APRIL 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1177

Inspector under “The Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908,” appointed.
—Notice No. 1293.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 26th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ERNEST ALFRED RADFORD

to be an Inspector for the purposes of “The Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908,” for the Banks Peninsula Rabbit-proof Fencing District; the appointment to date from 5th April, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Agriculture.

Land Transfer Officer appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 26th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

EDWIN BAMFORD

to be Deputy Registrar-General of Land for the Dominion of New Zealand, and Deputy District Land Registrar and Deputy Examiner of Titles for the Land Registration District of Wellington, as from the 24th day of April, 1909.

JOHN G. FINDLAY.
For Minister of Stamp Duties.

Appointment of Chairman of Board of Examiners.

Inspection of Machinery Department,
Wellington, 27th April, 1909.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance of the power and authority vested by “The Inspection of Machinery Act, 1908,” and “The Inspection of Machinery Amendment Act, 1908,”

ROBERT DUNCAN, Esq., Chief Inspector of Machinery,

has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Examiners for examinations for engine-drivers under “The Mining Act, 1908,” “The Coal-mines Act, 1908,” or “The Inspection of Machinery Act, 1908.”

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister in Charge of the Inspection of Machinery Department.

Inspector for the Adjustment of Compasses appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 16th April, 1909.

IT is hereby notified that

ROBERT FRASER

has been appointed Inspector for the purposes of the regulations for the adjustment of compasses, which were made on the 14th day of March, 1906, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 15th day of the same month.

J. A. MILLAR.

Deputy Inspector of Asylums, Hospitals, and Licensed Houses appointed.

Mental Hospitals Department,
Wellington, 27th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN McRAE GALLAWAY, Esq.,

to be a Deputy Inspector of Asylums, Hospitals, and Licensed Houses for the Dominion of New Zealand under “The Lunatics Act, 1908.”

GEO. FOWLDS.

New Zealand Militia Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th April, 1909.

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

New Zealand Militia.

George Hector Fitzgerald Rolleston to be Captain. Date of commission, 27th August, 1901.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th April, 1909.

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

3rd Regiment, Auckland Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Captain (Acting Lieutenant-Colonel) Allen Bell to be Major. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1908.

East Coast Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Charles Hellier Davis Evans to be Captain. Date of commission, 27th February, 1909.

Waitara Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant George Henry Pope to be Captain. Date of commission, 2nd September, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th April, 1909.

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

3rd Regiment, Auckland Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant (Acting-Captain) George James Rastrick to be Pay- and Quarter-master, with rank of Honorary Captain. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1908.

Tauranga Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Herbert William Smales to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1908.

Seddon Horse Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Henry Jolly to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1908.

Otamatea Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

James Greene Milne to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1908.

No. 1 Company, Ohinemuri Rifle Volunteers.

Ernest Herbert Andrews to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed under Paragraph 83, General Regulations, 1906.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 83, General Regulations of the Defence Forces of New Zealand, 1906, of the following appointment :—

Feilding Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

William Fitzgerald Levin to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 22nd February, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 84, General Regulations of the Defence Forces of New Zealand, 1906, of the transfer of

Lieutenant FRANCIS POTTER

from No. 3 Company, Auckland Division, New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteers, to No. 2 Company, Auckland Division, New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteers, with rank of Lieutenant, and with effect from 8th March, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.