July 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1605

Deputy Assignee appointed.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CHARLES HENRY ARNDT

to be Deputy Assignee at Stratford. JAS. McGOWAN.

Crown Prosecutor appointed.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM KERR, Esq.,

to be Crown Prosecutor at Stratford. JAS. McGOWAN.

Public Vaccinators appointed.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 13th July, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned persons to be Public Vaccinators, under “The Public Health Act, 1900,” for the districts set opposite their names respectively, viz. :

Name. District.

PETER MARTIN KELLER, M.D. 1899, &c. (U.S.A.) .. .. .. Huntly.

FLORENCE KELLER, M.D. &c. U.S.A. 1900 Huntly.

F. REID MACKAY, Esq., M.D. Univ. Edin. 1895, &c. .. .. .. Dannevirke.

W. A. LOGAN, Esq, M.B. and Ch.B. Univ. N.Z. 1898, &c. .. .. .. Wellington.

HENRY POLLEN, Esq., M.B. 1874, &c. .. Wellington.

GEOFFREY EDWARD GARDINER, Esq., M.R.C.S. Eng., &c. .. .. .. Shannon.

ALEXANDER DOUGLAS, Esq., M.B. M.S. Univ. Edin. 1892 .. .. .. Oamaru.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Public Health.

Vaccination Inspectors appointed.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 13th July, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned persons to be Vaccination Inspectors under “The Public Health Act, 1900,” viz. :

CHARLES EDMUND NICHOLAS, Esq.,

for the District of Tauranga, as from the 11th day of June, 1903 ;

ABRAHAM ABSOLUM, Esq.,

for the District of Whangarei, as from the 1st day of June, 1903.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Public Health.

Managers of Waihao Burial-ground appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 8th July, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 47 of “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” been pleased to appoint

JOHN HANLEY, of Glenavy, Farmer ;

DONALD KENNEDY, of Morven, Farmer ;

JOHN MORRIS, of Morven, Farmer ;

MICHAEL CORRIGAN, of Glenavy, Farmer ; and

MICHAEL LEONARD, Jun., of Glenavy, Farmer.

to be Managers of the Waihao Burial-ground.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Inspector of Sea-fishing appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 9th July, 1903.

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

PAUL SHIRLEY,

of Greymouth, police sergeant, to be an Inspector of Sea fishing under the above-mentioned Act.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Land Transfer Officer appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 14th July, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN ANDREW AMBROSE, Esq.,

to be Deputy Registrar of Deeds at Christchurch for the Deeds Registration District of Canterbury, as from the 1st day of July, 1903, vice Robert Leslie Orbell, retired.

J. CARROLL,
Commissioner of Stamps.

New Zealand Permanent Force (Wellington): Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the resignation of the appointment held by

DR. JOHN TEARE, M.B.,

as Surgeon (Permanent Force, Wellington), and with effect from 3rd July, 1903.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer dismissed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th July, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under clause 50, “The Defence Act, 1886,” of the dismissal of

No. 75, Private NICHOLAS NICHOLLS, Wallace Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

from the New Zealand Volunteer Force. Dismissal to date from the 8th June, 1903, he having been convicted in the Supreme Court, Invercargill, on that date of horse-stealing.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Special Order made by the Upper Wangaehu Road Board, County of Wanganui.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1903.

THE following special order, made by the Upper Wangaehu Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

J. G. WARD.

SPECIAL ORDER passed by the Upper Wangaehu Road Board on 6th June, 1903.

THAT the Board by special order declare ragwort (Senecio jacobæus) a noxious weed under “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900.”

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly made in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

A. C. MANNINGTON,
Clerk.

Notice to Mariners No. 45 of 1903.

OTAGO HARBOUR LIGHT-VESSEL.

Marine Department,
Wellington. N.Z., 6th July, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the light-vessel in Otago Harbour has been moved 2 cables E. by N. ½ N. of its former position, and is now moored in 4 fathoms l.w.o.s.

The following magnetic bearings define the new position :

Lower black beacon .. .. S. 48° W.

Lower red beacon .. .. N. 35° W.

Upper red beacon .. .. S. 85° W.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty charts Nos. 2411 and 2532 ; “New Zealand Pilot,” 7th edition, Chap. viii., page 293.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Notice to Mariners No. 46 of 1903.

INDIA—EAST COAST.

Alteration in Character of Santopilli Light postponed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 11th July, 1903.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 28 of 1903, issued by this Department on the 1st April last, notice has been received from the Presidency Port Officer,