Feb. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 717

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 19th February, 1912.

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.
ROBERT JAMES BRAMLEY .. .. Ohinemuri.
DAVID HENRY HOOKER .. .. Takaka.
DUNCAN BLACK .. .. .. Ellesmere.
MAY JOSEPHINE CROSS .. .. Apiti.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Chief Draughtsman in Department of Lands, Hokitika, appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 10th February, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

DAVID MCBETH CALDER

to be Chief Draughtsman in the Department of Lands at Hokitika, as from the 1st day of February, 1912, in the place of Frederick Augustus Thompson.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

Trustee of Herekino Public Cemetery resigned.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 10th February, 1912.

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

RANDALL BELL CURLING

as a trustee of the Herekino Public Cemetery.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

Cadet appointed in Department of Lands.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 13th February, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

NORMAN WILLIAM CARSON

to be a Clerical Cadet in the Department of Lands, as from the 31st day of July, 1911.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

Members of the Committee for the Awamoko Portion of the Waitaki Islands appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 13th February, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor, in pursuance of clause 2 of the rules and regulations for the management of the Awamoko portion of the Waitaki Islands, dated 5th January, 1899, has approved of

JOHN WALL (re-elected),
DAVID GEDDES (re-elected), and
ALEXANDER DUNCAN WILLS (re-elected)

acting on the Committee for the care and management of the said portion of the said Islands, these persons having retired and having been re-elected in accordance with the said rules and regulations; to act in conjunction with John King and Patrick Fleming, previously appointed.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

Member of Southland Land Board appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 13th February, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN THOMSON

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Southland.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Chief Surveyor for Taranaki Land District appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 13th February, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE HENRY BULLARD

to be Chief Surveyor for the District of Taranaki, as from the 1st day of February, 1912.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Commissioner of Crown Lands for Taranaki Land District appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 13th February, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE HENRY BULLARD

to be Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Land District of Taranaki, as from the 1st day of February, 1912.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Conservator of State Forests for Taranaki Land District appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 13th February, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 12 of the State Forests Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint

GEORGE HENRY BULLARD

to be Conservator of State Forests for the Land District of Taranaki, as from the 1st day of February, 1912.

J. G. WARD,
Commissioner of State Forests.

Cadet appointed.

Government Insurance Department,
Wellington, 8th February, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

EDWARD JOHN KILSBY

to be a Cadet in the Government Insurance Department, the appointment to date from 1st July, 1911.

J. CARROLL,
Minister in Charge,
Government Insurance Department.

Inspector of Machinery appointed.

Inspection of Machinery Department,
Wellington, 3rd January, 1912.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance of the power and authority vested by the Inspection of Machinery Act, 1908,

THOMAS ALFRED COOPER

has been appointed Inspector of Machinery and Examiner of Candidates for Certificates of Competency as Engineers and Engine-drivers for the purposes of the said Act for the Auckland, Taranaki, Wellington, Hawke’s Bay, Marlborough, Nelson North, Nelson South, Canterbury, Otago, and Westland Districts, as from the 3rd January, 1912.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister in Charge of the Inspection of Machinery Department.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th February, 1912.

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

WILLIAM WATSON, Esq.,

of Coalgate, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for New Zealand.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Justice.