JULY 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2155

Clerical Cadet appointed.—Notice No. 1616.

Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists,
Wellington, 1st July, 1912.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

PERCIVAL GRANGER

to be a Clerical Cadet in the Civil Service of the Government of New Zealand (Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists); the appointment to date from 10th June, 1912.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture and of Industries and Commerce.

Appointment of Clerical Cadet.—Notice No. 1615.

Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists,
Wellington, 1st July, 1912.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HAROLD GILBERT WHITEHEAD

to be a Clerical Cadet in the Civil Service of the Government of New Zealand (Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists); the appointment to date from 5th June, 1912.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture and of Industries and Commerce.

Registrar of Brands appointed.—Notice No. 1617.

Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists,
Wellington, 1st July, 1912.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CHARLES CLENDON EMPSON

to be Registrar of Brands for the Nelson and Marlborough Branding Registration Districts, in terms of the Stock Act, 1908, vice James Harvey, retired; the appointment to date from 11th June, 1912.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists.

Accountant to the Treasury appointed.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 3rd July, 1912.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ARTHUR OSBORNE GIBBES, Esq.,

to be Accountant to the Treasury; the appointment to date from the 1st instant.

ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Minister of Finance.

Chief Clerk appointed in the Treasury.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 3rd July, 1912.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES JACOB ESSON, Esq.,

to be Chief Clerk in the Treasury; the appointment to date from the 1st instant.

ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Minister of Finance.

Official Assignee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st July, 1912.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

RICHARD PRICE

to be Official Assignee at Dunedin, from the 1st day of July, 1912, vice F. H. Morice, deceased.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister of Justice.

Police Gaoler appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd July, 1912.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Sergeant JAMES COGHLAN GRIFFITHS

to be Police Gaoler at Dargaville.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister of Justice.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th June, 1912.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT FLETCHER

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wellington, vice G. W. Wilton, resigned.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister of Justice.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st July, 1912.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

THEODORE HENRY ADOLPHUS WALKER, Esq.,

of Whananaki, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for New Zealand.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister of Justice.

Appointing Official Member of Whangarei District Maori Council under the Maori Councils Act, 1900.

Native Minister’s Office,
Wellington, 28th June, 1912.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

FRANK BIRD, of Whangarei,

to be Official Member of Whangarei District Maori Council under the provisions of the Maori Councils Act, 1900, vice William Jesse Reeve, resigned.

W. D. S. MACDONALD,
Native Minister.

Appointing Official Member of Tauranga District Maori Council under the Maori Councils Act, 1900.

Native Minister’s Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1912.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS RICHARD WINSBURY PHILPOTTS, of Tauranga,

to be Official Member of Tauranga District Maori Council under the provisions of the Maori Councils Act, 1900, vice H. Tai Mitchell, resigned.

W. D. S. MACDONALD,
Native Minister.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, Transfers, and Retirements of Territorial Force Officers.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 26th June, 1912.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, transfers, and retirements of the undermentioned Territorial Force Officers:—

Queen Alexandra’s 2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles.

2nd Lieutenant Joseph Ernest Wells resigns his commission. Dated 1st May, 1912.

Sergeant Mawson Swan Cameron to be 2nd Lieutenant, supernumerary to the establishment. Dated 17th June, 1912.