APRIL 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1189

SECOND SCHEDULE.

PETITIONS.

No. 365. Hone Peti and 4 others, praying for the return o Puketotara Block, Bay of Islands County.
No. 71. Wiremu te Teete and 43 others, praying for the return of the Kapoai Block, Bay of Island County.
No. 110. Rawiri Hongi and others, praying for the return of an island on the Mangonui Coast, Mangonui County.
No. 55. Reihana Moeketanga and 47 others, praying for the return of the Opua Block, Bay of Islands County.
No. 515. Hapakuku and 5 others, praying for the return of 1,000 acres in the Hokianga County.
No. 734. Timoti Puhipi and 5 others, praying for the return of the Tangonge Swamp, Mangonui County.
No. 49. Timoti Puhipi and 27 others, praying for the re- turn of the Kataia land, near Pukepoto.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven.

J. CARROLL.
(L.s.)

Approved in Council.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Officers under the Fisheries Conservation Acts appointed, Rotorua and Hawke's Bay Districts.

Colonial Secretary’s Office, Wellington, 4th April, 1907.

IT is hereby notified that ALBERT ERNEST LOUIS BERTLING, of Wellington; and ARTHUR JAMES ROBSON, of Napier, have been appointed to be Officers under "The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884," and the Acts amending the same.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary

Officers under the Fisheries Conservation Acts appointed, Wellington District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th April, 1907.

IT is hereby notified that JOHN REARDON, of Wellington; HAROLD WARD SMITH, of Wellington; and PATRICK JOSEPH FITZGERALD, of Kaiwarra, Wellington, 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

Inspector of Weights and Measures, County of Sounds, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Constable WILLIAM SOUTHGATE to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures under "The Weights and Measures Act, 1903," for the Counties of Sounds and Marlborough, and Boroughs of Picton and Blenheim, vice Constable Denis Carmody.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

Rangers under the Animals Protection Acts, Rotorua, Hawke’s Bay, and Lake County Districts, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap- point 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.
ALBERT ERNEST LOUIS BERTLING .. Rotorua.
ARTHUR JAMES ROBSON .. .. Hawke’s Bay.
DAVID AITKEN .. .. .. Lake County.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

Cadets appointed.

Department of Tourist and Health Resorts, Wellington, 3rd April, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE HENRY HOLFORD and JOHN BULLER HICKS VON TUNZLEMANN SAXON as cadets in the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts. Appointments to date from 11th and 21st March, 1907, respectively.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Acting Minister for Tourist and Health Resorts.

Registrar of Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks appointed.

Department of Justice, Wellington, 4th April, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint JAMES CLARK LEWIS, Esq., to be Registrar of Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks, as and from the 1st day of April instant, vice F. G. B. Walde- grave, Esq., resigned.

JAMES McGOWAN

Volunteer Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th March, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap- prove of the promotion of the undermentioned officer :— No. 4 Company, N.Z.G.A.V. (Wellington Naval Artillery Volunteers).

Lieutenant Duncan Robertson Menzies to be Captain. Date of commission, 5th December, 1906.

ROBERT McNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed to Regiment.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th March, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointment :— 2nd Regiment, North Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers. Her Excellency Lady Plunket to be Honorary Colonel. Date of commission, 23rd January, 1907.

ROBERT McNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.