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1899. NEW ZEALAND.

"CIVIL SERVICE REFORM ACT, 1886" (RETURN OF APPOINTMENTS MADE UNDER THE).

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly pursuant to " The Civil Service Beform Act, 1886."

Return of Appointments made under Section 4 of "The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886."

The above return is compiled from information supplied by the various departments. Hugh Pollen, Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 30th June, 1899. Under-Secretary.

Name. Office. Arohey, S. (Mrs.) ... Archey, T. Baker, W. H. Matron, Industrial School, Burnham. Manager, Assistant Lecturer and Instructor of the Thames School of Mines. Engineer, Sunnyside Asylum. Assistant Teacher, School for Deaf-mutes, Sumner. Teacher, Native School, Otamatea. Veterinary Surgeon. Shorthand-writer and Typist. Teacher, Native School, Kaiapoi. Veterinary Surgeon. Teacher, Native School, Wharekahika. District Land Eegistrar, Eegistrar of Deeds, Examiner of Titles, Deputy Commissioner of Stamps, and Assistant Eegistrar of Joint-stock Companies. Superintendent of Mercantile Marine, Dunedin. Probationary Military Cadet. Teacher, Native School, Waikawa. Officer Commanding Southland Sub-district. Inspector of Mines for Canterbury, Otago, and Southland Districts. Secretary for Education and Inspector - General of Schools. Shorthand-writer. Teacher, Native School, Whangape. Shorthand-writer and Typist. Superintendent of Mercantile Marine, Lyttelton. Teacher, Native School, Kenana. Probationary Lightkeeper. Veterinary Surgeon. Bruce, Eobert Chambers, T. F. Clarke, J. C. Clayton, John Greenwood Collins, John William Cossgrove, D. Crabb, Alexander Cummins, H. C. Day, Victor Grace .. Fleming, Charles Edward Wisdom Gardner, Murray Menzies Greensill, S. M.'C. (Mrs.) ... Hawkins, John Edward Hayes, John Hogben, G. Horneman, Charles Edward Morton Logan, A. J. Longton, James Marciel, James Alfred Henry Maxwell, J. J. Murray, William Neale, Charles Eaymond Nelson, Edward Eeakes, Charles John Reid, William Douglas Euddick, John Archibald Sanderson, Charles Jesse Shaw, Lindsay John ... Smith, George Gordon Smith, W. C. Symon, Frank Thompson, J. H. Thwaites, George Walter, C. A. ... Superintendent "of Mercantile Marine, Auckland. Dairy Commissioner. Veterinary Surgeon. Drill Instructor (temporary). Superintendent of Mercantile Marine, Wellington. Copper-plate Printer. Probationary Military Cadet. Teacher, Native School, The Neck, Stewart Island. Probationary Lightkeeper. Teacher, Native School, Manaia.