Officer dismissed.

Post and Telegraph Department,

General Post Office,

Wellington, 28th May, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
dismiss from the public service

ROWLAND SYLVESTER WATSON,
lately a cadet at Blenheim.

J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General.

Cadet appointed.

Public Works Department,

Wellington, 28th May, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

CEDRIC WHITBY SALMON
to be an engineering cadet in the Public Works Depart-
ment, as from the 13th day of February, 1908.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 26th May, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignation by

JOHN CALLNAN, Esq.,
of Auckland, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace
for the Dominion of New Zealand.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Members of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 26th May, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOHN ROUTLY
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District
of Franklyn; and

HENRY DARGAVILLE BENNETT
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District
of Rangitikei, vice W. A. Ellis, resigned.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Clerks of Courts, &c., appointed.

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 27th May, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNBAR BANKS
to be Clerk of the Magistrate's Court at Christchurch, and
Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of City
of Christchurch, Avon, and Riccarton, from the 20th day of
May, 1908, vice W. S. Fisher, promoted;

JOHN TERRY
to be Sheriff for the District of Taranaki, Deputy Registrar
of the Supreme Court and Clerk of the District and Magis-
trate's Courts at New Plymouth, and Clerk of the Licensing
Committees for the Districts of Egmont and Taranaki, from
the 15th day of May, 1908, vice W. A. D. Banks, trans-
ferred;

FREDERICK WILLIAM HART
to be Sheriff for the District of Marlborough, Deputy
Registrar of the Supreme Court and Clerk of the Magis-
trate's and Warden's Courts, and Receiver of Gold Revenue
and Mining Registrar, at Blenheim, and Clerk of the Licens-
ing Committee for the District of Wairau, from the 11th
day of May, 1908, vice J. Terry, transferred;

JOHN FITZGERALD
to be Clerk of the District, Magistrate's, and Warden's
Courts, and Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Regis-
trar, at Ashburton, from the 20th day of May, 1908, vice
F. W. Hart, transferred;

DANIEL O'ROURKE
to be Clerk of the District and Magistrate's Courts at

Pahiatua, from the 18th day of May, 1908, vice J. Fitzgerald,
transferred;

Constable JOSEPH LARMER
to be Clerk of the Magistrate's Court at Brunnerton, from
the 16th day of May, 1908, vice Constable G. Thomassen,
transferred; and

Constable CHARLES JOHN KING
to be Clerk of the Magistrate's and Warden's Courts, and
Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrar, at Have-
lock, from the 1st day of June, 1908, vice A. J. Ching,
transferred.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Cadets appointed.

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 27th May, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOHN LEO DUGGAN
to be a cadet in the Magistrate's and Warden's Courts at
Riverton, from the 22nd day of April, 1908;

WILLIAM MELVILLE WILL
to be a cadet in the Magistrate's and Warden's Courts at
Clyde, from the 5th day of May, 1908; and

LIVINGSTONE BURNS SHAW
to be a cadet in the Magistrate's Court at Hastings, from
the 21st day of May, 1908.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Sittings of Magistrate's Court appointed.

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 28th May, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

The Courthouse, Kawhia,
to be a place wherein a Magistrate's Court should be held
under the provisions of "The Magistrates' Courts Act,
1893," in lieu of the place previously appointed.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Officers for Rotorua Town appointed.

Department of Tourist and Health Resorts,

Wellington, 26th May, 1908.

THE undermentioned persons have been appointed, under
the regulations made under the Rotorua Town Act,
1907, to assist the Resident Officer in carrying out the pro-
visions of the said Act, namely :-

WILLIAM HILL to be Deputy Resident Officer.
JOHN DALLAWELL LANDELLS to be Inspector.
FRANK WOOLLIAMS to be Poundkeeper.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Acting Minister for Tourist and Health Resorts.

Inspector of Sea-fishing appointed.

Marine Department,

Wellington, 21st May, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of the
power and authority in him vested by subsection (2)
of section 6 of "The Sea-fisheries Act, 1894," appointed

JOHN PETER CLARKSON,
of Kaikoura, Police Constable, to be an Inspector of Sea-
fishing under the above-mentioned Act.

J. A. MILLAR.

Inspector of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,

Wellington, 2nd June, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

Constable JOSEPH LARMER
to be an Inspector under "The Factories Act, 1901." The
appointment is dated the 28th day of May, 1908.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.