APRIL 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 899

Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 28th March, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY ASHTON WRIGHT

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Upper Hutt, vice John Hanning, on and from the 1st April, 1903.

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Colonial Secretary.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 1st April, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor 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.
ALFRED HENRY HALE .. .. .. Pelorus.
(On and from the 18th March, 1903.)
WILLIAM PYLE .. .. .. .. Blackstone.
(On and from the 6th April, 1903.)
FRANCIS EGGINTON .. .. .. Manuherikia.
(On and from the 30th March, 1903.)

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Colonial Secretary.

Clerks of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th March, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable WILLIAM GEORGE GREY

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Rangitikei;

Constable PATRICK McCORMACK

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Ellesmere;

ROBERT COLTHART

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Courtenay, vice W. Martin; and

Constable THOMAS GRIFFITH

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Selwyn, vice R. Colthart.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Clerk of Magistrate’s Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 31st March, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable ALFRED HAMMOND

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Featherston, from the 6th March instant, vice Constable P. F. Carlyon, transferred.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Clerk of Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st April, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable THOMAS GRIFFITH

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at South Rakaia, from the 26th day of March, 1903, vice Constable J. Stanley, retired.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Assistant Draughtsman appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 23rd March, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

FREDERICK JAMES HARROP

to be an Assistant Draughtsman in the Department of Lands and Survey.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Inspector of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 26th March, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Sergeant FRANCIS CULLEN

to be an Inspector under “The Factories Act, 1901.”

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Minister of Labour.

Grader under “The Flax Grading and Export Act, 1901,” appointed.—Notice No. 767.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 31st March, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM JOHN SHEA

to be a Grader under and for the purposes of “The Flax Grading and Export Act, 1901,” the appointment to date from 1st April, 1903,

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Police Gaoler appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 26th March, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Sergeant ROBERT DARBY

to be Police Gaoler at Thames, vice Sergeant Andrew Clarke.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Licensing Officer under “The Arms Act, 1880,” appointed.

Police Department,
Wellington, 26th March, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Sergeant ROBERT DARBY,

of the New Zealand Police Force, to be a licensing officer under “The Arms Act, 1880.”

JAS. McGOWAN.

Revising Barrister appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 26th March, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CHARLES J. TUNKS, Esq.,

to be Revising Barrister, under “The Building Societies Act, 1880,” for the District of Auckland, as from the 16th day of March, 1903.

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Commissioner of Stamps.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st April, 1903.

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

FREDERICK SIDNEY MONTAGUE, Esq.,

of Dunedin, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Colony.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Special Order made by the Westport Borough Council abolishing Wards.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 30th March, 1903.

THE following special order, made by the Westport Borough Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900.”

R. F. LYNCH,
For Under-Secretary.

WESTPORT BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Notice of Special Order.

THAT in pursuance of the provisions of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” section 182, subsection (3), (a), the Council of the Borough of Westport do now ordain by