Feb. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 683

Norwegian Consul to receive Residue of Estates.

Pursuant to the provisions under section fifty-two of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, I Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify that moneys or personal chattels payable or deliverable by the Public Trustee to the subjects of the Kingdom of Norway resident therein may be paid or delivered to the Consul of the said Kingdom resident at Wellington who has been represented to me to be the Chief Consular Officer of such Kingdom as regards the Dominion of New Zealand.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this fifteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

Postmasters appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

Pursuant to the authority conferred upon me by the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that the persons set out in the Schedule hereto, being persons holding the office of Postmaster under the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, at the places set opposite their names in the said Schedule, are authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the two hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

HENRY GILBERT COOMBE .. .. Onehunga.
JAMES TURNER WYLIE .. .. Marton.
GEORGE THOMAS WILSON .. .. Allanton.

As witness my hand, this twenty-first day of February, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

Inspector of Weights and Measures for the County of Ashburton and Borough of Ashburton appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 21st February, 1913.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable BERKLEY REGINALD KIDD

to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures, under the Weights and Measures Act, 1908, for the County of Ashburton and the Borough of Ashburton, vice Constable Henry Martin (transferred).

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Inspector of Weights and Measures for County of Vincent and Boroughs of Alexandra and Cromwell appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 21st February, 1913.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Sergeant WILLIAM ECCLES

to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures, under the Weights and Measures Act, 1908, for the County of Vincent and the Boroughs of Alexandra and Cromwell, vice Sergeant Robert Crawford (transferred).

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Cadets appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 25th February, 1913.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

COLIN JOSEPH DRABBLE and
DAVID JAMES CRUICKSHANK

to be Cadets in the Registrar-General's Office (Statistical Branch) on and from the 12th February, 1913, and 20th February, 1913, respectively.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Appointment of Consul of Switzerland at Auckland recognized provisionally.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 25th February, 1913.

His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that, in accordance with instructions from His Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, he has recognized provisionally, pending the receipt of the Exequatur, the appointment of

GEORGES A. STREIFF, Esq.,

as Consul of Switzerland at Auckland.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Record Clerk in Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st February, 1913.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN BENNETT

to be Record Clerk in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, as from the 1st day of February, 1913, in the place of Paul Desire Nestor Verschaffelt.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Chief Accountant of Department of Lands and Survey appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st February, 1913.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ALFRED CLARKE TURNBULL

to be Chief Accountant of the Department of Lands and Survey, as from the 1st day of February, 1913, in the place of Robert Aimers Paterson, resigned.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Chief Accountant and Native Land Purchase Officer of the Department of Lands and Survey resigned.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st February, 1913.

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

ROBERT AIMERS PATERSON

as Chief Accountant and Native Land Purchase Officer of the Department of Lands and Survey, as from the 31st day of January, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Dairy Instructor and Grader appointed.—Notice No. 1692.

Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce,
Wellington, 24th February, 1913.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

COLIN CHARLES ROBERTSON

(formerly a temporary officer of this Department) to be a Dairy Instructor and Grader in the Civil Service of the Government of New Zealand (Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce); the appointment to date from 2nd March, 1913.

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