Jan. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 331

Members of Legislative Council appointed.

Prime Minister’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd January, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in His Majesty’s name, summoned

John Anstey, Esq., of Otipua, Timaru;
John Barr, Esq., of Christchurch;
John Bartholomew Callan, Esq., of Dunedin;
William Edward Collins, Esq., of Wellington;
Hamilton Gilmer, Esq., of Wellington;
Robert Andrew Loughnan, Esq., of Wellington;
Charles Manley Luke, Esq., of Wellington;
William Wilson McCardle, Esq., of Kawhia, Auckland;
John Thomas Paul, Esq., of Dunedin;
Oliver Samuel, Esq., of New Plymouth;
John Robert Sinclair, Esq., of Dunedin;
George John Smith, Esq., of Christchurch;
William Henry Tucker, Esq., of Gisborne; and
Wi Pere, Esq., of Gisborne,

to the Legislative Council of New Zealand, by writs of summons under the Seal of the said Colony dated 22nd January, 1907.

J. G. WARD,
Prime Minister.

Arrangements for First Election, &c., Pukekohe Drainage Board.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th January, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS GRAY USHER, of Pukekohe,

to be Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the first election of five members of the Board of Trustees of the Pukekohe Drainage District, as constituted under “The Land Drainage Act, 1904”; also to appoint Saturday, the 16th day of February, 1907, to be the date, and the Pukekohe Public Library, at Pukekohe, to be the place, for holding such first election; and also to appoint Saturday, the 23rd day of February, 1907, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, to be the time, and the said Public Library at Pukekohe to be the place, at which the first meeting of Trustees shall be held.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 25th January, 1907.

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.
MAURICE ALOYSIUS KENNY .. .. Amuri.
CHARLES REGINALD WEEKS .. .. Birmingham.
ROBERT CHARLES BLACK .. .. Dannevirke.
ARTHUR CECIL RAMSBOTTOM ISHERWOOD .. Ellesmere.
ALBERT JOSEPH MULLER .. .. Foxton.
WILLIAM JOHN WARREN .. .. Granity.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

Sittings of Magistrate’s Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th January, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The Courthouse at Taihape

to be a place wherein sittings of the Magistrate’s Court shall be held, in lieu of the Gretna Hall previously appointed.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Members of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th January, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WALTER AMBROSE LUCAS BAILEY, Esq., J.P.,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Oroua, vice A. Dick, deceased;

GEORGE PAYLING, Esq., J.P.,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Christchurch, vice the Rev. J. Orchard, deceased; and

PATRICK KINNEY, Esq., J.P.,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Mount Ida, vice J. J. Ramsay, resigned.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Deputy Official Assignee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th January, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

KENELM NOEL HAWTREY BROWNE

to be Deputy Official Assignee at Napier, from the 28th January instant, vice J. B. Jack.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th January, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

WILLIAM NOAH HARRIS, Esq.,

of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Registrar of the Native Land Court, Gisborne, appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 25th January, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint, under the provisions of section 6 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” as from the 1st day of January, 1907,

HAROLD HERBERT CARR, Esq., Deputy Registrar of the Native Land Court, Gisborne,

to be Registrar of the Native Land Court at Gisborne, vice John Brooking, Esq., retired.

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Native Affairs.

Interpreter, Native Land Court, appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 29th January, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint, under the provisions of section 4 of “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” and section 6 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,”

LAWRENCE MARSHALL GRACE, Esq., J.P., Interpreter of the House of Representatives, of Wellington,

to be an Interpreter of the Native Land Court, as from 31st January, 1907.

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Native Affairs.