Dec. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3553

Sittings of Magistrate's Court appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th December, 1907.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
The RESIDENCE of CHARLES DAVIES, at Maungaturoto,
to be a place wherein sittings of the Magistrate's Court
shall be held, in lieu of Davies's Hall, previously appointed.
JAMES McGOWAN.

Appointment of District Agents under 'The Infant Life
Protection Act, 1907.'
Education Department,
Wellington, 17th December, 1907.
BY virtue of the power vested in me by section 3 of
"The Infant Life Protection Act, 1907," I, George
Fowlds, the Minister of Education, do hereby notify that I
have appointed
Miss SARAH ELIZABETH JACKSON, Manager of the Auckland Industrial School;
Mrs. ELLA STUART DICK, Manager of the Wellington Receiving Home;
Miss ANNA BLACKFORD COX, Manager of the Christchurch Receiving Home;
Miss HARRIETTE PETREMENT, Manager of the Caversham Industrial School, Dunedin,
to be District Agents for the purposes of the said Act.
GEO. FOWLDS,
Minister of Education.

Public Vaccinator appointed.
Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 18th December, 1907.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
MAURICE GEORGE LOUISSON, Esq., M.B., Lond.,
to be a Public Vaccinator, under "The Public Health Act,
1900," for the District of Christchurch, vice Dr. Shone.
GEO. FOWLDS,
Minister of Public Health.

Volunteer Officer appointed.
Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th December, 1907.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointment:
Mataura Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
John Thomson Reid to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 6th March, 1907.
ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.
Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th December, 1907.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointment:
Waihi Rifle Volunteers.
The Reverend Alfred Salter Buckland to be Honorary Chaplain, 4th Class (Captain). Date of commission, 25th April, 1907.
ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Assistant Adjutant-General (Otago Military District).
Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th December, 1907.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve the appointment of
Lieutenant DANIEL ALOYSIUS HICKEY, D.S.O., New Zealand Militia,
as Assistant Adjutant-General to the Otago Military District (vice Captain Sydney Vincent Trask, New Zealand Militia, appointed Staff Officer to the Chief of the General Staff, New Zealand Defence Forces), and with effect from 8th May, 1907.
ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer transferred to Active List (Unattached).
Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th December, 1907.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the transfer of
Captain BRUCE GILLIES
from the Mackenzie Mounted Rifle Volunteers to the Active List (Unattached), with his present rank, and with effect from 24th October, 1907.
ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.
Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th December, 1907.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to
No. 14, Colour-Sergeant JOHN TAYLOR, No. 2 Company, New Zealand Native Rifle Volunteers,
he having a total service to 15th November, 1907, entitling him thereto of twenty-one years one hundred and forty-six days.
ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Defence.

Services of Volunteer Reserve Corps accepted.
Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th December, 1907.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, in accordance with paragraph 540, (a), of the General Regulations of the Defence Forces of New Zealand, 1907, as published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 42, dated 9th May, 1907, the services of the undermentioned reserve corps:-
South Canterbury Volunteers Reserve,
with headquarters at Timaru. Date of acceptance, 9th November, 1907.
ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Defence.

Endowment Reserves for Education sanctioned by Parliament.
Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 14th December, 1907.
THE following resolutions passed by the Legislative Council and by the House of Representatives are published in accordance with section 238 of "The Land Act, 1892."
J. CARROLL,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.
EXTRACT FROM THE JOURNALS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, WEDNESDAY, THE 7TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1907.
No. 2 of 1907.
RESOLVED, "That this Council approves of the lands proposed to be reserved as endowments for primary education, as specified in paper No. 6 of 1907, being permanently set aside as endowments for primary education."
On the motion of the Hon. Mr. T. Kelly.
A true extract.
A. T. BOTHAMLEY,
Acting Clerk, Legislative Council.