APRIL 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1083

Arrangements for First Election, &c., Waihekau Drainage District, County of Piako.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 10th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

PETER GILCHRIST, of Te Aroha, Solicitor,

to be Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the first election of five members of the Board of Trustees of the Waihekau Drainage District, as constituted under “The Land Drainage Act, 1908”; also to appoint Saturday, the 15th day of May, 1909, to be the date, and the Public Hall, Waihou, to be the place, for holding such first election; and also to appoint Tuesday, the 18th day of May, 1909, at 12 o’clock noon, to be the day and the hour, and the office of Peter Gilchrist, Solicitor, in Whittaker Street, Te Aroha, to be the place, at which the first meeting of Trustees shall be held.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Arrangements for First Election, &c., Judea Drainage District, County of Tauranga.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 10th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE HERBERT BELL, Agent, of Tauranga,

to be Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the first election of five members of the Board of Trustees of the Judea Drainage District, as constituted under “The Land Drainage Act, 1908”; also to appoint Friday, the 7th day of May, 1909, to be the date, and Messrs. Norris and Bell’s rooms, Tauranga, to be the place, for holding such first election; and also to appoint Friday, the 14th day of May, 1909, at half past 1 o’clock in the afternoon, to be the day and the hour, and the room of the said Messrs. Norris and Bell, Tauranga, to be the place, at which the first meeting of Trustees shall be held.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 10th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to be Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz. :

Name. District.
ALBERT JOHN WILKINS JOHNSTON .. Naseby.
HERBERT HARRIS FORD .. .. Waipara.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 10th April, 1909.

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.
WILLIAM MCDERMOTT .. .. .. Waitara.
THOMAS HALE .. .. .. .. Opotiki.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 10th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES COMESKEY

to be the Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Upper Hutt.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Analyst appointed under “The Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1908.”

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 13th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pursuance of the provisions of section 3 of “The Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1908,” to appoint

JOHN ROBERT DON, M.A. & D.Sc.,

to be an Analyst for the purposes of that Act, in place of James Gow Black, retired. The appointment to date from the 1st day of April, 1909.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Public Health.

Public Vaccinator appointed.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 13th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

MARGARET MARION TRAILL LAMONT, M.D. 1897 Univ. Lond., D.P.H. 1899 Camb., &c.,

to be a Public Vaccinator, under “The Public Health Act, 1908,” for the District of Waipu.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Public Health.

Members of the Committee of the Awamoko Portion of the Waitaki Islands appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 9th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in terms of clause 2 of the rules and regulations for the management of the Awamoko portion of the Waitaki Islands, dated 5th January, 1899, been pleased to approve of

ROBERT JOHNSTON,
JOHN MCGIMPSEY, and
ALEXANDER DUNCAN MILLS

acting on the Committee for the care and management of the aforesaid portion of the said islands, these gentlemen having retired and having been re-elected in accordance with the said rules and regulations; to act in conjunction with William Sutherland and John Wall, previously appointed.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Chief Clerk in the Department of Lands, Napier, appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 9th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN THOMSON

to be Chief Clerk in the Department of Lands at Napier.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Receiver of Land Revenue appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 9th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE WILLIAM PALMER

to be Receiver of Land Revenue for the Land District of Marlborough, as from the 1st April, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Stamp Officer appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 13th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN MURRAY

to be a Deputy Commissioner of Stamps and an Assistant Registrar of Companies, as from the 13th instant.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
For Minister of Stamp Duties.