Nov. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2563

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

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd 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,”

WALTER FREDRICK NEWMAN

has been appointed an officer for the purposes of that Act
within the County of Westland and boroughs situated
therein.

W. C. WALKER,
For Colonial Secretary.

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

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 24th November, 1902.

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

WALTER FREDRICK NEWMAN

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

W. C. WALKER,
For Colonial Secretary.

Ranger under the Animals Protection Acts, Marlborough Dis-
trict, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office.
Wellington, 24th November, 1902.

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

FRANCIS B. RUSH

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

W. C. WALKER,
For Colonial Secretary.

Cadets appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 26th November, 1902.

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

FREDERICK JAMES BROOKS

to be a cadet in the Magistrate’s and Warden’s Courts at
Cromwell, as from the 20th day of October, 1902; and

JAMES THEOPHILUS BISHOP

to be a cadet in the Patent Office at Wellington, as from the
17th November instant.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Justice.

Assistant Inspectors of Industrial Schools appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 21st November, 1902.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance of the powers
vested in me by section 12 of “The Industrial Schools
Act, 1882,” I have appointed

Miss JESSIE STEWART and
THOMAS ALEXANDER WALKER, Esq.,

to be Assistant Inspectors of Industrial Schools.

W. C. WALKER.

Members of Picton Hospital and Charitable Aid Board to
represent Sounds County reappointed.

Lunacy and Charitable Department,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in terms of “The
Sounds County Hospital Representation Act, 1887,”
and “The Hospitals and Charitable Aid Boards Act, 1900,”
been pleased to reappoint

WILLIAM THOMAS ERSKINE,
GEORGE HENRY HARRIS, and
DONALD McCORMICK, Sen.,

to represent the Sounds County on the Picton Hospital and
Charitable Aid Board.

W. C. WALKER.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th November, 1902.

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

Auckland Volunteer Bearer Corps.

The Reverend George Albert Carver to be Honorary Chap-
lain. Date of commission, 16th September, 1902.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Services of Defence Rifle Cadet Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th November, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been
pleased to accept, under clause 39, (1), “The De-
fence Act, 1886,” the services of the undermentioned
corps:—

Hamilton Defence Rifle Cadet Volunteers,

with headquarters at Hamilton. Acceptance to date from
the 20th September, 1902.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Defence.

Trustee of Maheno Public Cemetery resigned.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 24th November, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of

ROBERT THOMPSON

as a Trustee of the Maheno Public Cemetery.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Lands.

Special Order of Ashburton County Council altering the
Boundaries of South Rakaia and Mount Hutt Ridings,
approved by Governor.

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

THE following special order, passed by the Ashburton
County Council and approved by His Excellency the
Governor, is published in accordance with the provisions
of “The Counties Act, 1886.”

W. C. WALKER,
For Colonial Secretary.

ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESOLVED, That this Council do make a special order
altering the boundaries of the South Rakaia and Mount
Hutt Ridings, and that such special order be as follows,
that is to say :—

Special Order.

Whereas, in pursuance and exercise of the powers con-
ferred upon it by “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” “The
Road Boards Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1883,” and of all
other powers vested in it in that behalf, this Council has
altered the boundaries of the South Rakaia and Mount Hutt
Road Districts, whereby the South Rakaia and Mount Hutt
Ridings of the County of Ashburton are no longer in con-
formity with the provisions of section 12 of “The Counties
Act, 1886” :

Now the County Council of the County of Ashburton
doth hereby alter the boundaries of the South Rakaia
Riding and the Mount Hutt Riding of the said county, and
doth order and declare that the boundaries of the said
ridings shall henceforth respectively be as follows:—

The South Rakaia Riding shall consist of the South
Rakaia Road District, the boundaries whereof are defined in
the New Zealand Gazette of the 18th day of September, 1902.

The Mount Hutt Riding shall consist of the Mount Hutt
Road District, the boundaries whereof are defined in the
New Zealand Gazette of the 18th day of September, 1902.

This special order shall come into force upon its being
gazetted according to law.

I, Frederick Mainwaring, Clerk of the Ashburton County
Council, hereby certify that the above special order altering
the boundaries of the South Rakaia and Mount Hutt Ridings
of the County of Ashburton has been duly made by the said
Council.

As witness my hand, this 5th day of November, 1902.

F. MAINWARING.

I approve of the above special order.

RANFURLY, Governor,
By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

18th November, 1902.