Feb. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 351

Officer under the Fisheries Conservation Acts appointed, Wellington District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 25th January, 1906.

IT is hereby notified that

ARTHUR DAVID HATHAWAY,

of Kaitoke, has been appointed to be an Officer for the purposes of “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” and the Acts amending the same.

J. G. WARD.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 25th January, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THERESE JOHNSON

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Waipawa.

J. G. WARD.

Appointment of Acting Norwegian Consul-General, at Melbourne, recognised.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that he has been instructed by His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies to recognise the appointment of

HANS JÖRGEN GUNDERSEN, Esq.,

of Melbourne, State of Victoria, as Acting Norwegian Consul-General in the Australian Commonwealth and New Zealand and the adjacent islands.

J. G. WARD.

Ranger under the Animals Protection Acts, Wellington District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ARTHUR DAVID HATHAWAY

to be a Ranger under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, for the District of Wellington.

J. G. WARD.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 31st January, 1906.

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.
EDWARD GROVER .. .. Waipara.
DOUGLAS LLEWELLYN HATTON .. Tokomairiro.

J. G. WARD.

Arrangements for First Election, &c., Ellesmere Lands Drainage Board.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 6th February, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM GREEN LUNN,

of Leeston, to be Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the first election of seven members of the Board of Trustees of the Ellesmere Lands Drainage District, as constituted under “The Ellesmere Lands Drainage Act, 1905”; also to appoint Thursday, the 8th day of March, 1906, to be the date, and the Public Library, at Lincoln, to be the place, for holding such election; also to appoint Thursday, the 15th day of March, 1906, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, to be the time, and the said Public Library, at Lincoln, to be the place, at which the first meeting of Trustees shall be held.

ALBERT PITT,
For Colonial Secretary.

Member of Nelson Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 31st January, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to reappoint

OWEN LYNCH

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Nelson, as from the 26th day of February, 1906.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Southland Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 31st January, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to reappoint

JOHN McINTYRE

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Southland, as from the 10th day of February, 1906.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Auckland Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 31st January, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to reappoint

MATTHEW WATSON ARMSTRONG

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Auckland, as from the 5th day of February, 1906.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Taranaki Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 31st January, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to reappoint

JAMES BAXTER CONNETT

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Taranaki, as from the 6th day of February, 1906.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Volunteer Officers promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1906.

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

Pahiatua Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant George Innes to be Captain. Date of commission, 13th December, 1905.

Taranaki Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Frederick William Okey to be Captain. Date of commission, 13th December, 1905.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with latter part of paragraph 119, Volunteer Regulations, 1905, of the promotion of the undermentioned officer:—

New Zealand Field Hospital and Bearer Corps Volunteers.

Surgeon-Captain William Evans (No. 2 Company, Dunedin) to be Surgeon-Major. Date of commission, 13th September, 1905.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.