Sept. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2413

Port Health Officer appointed.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 8th September, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GUY HALLWRIGHT, Esq., M.R.C.S., England, 1895, &c.,
to be a Port Health Officer, under section 10 of “The Public Health Act, 1900,” for the Port of Westport, vice Dr. Murdoch Mackenzie, resigned.

GEO. FOW LDS,
Minister of Public Health.

Public Vaccinator appointed.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 8th September, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CHARLES AUSTIN PATERSON, Esq., L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., Edin., &c.,
to be a Public Vaccinator, under “The Public Health Act, 1900,” for the District of Pleasant Point, vice Dr. W. C. Burns, resigned.

GEO. FOW LDS,
Minister of Public Health.

Volunteer Officers promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1908.

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

1st Regiment, Otago Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Major Robert Logan to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Date of commission, 8th June, 1908.

No. 1 Squadron, Waikato Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant (Acting-Captain) John James Raynes to be Captain. Date of commission, 3rd June, 1908.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointments :—

No. 4 Company, New Zealand Engineer Volunteers.
William Robert Butler to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 3rd June, 1908.

Piako Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Donald Roderick Frank Campbell to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 3rd June, 1908.
William Thomas Rowe to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 3rd June, 1908.

Mangakahia Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Oswald John Howarth to be Captain. Date of commission, 3rd June, 1908.

Victoria Rifle Volunteers.
Vaughan Collett Cooper to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 3rd June, 1908.

Gordon Rifle Volunteers.
William Edwin Cairn to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 3rd June, 1908.

No. 1 Company, King’s College Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
Frederick Stuckey to be Captain. Date of commission, 3rd June, 1908.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointment :—

B Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery Volunteers.
The Very Reverend Dean Alfred Robertson Fitchett to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 13th August, 1908.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the undermentioned officer :—

Hastings Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Arthur Richard Cullen. Date of resignation, 31st July, 1908.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Award of Imperial Long-service and Good-conduct Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 470, General Regulations of the Defence Forces of New Zealand, 1906, of the award of the Long-service and Good-conduct Medal to

No. 390, Quartermaster-Sergeant Artificer JAMES EDWARD NESBITT, Royal New Zealand Artillery.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 4th September, 1908.

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,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Special Order made by the Waipipi Road Board.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 8th September, 1908.

THE following special order, made by the Waipipi Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908.”

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

WAIPipi ROAD DISTRICT.

Special Order.

THE following special order was made at a special meeting of the Waipipi Road Board held on Saturday, the 18th July, 1908, and confirmed at a special meeting held on Saturday, the 22nd August, 1908 :—

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” the Waipipi Road Board hereby resolves as follows : That, for the purpose of