Inspector of Stock, Agriculture Department, appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 8th December, 1914.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service :—
ENRICO ADRIAN MCKINLAY
to be an Inspector of Stock for the purposes of the Stock Act, 1908, as from the lst day of December, 1914.
P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Acting Secretary.

Provisional Appointment of Land Transfer Draughtsman, Lands and Survey Department.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 8th December, 1914.
THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following provisional appointment in the Public Service:—
JAMES ROBERTSON STRACHAN
to be Land Transfer Draughtsman at Nelson, as from the 25th day of November, 1914, vice W. S. Curtis, retired on superannuation.
P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Acting Secretary.

Fixing Sittings of the Supreme Court in the Northern Judicial District.
WE, five of the Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in us by the Judicature Act, 1908, hereby make the following rules respecting the places and times for holding sittings of the Supreme Court and sittings in Chambers, in the Northern Judicial District, for the year 1915:-
Sittings for the trial of civil actions will be held at th Supreme Court House, AUCKLAND, to commence on the fol lowing days, at 11 a.m.:—
Monday, 15th February.
Monday, 10th May.
Monday, 9th August.
Monday, 8th November.
Sittings for the trial of criminal cases will be held at the Supreme Court House, AUCKLAND, to commence on the following days, at 11 a.m.:-
Monday, 1st February.
Monday, 17th May.
Monday, 16th August.
Monday, 15th November.
The trial of causes under the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1908, may take place at any of the above-mentioned sittings for the trial of civil actions.
Sittings of the Court in Banco will be held at the Courthouse, AUCKLAND, every Wednesday, at half past 10 o'clock in the forenoon, except during vacation or the absence of the Judge, or unless the Judge is engaged on other business.
Sittings in Chambers will be held at the Judge's Cham-bers, in the Courthouse, AUCKLAND, every Tuesday and Friday, at half past 10 o'clock in the forenoon, except during vacation or the absence of the Judge, or unless the Judge is engaged on other business.
Sittings in Chambers at other times and in vacation, in respect of urgent business, may be held at such times and places as may suit the convenience of the Judge.
If any of the days above appointed for sittings should be a public holiday, the sitting will commence on the first day after the day so appointed which is not a holiday.
Given under our hands, at Wellington, this tenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.
ROBERT STOUT, C.J.
J. E. DENNISTON.
W. B. EDWARDS.
W. A. SIM.
J. H. HOSKING.
Approved in Council.
J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Fixing Sittings of the Supreme Court in the Hamilton Judicial District.
WE, five of the Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in us by the Judicature Act, 1908, hereby make the following rules respecting the places and times for holding sittings of the Supreme Court and sittings in Chambers, in the Judicial District of Hamilton, for the year 1915 :-
Sittings for the trial of criminal and civil cases, and of causes under the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1908; will be held at the Supreme Court House, HAMILTON, to commence on the following days, at 11 a.m. :—
Monday, 1st March.
Monday, 7th June.
Monday, 13th September.
And for civil and divorce business only on Monday, 13th December.
Such business in Banco and in Chambers as the Judge shall allow may be disposed of in the course of these sittings, at such days and hours as the Judge may appoint.
If any of the days above appointed for sittings should be a public holiday, the sitting will commence on the first day after the day so appointed which is not a holiday.
Given under our hands, at Wellington, this tenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.
ROBERT STOUT, C.J.
J. E. DENNISTON.
W. B. EDWARDS.
W. A. SIM.
J. H. HOSKING.
Approved in Council.
J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Fixing Sittings of the Supreme Court in the Taranaki Judicial District.
WE, five of the Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in us by the Judicature Act, 1908, hereby make the following rules respecting the places and times for holding sittings of the Supreme Court and sittings in Chambers, in the Judicial District of Taranaki, for the year 1915 :-
Sittings for the trial of criminal and civil cases, and of causes under the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1908, will be held at the Courthouse, NEW PLYMOUTH, to commence on the following days, at 11 a.m. :—
Tuesday, 2nd February.
Tuesday, 18th May.
Tuesday, 7th September.
And for civil and divorce business only on Tuesday, 23rd November.
Such business in Banco and in Chambers as the Judge shall allow may be disposed of in the course of these sittings, at such days and hours as the Judge may appoint.
If any of the days above appointed for sittings should be a public holiday, the sitting will commence on the first day after the day so appointed which is not a holiday.
Given under our hands, at Wellington, this tenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.
ROBERT STOUT, C.J.
J. E. DENNISTON.
W. B. EDWARDS.
W. A. SIM.
J. H. HOSKING.
Approved in Council.
J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Fixing Sittings of the Supreme Court in the Gisborne Judicial District.
WE, five of the Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in us by the Judicature Act, 1908, hereby make the following rules respecting the places and times for holding sittings of the Supreme Court and sittings in Chambers, in the Judicial District of Gisborne, for the year 1915 :-
Sittings for the trial of criminal and civil cases, and of causes under the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1908,