Aug. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2378

Arrangements for First Election, &c., Edendale Town District,
County of Southland.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington. 29th July, 1913.
H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HORACE EDWARDS NIVEN,
of Edendale, to be Returning Officer for the purpose of con-
ducting the first election of Commissioners of the Town
District of Edendale, County of Southland, as constituted
under the Town Boards Act, 1908; also to appoint Friday,
the 22nd day of August, 1913, to be the date, and the
Edendale Public Hall, Edendale, to be the place, at which
the first election shall be held; also to appoint Friday, the
29th day of August, 1913, at 8 o'clock in the afternoon, to
be the time, and the said Edendale Public Hall, Edendale,
to be the place, at which the first meeting of the said
Commissioners shall be held.
H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Appointment of Acting Austro-Hungarian Consul at
Auckland.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 6th August, 1913.
HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified
that he has recognized provisionally the appointment
by the Austro-Hungarian Consul at Auckland of
FRANCIS MIKLAVCIC, Esquire,
as Acting Austro-Hungarian Consul at Auckland during
the absence of Consul E. Langguth, Esquire.
H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Member of Sefton Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 4th August, 1913.
HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of
section 41 of the Public Reserves and Domains
Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint
JAMES BARCLAY
to be a member of the Sefton Domain Board, in the place
of David Boyce, left the district.
H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Members of Winchester Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 4th August, 1913.
HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of
section 41 of the Public Reserves and Domains
Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint
ALEXANDER SHAW and
THOMAS HARRISON
to be members of the Winchester Domain Board, in the
place of Robert Smith and Henry Edward Smith.
H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Coroner appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st August, 1913.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JAMES BODDIE, Esq., J.P.,
of Te Kuiti, to be a Coroner within the Dominion of New
Zealand.
A. L. HERDMAN,
Minister of Justice.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 6th August, 1913.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
LEONARD CROSS, Esq.,
of Orepuki, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for
New Zealand.
A. L. HERDMAN,
Minister of Justice.

Assayer appointed.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 21st July, 1913.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ARCHIBALD FLEMING STEEDMAN
to be an Assayer of Gold for the purposes of the Gold Duty
Act, 1908.
F. M. B. FISHER,
Minister of Customs.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 6th August, 1913.
IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons
have been appointed to be the Deputies of the
Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the
districts set respectively opposite their names, viz:-

Name.
Vincent John Scanlan .. .. Porangahau.
Philip John Bond .. .. Heriot.
Francis Richard Bartos .. .. Cust.
Alfred Riley Carter .. .. Tokomaru Bay.
George Walter Brown .. .. Naseby.
Albert Leslie Smith .. .. Waipara.
Hugh Tannock Dawson .. .. Waitara.
Edward Nathan Falck .. .. Palmerston.
Samuel Robert McAllister .. .. Mangapai.
George Ormsby .. .. Waimate Plains.
Alexander Ross Gilmer .. .. Brunner.
William John Blakley .. .. Kaiapoi.
Robert Martin .. .. Huntly.
W. W. COOK,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner, Wellington, 1st August, 1913.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service.

A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary.