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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 73

Appointment of Inspector and Grader under the Dairy Industry Act, 1908.—Notice No. 1649.

Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce,
Wellington, 13th September, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

COLIN CHARLES ROBERTSON

to be an Inspector and Grader for the purposes of the Dairy Industry Act, 1908 (temporary appointment); the appointment to date from 2nd September, 1912.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Agriculture and of Industries and Commerce.

Officer dismissed.—Notice No. 1651.

Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce,
Wellington, 16th September, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to dismiss from the public service

HAROLD PALETHORPE,

Fruit Inspector at Auckland; the dismissal to date from the expiration of 6th August, 1912.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Agriculture and of Industries and Commerce.

Cadet in Native Land Court appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 13th September, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT HUGH HARRIS,

of Hokianga, to be a Cadet in the Native Land Court at Auckland, as from the 11th day of September, 1912.

W. H. HERRIES,
Native Minister.

Members of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th September, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE COMER

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Thames, vice A. R. H. Swindley, deceased; and

HERBERT BLOOMAR CURTIS

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Stratford.

A. L. HERDMAN,
Minister of Justice.

Customs Inquiry Agent and Commercial Expert appointed.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 18th September, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY RICHARD SPENCE

to be Inquiry Agent and Commercial Expert of the Customs Department.

F. M. B. FISHER,
Minister of Customs.

Assistant Electrical Engineer appointed.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 16th September, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

EDWARD HITCHCOCK

to be an Assistant Electrical Engineer in the Public Works Department, as from the 1st August, 1912.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

District Inspector under the Mental Defectives Act, 1911, within the County of West Taupo appointed.

Mental Hospitals Department,
Wellington, 17th September, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY WILLIAM NORTHCROFT, Esq.,

to be a District Inspector under the Mental Defectives Act, 1911, within the County of West Taupo.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Minister in Charge of Mental Hospitals.

Official Visitor under the Mental Defectives Act, 1911, within the Provincial District of Nelson appointed.

Mental Hospitals Department,
Wellington, 17th September, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JESSIE FIELD

to be an Official Visitor under the Mental Defectives Act, 1911, within the Provincial District of Nelson.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Minister in Charge of Mental Hospitals.

Official Visitor under the Mental Defectives Act, 1911, within the Provincial District of Otago appointed.

Mental Hospitals Department,
Wellington, 17th September, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

SARAH NISBET

to be an Official Visitor under the Mental Defectives Act, 1911, within the Provincial District of Otago.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Minister in Charge of Mental Hospitals.

Special Orders made by the Wanganui County Council merging Purua and Mangamahu Road Districts.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 17th September, 1912.

THE following special orders, made by the Wanganui County Council, are published for general information.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

WANGANUI COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order.

RESOLVED, That, in accordance with the prayer of the petition of a majority of the ratepayers of the Purua Road District, whose property in respect of which they are rated aggregates more than half of the rateable property therein, the Wanganui County Council, by special order, hereby declares that on and after the 21st day of September, 1912, the Purua Road Board shall be dissolved and the Purua Road District merged in the county.

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Wanganui is hereto affixed in the presence of—

W. J. POLSON,
Chairman.

A. C. MANNINGTON,
Clerk.

Dated at Wanganui this 7th day of September, 1912.

I, Alfred Clement Mannington, of Wanganui, County Clerk, do hereby certify that the foregoing order was made at a special meeting held on the 3rd day of August, 1912, and confirmed on the 7th day of September, 1912; and that all the requirements of the Counties Act, 1908, relating to the making of special orders merging road districts have been complied with.

A. C. MANNINGTON,
County Clerk.