No. 56, Block IX, 638 links; again towards the south-east by said Section No. 56, 1346·5 links; again towards the north-east by part of said Section No. 56, 722·4 links; again towards the south - east by Allotments Nos. 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1, Block I, Township of Ravensbourne, and by the abutment of a public road, 1419 links; again towards the south-west by Section No. 54, Block IX, and by lines through Sections Nos. 66 and 2 of 29, bearing 343° 7', 811·5 links; bearing 30° 41', 889·2 links; bearing 65° 7', 1126·4 links; by part of Section No. 2 of 29, 75·8 links; again by lines through said Section No. 2 of 29, bearing 35° 25', 1513·5 links; bearing 72° 34', 349·8 links; again towards the north-east by the abutment of a road, 130·2 links; again towards the north-west by said road, 50 links; again towards the north-east by part of Section No. 1 of 29, 1129·9 links; again towards the north-west by said Section No. 1 of 29, 996·4 links; again towards the south-west by said Section No. 1 of 29, 205 links ; again towards the north-west by Section No. 1 of 28, 1829·7 links ; again towards the south-west by said Section No. 1 of 28, by the crossing of Signal Hill Road, and by Section No. 2 of 28, 3259·3 links; and again towards the north-west by part of Section No. 46, Block IX, 1697 links, being the point of commencement : be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: and excepting out of the above boundaries the Signal Hill Road and two other roads for which allowance has been made in the above-described area.

Also all that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 11 acres 3 roods, more or less, being part of Section No. 1 of 32, Block IX, North Harbour and Blueskin Survey District. Commencing at the northern corner of aforesaid section; thence bounded towards the north-east by Section No. 6, by the crossing and abutment of a road, 1530 links; towards the south-east by Section No. 7, the crossing of a road, and by part of Section No. 8, 713·7 links; thence by lines through aforesaid Section No. 1 of 32, bearing 302° 13', 313 links; bearing 293° 7' 30", 427·7 links; bearing 252° 52' ½", 175·5 links; bearing 311° 20', 369·6 links; bearing 317° 30½', 472 links; bearing 32° 44½', 313·3 links; and towards the north-west by part of Section No. 40, all of aforesaid block and district, 330·4 links, being the point of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: and excepting out of the above boundaries a road-line for which allowance has been made in the above-described area.

As the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 53782/49, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

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

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 29th January, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS JAMES BOLAND
to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Hutt.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 1st February, 1909.

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

Name. District.
JOHN JOSEPH PICKETT .. Tauranga.
IVY GRANT RUSSELL .. Winton.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 1st February, 1909.

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.
ALFRED HENRI DE TOURETTES .. Tauranga.
JAMES PETER MCWILLIAM .. Winton.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Public Vaccinator appointed.

Department of Public Health, Wellington, 29th January, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY ARTHUR HERBERT CLARIDGE, Esq., M.B., Bach. Surg., 1892,

To be a Public Vaccinator under "The Public Health Act, 1908," for the District of Waitara, vice Dr. E. J. Goode.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Public Health.

Inspector of Apiaries appointed.--Notice No. 1272.

Department of Agriculture, Wellington, 1st February, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT GIBB
to be an Inspector of Apiaries in the Civil Service of the Government of New Zealand (Department of Agriculture); the appointment to date from 23rd December, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Agriculture.

Assistant Meat Inspector appointed.--Notice No. 1273.

Department of Agriculture, Wellington, 1st February, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HARRY ROUNTREE
to be an Assistant Meat Inspector in the Civil Service of the Government of New Zealand (Department of Agriculture); the appointment to date from 13th December, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Agriculture.

Rabbit Agent resigned.--Notice No. 1274.

Department of Agriculture, Wellington, 2nd February, 1909.

IT is hereby notified for public information that

GEORGE GEE
has retired from the position held by him as a Rabbit Agent in the Civil Service of the Government of New Zealand (Department of Agriculture), as from 31st January, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Agriculture.

Members of Waikaka Commonage Committee appointed.

Department of Lands, Wellington, 28th January, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of clause 3 of the Rules and Regulations for the Management of the Waikaka Commonage, been pleased to approve of

HUGH RANKIN,
JAMES McKAY, and
THOMAS KEATING,