APRIL 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1227

Wellington Acclimatization District redefined.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint those parts of the said Dominion described in the Schedule hereto to be a district under the said Act, and I do further appoint such district to be known as the “Wellington Acclimatization District”; and I do hereby revoke all previous notifications defining the said district.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded towards the north-west and north generally by the Counties of Wanganui, Waimarino, and East Taupo from the mouth of the Wangaehu River to the Rangitikei River, at the north-eastern corner of the County of Rangitikei; thence towards the east generally by the County of Hawke’s Bay and the summit of the Ruahine Range to the Feilding and District Acclimatization District as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 38, of the 4th May, 1899; thence towards the south-west, south-east, and north-east generally by that district and the Counties of Woodville, Dannevirke, and Weber to the sea at the mouth of the Waimata River; and thence again towards the south-east, south, and west generally by the sea to the mouth of the Wangaehu River, the place of commencement; including adjacent islands excepting Kapiti. The aforesaid area comprises the Counties of Hutt, Makara, Masterton, Featherston, Castlepoint, Wairarapa South, Pahiatua, Eketahuna, Mauriceville, Akitio, Horowhenua, Kaitanga, and Rangitikei, and parts of the Counties of Manawatu, Oroua, and Kiwitea, together with the City of Wellington, the Boroughs of Mirimar, Karori, Onslow, Petone, Lower Hutt, Eastbourne, Foxton, Masterton, Greytown, Carterton, Pahiatua, Eketahuna, Levin, Palmerston North, Marton, and Taihape, and the Featherston, Hunterville, Johnsonville, Martinborough, Upper Hutt, and Mangaweka Town Districts.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-eighth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

High Commissioner for New Zealand appointed.

Prime Minister’s Office,
Wellington, 28th March, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased to appoint

The Honourable Sir William Hall-Jones, K.C.M.G.,

to be the High Commissioner for New Zealand in the United Kingdom, under and for the purposes of the High Commissioners Act, 1908; to hold the said office from 1st April, 1912, until 31st May, 1912.

J. G. WARD,
Prime Minister.

Appointment of Registrar of Electors, Wallace Electoral District.

Chief Electoral Office,
Wellington, 26th March, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HUGH MCNEILL GORDON MACFARLANE

to be the Registrar of Electors, under the Legislature Act, 1908, for the Electoral District of Wallace, vice D. P. Phillips, resigned.

J. G. WARD,
Prime Minister.

Appointment of Registrar and Returning Officer, Buller Electoral District.

Chief Electoral Office,
Wellington, 26th March, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

DANIEL PAUL PHILLIPS

to be Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer, under the Legislature Act, 1908, for the Electoral District of Buller, vice O. E. Bowling, resigned.

J. G. WARD,
Prime Minister.

Appointment of Registrar and Returning Officer, Raglan Electoral District.

Chief Electoral Office,
Wellington, 28th March, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HARRY MARSLAND

to be Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer, under the Legislature Act, 1908, for the Electoral District of Raglan, vice F. A. Twiname, resigned.

J. G. WARD,
Prime Minister.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th March, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

FRANK EVANS

to be the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Christchurch, vice Lyonel Charles Williams, retired.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th March, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

FREDERICK JAMES ROBERTSHAW

to be the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Tauranga, vice John Joseph Pickett.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th March, 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.
GEORGE ERNEST FOWLER .. .. Mount Grey.
WILLIAM RODGERS .. .. Hyde.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.