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or they shall be fixed at such a distance apart or in such a manner that danger from fire or shock shall be reduced to the minimum.

The machines, apparatus, and lines shall be so marked as to clearly indicate that they are high-pressure, either by the use of the word “Danger” at frequent intervals, or by red paint properly renewed when necessary.

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

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Mines.

Imposing a Duty on Belting composed of Cotton, Jute, or Woven Fibre, with a Backing, or Edging, of Leather.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS belting composed of cotton, jute, or woven fibre, with a backing, or edging, of leather, is imported into New Zealand, and such belting, in the opinion of the Minister of Customs, possesses such properties that it can be used for a purpose similar to that for which leather belting is used, the said leather belting being subject to duty at four pence the pound under “The Customs Duties Act, 1908” :

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority conferred upon me by section sixty-six of “The Customs Law Act, 1908,” do hereby direct that there shall be levied on belting composed of cotton, jute, or woven fibre, with a backing, or edging, of leather, a duty of two pence per pound, provided that the weight of the leather included therein does not exceed one-half.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-sixth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Minister of Customs.

Governor’s Order No. 194.]

East Coast Rabbit District.—Arrangements for the First Election, &c., of the Board of Trustees.—Notice No. 1382.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on me by section thirty-nine of “The Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the nineteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and ten, to be the day for the first election of Trustees of the East Coast Rabbit District, duly constituted for the purposes of Part II of the said Act; and do also hereby appoint the thirtieth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and ten, at two-thirty o’clock in the afternoon, to be the day and hour, and the Farmers’ Union Club-room, Lowe Street, Gisborne, to be the place, at which the first meeting of Trustees shall be held.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-sixth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 26th February, 1910.

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.
JOHN JAMES HOGG .. .. .. Kaitangata.
HARRY SAMUEL HORSNELL .. .. Oxford.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Member of Tinwald Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 24th February, 1910.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 41 of “The Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908,” been pleased to appoint

JOHN MILLICHAMP

to be a member of the Tinwald Domain Board, in the place of James Small, deceased.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Taieri Lake Domain Board resigned.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 26th February, 1910.

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

ROBERT LOGAN

as a member of the Taieri Lake Domain Board.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

Land Transfer Officer appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 25th February, 1910.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT STONE FLORANCE

to be District Land Registrar, Registrar of Deeds, and Examiner of Titles for the Land and Deeds Registration District of Marlborough, as from the 1st day of March, 1910.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Stamp Duties.

Member of Rimu Domain Board resigned.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 1st March, 1910.

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

FRANZ DAVID BANCKE

as a member of the Rimu Domain Board.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

Land Transfer and Stamp Officer appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 25th February, 1910.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN GEORGE LEWIS HEWITT

to be District Land Registrar, Registrar of Deeds, Examiner of Titles, Deputy Commissioner of Stamps, and Assistant Registrar of Companies for the Land and Deeds Registration District of Westland, as from the 1st day of March, 1910.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Stamp Duties.

Stipendiary Magistrate, &c., resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th February, 1910.

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

RICHMOND HANSON TURTON, Esq.,

of his appointment as a Stipendiary Magistrate for New Zealand, and also of his appointment as Registrar of the Supreme Court at Masterton.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Justice.