Nov. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2915

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 6th November, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

MICHAEL MILLER

to be the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Featherston.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 6th November, 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.
THOMAS WILLIAM SUTTON .. Kaiapoi.
GEORGE GORDON STEWART .. Motupiko.
JOHN WOODS .. .. Kawakawa.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Trustees of Hautapu and South Hautapu Drainage Boards appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs.
Wellington, 7th November, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in terms of section 10 of “The Land Drainage Act, 1908,” to appoint

ANDREW MCFARLANE,
WILLIAM JOHN ANDREW,
HENRY TYLER,
FRANCIS ROSS,
ROBERT SWAYNE,
JAMES TAYLOR, and
ALEXANDER HOPKIRK

to be members of the Board of Trustees of the Hautapu Drainage District; and

CHARLES ROBERTS,
ROBERT MORSE,
JOHN ARNOLD,
MARY E. EWEN, and
JOHN MCCALLION

to be members of the Board of Trustees of the South Hautapu Drainage District.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Arrangements for First Election, &c., Waitoa Drainage Board.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 7th November, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

PETER GILCHRIST, Solicitor, of Te Aroha,

to be Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the first election of five members of the Board of Trustees of the Waitoa Drainage District, as constituted under “The Land Drainage Act, 1908”; also to appoint Saturday, the 12th day of December, 1908, to be the date, and the Public Hall at Waihou to be the place, for holding such first election; and also to appoint Tuesday, the 15th day of December, 1908, at 12 o’clock noon, to be the day and the hour, and the office of the said Peter Gilchrist, in Whitaker Street, Te Aroha, to be the place, at which the first meeting of Trustees shall be held.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Arrangements for First Election, &c., Frankton Drainage Board.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 7th November, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM AUBREY GOSLING, Land Agent, of Frankton,

to be Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the first election of five members of the Board of Trustees of the Frankton Drainage District, as constituted under “The Land Drainage Act, 1908”; also to appoint Wednesday, the 16th day of December, 1908, to be the date, and the office of the Frankton Town Board, Frankton, to be the place, for holding such first election; and also to appoint Wednesday, the 16th day of December, 1908, at 7.30 o’clock in the afternoon, to be the day and the hour, and the said office to be the place, at which the first meeting of Trustees shall be held.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Officer dismissed.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office,
Wellington, 28th October, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to dismiss from the public service

PATRICK IRVINE CONNELLY

lately a Letter-carrier at Hutt.

J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General.

Appointment of a Member of the Board of the Government Advances to Settlers Office.

Government Advances to Settlers Office,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased, in pursuance of section 12, subsection (a), of “The Government Advances to Settlers Act, 1908,” to appoint

ROBERT JOSEPH COLLINS, Esq.,

of Wellington, to be a member of the Board of the Government Advances to Settlers Office.

J. G. WARD,
Minister in Charge, Government Advances to Settlers Office.

Chairman of Licensing Committees appointed.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

SAMUEL ERNEST MCCARTHY, Esq., S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Napier and Hawke’s Bay, vice H. W. Brabant, Esq., S.M.; and also to be Chairman of the Licensing Committee for the District of Waipawa, vice W. P. James, Esq., S.M.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
For Minister of Justice.

Officer under “The Fisheries Act, 1908,” appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 7th November, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by section 79 of “The Fisheries Act, 1908,” appointed

WILLIAM THOMAS DICK,

of Rotorua, to be an Officer for the purposes of Part II of that Act.

J. A. MILLAR.

Officer under “The Fisheries Act, 1908,” appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 7th November, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by section 79 of “The Fisheries Act, 1908,” appointed

DONALD CHISHOLM,

of Spotswood, to be an Officer for the purposes of Part II of that Act.

J. A. MILLAR.