The Patent Office , Law Court Buildings, Dunedin. Head Office, Government Buildings, Wellington, Mr. A. Stubbs, Patent Agent for Dunedin, Deputy Registrar and Sheriff of the Supreme Court, and Clerk of Awards of the Arbitration and Conciliation Court for the Otago and Southland Industrial districts, first joined the Govenment service in 1882. After twenty years in Napier, he was transferred to Dunedin in 1901. Mr. Stubbs is a volunteer of many years' standing, and first joined the Nelson Artillery Cadets in 1879, and the Napier Rifle Corps in 1881. He was transferred to the reserve in 1898, with the rank of lieutenant-quartermaster, and holds the long service medal.