section seventeen of "The Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1888," do hereby direct that there shall be levied on sukrina a duty of one shilling and twopence per pound, such duty being equivalent to the proportion in which it is a substitute for sugar.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventeenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and six.
C. H. MILLS,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Governor's Order No. 174.

Volunteer Regulations amended.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by "The Defence Act. 1886," and "The Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900," I, William Lee, Baron Plunket. the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby amend in the manner and to the extent set forth in the Schedule hereto such of the General Regulations of the Defence Force of New Zealand made on the eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the same date, as are set forth in the said Schedule. And I do hereby declare that such amended regulations shall come into force on the seventeenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and six.

SCHEDULE.

DEFENCE RIFLE CLUBS.

REGULATION 534.-Delete portion from word "no," on fourth line, to the end, and substitute "and for the purpose of competitions in the district up to 100 miles."

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventeenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and six.
ALBERT PITT,
Minister of Defence.
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Appointing Commissioners to classify Pastoral Runs in Westland Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the one-hundred-and-eighty-ninth section of "The Land Act. 1892," I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint GEORGE JOHN ROBERTS, JOHN SAMUEL LANG, and ANDREW CUMMING Commissioners to classify and report to me upon the rural lands in the Westland Land District known as Runs Nos. 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 32, 34, 36, 39, 40, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 102A, 103, 105, 115, 117, 119, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 450, 451, 452, 476. and 477, as provided by section 189 of "The Land Act, 1892."

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and six.
T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Trustees for the Dannevirke Public Cemetery appointed.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the sixth section of "The Cemeteries Act, 1882," I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint ETHELBERT ALBERT RANSOM to be a Trustee, in the place of Matthew Henderson, resigned, and the Rev. HANS MADSEN RIES, JAMES NEAGLE, and EDWARD LLOYD to be additional Trustees, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Dannevirke Public Cemetery, in conjunction with the Rev. Edward Robertshaw and James Allardice, previously appointed by His Excellency the Governor.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fourteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and six.
T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 14th July, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to be Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz:-

Name. District.
HENRY EWART HILL . . . . . . . . Gisborne.
JOHN NELSON NALDER . . . . . . Kumara.

ALBERT PITT, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Consul-General and Vice-Consul for Norway, at Melbourne, provisionally recognised.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 17th July, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that he has been instructed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to recognise provisionally the appointment of O. RömcKE, Esq., as Consul-General for Norwav, at Melbourne, State of Victoria, for Australia and New Zealand; and the appointment of J. GUNDERSEN, Esq., as Vice-Consul for Norway, at Melbourne, State of Victoria, for Australia and New Zealand.

ALBERT PITT, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Vaccination Inspector appointed.

Department of Public Health, Wellington, 13th July, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint FREDERICK EDMOND HARDWICK to be a Vaccination Inspector, under "The Public Health Act. 1900," for the District of Huntly, vice James Shennan Kirkpatrick. The appointment dates from the 23rd day of June, 1906.

JAMES McGOWAN, Acting Minister of Public Health.

Vaccination Inspector appointed.

Department of Public Health, Wellington, 17th July, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint HENRY EWART HILL to be a Vaccination Inspector, under "The Public Health Act, 1900,' for the District of Gisborne, vice George John Alexander Johnstone. The appointment to date from the 23rd day of July, 1906.

JAMES McGOWAN, Acting Minister of Public Health.

Clerk appointed.

Department of Justice, Wellington, 18th July, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint EUSTACE DUFUS HENCHMAN STOCKER to be a Clerk in the Supreme Court at Wellington, from the lst day of July, 1906.

JAMES McGOWAN,