JUNE 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2003

Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, licensed.

Friendly Societies Registry Office,
Wellington, 31st May, 1915.

IN pursuance of the 10th section of the Friendly Societies
Act, 1909, His Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to license

ERNEST WILLIAM ABRAHAM KELLOW,
of Wellington, to act as a Public Auditor under the Friendly
Societies Act, 1909.

R. H. RHODES,
Minister in Charge.

Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, licensed.

Friendly Societies Registry Office,
Wellington, 31st May, 1915.

IN pursuance of the 10th section of the Friendly Societies
Act, 1909, His Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to license

JAMES KELLOW,
of Wellington, to act as a Public Auditor under the Friendly
Societies Act, 1909.

R. H. RHODES,
Minister in Charge.

Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, licensed.

Friendly Societies Registry Office,
Wellington, 31st May, 1915.

IN pursuance of the 10th section of the Friendly Societies
Act, 1909, His Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to license

EDWARD HAROLD TRIBE,
of New Plymouth, to act as a Public Auditor under the
Friendly Societies Act, 1909.

R. H. RHODES,
Minister in Charge.

Nurse appointed to Cook Islands Hospital.

Cook Islands Administration Department,
Wellington, 27th May, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

Miss ANNIE BESSIE THORNTON FABIAN
to be a Nurse at the Cook Islands Hospital, Rarotonga.

M. POMARE,
Minister in Charge, Cook Islands Administration
Department.

Inspector of Stone-quarries appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 31st May, 1915.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the fol-
lowing appointment in the Public Service :-

EDWIN ALFRED VINE
to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Stone-quarries
Act, 1910, as from the 1st day of June, 1915.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 1st June, 1915.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons
have been appointed to be the Deputies of the Regis-
trars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the
districts set respectively opposite their names, viz:-

Name. District.
JOHN BARNETT .. .. Dipton.
PERCY WILLIAM KNIGHTS .. .. Cust.
EDWARD NATHAN FALCK .. .. East Taieri.
JAMES HOLMES .. .. Rotorua.
ALEXANDER ROSS GILMER .. .. Brunner.
ANNIE JANET MEAD .. .. Hokianga.
HENRY ARTHUR MUNN .. .. Rakaia.
REGINALD JOHN ARKLE STIRLING .. Middlemarch.
JAMES WALTER HARRISON .. .. Owhango.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

Appointment of an Officer to New Zealand Medical Corps,
New Zealand Expeditionary Force (British Section).

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 28th May, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
approve of the appointment of

Doctor BERNARD MYERS
as Honorary Captain to the New Zealand Medical Corps,
New Zealand Expeditionary Force (British Section), and
with effect from 18th March, 1915.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Long-service and Good-conduct Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 28th May, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
approve, in accordance with paragraph 14 (1),
Appendix IX, of the Regulations for the Military Forces of
New Zealand, 1913, of the award of a Long-service and
Good-conduct Medal to

No. 796, Gunner ANDREW HENRY COLLINS, Royal New
Zealand Artillery.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Long-service and Good-conduct Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 28th May, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
approve, in accordance with paragraph 14 (1),
Appendix IX, of the Regulations for the Military Forces of
New Zealand, 1913, of the award of a Long-service and
Good-conduct Medal to

No. 795, Corporal-Artificer JOSEPH SMITH, Royal New
Zealand Artillery.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Long-service and Good-conduct Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 28th May, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
approve, in accordance with paragraph 14 (1),
Appendix IX, of the Regulations for the Military Forces of
New Zealand, 1913, of the award of a Long-service and
Good-conduct Medal to

No. 790, Corporal FRANK WILLIAM CHING, Royal New
Zealand Artillery.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Long-service and Good-conduct Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 28th May, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
approve, in accordance with paragraph 14 (1),
Appendix IX, of the Regulations for the Military Forces of
New Zealand, 1913, of the award of a Long-service and
Good-conduct Medal to

No. 773, Sergeant ROBERT HENRY COOK, Royal New
Zealand Artillery.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Issue of Passports.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1915.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that inquiry
is in all cases necessary, even in the case of well-known
colonists, before His Excellency the Governor can be advised
to sign a passport. In future a passport will not be issued
until the expiration of fourteen days after the receipt by the
Department of Internal Affairs of the application for its
issue.
All persons intending to travel abroad and desiring to have
a passport are warned accordingly.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.