MAY 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1143

Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:

Name. District.
JAMES HENRY FOSTER .. .. .. Wairau.
FRANCIS REUBEN PRICE .. .. .. Picton.
J. G. WARD.

Cadet in Treasury appointed.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 16th May, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GORDON KENNEDY BOGLE

to be a cadet in the Treasury, as on the 3rd instant, under section 4 of “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886.”

R. J. SEDDON.

Justice of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th May, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS ALEXANDER PETERKIN, Esq.,

of Wellington, to be a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Deputy Registrar of the Native Land Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th May, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ALBERT GEORGE HOLLAND

to be Deputy Registrar of the Native Land Court at Auckland, on and from the 15th day of May, 1905.

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

Assessor of the Native Land Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th May, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HARI HEMARA WAHANUI,

of Otorohanga, to be an Assessor of the Native Land Court.

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

Cadet in Department of Labour appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 16th May, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ERNEST MICHAEL CASEY

to be a cadet in the Department of Labour.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Labour.

Inspector under “The Dairy Industry Act, 1898,” appointed.
—Notice No. 962.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 16th May, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

EDWARD SEDDON

to be an Inspector under “The Dairy Industry Act, 1898.” The appointment to date from 11th May, 1905.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Volunteer Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th May, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under paragraph 73, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of the promotion of the undermentioned officer:

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.
Surgeon-Captain Sidney Alfred Gibbs to rank of Surgeon-Major. Date of commission, 12th August, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th May, 1905.

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

New Zealand Medical Volunteer Staff.
George Toussant Girdler to be Surgeon-Captain. Date of commission, 1st April, 1905.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th May, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commissions held by the undermentioned officers:

No. 1 Company, Waikato Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant John William Walsh. Date of resignation, 22nd March, 1905.

Christchurch City Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Walter Norman Bates. Date of resignation, 1st March, 1905.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th May, 1905.

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

Stoke Rifle Volunteers.
Hon. Chaplain the Venerable Archdeacon A. C. Wright. Date of resignation, 6th April, 1905.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned on Appointment to Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th May, 1905.

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

Captain THOMAS PETER HALPIN, Napier Rifle Volunteers,

he having been appointed Acting-Major to the 3rd Battalion Wellington (East Coast) Rifle Volunteers, and with effect from 6th April, 1905.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and posted to Active List, New Zealand Volunteers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th May, 1905.

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

Captain PETER AYSON WATT, Clutha Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List, New Zealand Volunteers, with rank of Captain, and with effect from 20th March, 1905.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.