FEB. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 573

Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th February, 1907.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
LILLIE BOARDMAN
to be the Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Kaeo.
JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

Officers under the Fisheries Conservation Acts appointed, Canterbury, Otago, and Southland Districts.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th February, 1907.
IT is hereby notified that
CHARLES RIDES, of Riccarton Road, Christchurch ; DONALD GORDON GUNN, of Hawea Flat; JAMES DRUMMOND, of Conical Hills, Pomahaka; THEODORE WILLIAM McGREGOR MURRAY, of Waipahi;
and
GEORGE MATTHEWS, of Lora, Invercargill,
have been appointed to be Officers for the purposes of "The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884," and the Acts amending the same.
JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

Rangers under the Animals Protection Acts, Auckland, Canterbury, Otago, and Southland Districts, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th February, 1907.
HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned persons to be Rangers under "The Animals Protection Act, 1880," and the Acts amending the same, for the districts set opposite their names respectively, viz.:-
Name. District.
THOMAS BENNETT . . . . Auckland. CHARLES RIDES . . . . Canterbury. DONALD GORDON GUNN . . . . Otago. JAMES DRUMMOND . . . ." THEODORE WILLIAM McGREGOR MURRAY GEORGE MATTHEWS . . . . Southland.
JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th February, 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.
MELVILLE BROWN ESSON . . . . Wainui. CHARLES CECIL NATION . . . . Levin. LESLIE WILLIAM POTTER . . . . Wyndham. HAROLD LINCOLN SLYFIELD . . . . Te Awamutu. THEODORE FREDERICK GIBBONS . . . . Te Aroha.
JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th February, 1907.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
GEORGE DAVIE GOW
to be the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Eltham, vice William David Murray Glaister.
JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

Appointment of Vice-Consuls of Norway, at Christchurch and Invercargill, recognised.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th February, 1907.
HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, directs it to be notified that he has been instructed by His Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies to recognise the appointment of
HENRY DALBY CARTER, Esq.,
as Vice-Consul of Norway, at Christchurch; and also to recognise the appointment of
WALTER SINCLAIR WATERSTON, Esq.,
as Vice-Consul of Norway, at Invercargill.
JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

Inspectors of Weights and Measures for certain Districts appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th February, 1907.
HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, 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 THOMAS FITZGIBBON . . Borough of Foxton. Constable DENIS CARMODY . . Counties of Sounds and Marlborough, and Boroughs of Picton and Blenheim.
JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

Trustees of Te Puke Drainage District appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th February, 1907.
HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased, in terms of section 10 of "The Land Drainage Act, 1904," to appoint
THOMAS NEWLANDS DIPROSE, CHARLES COLLINS, PATRICK DONOVAN, JOHN PONCIA TAYLOR, and WILLIAM ATHERTON BENNETT
to be Trustees of the Te Puke Drainage District.
JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

Counsel to the Office of Law Drafting appointed.

Attorney-General's Office,
Wellington, 7th February, 1907.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
JOHN WILLIAM SALMOND, Esq.,
Bachelor of Law and a Barrister of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, to be Counsel to the Office of Law Drafting. Appointment to date from 6th February, 1907.
JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Attorney-General.

Assistant Geologist appointed.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 12th February, 1907.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointment to the staff of the Geological Survey Branch of the Mines Department:-
EDWARD DE COURCY CLARKE
to be an Assistant Geologist, as from 1st January, 1907.
JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.