Aug. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2041

II. OPTIONAL SUBJECT.
FOR CANDIDATES FOR ALL ARMS.
Written Examination.
One Paper.—300 marks—3 hours.
Military history.

MARKS REQUIRED TO QUALIFY.
To qualify for a certificate, a candidate must obtain 0·4 of the marks allotted to each theoretical paper or practical subject, and 0·6 of the marks allotted to the compulsory portion of the whole examination (theoretical and practical).
A candidate who fails in one theoretical paper or in one practical subject only, but obtains 0·6 in the remainder of the compulsory examination, will be required to undergo re-examination in that paper or subject only.
A candidate who fails in more than one paper or subject, or in the aggregate, must undergo the whole examination again.
A candidate who fails at his first examination will not be allowed to present himself for re-examination until a period of three months from his first examination has elapsed.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirtieth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence.

[D. 09/74.]

Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 29th July, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WALTER CLUNIE DRAKE

to be the Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Petone.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 30th July, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:

Name. District.
NORMAN ESDAILE BRATHWAITE .. Hastings.
ROBERT FRASER .. Port Chalmers.
ALFRED HENRI DE TOURETTES .. Tauranga.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Member of Waikaka Commonage Committee appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 30th July, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS STARK

to be a member of the Waikaka Commonage Committee, in the place of James McKay, resigned.

D. BUDDO,
Acting Minister of Lands.

President of Maori Land Board appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 31st July, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ALBERT GEORGE HOLLAND, Esq.,

of Auckland, to be the President of the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Board, as constituted under “The Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905,” vice James Wakelin Browne, Esq., resigned. The appointment to take effect from the 1st day of August, 1909.

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Native Affairs.

Assessor of Native Land Court appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 31st July, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM ROGERS (Wiri Ratete),

of Ohinemutu, to be an Assessor of the Native Land Court under “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Native Affairs.

Members of Harbour Boards appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 31st July, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of the provisions of sections 17 and 24 of “The Harbours Act, 1908,” appointed

John Clark,
George Matthewson, and
Christopher John Parker

to be members of the Gisborne Harbour Board ;

Daniel John Hughes, jun.,
Richard Price, and
Joe Ward

to be members of the New Plymouth Harbour Board ;

William Gardiner,
Adam McKay,
William Horace Rose, and
Joseph Williams

to be members of the Oamaru Harbour Board ;

George Mayo and
George Britnell

to be members of the Wairoa Harbour Board ;

Henry Chappell,
William Thomas Jennings, M.P., and
George Herbert Stubbs

to be members of the Waitara Harbour Board.

J. A. MILLAR.

Members of Greymouth and Westport Harbour Boards appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has, in pursuance of the provisions of sections 17 and 24 of “The Harbours Act, 1908,” appointed

The Hon. James Marshall, M.L.C.,
Arthur Robert Guinnes, M.P.,
Felix Campbell,
William Robert Kettle,
James Murdoch,
Thomas Eldon Coates, Mayor of Greymouth, and
Edward John Scantlebury, Reef ton,

to be members of the Greymouth Harbour Board ;

James Colvin, M.P.,
The Hon. Richard Harman Jeffares Reeves, M.L.C.,
John Foster,
George Griffiths,
Timothy Corby,
James Suisted, and
James Horace Greenwood, Mayor of Westport,

to be members of the Westport Harbour Board.

J. A. MILLAR.

Horticulturist, &c., retired.—Notice No. 1309.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1909.

IT is hereby notified for public information that

WILLIAM JOHN PALMER

has retired from the positions held by him as a Horticulturist in the Civil Service of the Government of New Zealand (Department of Agriculture) and an Inspector under “The Orchard and Garden Diseases Act, 1908,” as from 31st July, 1909.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture.