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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 41

Trustee for the Marua Public Cemetery appointed.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the sixth section of “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

JOHN MALCOLM MCPHEE

to be a Trustee, in the place of William Rattray Matheson, resigned, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Marua Public Cemetery, in conjunction with the other persons previously appointed by His Excellency the Governor.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fourth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Inspector of Weights and Measures, County of Horowhenua, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable WILLIAM HENRY MCANERIN

to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures under “The Weights and Measures Act, 1903,” for the County of Horowhenua, vice Constable Timothy O’Rourke.

J. G. WARD.

Ranger under the Animals Protection Acts, Hawke’s Bay District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 6th May, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN DUNCAN

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

J. G. WARD.

Justices of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th May, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

MATTHEW GAWTHORP HEELES, Esq., of Wellington, and HENRY ALEXANDER McGREGOR, Esq., of Wellington,

to be Justices of the Peace of the Colony of New Zealand.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Cadet appointed in Department of Lands and Survey.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 4th May, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

PHILIP CORLISS GANNAWAY

to be a clerical cadet in the Department of Lands and Survey, as from the 4th day of January, 1904.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Royal New Zealand Artillery: Officers promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1904.

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

Royal New Zealand Artillery.

Lieutenant Herbert Edward Pilkington to be Captain. Date of commission, 18th April, 1904.

Lieutenant William Patrick Wall to be Captain. Date of commission, 18th April, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

New Zealand Militia: Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1904.

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

New Zealand Militia.

Lieutenant Henry Harwood Browne to be Captain. Date of commission, 29th March, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd May, 1904.

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

New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteers Divisional Staff.

Lieutenant Augustus Samuel Biss to be Pay- and Quartermaster, with rank of Captain. Date of commission, 2nd March, 1904.

1st Battalion Wellington Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Edmund Richard Morgan to be Pay- and Quartermaster, with rank of Captain. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Sydenham Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Winter Amos Hall to be Captain. Date of commission, 2nd March, 1904.

Linwood Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Walter Harry Meddings to be Captain. Date of commission, 2nd March, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd May, 1904.

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

Heretaunga Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Claud Ernest Kember to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd March, 1904.

Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry Volunteers.

Richard Orme Dixon to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd March, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd May, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the undermentioned officer:—

Mackenzie Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Captain James Dundas Hamilton. Date of resignation, 19th February, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and posted to Active List.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd May, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by

Captain EDWARD CHARLES WOOLDRIDGE POWELL,

Blenheim Rifle Volunteers, and to approve of his name being placed on the Active List, New Zealand Volunteers, with rank of Captain, and with effect from 6th April, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.