APRIL 15. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 887

Officers under “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” Wellington District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 9th April, 1897.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 9 of “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,”

DANIEL HERLIHY,
GODFREY HALSTED, and
WILFRID EFFINGHAM DASENT

have been appointed officers for the purposes of that Act within the Counties of Hutt, Horowhenua, Wairarapa North, Wairarapa South, Pahiatua, Oroua, Manawatu, Kiwitea, and Pohangina, and within all the town districts and boroughs situated within the said counties.

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS BENJAMIN SALMON

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Taupo.

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Cadet appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

BEN KEYS

to be a cadet in the Registrar-General’s Office, at Wellington, from the 15th March, 1897.

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Rangers under the Animals Protection Acts, Wellington and Nelson Districts, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned persons to be Rangers, under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, for the districts set opposite their names.

Name. District.
WILFRID EFFINGHAM DASENT .. .. .. } Wellington.
GODFREY HALSTED .. .. .. }
DANIEL HERLIHY .. .. .. .. Nelson.
JOHN GOLDING .. .. ..

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Judge, Validation Court, appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th April, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

JAMES MEACHAM BATHAM, Esq.,

a Judge of the Native Land Court; to be also a Judge of the Validation Court constituted under “The Native Land (Validation of Titles) Act, 1893,” as from the 14th day of April instant.

R. J. SEDDON,
Native Minister.

Coroner appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 9th April, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE MATHEW SNELSON, Esq., J.P.,

of Palmerston North, to be a Coroner within the colony.

T. THOMPSON.

Land Transfer Officer appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 7th April, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

JAMES MEACHAM BATHAM, Esq.,

as District Land Registrar, Registrar of Deeds, and Examiner of Titles, at Gisborne, for the District of Poverty Bay. Appointment to take effect from the 12th instant.

J. CARROLL.

Appointment in the Department of Lands and Survey.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 6th April, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

JOHN DALZIEL HAY

to be a cadet in the Department of Lands and Survey, as from 1st April, 1897.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Appointment in the Department of Lands and Survey.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 9th April, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

ANDREW GRAY MUIR

to be a cadet in the Department of Lands and Survey, as from 1st April, 1897.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Members of Land Boards appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 9th April, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to reappoint

CHARLES HALL

a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Hawke’s Bay, as from the 14th April, 1897;

ALEXANDER WILSON HOGG

a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Wellington, as from the 14th April, 1897;

JOSEPH REDWOOD and
JOHN ATHELSTAN PARSONS

as members of the Land Board of the Land District of Marlborough, as from the 18th April, 1897.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Issue of New Zealand War Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to approve of the issue of the New Zealand war medal to

WILLIAM BARDELL,

late Private No. 1 Division, Armed Constabulary Force, whose claim to the war medal has been investigated and admitted.

T. THOMPSON.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Upper Taueru Road District, County of Wairarapa North.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 8th April, 1897.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Upper Taueru Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

UPPER TAURU ROAD BOARD.

Result of poll taken in the Upper Taueru Road District, on the 27th day of March, 1897, upon a proposal to raise a loan, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” for formation on Wilton and Paulson’s Road :—
Number of ratepayers on special roll, 6, representing 6. votes: Number of ratepayers who voted in favour of the