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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 79

Registrar. of Electors; Buller Electoral District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 21st September, 1904.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
EDWARD DARKER MOSLEY
to be Registrar of Electors under "The Electoral Act, 1902," for the Electoral District of Buller, vice E. C. Kelling. Appointment to date from 21st September, 1904.
J. G. WARD.

Officers under the Fisheries Conservation Acts appointed, Otago.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 23rd September, 1904. IT is hereby notified that
JOSEPH CHREITON, of Upper Kyeburn, and ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, of Lower Kyeburn, have been appointed to be Officers for the purposes of "The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884," and the Acts amending the same.
J. G. WARD.

Rangers under the Animals Protection Acts, Otago District, appointed.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 26th September, 1904. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint JOSEPH CHREITON and ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL
to be Rangers under "The Animals Protection Act, 1880," and the Acts amending the same, for the District of Otago.
J. G. WARD.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 27th September, 1904. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz:-
Name. GEORGE HENRY FRANK ROBERT WILLIAM GALELYE HENRY WILLIS KIERNAN SAMUEL JAMES GAW District. Kumara. Mangonui. Patea. Ellesmere.
J. G. WARD.

Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 27th September, 1904. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint HENRY WILLIAM SANDLE
to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Waimea.
J. G. WARD.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.
Department of Justice, Wellington, 26th September, 1904. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint THOMAS GATES
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of City of Christchurch, vice J. Hamilton, deceased.
JAS. McGOWAN.

Commissioner of Native Land Court appointed.
Department of Justice, Wellington, 28th September, 1904. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint GEORGE CRUICKSHANK, Esq., S.M., to be a Commissioner of the Native Land Court.
J. CARROLL, Native Minister.

Trustees for the Hokitika Racecourse appointed.
Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 28th September, 1904. HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 6 of "The Hokitika Racecourse Reserve Act, 1884," been pleased to appoint ANDREW STEVENSON, THOMAS WILLIAM BEARE, EBENEZER TEICHELMANN, JAMES DANIEL LYNCH, and WILLIAM JULIUS KELLER
to be Trustees of the Hokitika Racecourse, in the place of the Right Honourable Richard John Seddon, James Alexander Bonar, William Llewellen Fowler, James Clarke, and Thomas Paterson, to act in conjunction with John Bevan and the Honourable James Holmes, previously appointed.
T. Y. DUNCAN, Minister of Lands.

Land Transfer and Deeds Register Officer appointed.
Head Office, Stamp Department, Wellington, 23rd September, 1904. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint JAMES MEACHAM BATHAM, Esq., to be District Land Registrar, Registrar of Deeds, and Examiner of Titles for the Land and Deeds Registration District of Wellington, as from the 1st day of October, 1904.
J. CARROLL, Commissioner of Stamps.

Hemp-grader under "The Products Export Act, 1903," appointed.-Notice No. 905.
Department of Agriculture, Wellington, 28th September, 1904. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint CHARLES ARTHUR DIXON HAWKINS to be a Hemp-grader for the purposes of "The Products Export Act, 1903." The appointment to date from 13th September, 1904.
T. Y. DUNCAN, Minister for Agriculture.

Appointment of Trustees of the Stratford Rifle Range Reserve.
Defence Office, Wellington, 26th September, 1904. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointment of Brevet-Colonel WILLIAM HOLDEN WEBB, New Zealand Militia, Officer Commanding Wellington District; Lieutenant-Colonel JAMES PATON WATT, Officer Commanding No. 1 Battalion Wellington (West Coast) Mounted Rifle Volunteers; Captain HENRY NORMAN LIARDET, commanding Stratford Mounted Rifle Volunteers; and Captain FREDERICK GEORGE KIMBELL, commanding Stratford Rifle Volunteers,
to be Trustees of the Stratford Rifle Range Reserve, being portions of Sections 20, 21, and 118, Block II., of the Ngaiire Survey District, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and containing together 23 acres 6 perches, more or less. Appointments to date from 12th September, 1904.
ALBERT PITT, For Minister of Defence.

Justice of the Peace resigned.
Department of Justice, Wellington, 26th September, 1904. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by CHARLES CORNELIUS McCARTHY, Esq., of Lyttelton, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.
JAS. McGOWAN.