Mar. 24. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 899

Ranger under the Animals Protection Acts, Westland District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th March, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

DONALD CAMERON

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

J. G. WARD.

Officer under the Fisheries Conservation Acts appointed, Westland.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th March, 1904.

IT is hereby notified that

DONALD CAMERON,

of Kanieri, Westland, 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.

Clerk of Court, &c., appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable MICHAEL JOSEPH WILDERMOTH

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at South Rakaia, and also to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Selwyn, from the 8th instant, vice Constable T. Griffith, transferred.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Justice.

Public Vaccinators appointed.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 23rd March, 1904.

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, namely:—

Name. District.
DAVID GAULT, Esq., L.R.C.P. L.R.C.S. Edin. 1880 Blueskin.
ALFRED MORISON SAUNDERS, Esq., M.B. Ch.M. D.P.H. 1888 Univ. Aberd. Cheviot.
CHARLES GEORGE FREDERICK MORICE, Esq., M.R.C.S. Eng. 1892, L.R.C.P. Lond. 1892, M.D. Brux. 1892 Grey.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Public Health.

Inspectors of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

SAMUEL TYSON and
Constable JAMES KERR SIMPSON

Inspectors of Factories under “The Factories Act, 1901,” as from the 18th March, 1904.

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Minister of Labour.

Public Vaccinator resigned.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 23rd March, 1904.

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

FREDERICK JAMES WATSON, Esq., M.B., &c.,

from the position of Public Vaccinator, under “The Public Health Act, 1900,” for the District of Rangitikei, as from the 31st March, 1904.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Public Health.

Volunteer Officers promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th March, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the promotion of the undermentioned officers:—

Tauranga Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Gerard Arnold Ward to be Captain. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

No. 1 Battalion, Wellington (West Coast) Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Major James Paton Watt to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Date of commission, 1st March, 1904.

No. 3 Battalion, Wellington (Manawatu) Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Acting Major Charles Thomas Tatum to be Major. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Hauraki Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Albert George Le Fevre to be Captain. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th March, 1904.

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

A Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery Volunteers.

Ferdinand August Wood to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

No. 4 Company, New Zealand Engineer Volunteers (Auckland Engineer Volunteers).

Archibald Carpenter to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

1st Battalion, Nelson Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Alfred John Stringer to be Lieutenant (Pay- and Quartermaster). Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry Volunteers.

George Edward Rhodes to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Ellesmere Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Malcolm Dixon to be Captain. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Seddon Horse Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant William Read Bloomfield to be Captain. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Tauranga Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

John Mackintosh Roberts, jun., to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Mangonui Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Ludolph Joseph Matthews to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Rodney Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Eric Arthur Lee Croker to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Te Puke Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Percy Francis Boucher to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Livingstone Frazer-Hurst to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Temuka Rifle Volunteers.

William Fergus Paterson to be Captain. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Alfred Andrew Sutherland Hintz to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Thames Rifle Volunteers.

Henry Joseph Pearse to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.