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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 106

Wellington North:
Alexander Lawrence Herdman.
Wellington Central:
Francis Marion Bates Fisher.
Wellington East:
David McLaren.
Wellington South:
Robert Alexander Wright.
Wellington Suburbs:
John Pearce Luke.
Nelson:
John Graham.
Motueka:
Roderick McKenzie.
Buller:
James Colvin.
Grey:
Arthur Robert Guinness.
Westland:
Thomas Edward Youd Seddon.
Wairau:
John Duncan.
Hurunui:
George William Forbes.
Kaiapoi:
David Buddo.
Avon:
George Warren Russell.
Riccarton:
George Witty.
Christchurch North:
Thomas Edward Taylor.
Christchurch East:
Thomas Henry Davey.
Christchurch South:
Henry George Ell.
Lyttelton:
George Laurenson.
Ellesmere:
Robert Heaton Rhodes.
Selwyn:
Charles Albert Creery Hardy.
Ashburton:
William Nosworthy.
Geraldine:
Thomas Buxton.
Timaru:
James Craigie.
Waitaki:
Sir William Jukes Steward.
Oamaru:
Thomas Duncan.
Tuapeka:
Robert Scott.
Chalmers:
Edward Henry Clark.
Dunedin North:
George Malcolm Thomson.
Dunedin West:
John Andrew Millar.
Dunedin Central:
James Frederick Arnold.
Dunedin South:
Thomas Kay Sidey.
Taieri:
Thomas Mackenzie.
Bruce:
James Allen.
Clutha:
Alexander Scott Malcolm.
Mataura:
George James Anderson.
Wakatipu:
William Fraser.
Wallace:
John Charles Thomson.
Invercargill:
Josiah Alfred Hanan.
Awarua:
Sir Joseph George Ward.

HUGH POLLEN,
Clerk of the Writs.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—ALFRED BURTON HARDY, Esq., of 27 Grenfell
Street, Adelaide, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court
of South Australia, has this day been appointed by His
Honour the Chief Justice a Commissioner of the Supreme
Court of New Zealand in South Australia, under the
2nd section of "The Commissioners of the Supreme Court
Act, 1875," for the purpose of administering and taking all
such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section
mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of December, 1908.

A. STUBBS,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court.

Importation of Fowls from New Zealand, Fiji, and Tonga to Samoa prohibited.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1908.

THE following translation of an Order of the Governor
of Samoa, prohibiting the importation of fowls from
New Zealand, Fiji, and Tonga, is published for general
information.

R. CARTER,
For Secretary and Inspector.

TRANSLATION OF ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR OF SAMOA REGARDING THE PROHIBITION TO IMPORT FOWLS FROM NEW ZEALAND, FIJI, AND TONGA, OF 21ST JULY, 1908.

In virtue of section 15 of the Protectorate Law (Reichs-
Gesetzbl 1900, p. 813), and in connection with section 5 of
the decree of the Imperial Chancellor of 27th September,
1903 (Kolonial-blatt, p. 509), regarding the powers of the
"Seemannsamt" and the Consulates, and the rights of the
authorities in the Protectorates of Africa and the South Sea
to issue orders, the following is hereby ordered:—

Section 1: The importation of fowls from New Zealand,
Fiji, and Tonga is prohibited till further notice.

Fowls arriving in July or August of this year from the
above-named countries may, on the demand of the recipient,
be isolated by the Police Authorities. The recipient must
bear the costs.

Section 2: Contraventions will be punished as infractions
of the law.

Section 3: This order comes into force at the time of its
announcement.

For the Imperial Governor.

(Sgd.) SCHULTZ.

Apia, 21st July, 1908.

Examination for Dredgemasters' Certificates.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 9th October, 1908.

AN examination of candidates for certificates as
dredgemasters, under "The Mining Act, 1908," will
be held on Tuesday, the 30th March, 1909, at Greymouth
and Clyde. All applications, with necessary certificates,
and fee of £1 by post-office order, should be addressed to
"The Secretary, Board of Examiners under the Mining
Act, Wellington," and must be received on or before the
8th March, 1909. Forms of application may be obtained
from Inspectors of Mines, Westport, Reefton, Clyde, and
Dunedin.

H. E. RADCLIFFE,
Secretary to Board of Examiners.

NOTE.—No candidate will be permitted to present himself for
examination unless he holds an authority from the Secretary
stating that his certificates of service have been accepted by the
Board.

Examination for Mine-managers' and Battery Superintendents' Certificates.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 9th October, 1908.

WRITTEN and oral examinations of candidates for cer-
tificates as First- and Second-class Mine-managers
and Battery Superintendents under "The Mining Act,
1908," and First- and Second-class Mine-managers under
"The Coal-mines Act, 1908," will be held on Tuesday,
the 23rd March, 1909, and following days, at the Thames,
Waihi, Reefton, and Dunedin. All applications, with neces-
sary certificates, and fee of £1 by post-office order, should
be addressed to "The Secretary, Board of Examiners under
the Mining Act [or Coal-mines Act], Wellington," and must
be received on or before the 8th March, 1909. Forms
of application may be obtained at any School of Mines, and
from Inspectors of Mines.

H. E. RADCLIFFE,
Secretary to the Board of Examiners.

[NOTE.—No candidate will be permitted to present himself for
examination unless he holds an authority from the Secretary stating
that his certificates of service have been accepted by the Board.]