Mar. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 727

Level sections from which the greater part of the bush has been cleared. Land now partly covered with fern. Situated about half a mile from Pounawea, and about two miles and a half from Owaka Railway-station.

RURAL LAND.

Level sections, good building-sites. Close to post-office and school.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Miners' Rights no longer issued at Te Oneroa and Cromarty Post-offices.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by the Mining Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the post-offices at

TE ONEROA and CROMARTY, Southland,

shall no longer be post-offices at which miners' rights may be issued.

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

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

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

Government Buildings,
Wellington, 25th February, 1914.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed

WILLIAM HENRY HAZARD,
JOSEPH JOHN WALKLATE,
HOLBROOK ALFRED CHATFIELD,
HARRY HAROLD PARTRIDGE,
BERTRAM NOAKES,
JOHN SYLVESTER BRIGHAM,
BENJAMIN GRAYSON,
THOMAS HOPE LEWIS,
FELIX VINCENT KELLY,
JOHN ARKELL GILLETT, and
FREDERICK EARL,

of Auckland, to be officers for the purposes of Part II of that Act.

H. D. BELL.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 26th February, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHANNA CARROLL

to be the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Kusotunu.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Native Interpreters appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE SHALFOON, of Opotiki,
WAIPAPA MANGAKAHIA, of Whangapoua,

to act as licensed Native Interpreters of the First Grade; and

WHAREPUNI HETA, of Dannevirke,

to act as licensed Native Interpreter of the Second Grade, under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations made thereunder.

W. H. HERRIES,
Native Minister.

Members of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 26th February, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ALEXANDER DRUMMOND and
ALEXANDER JOHN MAGSON

to be members of the Licensing Committee for the District of Selwyn, vice W. J. Dickie and J. Lambie, respectively.

A. L. HERDMAN,
Minister of Justice.

Regulation and Control of Traffic and Navigation on Portions of Waikato and Waipa Rivers.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1914.

IT is hereby notified that

HERBERT JAMES SAMPSON,

Chairman of the Ngaruawahia Regatta Association, has, in pursuance of the provisions of section 55 of the Harbours Amendment Act, 1910, been appointed to regulate and control the traffic and navigation of those portions of the Waikato River which are within a distance of two miles below the junction of the Waipa River with the Waikato River and within a distance of two miles above the junction of the said rivers, and also of the Waipa River within a distance of two miles from its junction with the Waikato River, in such manner as he may deem necessary for the safety of life and property on days on which regattas or boat-races are held on such portions of the rivers mentioned.

F. M. B. FISHER.

Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, licensed.

Friendly Societies Registry Office,
Wellington, 21st February, 1914.

IN pursuance of the 10th section of the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to license

VIVIAN HENRY SANSON,

of Hamilton, to act as a Public Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909.

F. M. B. FISHER,
Minister in Charge.

Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, licensed.

Friendly Societies Registry Office,
Wellington, 21st February, 1914.

IN pursuance of the 10th section of the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to license

HARRY LIONEL HARKER,

of Wairoa, to act as a Public Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909.

F. M. B. FISHER,
Minister in Charge.

Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, licensed.

Friendly Societies Registry Office,
Wellington, 21st February, 1914.

IN pursuance of the 10th section of the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to license

GEORGE GRIERSON CORK,

of Hamilton, to act as a Public Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909.

F. M. B. FISHER,
Minister in Charge.

Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, licensed.

Friendly Societies Registry Office,
Wellington, 21st February, 1914.

IN pursuance of the 10th section of the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to license

ALFRED JAMES TUNBRIDGE,

of New Plymouth, to act as a Public Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909.

F. M. B. FISHER,
Minister in Charge.