APRIL 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1055

Special Regulations for Deer-shooting, Wellington.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1907, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby make the following regulations prescribing the conditions under which certain red deer may be destroyed in the Wellington Acclimatisation District.

REGULATIONS.

1. NOTWITHSTANDING anything contained in the regulations made under the Animals Protection Act, 1907, the secretary of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society at Wellington, or any person or persons duly authorised in writing by such secretary, may, during the period hereinafter mentioned, kill red deer of either sex and of any age which in the opinion of the said secretary or of the said authorised persons should be destroyed either by reason of age, deformity, or other physical imperfection.

2. Such deer may be destroyed as aforesaid during the period commencing the 1st day of April, 1908, and ending the 30th day of June, 1908.

3. A return shall be furnished to the Minister of Internal Affairs by the said secretary within one calendar month after the expiry of the aforesaid period, and such return shall state the number and sexes of all red deer so destroyed as aforesaid, the dates, and name of the person by whom, and the locality in which, the deer were destroyed.

4. Nothing herein contained shall extend to authorising any person to sell any deer or any portion thereof.

5. Any person who commits a breach of any of the provisions of these regulations shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £20.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-sixth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Number of Councillors for Ridings in the Dannevirke County fixed.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by the Waipawa County Act, 1907, the entire Waipawa, Hampden, Ruataniwha, and Takapau Ridings of the County of Waipawa were severed from that county and constituted a new county, to be called the Waipawa County:

And whereas by the said Waipawa County Act, 1907, the remaining four ridings of the original County of Waipawa—namely, the Ormondville, Norsewood, Dannevirke, and Mangatoro Ridings—have been constituted a county, to be named the Dannevirke County, and it is expedient that the number of Councillors to represent the said four ridings of the said Dannevirke County should be increased as regards the Norsewood, Dannevirke, and Mangatoro Ridings so as to make up the full number of the County Council:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Counties Act, 1886,” do hereby declare that the number of Councillors for the ridings of the Dannevirke County shall be as follows: Ormondville Riding, one Councillor; Norsewood Riding, two Councillors; Dannevirke Riding, two Councillors; Mangatoro Riding, two Councillors.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Consul of Liberia, at Christchurch, appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 26th March, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that he has been informed by His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies that the King’s Exequatur empowering

The Honourable CHARLES LOUISSON, M.L.C.,

to act as Consul of Liberia, at Christchurch, has received His Majesty’s signature.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 27th March, 1908.

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.
ARTHUR ERNEST SNAITH .. .. .. Opotiki.
ROBERT MARTIN .. .. .. Awitu.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Appointments to Railway Department.

Head Office, New Zealand Railways,
Wellington, 1st April, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments to the Railway Department, as from 1st April, 1908:—

RICHARD WILLIAM MCVILLY, Esq., Chief Clerk, New Zealand Railways.

HERCULES DAVIDSON, Esq., Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.

JAMES BURNETT, Esq., Chief Engineer, New Zealand Railways.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Railways.

Chairman of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st April, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY WILLIAM NORTHCROFT, Esq., S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Committee for the District of Manukau, on and from the 1st day of April, 1908, vice R. W. Dyer, Esq., S.M.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Clerks, &c., appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st April, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ALBERT JAMES CHING

to be a Clerk in the Supreme and Magistrate’s Courts at Napier, from the 18th day of March, 1908;

ROBERT MACGREGOR GOLDSMAN

to be a Clerk in the Magistrate’s and Warden’s Courts at Dunedin, from the 1st day of April, 1908; and

ALBERT VERNON FRAER

to be a cadet in the Supreme Court at Dunedin, from the 1st day of April, 1908.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Licensing Officer under “The Arms Act, 1880,” appointed.

Police Department,
Wellington, 26th March, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Sergeant DAVID DEARLOVE HUTTON,

of the New Zealand Police Force, to be a Licensing Officer under “The Arms Act, 1880.”

JAMES McGOWAN.

Officers under “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” and the Acts amending the same, appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 26th March, 1908.

IT is hereby notified that

ARTHUR PERRIN,
GERALD WEIR, and
DAVID AITKEN

have been appointed Officers for the purposes of “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” and the Acts amending the same.

J. A. MILLAR.