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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 14

Officer under the Fisheries Conservation Acts appointed, Hawke's Bay.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th February, 1904.

IT is hereby notified that
JAMES JOSEPH TUOHY
has been appointed to be an Officer for the purposes of “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” and the Acts amending the same.

J. G. WARD.

Female Official Visitor appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 16th February, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
MISS MARGARET BEERE
to be an Official Visitor of H.M. Prison at Lyttelton.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Members of Otago Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 12th February, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance and exercise of all the powers enabling him in that behalf, appointed
JAMES TAYLOR MCKERRAS,
The Hon. DAVID PINKERTON, M.L.C.,
JAMES ROBIN, and
THOMAS ROSS, of Rothesay,
to be members of the Otago Harbour Board.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Member of Otago Dock Trust appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 12th February, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of the provisions of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” and of section 2 of “The Otago Dock Act 1883 Amendment Act, 1885,” as amended by section 8 of “The Port Chalmers Corporation Empowering Act, 1903,” appointed
JOHN THOMPSON,
of Port Chalmers, to be a member of the Otago Dock Trust.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Person appointed to license Boats on the Taieri River.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 15th February, 1904.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance of the provisions of the regulations for licensing boats which were made by the Governor in Council on the 8th March, 1899, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 23rd day of the same month,
CHARLES EDWARD WISDOM FLEMING
has been appointed to be the person to license such boats which are towed on the Taieri River.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Land Transfer Officer appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 12th February, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
WILLIAM JOHNSTON
to be Assistant Land Registrar and Deputy Registrar of Deeds, at Gisborne, for the Land and Deeds Registration District of Poverty Bay, as from the 24th day of February, 1904.

J. CARROLL,
Commissioner of Stamps.

Inspector under “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900,” appointed.—Notice No. 856.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 13th February, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
FREDERICK HASSEL DALE
to be an Inspector for the purposes of “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900,” for the Borough of Campbelltown; the appointment to date from 12th February, 1904.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Cadettes appointed.

Valuation Department,
Wellington, 17th February, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
NORA SMYTHE,
GERTRUDE ETHEL DAVIDSON, and
MARGARET FLORA MCLEAN
to be cadettes in the Valuation Department, as from the 1st day of February, 1904; and

MARGARET JANE DRYSDALE
to be a cadette in the Valuation Department, as from the 15th day of February, 1904.

C. H. MILLS,
Minister in Charge of Valuation Department.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th February, 1904.

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

Taieri Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

John Andrew to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd September, 1903.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Award of the Imperial Long-service and Good-conduct Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th February, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under Warrant dated 22nd April, 1898, published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 30, of the 28th April, 1898, of the award of the Imperial Long-service and Good-conduct Medal to

No. 5, Sergeant JAMES THOMAS WEBB, Royal New Zealand Artillery.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Regulations for Commissions in British Army amended.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th February, 1904.

THE following despatch from the Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies is published for general information.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Downing Street, 4th December, 1903.

My Lord,—With reference to my predecessor’s circular despatch of the 10th of September, 1901, I have the honour to transmit to you for communication to your Government copies of a memorandum issued from the War Office regarding the proposed changes in the examination of candidates for commissions in the Regular Forces.

2. It will be seen that, pending the introduction of the proposed general literary examination for all candidates, officers of Colonial Military Forces who may be nominated for appointment to commissions will undergo the literary test laid down in the Regulations reprinted in January last. Copies of these Regulations are also enclosed.

3. It has been decided, however, that from the examination to be held in September, 1904, the subjects of the Military