Aug. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1993

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th August, 1905.

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. District.
ALFRED JOHN ALDHOUSE STRAWBRIDGE Greytown.
President RHODES .. .. .. Mangaweka.
WALTER BAXTER .. .. .. Brunner.
HENRY BENNETT .. .. .. Featherston.

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Colonial Secretary.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th August, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JONATHAN MORRISON KING, J.P.,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Marsden, vice M. W. Armstrong, resigned.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Member of Woodend Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 11th August, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 3 of “The Domain Boards Act, 1904,” been pleased to appoint

DANIEL COLIN SHILTON

to be a member of the Woodend Domain Board, in the place of Edward James Pateman, deceased.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Presidents of Councils under “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” appointed.

Native Minister's Office,
Wellington, 12th August, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, under the provisions of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” and its amendments, been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM GILBERT MAIR and
JACKSON PALMER,

Judges of the Native Land Court, to be Presidents respectively of the Waikato and Waiariki District Maori Land Councils; and

JAMES WAKELIN BROWNE,
GEORGE THOMAS WILKINSON,
THOMAS WILLIAM PORTER,
GILBERT MAIR, and
THOMAS WILLIAM FISHER

to be Presidents respectively of the Tokerau, Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa, Tairawhiti, Ikaroa, and Aotea District Maori Land Councils, and to severally authorise the said James Wakelin Browne, George Thomas Wilkinson, Thomas William Porter, Gilbert Mair, and Thomas William Fisher by virtue of such offices each to possess and exercise all the powers and authorities of a Judge of the Native Land Court or of the Native Appellate Court.

Each of the foregoing appointments to terminate on the 31st day of March, 1906.

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

Members of Councils under “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” appointed.

Native Minister's Office,
Wellington, 12th August, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, under the provisions of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” and its amendments, been pleased to appoint

JAMES WAKELIN BROWNE and
HENARE KAIHAU

to be members of the Waikato District Maori Land Council;

ALFRED FRANCIS PUCKEY and
TIMI WAATA RIMINI

to be members of the Waiariki District Maori Land Council;

HOTERENE PARAONE KAWITI,
KINGI RUARANGI,
HENRY SPEER WILSON, and
ALBERT GEORGE HOLLAND

to be members of the Tokerau District Maori Land Council;

HIRAKA TE RANGO,
JOHN ORMSBY,
TAMIHANA HUIRAU, and
JAMES WILLIAM WALLACE SEYMOUR

to be members of the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Council;

PEKA KEREKERE,
JOHN BROOKING, and
HERORA KA (HAROLD CARR)

to be members of the Tairawhiti District Maori Land Council;

IHATA HUTANA,
TE WHATAHORO, and
ROBERT CAMPBELL SIM

to be members of the Ikaroa District Maori Land Council; and

RU REWITI and
TARAU MARUMARU

to be members of the Aotea District Maori Land Council.

Each of the foregoing appointments to terminate on the 31st day of March, 1906.

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

Volunteer Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th August, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 82, Volunteer Regulations, 1905, of the promotion of the undermentioned officer:—

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

Lieutenant (Adjutant) Duncan Blair (N.Z.M.) to be Captain. Date of commission, 1st March, 1905.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th August, 1905.

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

Studholme Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Peter Jenkins Wain to be Captain. Date of commission, 7th June, 1905.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th August, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 83, Volunteer Regulations, 1905, of the following appointment:—

Waimakariri Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant John de Putron Manson (N.Z.M.) to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 24th June, 1905.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th August, 1905.

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

Ashburton Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

George Searight Hardy to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 7th June, 1905.