1390 THE EDINBURGH GAZETTE, OCTOBER 29, 1895.

Whereas by the Patriotic Fund Act of 1881, it CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, was, among other things, enacted that ' it should October 25, 1S95. 4 be lawful for Her Majesty, from time to time, ' by Warrant under Her Sign Manual, to appoint The Civil Service Commissioners hereby give ' any person to fill any vacancy among the Com- notice, in pursuance of Her Majesty's Order in * niissioners of the Patriotic Fund which has arisen Council of 22nd March 1879, that, with the ' either before or after the passing of this Act, concurrence of the Lords Commissioners of Her ' from death, resignation, or otherwise'; Majesty's Treasury, they have prescribed a fee of And whereas, since the date of the last Com- ten shillings to be paid by Candidates for the mission, a Vacancy has so occurred: situation of Junior Examiner in the Telegraph Now, kuow ye, that We, reposing great trust Stores Department of the Post Office. and confidence in your zeal, discretion, and ability, do, by these presents, authorise and appoint you, the said Sir Francis Mo watt, to be a Commis- sioner of aucl for the administration of the Patriotic Fund. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, Given at our Court at Balmoral, this twenty- October 25, 1895. first day of October one thousand eight The following Candidates have been certified hundred-and ninety-five, in the fifty-ninth by the Civil Service Commissioners as qualified year of Our reign. for the appointments set against their respective By Her Majesty's command, names : — LANSDOWNE. October 21, 1895. AFTER LIMITED COMPETITION. Admiralty: First Class Writer in the Expense Accounts Department of Her Majesty's Naval WAR OFFICE, October 25, 1895. Yards — Herbert William Hawking. The Queen has been graciously pleased to Post Office : Clerks in the London Postal Service confer the Volunteer Officers' Decoration upon the — Charles Culling, William Edward Lock, under-mentioned Officers of the Volunteer Force, Richard Edmund Thomas. who have been duly recommended for the same under the terms of the Royal Warrant, dated 25th July 189 2:— WITHOUT (JoMPK/rmoN. SCOTTISH DISTRICT. Post Office : Postmen, London — Frederick Henry Bickmore, Thomas Taylor, William Henry ARTILLERY. Tozer. Sorting Clerk and Telegraph Learner, 1st Mid-Lothian Volunteer Artillery. Bristol — Henry Edward Tee. and Honorary Lieutenant- John Postman, Bishop Auckland — James Phillips. Young Myrtle. RlFLE. October 22, 1895. 1st Lanarkshire Volunteer Rifle Corps. Lieutenant Edward Graham. AFTER OPEN COMPETITION. 1 st Volunteer Battalion, The Highland Light Boy Clerk— George Sillitto. Infantry. Post Office : Telegraph Learner in the Central Office, London — John Andrew Duncan Douglas. Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant and Honorary Colonel Robert C. Mackenzie. Lien tenant-Colonel James Outram. AFTER LIMITED COMPETITION. '2nd V<>lwiteeon - Lieutenant - Colonel Charles Coruiack Accounts Department of Her Majesty's Naval G reig. Yards — Bariah George Quic A, Walter Williams. 3rd (The Buclum] Volunteer Battalion, The Post Office : Clerks in the London Postal Service Gordon Highlanders. — William Arthur Adams, James Brenuan, ; Lionel Vincent Cox, Claude Edward Grove Captain and Honorary Major William M Con- Daly, Walter Martiudale Frizell, Richard nachie. Allen Moffatt, William Widden Owen, William Henry James Perry, Albert Waliwork.

WHITEHALL, October 24, 1895. WITHOUT COMPKTLTION. The Queen has been pleased, by Letters Patent Admiralty : Pensioner Writer in the Royal under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of William Yard, Plymouth — Joseph James Facey. Great .Britain and Ireland, bearing date the 4th September 1895, to grant the dignity of a Baronet Post Office: Postman, London — JohuFraucisRose. of the said United Kingdom unto the Right Tube Attendant and Night Collector in the Honourable Sir Joseph Reuals, Knt., Lord Mayor Central Telegraph Office, London — Chnrles of the City of London, and the heirs male of his Sanders. body lawfully begotten. Lineman — Edward Albert Eyre.