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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 98

Results of Election of Trustees of Drainage Districts.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 24th November, 1909.

THE following results of the election of Trustees of drainage districts have been received from the Returning Officers, and are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Land Drainage Act, 1908.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Raupo Drainage District, County of Otamatea:
Luther John Ambury,
George Leonard Bradley,
Philip Alexander Finlayson,
Sidney Morton Gubb, and
John Henry Leighton.

Waitoa Drainage District, Counties of Ohinemuri and Piako:
William Gallagher,
Peter Alexander Swney,
Hugh Magill,
John McKenzie, and
Matthew Henry.

Fencourt Drainage District, Counties of Waikato and Piako:
T. Wynn Brown,
John Hannon,
Wilfred Harbutt,
Benjamin McGechie, and
Robert Swayne.

Moutoa Drainage District, County of Manawatu:
Bernard Gapper Gower,
Octavius Roland Robinson,
Frederick S. Easton,
Henry Godfrey Hammond, and
Walter Stephen Carter.

Ellesmere Lands Drainage District, County of Selwyn:
William Alexander Gray,
Richard Morten,
Francis Miller,
Job Osborne,
Henry Edward Peryman,
Robert Heaton Rhodes, and
William Thompson.

Wainono Drainage District, County of Waimate:
George Flint Richardson,
Walter Hayman,
Henry Dohrmann,
Harry Bell Spearman Johnstone, and
Thomas Scales.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—GEORGE JAMES BRUCE, Esq., of Bangkok, in the Kingdom of Siam, Journalist, has this day been appointed by His Honour the Acting Chief Justice a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in Siam, under the 47th section of “The Judicature Act, 1908,” for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of November, 1909.

A. STUBBS,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court.

Officiating Ministers for 1909.—Notice No. 40.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 24th November, 1909.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand passed in the eighth year of the reign of His Majesty King Edward VII, and intituled “The Marriage Act, 1908,” the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend Samuel Gaston.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

The New Zealand Society of Accountants.

AT a meeting of the Board held this day the result of the first election of members of the Council was declared to be as follows:—

For the Provincial District of Auckland the persons elected are

ARTHUR BEN ROBERTON.
THOMAS BENNETT HOWARTH.
HENRY SHAW.

The number of persons nominated not being greater than the number to be elected, there were no voting-papers.

For the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay the person elected is

JULIUS SANDTMANN.

The voting being as follows:—
J. A. Fraser .. .. .. .. 58
J. Sandtmann .. .. .. ..

For the Provincial District of Taranaki the person elected is

CHARLES THOMAS MILLS.

The voting being as follows:—
H. Bailey .. .. .. .. 16
F. P. Corkill .. .. .. .. 25
C. T. Mills .. .. .. .. 30

For the Provincial District of Wellington the persons elected are—

JOHN SAXON BARTON.
ARTHUR THOMAS CLARKE.
HENRY CROMWELL TEWSLEY.

The voting being as follows:—
J. S. Barton .. .. .. .. 188
A. S. Biss .. .. .. .. 76
V. Braund .. .. .. .. 3
A. T. Clarke .. .. .. .. 205
T. Forsyth .. .. .. .. 70
P. Heyes .. .. .. .. 139
G. Hirsch .. .. .. .. 3
G. B. Hull .. .. .. .. 46
H. Kember .. .. .. .. 12
W. Rutherfurd .. .. .. .. 51
W. H. Suckling .. .. .. .. 12
H. C. Tewsley .. .. .. .. 212
R. Wilberfoss .. .. .. .. 83

For the Provincial District of Marlborough the person elected is

THOMAS HORTON.

The voting being as follows:—
E. J. Harvey .. .. .. .. 8
T. Horton .. .. .. .. 12

For the Provincial Districts of Nelson and Westland the person elected is

WILLIAM SPENCER HAMPSON.

The voting being as follows:—
J. K. Campbell .. .. .. .. 25
W. S. Hampson .. .. .. .. 42

For the Provincial District of Canterbury the persons elected are

WILLIAM ERNEST BEST.
GEORGE WILLIAM HULME.
ANDREW WILSON.

The voting being as follows:—
W. E. Best .. .. .. .. 85
F. R. Corson .. .. .. .. 61
W. A. Day .. .. .. .. 7
R. O. Duncan .. .. .. .. 37
R. H. Fisher .. .. .. .. 66
G. W. Hulme .. .. .. .. 71
F. H. Labatt .. .. .. .. 31
R. H. Modlin .. .. .. .. 32
C. C. M. Ollivier .. .. .. .. 49
T. G. Strange .. .. .. .. 9
A. Wilson .. .. .. .. 127