Oct. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2297

Rangers under the Animals Protection Acts, Southland District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st October, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS RUPERT CARROLL and
JOHN HUNTER

to be Rangers, under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, for the District of Southland.

J. G. WARD.

Inspectors of Weights and Measures, Counties of Waimate, Geraldine, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st October, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned persons to be Inspectors of Weights and Measures, under “The Weights and Measures Act, 1868,” and the Acts amending the same, for the districts set opposite their names respectively, viz. :—

Name. District.
Constable James O’Halloran .. County of Waimate.
Constable Frank Lewin .. Counties of Geraldine, Levels, and Mackenzie, and all Boroughs therein.

J. G. WARD.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st October, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES AITKEN

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Hokitika.

J. G. WARD,
Colonial Secretary.

Clerk of Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 26th October, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable WILLIAM McCARTHY

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Raglan, from the 16th October instant, vice Constable J. McNamara, transferred.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Official Assignee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 27th October, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ERNEST GERARD, Esq.,

to be Official Assignee for the Northern Judicial District, on and from the 1st day of November, 1903, vice J. Lawson, Esq., retired.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Sittings of Magistrate’s Court appointed.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The MAGISTRATE’S COURT HOUSE, Lambton Quay, in the City of Wellington,

to be a place wherein a Magistrate’s Court shall be held, under the provisions of “The Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1893,” in lieu of the place previously appointed. Such appointment to take effect on and from the 2nd day of November next.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Member of Wyndham Recreation Reserve Trust appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 24th October, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 6 of “The Wyndham Recreation Reserve Act, 1877,” been pleased to appoint

JAMES MILNE

to be a member of the Wyndham Recreation Reserve Trust, in the place of George Gibb Fyfe, deceased.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Inspector appointed under “The Dairy Industry Act, 1898.”—Notice No. 824.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 24th October, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

MORGAN O’MEARA

to be an Inspector for the purposes of “The Dairy Industry Act, 1898”; the appointment to date from the 15th October, 1903.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Inspector and Grader under “The Dairy Industry Act, 1898,” appointed.—Notice No. 825.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 26th October, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WALTER WRIGHT

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Stamp Officer and Registrar of Companies appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 27th October, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT NOBLE JONES

to be Deputy Commissioner of Stamps and Assistant Registrar of Joint-stock Companies at Gisborne, as from the 1st day of November, 1903, vice C. H. W. Dixon, transferred.

J. CARROLL,
Commissioner of Stamps.

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

Police Department,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable JONAS AMBROSE ABRAMS,
of the New Zealand Police Force, to be a Licensing Officer under “The Arms Act, 1880.”

JAS. McGOWAN.

Resignation of Trustee, Dannevirke Volunteer Drill-shed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st October, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the appointment (as published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 81, dated 9th October, 1902) of

Captain WILLIAM HENRY HARTGILL, Ruahine Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

as Trustee to the Dannevirke Volunteer Drill-shed, under “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act 1888 Amendment Act, 1890,” and with effect from 5th October, 1903.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.