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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 9

Authorising Wardens to assent to Transfers of Leases in Form No. 100 under Mining Regulations.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twelfth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and two, certain regulations were made under “The Mining Act, 1898,” by His Excellency the Governor: And whereas in and by the said regulations it is provided that leases of Crown lands in mining townships laid off pursuant to section forty-five of the said Act shall be in the form number 100 set out in the Schedule to the said regulations, and shall be executed by the Warden for and on behalf of the King: And whereas the said form number 100 contains certain covenants of which one--to wit, covenant (b)—provides that the lessee shall not part with, assign, underlet, or otherwise dispose of the land or any part thereof without the previous consent in writing of the King or some person duly authorised to give such consent:

Now, therefore, in exercise of all powers enabling me in this behalf, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare that in the case of each such lease the person authorised to give such consent shall be the Warden of the mining district in which the land comprised in the lease is situate.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirtieth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and four.

JAS. McGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.

Postmaster appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the eighth section of “The Justices of the Peace Act Amendment Act, 1888,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that

CHARLES THEODORE NORDELL,

being a person holding the office of Postmaster, under “The Post Office Act, 1881,” at Atea, is authorised to take and receive statutory declarations under the two-hundred-and-thirty-fourth section of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

As witness my hand, this thirtieth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and four.

RANFURLY,
Governor.

Rangers under the Animals Protection Acts, Nelson District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 28th January, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN THOMAS WATERHOUSE and
ALFRED EDWARD MANSFORD

to be Rangers under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, for the District of Nelson.

J. G. WARD.

Inspectors of Weights and Measures for certain Districts appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned persons to be Inspectors of Weights and Measures, under “The Weights and Measures Act, 1903,” for the districts set opposite their names respectively, viz. :

Name. District.
Constable HARRY CARLYON City of Nelson, Counties of
FITZSIMMONS Waimea and Collingwood,
and Boroughs of Richmond
and Motueka.
Sergeant MAXWELL WALKER Counties of Tauranga and
Rotorua, and Borough of
Tauranga.

J. G. WARD.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 1st February, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz. :

Name. District.
CHARLES HENRY ERNEST GERARD Waipara.
REES HARRY MORGAN Malvern.
HAROLD LINCOLN SLYFIELD Waipu.
THOMAS RIMMER Ashhurst.

J. G. WARD.

Officers under the Fisheries Conservation Acts appointed, Buller.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1904.

IT is hereby notified that

Arthur Baker, of Little Wanganui;
William Lowe, of Seddonville;
William McNarn, of Ngakawau;
George Swafford, of Granity;
Robert Stokes, of Millerton;
George Griffiths, of Birchfield; and
William Lloyd, of Westport,

have been appointed to be Officers for the purposes of “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” and the Acts amending the same.

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Colonial Secretary.

Rangers under the Animals Protection Acts, Buller District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Arthur Baker,
William Lowe,
William McNarn,
George Swafford,
Robert Stokes,
George Griffiths, and
William Lloyd

to be Rangers under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, for the District of Buller.

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Colonial Secretary.

Native Interpreters licensed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th January, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorise

LATIMER BRAHAM (Ratima Aperahama), of Awanui North, and
WARE P. WAITAI, of Gisborne,

to act as Native Interpreters of the Second Grade; and

MAIHI RANGIPO METE KINGI, of Wanganui,

to act as a Native Interpreter of the First Grade.

J. CARROLL.

Police Gaoler appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 29th January, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Sergeant WILLIAM JOHN PHAIR

to be Gaoler of H.M. Police Gaol at Rotorua, vice Constable William Bern.

JAS. McGOWAN.