Oct. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2541

Visiting Justice appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 26th September, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM BENJAMIN SCANDRETT, Esq., J.P.,

to be a Visiting Justice of H.M. Prison at Invercargill.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister of Justice.

Officers under “The Fisheries Act, 1908,” appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by section 79 of “The Fisheries Act, 1908,” appointed

THOMAS BASTIN,
ALEXANDER STRONG,
PETER SHAW BLACK,
PATRICK DINNAN, and
MICHAEL JOHN SHAFFREY

to be Officers for the purposes of Part II of that Act.

J. A. MILLAR.

Members of Loburn Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 26th September, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 41 of “The Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908,” been pleased to appoint

ROBERT HENRY BAILEY and
ISAAC FURBY CROFT

to be members of the Loburn Domain Board, in the place of Harry Somerville Carmichael and Alfred John Carmichael, who have left the district.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Vaccination Inspector appointed.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 29th September, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN SPENCER SELWYN MEDLEY

to be a Vaccination Inspector, under “The Public Health Act, 1900,” for the District of New Plymouth, vice J. C. Smith. The appointment dates from the 7th September, 1908.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Minister of Public Health.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th September, 1908.

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

No. 1 Battalion, Otago Defence Rifle Cadet Volunteers.

The Reverend James Watson Shaw to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 27th August, 1908.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th September, 1908.

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

Wallace Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Alfred Edward Blatch. Date of resignation, 24th August, 1908.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th September, 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 Imperial Long-service and Good-conduct Medal to

No. 441, Quartermaster-Sergeant-Artificer HENRY ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, Royal New Zealand Artillery.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th September, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

No. 160, Sergeant-major CHARLES WILLIAM MARTIN,
No. 1 Company, Wellington Division, New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteers,

he having on 31st August, 1908, a total service entitling him thereto of twenty years one hundred and fifty-nine days.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Cancellation of Appointments of Trustees, Waikino Rifle Range Reserve.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th September, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to cancel, under “The Defence Act, 1908,” the appointments of Trustees to the Waikino Rifle Range Reserve, published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 92, of 26th October, 1905, as from 16th September, 1908.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Cancellation of Appointments of Trustees, Petone Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th September, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to cancel, under “The Defence Act, 1908,” the appointments of Trustees to the Petone Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve, published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 17, of 1st March, 1906, as from 16th September, 1908.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Cancellation of Appointments of Trustees, Wanganui (Putiki) Rifle Range Reserve.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th September, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to cancel under “The Defence Act, 1908,” the appointments of Trustees to the Wanganui (Putiki) Rifle Range Reserve, published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 58, of 7th July, 1904, as from 16th September, 1908.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th September, 1908.

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

Dunedin City Guards Rifle Volunteers.

Hagbarth Ernest Moller to be Honorary Captain. Date of commission, 8th September, 1908.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.