Feb. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 429

Rangers under the Animals Protection Acts, Mangonui-Whangaroa and Otago Districts, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 6th February, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned persons to be rangers under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, for the districts set opposite their names respectively, viz.:

Name. District.
FREDERICK EDWARD PAUL .. .. Mangonui-Whangaroa.
FRITZ URWIN .. ..
EDWARD EVANS .. ..
WILLIAM NEVILL GRANT USSHER Otago.
DANIEL DONNELLY .. ..

J. G. WARD.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 7th February, 1903.

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.
GILBERT BURNESS BURNS .. .. East Taieri.
WILLIAM BANKS .. .. Waipukurau.
JOHN COCKBURN .. .. Sanson.

J. G. WARD.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 7th February, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ALFRED PERRY

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Hunterville, vice Reginald Skerman, resigned, on and from the 16th February, 1903.

J. G. WARD.

Native Interpreters licensed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th February, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorise

JESSIE EVANGELINE BEATTIE,

of Te Araroa, to act as an Interpreter of the Second Grade; and

FANNY TE TAU,

of Masterton, to act as an Interpreter of the First Grade.

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

Cadet in Magistrate’s Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th February, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

EDGAR WILLING PATRICK THOMPSON

to be a cadet in the Magistrate’s Court at New Plymouth, as from the 8th February instant.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Inspector under “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900,” appointed.
—Notice No. 754.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 10th February, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN GILMOUR PARKER

to be an Inspector under and for the purposes of “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900,” such appointment to date from the 1st day of November, 1902.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Vaccination Inspector appointed.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 6th February, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE OCTAVIUS STEVENSON, Esq.,

to be a Vaccination Inspector, under “The Public Health Act, 1900,” for the District of Waipu, vice John Wickstead, transferred. The appointment to date from the 3rd day of December, 1902.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Public Health.

Health Officer, Port of New Plymouth, appointed.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 6th February, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HUGH AUGUSTUS MCCLELAND, Esq., M.R.C.S. Eng., 1893, &c.,

to be a Port Health Officer, under section 10 of “The Public Health Act, 1900,” for the Port of New Plymouth.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Public Health.

Members of Waikokopu Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 9th February, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of the provisions of section 5 of “The Waikokopu Harbour Board Act, 1902,” appointed

EDWARD BIRT BENDALL,
FRANK ERNEST GADDUM,
WILLIAM ALFRED MCKAIN,
CHARLES EDWARD STEWART, and
GEORGE WALKER

to be members of the Waikokopu Harbour Board.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th February, 1903.

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

Napier Rifle Volunteers.

Horace Dixon to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 12th November, 1902.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th February, 1903.

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

Ranfurly Rifle Volunteers.

Charles Gerald Fitzgerald Egar to be Captain. Date of commission, 12th November, 1902.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th February, 1903.

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

Ranfurly Rifle Volunteers.

Frederick Lee Derbyshire to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 12th November, 1902.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Revocation of Amended Permanent Militia Regulations, and Substitution of Others therefor.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th February, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that the Permanent Militia Regulations (Amended), as published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 71,