Oct. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2125

Postmaster appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

Pursuant to the authority conferred upon me by the eighth section of “The Justices of the Peace Act Amendment Act, 1888,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that

JOSEPH CUTTANCE,

being a person holding the office of Postmaster, under “The Post Office Act, 1900,” at Okura, is authorised to take and receive statutory declarations under the two-hundred-and-thirty-fourth section of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

As witness my hand, this twenty-second day of September, one thousand nine hundred and three.

RANFURLY, Governor.

Visiting Justice appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 22nd September, 1903.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT EWING, Esq., J.P.,

to be a Visiting Justice of H.M. Prisons at Dunedin and Taiaroa Heads.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

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

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN JACKSON, Esq., J.P.,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Timaru, vice J. J. Grandi, resigned.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Harbourmaster and Pilot at Foxton appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1903.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pursuance of the power and authority vested in him by section 13 of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” to appoint

JOHN BROADBENT HALL

to be Harbourmaster and Pilot for the Port of Foxton.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Official Visitor, Seacliff Asylum and Ashburn Hall Licensed House, appointed.

Lunacy Department,
Wellington, 28th September, 1903.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

MARK COHEN, Esq.,

to be an Official Visitor to the Lunatic Asylum at Seacliff, and to the Licensed House, Ashburn Hall, Waikari, near Dunedin, under “The Lunatics Act, 1882.”

WM. HALL-JONES.

Acting Member of the Court of Arbitration appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 25th September, 1903.

On the recommendation of the Employers’ Association at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, as provided by “The Arbitration Court Emergency Act, 1903,” His Excellency the Governor has appointed

WILLIAM SCOTT, of Dunedin,

an Acting Member of the Court of Arbitration, under “The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1900.”

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Labour.

Inspector and Grader under “The Dairy Industry Act, 1898,” appointed.—Notice No. 816.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 28th September, 1903.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ERNEST ALFRED DOWLEN

to be an Inspector and Grader under “The Dairy Industry Act, 1898”; the appointment to date from the 24th September, 1903.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th September, 1903.

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

EDWIN HARRISON HUMPHREY, Esq.,

of Marton, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Appointment of Conservators of State Forests revoked.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 28th September, 1903.

His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance of section 12 of “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885,” has been pleased to revoke the appointments of

ANDREW THOMPSON,
ISAAC CURTIS,
JOHN MCVEY,
JAMES REESE HART, and
ALEXANDER SEARLE SMITH

as Conservators of the State Forest Reserves in the Albury Settlement, Tengawai Survey District, Canterbury Land District, known as Reserves 3244 and 3245.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Inspector and Grader under “The Dairy Industry Act, 1898,” resigned.—Notice No. 818.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 30th September, 1903.

It is hereby notified for public information that the resignation of

THOMAS CUDDIE BRASH

of his appointment as Inspector and Grader for the purposes of “The Dairy Industry Act, 1898,” has been accepted.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

President of the Court of Arbitration resigned.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 25th September, 1903.

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

His Honour THEOPHILUS COOPER

as President of the Court of Arbitration, under “The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1900.”

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Labour.

New Zealand Militia Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th September, 1903.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following promotion:—

New Zealand Militia.

Lieutenant Wilson Cameron Morrison to be Captain. Date of commission, 14th April, 1902.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.