Dec. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2825

Polling-place under “The Electoral Act, 1905,” appointed.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon me by “The Electoral Act, 1905,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the undermentioned place to be a polling-place for the Waipawa Electoral District, namely,—

NELSON’S WOOLSHED, ARGYLL,

in lieu of the Schoolhouse, Argyll Settlement, which has been ascertained to be outside the limit of the Electoral District of Waipawa.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and five.

ALBERT PITT.

Miners’ Rights no longer issued at Gore Post-office.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by “The Mining Act, 1905,” and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the post-office at

GORE

shall no longer be a post-office at which miners’ rights may be issued.

As witness my hand, this twenty-ninth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and five.

PLUNKET, Governor.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 25th November, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM DAVID MURRAY GLAISTER

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Eltham, vice George Percy Wake, on and from the 27th November, 1905.

ALBERT PITT,
For Colonial Secretary.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 25th November, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN REDMOND

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

ALBERT PITT,
For Colonial Secretary.

Public Vaccinator appointed.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 1st December, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

PHILIP HENRY MULES, Esq., M.B. F.R.C.S. Edin.,
to be a Public Vaccinator, under “The Public Health Act, 1900,” for the District of Woodville.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Public Health.

Cadets appointed.—Notice No. 1002.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 5th December, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HARRY THOMAS PAYNE and
DAVID PATTERSON

to be cadets in the Civil Service of the Government of New Zealand (Department of Agriculture) in terms of “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886”; appointments to date from 11th July, 1905, and 30th October, 1905, respectively.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Members to represent Sounds County on Picton Hospital and Charitable Aid Board appointed.

Hospitals Department,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint, under “The Sounds County Hospital Representation Act, 1887,” and “The Hospitals and Charitable Aid Boards Act, 1900,”

WILLIAM THOMAS ERSKINE,
GEORGE HENRY HARRIS, and
DONALD MCCORMICK, Sen.,

to represent the Sounds County on the Picton Hospital and Charitable Aid Board.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Official Visitor, Sunnyside Lunatic Asylum, appointed.

Hospitals Department,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM EMPSON, Esq.,

to be an Official Visitor to the Sunnyside Lunatic Asylum, at Christchurch, under “The Lunatics Act, 1882,” and “The Lunatics Act Amendment Act, 1894.”

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister in Charge.

Commissioner appointed to classify Rural Lands in Otago Land District.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 28th November, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE LIVINGSTONE

a Commissioner to classify the rural lands enumerated in the Warrant of the 18th day of October, 1905, published in Gazette No. 92, of the 26th day of October, 1905, to act in the place of John Munro McKenzie, and in conjunction with David Barron and John Tough, appointed by the said Warrant of the 18th day of October, 1905.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Cadet in Lands and Survey Department appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 29th November, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM DAVID ARMIT

to be a clerical cadet in the Department of Lands and Survey, as from the 1st day of May, 1905.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Volunteer Officers promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th November, 1905.

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

No. 4 Battalion, Auckland Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant (Adjutant) Frank Chapman to be Captain. Date of commission, 6th September, 1905.

1st Battalion, Nelson Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant (Adjutant) John Louis Ching to be Captain. Date of commission, 6th September, 1905.

Cromwell Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant James Mackenzie to be Captain. Date of commission, 6th September, 1905.

No. 1 Battalion, Nelson Defence Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
Captain (Acting-Major) Charles Harrington Broad to be Major. Date of commission, 6th September, 1905.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.