Feb. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 537

Officer for Purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed.

Government Buildings,
Wellington, 16th January, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 79 of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed

WILLIAM HILL

to be an officer for the purposes of Part II of that Act.

H. D. BELL.

Consul of Italy at Melbourne appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that he has been informed by His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies that the King’s Exequatur empowering

CAVALIERE EMILIO ELES

to act as Consul of Italy at Melbourne, with Consular Jurisdiction in Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji, has received His Majesty’s signature.

W. FRASER,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Consul of Belgium at Sydney appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that he has been informed by His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies that the King’s Exequatur empowering

Mr. M. MATTEEUW

to act as Consul of Belgium at Sydney for the States of New South Wales and Queensland, the Dominion of New Zealand, and the British Possessions in the Pacific has received His Majesty’s signature.

W. FRASER,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Member of Board of Trustees, Ashburton Racecourse, appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 4th February, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CHARLES JOHN HARPER, of Ashburton,

to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ashburton Racecourse, under the Ashburton Racecourse Act, 1882, vice Matthew Stitt, deceased.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Members of Assessment Court for Borough of Oamaru appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 7th February, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ALLAN HEDLEY, Esq.,

of Oamaru, to be a member of the Assessment Court for the Borough of Oamaru, as provided by section 24 of the Rating Amendment Act, 1910; and also to appoint

JOHN GEORGE HOWARD SUMPTER Esq.,

of Oamaru, on the recommendation of the Oamaru Borough Council, to be a member of the said Assessment Court, as provided by the said Act.

W. F. MASSEY,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Trustees of the Te Aroha Racecourse appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 7th February, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of the Te Aroha Recreation-ground and Racecourse Act, 1892, and the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint

RALPH LAKE SOMERS and
JOHN BENJAMIN JOHNSON

to be Trustees of the Te Aroha Racecourse, in the place of Alexander Watson Edwards, resigned, and Francis Pavitt, deceased.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Members of Court of Arbitration appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 9th February, 1914.

ON the recommendation of industrial unions of employers, His Excellency the Governor has appointed

WILLIAM SCOTT (of Dunedin), Member, and
WILLIAM PRYOR (of Wellington), Acting Member,

of the Court of Arbitration.

On the recommendation of industrial unions of workers, His Excellency the Governor has appointed

JOHN ALEXANDER McCULLOUGH (of Christchurch), Member, and
ELIJAH JOHN CAREY (of Wellington), Acting Member,

of the Court of Arbitration.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

Native Interpreter’s License revoked.

Native Department,
Wellington, 5th January, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to revoke the license granted to

WALTER THORP, of Taumarunui,

authorizing him to act as an Interpreter under the Native Land Act, 1909, and also to remove the said Walter Thorp from his office as an Interpreter under the said Act.

W. H. HERRIES,
Native Minister.

Appointing the Office of the Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Wellington, 6th February, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in terms of section 7 of the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, appointed

BANK OF NEW ZEALAND CHAMBERS, 79-81 MANNERS STREET, WELLINGTON,

to be the Registry Office for the purposes of the said Act.

F. M. B. FISHER,
Minister in Charge

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 10th February, 1914.

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. District.
DUNCAN BLACK .. .. .. Methven.
ROBERT MARTIN .. .. .. Ohaeawai.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

Registrars of Births and Deaths of Maoris appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 5th February, 1914.

IT is hereby notified that

WILLIAM BUCHANAN

has been appointed Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Napier.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.