JUNE 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1509

Arrangements for First Election, &c., Eketahuna Town District, County of Eketahuna.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th June, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

FREDERIC WISE

to be the Returning Officer to conduct the first election of the Commissioners of the Town District of Eketahuna, County of Eketahuna, as constituted under “The Town Districts Act, 1881”; also to appoint Wednesday, the 12th day of July, 1905, to be the time, and the Eketahuna County Council Offices, Bengston Street, Eketahuna, to be the place, at which such first election shall be held; and also to appoint Wednesday, the 19th day of July, 1905, at half past seven o’clock in the afternoon, to be the time, and the said offices to be the place, at which the first meeting of the said Commissioners shall be held.

J. G. WARD.

Arrangements for First Election, &c., Pukekohe Town District, County of Manukau.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th June, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN PATTERSON

to be the Returning Officer to conduct the first election of the Commissioners of the Town District of Pukekohe, County of Manukau, as constituted under “The Town Districts Act, 1881”; also to appoint Saturday, the 22nd day of July, 1905, to be the time, and the Courthouse at Pukekohe to be the place, at which such first election shall be held; and also to appoint Saturday, the 29th day of July, 1905, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, to be the time, and the Public Library Buildings at Pukekohe to be the place, at which the first meeting of the said Commissioners shall be held.

J. G. WARD.

Officer under the Fisheries Conservation Acts appointed, Wellington.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th June, 1905.

IT is hereby notified that

STEPHEN JOHN SMART,

of Wellington, has been appointed to be an Officer for the purposes of “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” and the Acts amending the same.

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Colonial Secretary.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th June, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CLARENCE JAMES McEACHEN

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

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Colonial Secretary.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th June, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CONSTANCE SEYMOUR

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Kaponga, vice Alison Walker Bain.

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Colonial Secretary.

Ranger under the Animals Protection Acts, Wellington District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th June, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

STEPHEN JOHN SMART

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

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Colonial Secretary.

High Commissioner for New Zealand appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st June, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased to appoint

The Honourable WILLIAM PEMBER REEVES,

of the City of London, in England, to be the High Commissioner for New Zealand in the United Kingdom, under and for the purposes of “The High Commissioner Act, 1904.” Appointment to date from 14th June, 1905.

ALBERT PITT,
For Colonial Secretary.

Police Gaoler appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 19th June, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable CHARLES HEYWOOD MELLSOP

to be Police Gaoler at Port Awanui, vice Constable William Kelly, transferred.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Inspector of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 21st June, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable CHARLES HEYWOOD MELLSOP

an Inspector under “The Factories Act, 1901.” Appointment dates from to-day.

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Minister of Labour.

Crown Lands Ranger appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st June, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE ALBERT WILLIAMS

to be a Crown Lands Ranger for the Land District of Otago, as from the 1st June, 1905.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Wellington Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st June, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to reappoint

JOSEPH DAWSON

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Wellington, as from the 16th day of June, 1905.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.