Mar. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 745

Police Gaoler appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 26th February, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Sergeant JOHN WATT

to be Police Gaoler at Rotorua, vice Sergeant William John Phair, transferred.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Cadets appointed.

Government Insurance Department,
Wellington, 27th February, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM ALLAN THORN,
WILLIAM HAROLD NICOL, and
ALEXANDER CLEVELAND MCARTHUR

to be cadets in the Government Insurance Department. The appointments to date from the 1st December, 1905, 8th January, 1906, and 19th January, 1906, respectively.

J. CARROLL,
For Colonial Treasurer.

Revising Barrister appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 1st March, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CHARLES PERRIN SKERRETT, Esq.,

to be Revising Barrister under “The Building Societies Act, 1880, for the District of Wellington, as from the 1st March, 1906.

J. CARROLL,
Commissioner of Stamps.

Cadet appointed.

Land and Income Tax Department,
Wellington, 6th March, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN SYDNEY ARTHUR

to be a cadet in the Land and Income Tax Department, as from the 23rd of October, 1905.

ALBERT PITT,
For Colonial Treasurer.

Member of Greendale Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 6th March, 1906.

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

GEORGE WILLIAM HOLLAND

to be a member of the Greendale Domain Board, in the place of Wallace Mills, deceased.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Presidents and Members of Boards under “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” and “The Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905,” appointed.

Native Minister’s Office,
Wellington, 6th March, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments under the provisions of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” and “The Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905 ”:—

James Wakelin Browne, of Auckland, to be President, and Hœpeti Rapibana, of Ahipara, Mangonui, and Henry Speer Wilson, of Gloriat, to be members, of the Tokerau District Maori Land Board.

Alfred Francis Puckey, of Otorohanga, to be President, and John Ormsby, of Otorohanga, and James William Wallace Seymour, of Te Kuiti, to be members, of the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Board,

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Thomas William Fisher, of New Plymouth, to be President, and Harry Lundius, of Whanganui, and Takarangi Mete Kingi, of Putiki, Whanganui, to be members, of the Aotea District Maori Land Board.

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Native Affairs.

Honorary Volunteer Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th March, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 137, Volunteer Regulations, 1905, that

Honorary Chaplain the Reverend Venerable Archdeacon HENRY WILLIAM HARPER

be promoted Honorary Chaplain (Second Class), he having completed over twenty years’ service as Honorary Chaplain (Captain, Fourth Class), and with effect from 25th October, 1905.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Commandant of the Military School of Instruction, New Zealand Defence Forces, resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th March, 1906.

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

Lieutenant-Colonel HAYLOCK OWEN,

New Zealand Militia, late H.M. South Lancashire Regiment (Major, retired pay), as Commandant of the Military School of Instruction for the New Zealand Defence Forces, and with effect from 28th November, 1905.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General (“A” Duties), Canterbury Military District.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th March, 1906.

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

Captain CHARLES J. TRELEAVEN,

E Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery Volunteers, to be Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General, “A” Duties, Canterbury Military District, and with effect from 9th September, 1905.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General (“B” Duties), Canterbury Military District.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th March, 1906.

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

Captain WALTER HARRY MEDDINGS,

Linwood Rifle Volunteers, to be Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General, “B” Duties, Canterbury Military District, and with effect from 9th September, 1905.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Public-school Cadet Companies recognised.

Education Department,
Wellington, 7th March, 1906.

THE undermentioned public-school cadet battalions, companies, and detachments are recognised under the regulations published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 18th February, 1904:—

Wellington Education District.

No. 3 Wellington Public School Cadet Battalion, with the following officers: Major Burlinson, late Major of the Otago No. 3 Battalion, to command the battalion; Finlay Bethune, commanding the Johnsonville Public School Cadets, to be Adjutant; and D. M. Yeats, Headmaster of the Hutt District High School, to be Quartermaster.

The Newtown District High School Cadet Company.