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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 22

Vaccination Inspector appointed.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 28th February, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE DAVIE GOW

to be a Vaccination Inspector, under “The Public Health Act, 1900,” for the District of Eltham, vice William David Murray Glaister. The appointment dates from the 11th day of February, 1907.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Minister of Public Health.

Inspector of Hospitals and Charitable Aid appointed.

Department of Hospitals and Charitable Aid,
Wellington, 28th February, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HESTER MACLEAN

to be an Inspector of Hospitals and Charitable Institutions, under “The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885,” as from 1st November, 1906.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Minister in Charge, Hospitals and Charitable Aid Department.

Inspector of Lunatic Asylums appointed.

Mental Hospitals Department,
Wellington, 28th February, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HESTER MACLEAN

to be an Inspector of Lunatic Asylums, Hospitals, and Licensed Houses in the Colony of New Zealand under “The Lunatics Act, 1882,” as from 1st November, 1906.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Minister in Charge.

Deputy Inspector of Lunatic Asylums appointed.

Mental Hospitals Department,
Wellington, 28th February, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

SEPTIMUS SOLOMON MYERS, Esq.,

to be a Deputy Inspector of Lunatic Asylums, Hospitals, and Licensed Houses for the Colony of New Zealand under “The Lunatics Act, 1882.”

GEO. FOWLDS,
Minister in Charge.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 27th February, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the undermentioned persons:—

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

Holiday on 18th March (St. Patrick’s Day).

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 6th March, 1907.

THE public offices throughout the colony will be closed on Monday, the 18th March instant, for the celebration of St. Patrick’s Day.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

Despatch.—Order of Precedence of Companions of Imperial Service Order.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 6th March, 1907.

THE following despatch, received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

(Circular.) Downing Street, 20th December, 1906.

SIR.—With reference to Mr. Chamberlain’s Circular despatch of the 25th of August, 1902, I have the honour to transmit to you, for your information, a copy of a Royal Warrant granting precedence to Companions of the Imperial Service Order next to, and immediately after, Companions of the Distinguished Service Order.

I have, &c.,
ELGIN.

The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.

Enclosure to Circular of 20th December, 1906.

Whitehall, 11th December, 1906.

The King has been pleased to ordain that the Imperial Service Order shall rank next to, and immediately after, the Distinguished Service Order.

The Royal Warrant signifying His Majesty’s pleasure in this behalf is dated the 29th November, 1906, and is to the following effect:—

EDWARD R. & I.

EDWARD THE SEVENTH, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India, to all to whom these presents shall come: Greeting.

Whereas We, by a Warrant under Our Royal Sign Manual, countersigned by one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, and bearing date at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, the eighth day of August, in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and two, and the second year of Our Reign, did institute and create a new Civil Order of Distinction to be styled and designated the Imperial Service Order:

Now, therefore, We do, by these Presents for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, ordain and appoint that the Imperial Service Order shall rank next to, and immediately after, Our Distinguished Service Order, and before the Fifth Class of Our Royal Victorian Order, and the Companions thereof shall, in all places and assemblies whatsoever, have place and precedence next to, and immediately after, the Companions of the Distinguished Service Order, and shall rank among themselves according to the dates of their respective nominations.

Given at Our Court at Sandringham, this twenty-ninth day of November, in the sixth year of Our Reign and in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six.

By His Majesty’s Command.

H. J. GLADSTONE.

Notice to Imprestees under “The Public Revenues Act, 1891.”

The Treasury,
Wellington, 27th February, 1907.

EVERY officer holding advances of public money is hereby required to pay to the Public Account, at the nearest branch of the Bank of New Zealand, the unexpended balance of his account on or before Thursday, the 28th March proximo, and forthwith to transmit to the Treasury at Wellington the bank receipt for such repayment, together with an account of his expenditure to the same date, as required by clause 4 of the Treasury Regulations.

As respects disbursements which officers may require to make immediately after the close of the financial year, requisitions for the amount required are to be made in