Oct. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2617

10 chains of the main Gisborne-Waimata Valley Road, about twelve miles and a half from Gisborne by a good dray-road.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twelfth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Sale or Selection.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “The Land Act, 1908,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, having received the report of the Under-Secretary in this behalf, as provided in section one hundred and fifty-four of the said Act, do hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Wednesday, the ninth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eight; and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase, or on renewable lease; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Weighted with £6, valuation for iron shed.

About 40 acres flat land, balance undulating; covered with fern and manuka, with small patch of bush at back. Mostly light soil, mixed with pumice. Well watered. Situated twenty-four miles from Napier, on the main coach-road to Taupo. Access to the section is by road leading south-westerly.

WOODVILLE COUNTY.—WOODVILLE SURVEY DISTRICT.

3 | IV | 1 0 5 | 30 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 12 0

Weighted with £60, valuation for four-roomed house with scullery and galvanised-iron tank.

Situated about one mile from the Township of Woodville, on the main coach-road.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twelfth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Cadet appointed.

Old-age Pensions Department,
Wellington, 9th October, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEOFFREY ARROL FORTUNE

to be a cadet in the Old-age Pensions Department, as from the 1st day of October, 1908.

GEO. FOWLDS,
For Minister of Finance.

Chemical Laboratory Assistant appointed.—Notice No. 1244

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 9th October, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

FREDERICK THOMAS LEIGHTON

a Chemical Laboratory Assistant in the Civil Service of the Government of New Zealand (Department of Agriculture); the appointment to date from 1st October, 1908.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Agriculture.

Chemist and Analyst appointed.—Notice No. 1245.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 12th October, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN CHILWELL

a Chemist in the Civil Service of the Government of New Zealand (Department of Agriculture), and an Analyst for the purposes of “The Fertilisers Act, 1908”; the appointments to date from 1st October, 1908.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Agriculture.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th October, 1908.

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

Coromandel Rifle Volunteers.

Arthur James Gatland to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 3rd June, 1908.

Johnsonville Rifle Volunteers.

Frank Thomas Moore to be Captain. Date of commission, 3rd June, 1908.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th October, 1908.

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

Seddon Horse Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

The Reverend William Gawler Monckton to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 8th August, 1908.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th October, 1908.

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

Feilding Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant John Robert Perry. Date of resignation, 19th September, 1908.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and posted to Active List (Unattached).

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th October, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by

Captain CHARLES ALBERT HENRY TAPPER, No. 4 Company, New Zealand Engineer Volunteers (Auckland Engineer Volunteers),

and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List (Unattached), with rank of Captain, and with effect from 6th September, 1908.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and posted to Active List (Unattached).

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th October, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by

Captain ARTHUR FRANCIS TRASK, Wakatu Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List (Unattached), with rank of Captain, and with effect from 31st July, 1908.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.