Aug. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2233

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 eighteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and six.

SCHEDULE.

VOLUNTEER OFFICERS.

REGULATION 84.—Delete paragraph, and substitute “An officer may be transferred from one corps or company to another corps or company of the same branch of the service in the same rank, but he shall rank as junior in his rank in the new corps or company.”

Add Regulation 84A: “An officer may (on the recommendation of the Commandant) be promoted or transferred from one corps or company to another corps or company, provided that within twelve months thereafter he passes the prescribed examination in the extra necessary subjects for the rank and branch of the service into which he is promoted or transferred.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and six.

ALBERT PITT,
Minister of Defence.

[C.O.F./A/06/372.]

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM HENRY MOSES

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Springburn, vice George Vincent Westbrook, resigned.

ALBERT PITT,
Colonial Secretary.

Registrar under Fine Arts and Dramatic Works Copyright Acts appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 20th August, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CHARLES THOMAS BENZONI, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Copyrights under “The Fine Arts Copyright Act, 1877,” and the Acts amending the same, vice George Leslie, Esq.

ALBERT PITT,
Colonial Secretary.

Public Vaccinator appointed.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 21st August, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

LEWIS LEON JAMES, Esq., L.R.C.S. L.R.C.P.L.M. Ed., M.D. Scot., &c.,

to be a Public Vaccinator, under “The Public Health Act, 1900,” for the District of Rakaia.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Minister of Public Health.

A Trustee, Dunedin Savings-bank, appointed.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 14th August, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOSEPH ELI WHITE, Esq.,

to be a Trustee of the Dunedin Savings-bank.

J. G. WARD.

Justices of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to be Justices of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand, namely:—

George Henry Allen, Esq., of Collingwood, co. Collingwood;
Mungo Allison, Esq., of Hawea Flat, co. Vincent;
George Whitefield Armitage, Esq., of Milford, Temuka;
Francis Armstrong, Esq., of Akitio, co. Akitio;
William John Bailey, Esq., of Maungaturoto, co. Otamatea;
Thomas Bellamy, Esq., of Waihou, co. Piako;
Thomas Andrew Bridge, Esq., of Manai'a, co. Hawera;
Richard Stevenson Briggs, Esq., of Parnell, Auckland;
William Thomas Briggs, Esq., of Wairoa, co. Wairoa;
Archibald Burns, Esq., of Thames;
Frederick James Burt, Esq., of Matata, co. Whakatane;
James Jamieson Campbell, Esq., of Kaupokonui, co. Hawera;
George Burston Chick, Esq., of St. Albans, Christchurch;
Alfred Coles, Esq., of Petone, Wellington;
Sydney John Cook, Esq., of Fairlie, co. Mackenzie;
Harry Cornelius, Esq., of Mangahao, co. Pahiatua;
Claude Cyril Courtenay, Esq., of Hokianga Heads, Omapere, co. Hokianga;
James Samuel Dickson, Esq., of Remuera, Auckland;
Walter Dobson, Esq., of Dannevirke;
Dawson Donaldson, Esq., of Waihi;
Timothy Duggan, Esq., of Matakauui, co. Vincent;
Alexander Finlayson, Esq., of Maungaturoto, co. Otamatea;
William Noah Harris, Esq., of Okura, co. Westland;
William Hathaway, Esq., of Midhirst, co. Stratford;
William Henry Hennah, Esq., of Wellington;
Joseph Alfred Heginbotham, Esq., of Kilbirnie, Wellington;
Charles Woodward Hovell, Esq., Kennedy Bay, co. Coromandel;
Ormond Hughes, Esq., of Cambrian, co. Maniototo;
Jeffery Hunter, Esq., of Mangakahia, co. Whangarei;
John Hurley, Esq., of Whenuakura, co. Patea;
John Jones, Esq., of West Melton, co. Selwyn;
Harry Edward Kent, Esq., of Tiniroto, co. Cook;
George Phillip Kissell, Esq., of Templeton, co. Selwyn;
Frank Palmer Langford, Esq., of Te Kopuru, co. Hobson;
Robert Latter, Esq., of Barry’s Bay, co. Akaroa;
William Lennox, Esq., of Maryville, co. Awakino;
Harper Brison Lepper, Esq., of Lepperton, co. Taranaki;
George Arthur Lewin, Esq., of Lyttelton;
Walter James Litten, Esq., of Kaiwaka, co. Otamatea;
James John Marlow, Esq., of Musselburgh, Dunedin;
Jonas Masters, Esq., of Stratford;
Frederick Waterston Matthews, Esq., of Dargaville, co. Hobson;
Moncrieff Murray McCallum, Esq., of Ellerslie, Auckland;
Donald Hugh McDonald, Esq., of Inglewood;
Æneas Alexander McDonell, Esq., of Parawanui, co. Rangitikei;
Herbert Edward McGowan, Esq., of Willowbridge, co. Waimate;
Alexander Gordon McKenzie, Esq., of Otonga, co. Whangarei;
Angus McLennan, Esq., of Waipu, co. Whangarei;
William McWilliam, Esq., of Raurimu, co. Waimarino;
William Henderson Meikleham, Esq., of Sydenham, Christchurch;
William Hugh Milliken, Esq., of Rotherham, co. Amuri;
Francis Murray, Esq., of Woodville;
Marshall Nalder, Esq., of Papanui, Christchurch;
George Newett, Esq., of Dannevirke;
Hugh Page, Esq., of Takaka, co. Takaka;
George Henry Patrick, Esq., of Rangitata, co. Geraldine;
Thomas Moncriff Pattullo, Esq., of Waihi;
Henry William Piper, Esq., of Duvauchelle, co. Akaroa;
James Henry Rankin, Esq., of Motueka;
Evan Richards, Esq., of Matakana, co. Rodney;
Kinnear Ross, Esq., of Riversdale, co. Southland;
John Sheppard, Esq., of Beck’s, co. Vincent;
Thomas Edward Sherwood, Esq., of Makarika, Waipiro Bay, co. Waiapu;
Frederick William Oscar Smith, Esq., of Hope, co. Waimea;
George Christopher Smith, Esq., of Lyttelton;
William James Smith, Esq., of Raglan, co. Raglan;
Henry Herbert Stephens, Esq., of Akiti, co. Pohangina;
Charles Edward Stewart, Esq., of Nuhaka, co. Wairoa;
Harold Studholme, Esq., of Blackmount, co. Wallace;
James Tait, Esq., of Christchurch;
George William Thomas, Esq., of Bryndwr, Christchurch;
Joseph Thompson, Esq., of Blackball, co. Grey;
William Henry Were, Esq., of Toko, co. Stratford;
Hender Luke Noble Win, Esq., of Dovedale, co. Waimea.

JAMES McGOWAN.