Jan. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 377

Trustees for the Tauhoa Public Cemetery appointed.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the forty-fifth section of “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the local authority specified in the first column of the Schedule hereto to have the control and management of the public cemetery specified in the second column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

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

JAMES McGOWAN,
For Minister of Lands.

Postmasters appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the eighth section of “The Justices of the Peace Act Amendment Act, 1888,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that the persons named in the Schedule hereto, being persons holding the office of Postmaster under “The Post Office Act, 1900,” at the places set opposite their names respectively in the said Schedule, are authorised to take and receive statutory declarations under the two-hundred-and-thirty-fourth section of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

SCHEDULE.

Place. Name of Postmaster.
Blackmount .. Charles Edward Cholmondeley.
Hawera .. Charles Hill.
Kurow .. Robert Davidson.
Mangatoki .. James Maxwell.
Mauriceville .. George Samuel Jaques Blackmore.
Owhata .. James Passell.
Takahue.. .. Kate Kirtlan.
Te Aro .. Thomas Ward.
Wairau Valley .. Charles Hamilton Knowles.

As witness my hand, this twenty-first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

PLUNKET, Governor.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 20th January, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint 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.:

Name. District.
ARTHUR WOLLESTON PYM HEWITT .. Mahurangi.
HILDA GUBB .. .. .. Kaponga.
WILLIAM FREDERICK BENNETTS .. .. Temuka.
WILLIAM JOHN MAHONEY .. .. Waverley.

J. A. MILLAR,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Appointment of Acting-Consul of Sweden, at Wellington, recognised.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd January, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that he has recognised the appointment by the Consul of Sweden, at Wellington, of

GEORGE FRANCIS PEARCE, Esq.,

as Acting-Consul of Sweden, at Wellington, during the absence of the Consul, A. E. Pearce, Esq.

GEO. FOWLDS,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Vice-Consul of Greece, at Wellington, for Dominion of New Zealand, appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd January, 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

JOSEPH FRANK DYER, Esq.,

to act as Vice-Consul of Greece, at Wellington, for the Dominion of New Zealand, has received His Majesty’s signature.

GEO. FOWLDS,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Cadet appointed.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 24th January, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN EDWARD ANDERSON

to be an engineering cadet in the Public Works Department, as from 1st October, 1907.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Acting Minister for Public Works.

Cadet appointed.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 24th January, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT LESLIE KAYE

to be an engineering cadet in the Public Works Department, as from 1st October, 1907.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Acting Minister for Public Works.

Native Interpreters licensed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 16th January, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorise

ALBERT OLIPHANT STEWART, of Gisborne,

to act as an Interpreter of the First Grade; and

WIREMU TE HAEATA, of Opotiki,
HENRY WARREN BRODERICK, of Tuparoa, and
HORO KARAUTI, of Kuku, Ohau,

to act as Interpreters 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.

Justices of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th January, 1908.

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

THOMAS COLLIN THWAITES, Esq., of Auckland, and
JAMES KIRTON, Esq., of Feilding,

of their appointments as Justices of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand.

JAMES McGOWAN,