Nov. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4077

Block No. XIII (coloured green); Lot 2, Ngatarawa No. 1 Block, Block No. XIII (coloured neutral tint); Lot 3, Heretaunga A Block, Blocks Nos. XIII and XIV (coloured purple); and Lot 5, Heretaunga A Block, Blocks Nos. IX and XIII (coloured green); all situated in the Survey District of Heretaunga: as the same are more particularly delineated on the plans marked P.W.D. 24215 and 25709, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured as above.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventeenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Arrangements for First Election, &c., Rotomanuka Drainage District, County of Waipa.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 17th November, 1910.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

STEWART REID, of Tuhikaramea, Farmer,

to be Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the first election of seven members of the Board of Trustees of the Rotomanuka Drainage District as constituted under the Land Drainage Act, 1908; also to appoint Tuesday, the 6th day of December, 1910, to be the date, and the Public Hall at Ohaupo to be the place, for holding such first election; and also to appoint Friday, the 9th day of December, 1910, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, to be the day and the hour, and the said Public Hall at Ohaupo to be the place, at which the first meeting of Trustees shall be held.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th November, 1910.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM PEACHEY ALDRIDGE

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

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 17th November, 1910.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBINA JANE PETERSON

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

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Consul of Belgium at Auckland appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 21st November, 1910.

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

ALEXANDER MANUEL FERGUSON, Esq.,

to act as Consul of Belgium at Auckland has received His Majesty’s signature.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Member of Waikouaiti Domain Board resigned.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 21st November, 1910.

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

THOMAS SMITH

as a member of the Waikouaiti Domain Board.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Appointment of a Member of the Board of Investment of the Government Insurance Department.

Government Insurance Department,
Wellington, 28th October, 1910.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to revoke the appointment of the Secretary to the Treasury as a Member of the Board of Investment of the Government Insurance Department, and to appoint in lieu thereof the New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Office Superintendent.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

Appointment of a Member of the Public Trust Office Board.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 28th October, 1910.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to revoke the appointment of the Secretary to the Treasury as a Member of the Public Trust Office Board, and in lieu thereof to appoint the person who for the time being is the New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Office Superintendent.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

Native Interpreter appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 19th November, 1910.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN EDWARD ESPIE, of Gisborne,

to act as a Licensed Native Interpreter of the Second Grade under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations made thereunder.

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

Inspector of Sea-fishing appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 21st November, 1910.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of the power and authority in him vested by subsection (1) of section 4 of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed

WILLIAM RICHARDSON,

of Lyttelton, Police Constable, to be an Inspector of Sea-fishing under the above-mentioned Act.

J. A. MILLAR.

Cadet appointed.—Notice No. 1455.

Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1910.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ALBERT PAISLEY

to be a cadet in the Civil Service of the Government of New Zealand (Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists); the appointment to date from 14th November, 1910.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture, and of Industries and Commerce.

Services of a Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th November, 1910.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under section 43 (1) and (2) of the Defence Act, 1909, the services of the