1672
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 42

for gallantry or distinguished service in the field or for meritorious service in the interests of the Dominion.

94b. Officers eligible for the above distinction must, during their tenure of office, be on the Active List or the Reserve of Officers, and must not be below the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. The appointment will be for five years.

94c. Aides-de-Camp to the Governor will, when on duty, wear on the right shoulder a special gold-cord aiguillette of a similar design to that worn by Aides-de-Camp to the Sovereign.

94d. These appointments will not entitle the officer to any pay or allowances.

HONORARY PHYSICIANS AND HONORARY SURGEONS TO THE GOVERNOR.

94e. Officers of the New Zealand Medical Corps, not exceeding two in number, may be appointed as Honorary Physician and Honorary Surgeon respectively to the Governor for distinguished conduct in the field or for meritorious service in the interests of the Dominion. The appointment will be for five years.

94f. These appointments will not entitle the officer to any pay or allowance.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventeenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Consular Agent of Italy at Auckland recognized provisionally.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th May, 1913.

His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that he has recognized provisionally the appointment by the Acting Consular Agent of Italy, at Melbourne, of

Dr. S. S. BERNARDI

as Acting Consular Agent of Italy at Auckland during the absence of the Consular Agent.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 20th May, 1913.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

TRYPHENA FINCH

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Owhango.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Arrangements for First Election, Rangataua Town District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 21st May, 1913.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ARTHUR NUNNS, of Rangataua,

to be Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the first election of Commissioners of the Town District of Rangataua, in the County of Waimarino, as constituted by the Town Boards Act, 1908; also to appoint Thursday, the 12th day of June, 1913, to be the date, and the Rangataua Town Hall, Rangataua, to be the place, at which such first election shall be held; and also to appoint Thursday, the 19th day of June, 1913, at 8 o'clock in the afternoon to be the time, and the said Rangataua Town Hall, Rangataua, to be the place, at which the first meeting of the said Commissioners shall be held.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Clerks of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st May, 1913.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable THOMAS SHANAHAN

to be Clerk of the Magistrates' Court at Alexandra, on and from the 16th day of April, 1913, vice F. T. D. Jeffery;

Constable WILLIAM RICHARDSON

to be Clerk of the Magistrates' Court at Owaka, on and from the 18th day of April, 1913, vice Constable E. J. Jones, resigned; and

Constable AUGUSTUS CHRISTIANSEN

to be Clerk of the Magistrates' Court at Taupo, on and from the 18th day of April, 1913, vice Constable G. A. Dandy, deceased.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Justice.

Member of Waikouaiti Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 15th May, 1913.

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

DUNCAN McGREGOR

to be a member of the Waikouaiti Domain Board, in the place of Henry Thackery Heckler, resigned.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Members of Poukioro Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 15th May, 1913.

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

JOHN BURN and
ANDREW COLEMAN

to be members of Poukioro Domain Board, in the place of Martin Tierney and William Dalrymple Bell.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Appointment as Member of Board of Examiners under the Mining Act, 1908.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 20th May, 1913.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HERBERT SCOTT MOLINEAUX, Esq.,

to be a member of the Board of Examiners under the Mining Act, 1908.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Mines.

Person to hold License on Behalf of the King appointed.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 21st May, 1913.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES CAMPBELL BUCHANAN, Esq.,

to be the person to apply for, receive, and hold, on behalf of His Majesty the King, any licenses or other authorities required to be held or exercised in respect of the Mount Ida Water-race, and all other races used in connection therewith, in the Provincial District of Otago, under the Mining Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of May, 1913.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Mines.