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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 34

soil is of a sandy nature, suitable for light cultivation. The
remaining sections comprise cold clay soil overlying con-
glomerate rock. Fresh water is readily obtained by sinking.
The climate is fresh and bracing, and the rainfall abundant.
The land is covered more or less with light manuka scrub.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand
nine hundred and six.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Ranger under the Animals Protection Acts appointed, Tau-
ranga.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOSEPH RUSDEN SALT

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

ALBERT PITT,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Consul-General of Belgium at Wellington appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified
that he has been informed by His Majesty's Secre-
tary of State for the Colonies that the King's exequatur
empowering

The Honourable CHARLES JOHN JOHNSTON, M.L.C.,
to act as Consul-General of Belgium at Wellington, with
jurisdiction over the Provincial Districts of Hawke's Bay,
Taranaki, and Wellington, has received His Majesty's
signature.

ALBERT PITT,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point the undermentioned persons to be Registrars
of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set
respectively opposite their names, viz. :-

Name. District.
SARAH DRAIN .. .. .. Tuapeka Mouth.
HENRY EDSER .. .. .. Mount Benger.
JOSEPH ATTWOOD HOLT .. .. Dunstan.

ALBERT PITT,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point the undermentioned persons 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.
WILLIAM JOHN BLAKLEY .. .. Feilding.
ALFRED SAMPSON BUTTON .. .. Ellesmere.

ALBERT PITT,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Ranger under the Animals Protection Acts appointed,
Whangarei.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th April, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

VALENTINE AUGUSTINE ABRAHAM

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

ALBERT PITT,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Rangers under the Animals Protection Acts appointed,
Canterbury.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th April, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JAMES ROWELL and
GEORGE WILLIAM KIMBER

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

ALBERT PITT,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Officers under the Fisheries Conservation Acts appointed,
Canterbury.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th April, 1906.

IT is hereby notified that

JAMES ROWELL, of Springston, and
GEORGE WILLIAM KIMBER, of Springston,

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

ALBERT PITT,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Justices of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th April, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HENRY JOHN BIGNELL, Esq., of Greymouth ;
WILLIAM HENRY HALES, Esq., of Wellington ;
THOMAS HARNEY, Esq., of Timaru ; and
FREDERICK HAMILTON KILGOUR, Esq., of Greymouth,

to be Justices of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

J. CARROLL,
For Minister of Justice.

Clerks of Courts, &c., appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd May, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM JESSE REEVE

to be Clerk of the Magistrate's and Warden's Courts, and
Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrar, at Wha-
garei, and also to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for
the District of Marsden, from the 1st day of May instant,
vice J. Fitzgerald, transferred; and

Constable JAMES SELLERS WILLCOCKS

to be Clerk of the Magistrate's Court at Whakatane, from
the 13th day of April, 1906, vice Constable W. Eccles, trans-
ferred.

J. CARROLL,
For Minister of Justice.

Inspector of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 1st May, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

Constable JOSEPH ANDUS RAYNES

an Inspector of Factories under “The Factories Act, 1901.”
Appointment is dated the 28th April, 1906.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
For Minister of Labour.

Resignation of Member of Assessment Court accepted.

Valuation Department,
Wellington, 31st March, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has been
pleased to accept the resignation of

JOHN MEE

of his appointment as an Assessor under “The Government
Valuation of Land Act Amendment Act, 1900,” for the
Counties of Levels and Waimate.

C. H. MILLS.