Mar. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 943

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

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 5th March, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN PATON WATT, of Wanganui,

to be Returning Officer to conduct the first election of the Commissioners of the Town District of Gonville, County of Waitotara, as constituted under “The Town Districts Act, 1881”; also to appoint Wednesday, the 3rd day of April, 1907, to be the time, and the Borough Council Chambers, Wanganui, to be the place, at which such first election shall be held; and also to appoint Wednesday, the 10th day of April, 1907, at 8 o’clock in the afternoon, to be the time, and the said Borough Council Chambers at Wanganui to be the place, at which the first meeting of the said Commissioners shall be held.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

Cadets appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 12th March, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

T. U. BRISTOW to be a cadet in the Land Transfer Office at Gisborne;

H. J. McMULLIN to be a cadet in the Land Transfer Office at Christchurch;

J. CARADUS to be a cadet in the Land Transfer Office at Auckland; and

J. MORRISON to be a cadet in the Stamp Office at Wellington.

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Stamp Duties.

Land Transfer and Stamp Officer appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 12th March, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM GLENDINNING RIDDELL

to be Deputy District Land Registrar, Deputy Examiner of Titles, and Deputy Commissioner of Stamps at New Plymouth, as from the 20th day of February, 1907.

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Stamp Duties.

Appointing Advisory Counsellor of Mangonui District Maori Council under “The Maori Councils Act, 1900.”

Native Department,
Wellington, 4th March, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WI RAPIHANA, of Kaitaia,

to be Advisory Counsellor of the Mangonui District Maori Council under the provisions of “The Maori Councils Act, 1900,” vice Timoti Puhipi, resigned.

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Native Affairs.

Native Interpreter licensed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 4th March, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorise

WILLIAM BOYLE BENNETT

to act as an Interpreter of the Second Grade, under the provisions of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” and “The Native Interpreters Classification Act, 1900.”

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Native Affairs.

Official Members of Maori Councils under “The Maori Councils Act, 1900,” appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 4th March, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the undermentioned appointments under the provisions of “The Maori Councils Act, 1900”:

Constable WILLIAM SEFTON, of Kaitaia,
to be official member of the Mangonui Maori Council, vice Constable James Henry, transferred;

Constable HUGH DOUGLAS ARMOUR, of Greytown North,
to be official member of the Rongokako Maori Council, vice Lawrence Marshall Grace, Esq., transferred; and

HAROLD HERBERT CARR, Esq., Registrar of the Native Land Court, Gisborne,
to be official member of the Takitimu Maori Council, vice John Brooking, Esq., retired.

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Native Affairs.

Members of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th March, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The Reverend CHARLES JORDAN
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Bay of Plenty, and

GEORGE JEFFERY
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Tuapeka.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Clerks of Court, &c., appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th March, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable EDWIN JARDIN PORTEOUS
to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s and Warden’s Courts, and Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrar, at Tapanui, from the 6th February, 1907, vice Constable J. T. Cowan;

Constable FRANK LEWIN
to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Amberley, and Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Hurunui, from the 16th February, 1907, vice Constable M. Roche;

Constable JOHN THOMAS COWAN
to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Port Albert, from the 21st February, 1907, vice Constable G. Keep; and

Constable WILLIAM MARSHALL
to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Kaitangata, from the 21st February, 1907, vice Constable D. M. Mackenzie.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Visiting Justice and Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 9th March, 1907.

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

HAROLD BEAUCHAMP, Esq.,
of Wellington, of his appointment as a Visiting Justice to H.M. Prison at Wellington, and also of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Chairman of Waimumu Stream Drainage Board appointed.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 11th March, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of the powers vested in him by “The Waimumu Stream Drainage Act, 1906,” been pleased to appoint

JOHN LOWDEN, Esq.,
to be Chairman of the Waimumu Stream Drainage Board.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.