Feb. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 833

Resident Agents and Postmasters appointed at Penrhyn Island, Aitutaki and Mauke.

Cook Islands Administration,
Wellington, 14th February, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

RALPH CONSTANCE MORGAN
to be Resident Agent and Postmaster at Penrhyn Island;

ERNEST FREDERICK HAWK
to be Resident Agent and Postmaster at the Island of Aitutaki; and

JOHN MCCULLOCH
to be Resident Agent and Postmaster at the Island of Mauke.

J. CARROLL.

Officer for the Purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 13th February, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 79 of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed

GEORGE WAUGH TELFORD CAMPBELL,
of Alexandra, to be an Officer for the purposes of Part II of that Act.

J. A. MILLAR.

Members of Westport Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 14th February, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of the provisions of section 4 of the Westport Harbour Board Act, 1884, appointed

JOHN FOSTER,
GEORGE GRIFFITHS,
JAMES HORACE GREENWOOD,
ALFRED CRAIG HANSEN,
JOHN RICHARD POWELL,
JAMES SCANLON, and
DAVID JOSEPH WILLIAMS

to be members of the Westport Harbour Board for a period of two years from the 1st July, 1911.

J. A. MILLAR.

Surveyor of Ships and Examiner of Engineers appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 19th February, 1912.

IT is hereby notified that

THOMAS ALFRED COOPER
has been appointed, under the provisions of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, to be a Surveyor of Ships and Examiner of Engineers under that Act.

J. A. MILLAR.

Chief Clerk, Marine Department, appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 19th February, 1912.

IT is hereby notified that

BERTRAM WILLIAM MILLIER
has been appointed Chief Clerk in the Marine Department.

J. A. MILLAR.

Engineering Cadet appointed.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 20th February, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

LEONARD LINCOLN MEADOWCROFT
to be an Engineering Cadet in the Public Works Department, as from the 23rd October, 1911.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

Clerical Cadet appointed.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 20th February, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CHARLEY FRYER
to be a Clerical Cadet in the Public Works Department, the appointment to date from the 23rd October, 1911.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

Cadet appointed.—Notice No. 1581.

Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists,
Wellington, 19th February, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN HOUSTON
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 the 31st January, 1912.

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

Nurse appointed.—Notice No. 1532.

Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists,
Wellington, 19th February, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CLARA HASZARD
(at present a temporary officer) to be a nurse in the Civil Service of the Government of New Zealand (Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists); the appointment to date from the 1st February, 1912.

THOS MACKENZIE,
Minister of Tourist and Health Resorts.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

WILLIAM WILLSON HIGGINSON, Esq. (late Sergeant, No. 1 Squadron, Waikato Mounted Rifles),
he having a total service to 1st April, 1908, entitling him thereto of twenty-eight years one hundred and seventy days.

J. CARROLL,
For Minister of Defence.

Award of the Long-service and Good-conduct Medal.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 14 (1), Appendix IX, of the Regulations for the Military Forces of New Zealand, 1911, of the award of a Long-service and Good-conduct Medal to

No. 584, Quartermaster-Sergeant Artificer ALBERT MARTIN, Royal New Zealand Artillery.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Notice respecting Proposed Borough of Pukekohe, County of Manukau.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th February, 1912.

PURSUANT to section 117 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that a petition has been presented to him, praying for the constitution of the area described in the Schedule hereto as a borough under the said Act, to be named the Borough of Pukekohe. All persons