Oct. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3021

Notifying Lands in Taranaki Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-twenty-sixth section of the Land Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the twenty-ninth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, as the time at which the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

TOWN LAND.
Town of Mokoia.

Mokoia is situated on the railway-line, seven miles from Hawera. The sections comprise flats or easy slopes, and are all in grass.

RURAL LAND.
Egmont Survey District.

21 | VI | 2 2 14 | 17 0 0
Situated on Maude Road, about thirteen miles from New Plymouth. The land is an easy slope, and all in grass.

Ngatimaru Survey District.

30 | IX | 6 3 38 | 31 10 0
Situated about two miles from Huiroa Railway-station, at the junction of the Douglas and Makuri Roads. Comprises partly level land, covered with bush and scrub, and partly swamp.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this ninth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and eleven.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

Extension of Commission.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

To all to whom these presents shall come, and to Neil Dundonald Cochrane, Esq., of Dunedin, Mining Engineer; John Dowgray, Esq., of Granity, Miner; James Sim Evans, Esq., of Nelson, Warden and Stipendiary Magistrate; George Fletcher, Esq., of Granity, Mine-manager; Herbert Scott Molineaux, Esq., of Barewood, Mine-manager; William Edward Parry, Esq., of Waihi, Miner; and Frank Reed, Esq., of Wellington, Inspecting Engineer of Mines.

WHEREAS by a Warrant dated the twenty-eighth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, and issued under my hand and the Public Seal of the Dominion, you were appointed a Commission to inquire into and report on the conditions relating to the health and safety of the miners of New Zealand and the administration of the laws relating to mining and coal-mines, and to make recommendations as to any amendment of these laws which may be considered necessary for the better protection of the health and safety of persons working in mines :

And whereas it is expedient to extend the scope of the said inquiry in the manner hereinafter appearing :

Now, therefore, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby direct that your powers and functions under the said Warrant are hereby extended to and shall be deemed to include the power to inquire and report generally as to—

The profitable utilization of the soft bituminous and lignite coals of the Westport District of New Zealand.

And with the like advice and consent, and in further pursuance of the said power and authority, I do hereby confirm the said Commission.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eleven.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Mines.

Approved in Council.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Postmasters appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that the persons set out in the Schedule hereto, being persons holding the office of Postmaster under the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, at the places set opposite their names in the said Schedule, are authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

Rose Woodman .. .. .. Okaiawa.
Frederick Albert Clayton .. .. Utiku.

As witness my hand, this sixth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and eleven.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 30th September, 1911.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

MARGARET JOSEPHINE CROSS

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

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 4th October, 1911.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

AXEL ASKENBECK

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

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 5th October, 1911.

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.
James Holmes .. .. .. Featherston.
George Boagey .. .. .. Greytown.
Beauchamp Urquhart Barlow.. Picton.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.