MAY 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1571

Appointing Commissioners to inquire what Railways or Tramways are required to open up and serve the Country lying to the Westward of the Main Line of Railway between Hawera and New Plymouth.

To all to whom these presents shall come, and to Robert West Holmes, of Wellington, Engineer-in-Chief of the Public Works Department; James Burnett, of Wellington, Chief Engineer of the New Zealand Government Railways; George Henry Bullard, of New Plymouth, Commissioner of Crown Lands and Chief Surveyor of the Department of Lands; and Edmund Clifton, of Wellington, Director of the Fields and Experimental Farms Division of the Department of Agriculture: Greeting.

WHEREAS the area of country lying to the westward of the main line of railway from Hawera to New Plymouth is devoid of railway or tramway communication, and it is deemed expedient that adequate means of communication and facilities for the transport of produce and other merchandise should be provided, and that a Commission should be set up to inquire into the facts and circumstances necessary and proper to be considered in determining these questions:

Now, therefore, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, constitute and appoint you the said

ROBERT WEST HOLMES,
JAMES BURNETT,
GEORGE HENRY BULLARD, and
EDMUND CLIFTON

to be a Commission for the purpose of making inquiry into the following matters:—

1. To inquire into and report upon the best means to be adopted to provide adequate means of communication for the transport of produce and other merchandise in the area of country lying to the westward of the main line of railway from Hawera to New Plymouth, whether by railways or tramways, and having regard to the opening-up and development of the said area, the probable traffic, and the necessities of the country through which such railways or tramways will pass.

2. To inquire into and report upon the different routes suggested for the proposed branch line of railway from the Wanganui—New Plymouth Railway to Opunake.

3. To further inquire and report what, if any, tramways would be advisable for the opening-up and development of the area of country hereinbefore referred to, and the best location for same.

4. What will be the probable cost of the said railways or tramways, and what will probably be the economic and commercial value and other merits of such railways or tramways respectively.

And, with the like advice and consent, I do hereby appoint you the said ROBERT WEST HOLMES to be Chairman of the said Commission.

And for the better enabling you to carry those presents into effect, you or any three of you are hereby empowered and authorized to make and conduct any inquiry under these presents, and at such place or places in the said Dominion, as you may deem expedient, with power to adjourn from time to time and from place to place as you think fit, and to call before you and examine by all lawful means such person or persons as you may think capable of affording you any information in the premises. And you are also hereby empowered to call for and examine all such books, documents, papers, maps, plans, accounts, or records as you shall judge likely to afford you the fullest information on the subject of this Commission, and to inquire of and concerning the premises by all other lawful ways and means whatsoever. And using all diligence you or any three of you are required to report to me under your hands and seals your opinion resulting from the said inquiry in respect of the several matters and things inquired into by you or by virtue of these presents not later than the thirteenth day of June next ensuing, with power to certify unto me from time to time your several proceedings in respect of any of the matters aforesaid, if it may seem expedient for you to do so.

Given under my hand, this nineteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

Issued in Executive Council.

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

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 4th May, 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.
ANDREW SINCLAIR Motueka.
PETER ALEXANDER YOUNG Raugiora.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Under-Secretary for Immigration appointed.

Department of Immigration,
Wellington, 4th May, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN STRAUCHON

to be Under-Secretary for Immigration, as from the 1st day of April, 1912.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Immigration.

Assistant Under-Secretary for Immigration appointed.

Department of Immigration,
Wellington, 4th May, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

FELIX THEOPHILUS O’NEILL

to be Assistant Under-Secretary for Immigration, as from the 1st day of April, 1912.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Immigration.

Appointment of Inspectors under the Orchard and Garden Diseases Act, 1908.—Notice No. 1599.

Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists,
Wellington, 7th May, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CLAUDE FERRIER,
WILLIAM CAMERON CLEARY,
ALEXANDER RHIND,
WILLIAM THOMAS FOSTER,
WALTER WARREN TOY,
EDWARD WILLIAM FOSTER,
JOHN THOMAS MCQUARRIE, and
DAVID HAY

to be Inspectors for the purposes of the Orchard and Garden Diseases Act, 1908; the appointments to date from 4th May, 1912.

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

Cadets appointed in the Treasury Department.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 30th April, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

MICHAEL JOSEPH LAWLESS and
VALENTINE LESLIE PALMER

to be Cadets in the Treasury, as from the 18th April, 1912, and 29th April, 1912, respectively.

ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Minister of Finance.