JULY 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2083

Acceptance of Services of a Defence Rifle Club.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 24th June, 1913.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under section 43 (l) and (2) of the Defence Act, 1909, the services of the
Pahiatua Defence Rifle Club,
with headquarters at Pahiatua, Wellington Military District. Date of acceptance, 24th June, 1913.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Acceptance of Services of a Defence Rifle Club.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 24th June, 1913.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under section 43 (l) and (2) of the Defence Act, 1909, the services of the
Marlborough Mounted Rifles Reserve Defence Rifle Club,
with headquarters at Blenheim, Canterbury Military District. Date of acceptance, 24th June, 1913.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 25th June, 1913.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalization, under the Aliens Act, 1908, in favour of the undermentioned persons:

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Fire Boards under the Fire Brigades Act, 1908.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 27th June, 1913.
THE undermentioned persons have been appointed or elected to be members of the following Fire Boards constituted under the Fire Brigades Act, 1908.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Auckland Fire Board :

Appointed by the Governor—
David Goldie.
Elected by the fire-insurance companies—
Bartholomew Kent.
Thomas Samuel Jacka.
Horace Walker.
Elected by the Auckland City Council—
Andrew Jack Entrican.
Peter Mitchell Mackay.
Robert Tudehope.

Christchurch Fire Board :

Appointed by the Governor—
Henry Richard Rusbridge.
Elected by the fire-insurance companies—
John Frederick Grierson.
William Bertie McKenzie.
Arthur Langdon Parsons.
Elected by the Christchurch City Council—
Henry Holland.
Walter Henry Cooper.
Alfred Williams.

Dannevirke Fire Board :

Appointed by the Governor—
George Wright.
Elected by the fire-insurance companies—
Thomas Percy Bayntun Ching.
Henry Montague Didsbury.
John James Jaffray Mallard.
Elected by the Dannevirke Borough Council—
Ethelbert Alfred Ransom.
James Carston.
John Drummond.

Dunedin Fire Board :

Appointed by the Governor—
James Arkle.
Elected by the fire-insurance companies—
Thomas Chalmer.
William Isaac Bolam.
Henry Donald Stronach.
Elected by the Dunedin City Council—
Walter Alexander Scott.
Archibald James Sullivan.
Henry Harper Spencer White.

Feilding Fire Board :

Appointed by the Governor—
Frederick Pirani.
Elected by the fire-insurance companies—
Ernest Edward Hammond.
Henry Ernest Kempthorne.
John James Jaffray Mallard.
Elected by the Feilding Borough Council—
Arthur Montague Ongley.
Watson Featherston Bramwell.
Edmund Goodbehere.

Gisborne Fire Board :

Appointed by the Governor—
John Townley.
Elected by the fire-insurance companies—
George Laurence Evans.
George Thorne George.
Stanley Sydney McPherson Dean.
Elected by the Gisborne Borough Council—
Harold Ewart Bright.
James Clive Collins.
George Wildish.

Greymouth Fire Board :

Appointed by the Governor—
Jesse Steer.
Elected by the fire-insurance companies—
John James Jaffray Mallard.
Arthur Langdon Parsons.
Jacob Theodore Skoglund.
Elected by the Greymouth Borough Council—
George Edward Perkins.
Edmund Michael Sheedy.
James Goodall.

Hastings Fire Board :

Appointed by the Governor—
Samuel Thomas Tong.
Elected by the fire-insurance companies—
Thomas Percy Bayntun Ching.
Henry Montague Didsbury.
William Graham Bell.
Elected by the Hastings Borough Council—
William Hart.
Thomas Styles.
Bernard Charles McCormick.

Hawera Fire Board :

Appointed by the Governor—
Richard Alfred Dawson Welsh.
Elected by the fire-insurance companies—
John Paton.
Francis Peacock Corkill.
Harry Stocker.
Elected by the Hawera Borough Council—
Thomas Bramby.
Edward Morrissey.
Alexander Reid.