Sept. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3681

Assistant Censor of Telegraphic Messages appointed.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

IN pursuance of the authority conferred upon me by an Order in Council made on the third day of August, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, in pursuance of section two of the Post and Telegraph Amendment Act, 1910, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby authorize and appoint

GORDON RICHMOND, Esquire,

of Wellington, to act during my pleasure as a Censor of Telegraphic Messages in respect of the telegraph-stations at or near Wellington, and in such capacity to act as an assistant and under the control of the Censor, Walter Sanderson Curtis, Esquire.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this twenty-first day of September, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Censor of Telegraphic Messages appointed.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

IN pursuance of the authority conferred upon me by an Order in Council made on the third day of August, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, in pursuance of section two of the Post and Telegraph Amendment Act, 1910, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby authorize and appoint

WALTER SANDERSON CURTIS, Esquire,

of Wellington, to act during my pleasure as a Censor of Telegraphic Messages in respect of the telegraph-stations at or near Wellington.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of September, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Making Regulations under the Defence Act, 1909, as to Train and Steamer Accommodation for Officers travelling on Public Service.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority conferred on me by the Defence Act, 1909, and its amendments, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby make the regulations shown in the Schedule hereto; and I do hereby declare that such regulations shall come into force as from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

SCHEDULE.

FINANCIAL INSTRUCTIONS AND ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS FOR THE NEW ZEALAND MILITARY FORCES.

153A. THE following officers shall be entitled to deck berths on steamers and sleeping-berths on trains at the public expense:—
The Commandant.
The Assistant Military Secretary.
Heads of Departments, and Directors of the Headquarters Staff.
Officers Commanding Districts.

153B. Under special circumstances the Minister may grant an extension of the privilege conferred in the preceding regulation to an officer other than the above.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this twenty-first day of September, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and in the presence of—

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Inspectors of Seamen appointed.

Marine and Inspection of Machinery Department, Wellington, 22nd September, 1917.

IT is hereby notified that

CHARLES BAMFORD DANIEL and ALEXANDER BARR

have, in pursuance of the provisions of section 7 of the Shipping and Seamen Amendment Act, 1913, been appointed Inspectors of Seamen for the ports of Auckland and Wellington respectively.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Marine.

Resignation of Members of Arundel Domain Board accepted.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 24th September, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has accepted the resignation of

WILLIAM ROBERT JOHNSTON,
FREDERICK THOMAS BATEMAN,
EDWARD EVANS, and
WILLIAM MCDONALD

as members of the Arundel Domain Board.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice, Wellington, 25th September, 1917.

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

SIDNEY FADE HAZARD, Esq.,

of Greymouth, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister of Justice.

Members of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice, Wellington, 22nd September, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM KIRBY WALLACE

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Patea, vice J. P. Dugdale, deceased; and

ALEXANDER ALISON

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Waitemata.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister of Justice.

Clerks of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice, Wellington, 19th September, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM JESSE REEVE

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Bay of Plenty, vice B. L. Hammond, resigned; and

JOHN TERRY

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Auckland, Parnell, and Waitemata, vice F. J. Stewart.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister of Justice.

Resident Agent, Postmaster, &c., at Pukapuka, Cook Islands, appointed.

Cook Islands Department, Wellington, 25th September, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

HENRY JOSEPH BRIAN MORRIS

to be Resident Agent and Postmaster at Pukapuka, and to be a Commissioner and Deputy Registrar of the High Court of the Cook Islands, on and from the 1st day of June, 1917.

M. POMARE,
Minister for the Cook Islands.