Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 11th April, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point the undermentioned persons to be the Deputies
of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for
the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz. :—

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Arrangements for First Election, &c., Huntly Town District, County of Waikato.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 13th April, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
FREDERIC HARRIS
to be the Returning Officer to conduct the first election of
five Commissioners of the Town District of Huntly,
County of Waikato, as constituted under "The Town Dis-
tricts Act, 1881," and to be the person to prepare a roll of
electors for the purposes of the said first election; also to
appoint Saturday, the 9th day of May, 1908, to be the date,
and the office of the Huntly Road Board, Huntly, to be the
place, at which such first election shall be held; and also
to appoint Friday, the 15th day of May, 1908, at 7.30
o'clock in the afternoon, to be the time, and the said Road
Board Office, at Huntly, to be the place, at which the first
meeting of the said Commissioners shall be held.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Arrangements for First Election, &c., Hikurangi Town District, County of Whangarei.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 13th April, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ALFRED CARTER
to be the Returning Officer to conduct the first election of
five Commissioners of the Town District of Hikurangi,
County of Whangarei, as constituted under "The Town
Districts Act, 1881," and to be the person to prepare a roll
of electors for the purposes of the said first election; also to
appoint Saturday, the 30th May, 1908, to be the date, and
Mr. Alfred Carter's office, at Hikurangi, to be the place, at
which such first election shall be held; and also to appoint
Monday, the 8th day of June, 1908, at 7 o'clock in the after-
noon, to be the time, and the said office of Mr. Carter, at
Hikurangi, to be the place, at which the first meeting of the
said Commissioners shall be held.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Arrangements for First Election, &c., Waipawa County.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 13th April, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
MARTIN MURRAY
to be the person to make up electors' rolls for the Ridings
of Wakarara, Hampden, Waipawa, Onga, Ruataniwha,
Clinton, and Takapau, in the County of Waipawa, as con-
stituted by "The Counties Act, 1886," and the Waipawa
County Act, 1907, also to be Returning Officer to conduct
the first election of members of the Council of the said
county, and to be the Clerk of the Council of the said county
for the purpose of presiding at the first meeting thereof.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Cadets appointed.

Government Insurance Department,
Wellington, 10th April, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
CHARLES ALEXANDER MCCOMBIE,
ARTHUR HENRY GOOCH,
GEORGE GORDON PRAIN,
ARCHIBALD BURNETT SIEVWRIGHT,
NORMAN MAZE, and
REGINALD VICTOR ALBERT KNOX
to be cadets in the Government Insurance Department;
the appointments to date from 6th January, 1908, 19th
February, 1908, 21st February, 1908, 29th February, 1908,
2nd March, 1908, and 2nd March, 1908, respectively.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister in Charge of Government Insurance
Department.

Book-keeper, Public Service Superannuation Board, appointed.

Public Service Superannuation Office,
Wellington, 11th April, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
MALCOLM FRASER, Esq.,
to be Book-keeper to the Public Service Superannuation
Board; the appointment to date from the 1st March, 1908.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th April, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JAMES DOUGLAS
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District
of Wakatipu.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Sittings of Magistrates’ Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th April, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
The Old Woolshed, Matamata ;
The Phoenix Hall, Morrinsville ;
The Library, Granity ;
The Knights of Labour Hall, Seddonville ; and
The Courthouse, Eltham,
to be places wherein sittings of the Magistrate’s Court
shall be held under the provisions of “The Magistrates’
Courts Act, 1893.”

JAMES McGOWAN.

Clerk of Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th April, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
Constable WILLIAM ROBERT LOWRY
to be Clerk of the Magistrates’ Courts at Morrinsville and
Matamata, from the 1st day of April, 1908.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Chairman of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 15th April, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HENRY WILLIAM NORTHCROFT, Esq., S.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Committees for the Districts
of Thames and Ohinemuri, vice R. S. Bush, Esq.

J. A. MILLAR,
For Minister of Justice.