902.)

W. C. WALKER,
For Colonial Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th November, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, 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.
Albert Ernest Moore . . Opotiki.
William John Smith . . Cust.
Sydney Alexander Johnston. . Ahaura.
Charles Frederick Potter . . Tauranga.
Francis William Craig . . Cheviot.
Arthur Wolleston Pym Hewitt . . Ohaeawai.
James Eccles . . Waipukurau.
Harry Campbell Hemphill . . Maungaturoto.
Arthur Samuel Pirani . . Wairoa.
Arthur Rhodes Williams . . Mauriceville.

W. C. WALKER,
For Colonial Secretary.

Sittings of Magistrate’s Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th November, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The Courthouse at Carterton

to be a place wherein a Magistrate’s Court shall be held, in lieu of the Rechabite Hall, previously appointed.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Justice.

Inspector of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 13th November, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable SAMUEL KIDD,

of Fairlie, an Inspector under “The Factories Act, 1901.”

W. C. WALKER,
For the Minister of Labour.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st October, 1902.

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

Lyttelton Naval Artillery Volunteers.
Lieutenant-Commanding Herbert Stanley Hewlett. Date of resignation, 14th October, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th November, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to approve of the following promotion:—

No. 2 Battalion, Otago Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Major John Edward Hawkins, V.D., to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Date of commission, 8th September, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th November, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to approve of the following promotion:—

South Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Gordon Parker Wood to be Captain. Date of commission, 18th September, 1902.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th November, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to approve of the following appointment:—

Hawera Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Stewart Linwood Fairhall to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 24th September, 1902.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th November, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to approve of the following appointment:—

Ekatahuna Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Alfred James Stone-Wigg to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 24th September, 1902.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.