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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 86.

Visiting Justice to H.M. Prison appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 8th August, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY HUME, Esq., J.P.,

to be a Visiting Justice to His Majesty's Prison at Wellington.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Justice.

Chief Officer of Police at Niue resigned.

Cook Islands Department,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

JOHN SEYMOUR-GRAHAME

of his appointment as Chief Officer of Police at Niue.

M. POMARE,
Minister for the Cook Islands.

Chief Medical Officer for the Island of Niue appointed.

Cook Islands Department,
Wellington, 4th August, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HERBERT BARRACLOUGH, Esq., M.B., C.M.,

to be Chief Medical Officer at Niue, on and from the 29th day of June, 1916.

M. POMARE,
Minister for the Cook Islands.

Commissioner of Crown Lands, Chief Surveyor, and Conservator of State Forests appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1916.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service:—

THOMAS BROOK

to be Commissioner of Crown Lands and Chief Surveyor for the Land District of Westland for the purposes of the Land Act, 1908, and Conservator of State Forests for the Land District of Westland for the purposes of the State Forests Act, 1908, in the Dominion of New Zealand, as from the 25th day of July, 1916.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Under-Secretary, Mines Department, and Director of Geological Survey appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1916.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service:—

PERCY GATES MORGAN, Esq., M.A.,

to be Under-Secretary of Mines and Director of Geological Survey, as from the 21st day of July, 1916.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1916.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service:—

EDWARD ROUTH COXHEAD

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths at Kaikohe, in the District of Ohaeawai, as from the 1st day of August, 1916.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1916.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service:—

JAMES CROSBIE DALE

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris for the District of Westport, as from the 1st August, 1916.

ARTHUR ELDRED MCGREGOR

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris for the District of Hokiika, as from the 1st August, 1916.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 5th August, 1916.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service:—

SAMUEL PEARCE EDDY

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the District of Kumara, as from the 14th August, 1916.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Official Assignee for the Supreme Court Districts of Wellington, Wanganui, Nelson, and Westland, for the Purposes of the Bankruptcy Act, 1908, appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 7th August, 1916.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service:—

SAMUEL WILLIAM LORING RU TANSLEY

to be Official Assignee for the Supreme Court Districts of Wellington, Wanganui, Nelson, and Westland, for the purpose of the Bankruptcy Act, 1908, as from the 24th day of July, 1916.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Pahiatua, for the Purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 8th August, 1916.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service:—

WILLIAM HENRY DEMPSEY

to be Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Pahiatua, for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, as from the 2nd day of August, 1916.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 5th August, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the Territorial Force:—

9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles.
Lieutenant Edwin Arnold Nilsson is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and absorbed into the establishment. Dated 12th July, 1916.

Corps of New Zealand Engineers.—New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps.
The appointment of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) are confirmed:—
Thomas Oswald Lambie.
James Wallace Logan.

4th (Otago) Regiment.—Coast Defence Detachment.
The commission granted 2nd Lieutenant Henry Robert Ker is cancelled, under provisions of section 5 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909. Dated 20th May, 1916.