JUNE 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1503

Surveyor-General appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 28th May, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN STRAUCHON

to be Surveyor-General in and for the Dominion of New Zealand, from the 1st day of July, 1909, in the place of Thomas Humphries.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland, appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 28th May, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ERIC CHARLES GOLD SMITH

to be Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Land District of Auckland, as from the 1st day of July, 1909, in the place of John Strauchon.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Commissioner of Crown Lands, Nelson, appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 28th May, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT THOMAS SADD

to be Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Land District of Nelson, as from the 1st day of July, 1909, in the place of Frederick William Flanagan.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Commissioner of Crown Lands, Canterbury, appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 28th May, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

FREDERICK WILLIAM FLANAGAN

to be Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Land District of Canterbury, as from the 1st day of July, 1909, in the place of Eric Charles Gold Smith.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Commissioner of Crown Lands, Southland, appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 28th May, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HARRY MAY SKEET

to be Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Land District of Southland, as from the 25th day of June, 1909, in the place of Ernest Herbert Wilmot.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Chief Surveyor, Nelson, appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 28th May, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT THOMAS SADD

to be Chief Surveyor for the Land District of Nelson, as from the 1st day of July, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Chief Surveyor, Southland, appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 28th May, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HARRY MAY SKEET

to be Chief Surveyor for the Land District of Southland, as from the 25th day of June, 1909, in the place of Ernest Herbert Wilmot.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Chief Surveyor, Auckland, appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 28th May, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ERIC CHARLES GOLD SMITH

to be Chief Surveyor for the Land District of Auckland, as from the 1st day of July, 1909, in the place of John Strauchon.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Cadets appointed.

Government Insurance Department,
Wellington, 12th May, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT WILLIAM LAVERY,
PATRICK GILLIGAN,
WILLIAM GIBSON DOWNING, and
HILDA BLACKMORE HARDING

to be cadets in the Government Insurance Department; the appointments to date from 26th March, 1909, 14th April, 1909, 10th February, 1909, and 1st March, 1909, respectively,

J. G. WARD,
Minister in Charge of Government Insurance Department.

Probation Officer appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 27th May, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the senior officer or member of the Police Force at Tauranga to be a Probation Officer for the Borough of Tauranga under “The First Offenders’ Probation Act, 1908.”

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Justice.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 31st May, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

JOSEPH BENJAMIN DAWSON PROUDE, Esq.,
of Wanganui, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for New Zealand.

JOHN G. FINDLAY.

Chairman of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st June, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM PATTISON JAMES, Esq., S.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Pahiatua, Masterton, and Wairarapa, vice C. C. Graham, Esq., S.M.

JOHN G. FINDLAY.