JAN. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 27

Appointment to the Staff of His Excellency the Governor.

Private Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 8th January, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Lieutenant WILLIAM JOHN SHANNON, 16th Lancers,
to be second Aide-de-Camp, vice Lieutenant Edward Lycett Lyon, 18th Hussars.

H. C. WATERFIELD,
Private Secretary.

High Commissioner for New Zealand appointed.

Prime Minister’s Office,
Wellington, 1st December, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased to appoint

The Honourable WILLIAM HALL-JONES
to be the High Commissioner for New Zealand in the United Kingdom under and for the purposes of “The High Commissioner Act, 1908,” vice the Honourable W. P. Reeves resigned. To hold the said office from 1st December, 1908, until 14th June, 1911.

J. G. WARD,
Prime Minister.

Officer dismissed.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office,
Wellington, 16th December, 1908.

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

FRANCIS THOMAS EDWARD BIRD,
lately Telegraph Message-boy at Takaka.

J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General.

Trustee of Greymouth Racecourse appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 21st December, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 6 of “The Greymouth Racecourse Reserve Act, 1878,” been pleased to appoint

FREDERICK HENRY KILGOUR
to be a Trustee of the Greymouth Racecourse, in the place of Joseph Petrie, deceased.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands

Cadet in the Department of Lands appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 21st December, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

EDWARD VINCENT BLAKE
to be a draughting cadet in the Department of Lands, as from the 8th July, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands

Members of Rawene Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 30th December, 1908.

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

CHARLES EYES and
ERNEST McLEOD
to be members of the Rawene Domain Board, in the place of Ernest Tirirau Walker and William Dive, who have resigned.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

General Manager, Advertising Department, appointed.

Advertising Department,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS EDWARD DONNE
to be General Manager, Advertising Department, as from 1st July, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister in Charge, Advertising Department.

Chief Clerk, Advertising Department, appointed.

Advertising Department,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

PATRICK JOHN KELLEHER
to be Chief Clerk in the Advertising Department, as from the 1st July, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister in Charge, Advertising Department.

Auditors under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1908,” appointed.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1908.

IN pursuance of the 5th section of “The Friendly Societies Act, 1908,” His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM EDWIN CHARLES REID, of Dunedin;
CHARLES GRATER, of Dunedin;
JAMES GIBSON PATTERSON, of Dunedin;
JOHN FREDERICK CHARLES McCLELLAND, of Wellington,
to be Public Auditors for the purpose of “The Friendly Societies Act, 1908.”

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

Registrar of Incorporated Societies appointed.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 1st January, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT EDWARD HAYES, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Incorporated Societies in terms of “The Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.”

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

Cadets appointed.

Valuation Department,
Wellington, 26th December, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the following to be cadets in the Valuation Department, as from the date respectively set opposite the name of each:—

ALEXANDER MATHIESON HALL, as from the 15th June, 1908.
GEORGE STENNIS ROWE, as from the 3rd July, 1908.
ROBERT BULMAN, as from the 27th July, 1908.
ANDREW GORMAN, as from the 15th October, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister in Charge.

Rabbit Agents appointed.—Notice No. 1265.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 4th January, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WALTER SCOTT,
JOHN FERRIES SHEPHERD,
JAMES SNEDDEN RANKIN, and
WILLIAM SEPTIMUS SEAWARD CANTRELL
to be Rabbit Agents in the Civil Service of the Government of New Zealand (Department of Agriculture); the appointments to date from 21st November, 3rd, 5th, and 7th December, 1908, respectively.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Agriculture.