south bank of the Buller River from its junction with Deepdale River to a point in line with the south-western boundary of Section 5, Block XV, Lyell Survey District; thence across a public road and by the south-western boundary of Section 5, Block XV, Lyell Survey District, and across a public road to the Buller River; then again by the south bank of the Buller River to a public road north of Section 1, Block III, Maruia Survey District; then towards the east generally by a public road and the north-western boundary of Section 1, Block III, Maruia Survey District; towards the south by a line 15 chains distant from the south bank of the Buller River; and towards the east by the Deepdale River to the point of commencement: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 1912/1329, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fifteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Mines.

Postmaster 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

ARTHUR JOHN HUSTLER,
being a person holding the office of Postmaster under the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, at Matawai, is authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

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

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

Trustees of Tauhei Drainage District appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 23rd December, 1914.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in terms of section 10 of the Land Drainage Act, 1908, to appoint

JAMES BROWN,
JAMES CLULOW,
WILLIAM C. FLAXMAN,
JAMES LEESON, and
ARCHIBALD NOBLE

To be members of the Board of Trustees of the Tauhei Drainage District.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Members of Oturehua Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 17th December, 1914.

His Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 41 of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint

LLEWELLYN HAYES and
DONALD NICOLSON

to be members of the Oturehua Domain Board, in the place of Thomas Francis Chandler and John Strachan, left the district.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Member of Makotuku Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 17th December, 1914.

His Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 41 of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint

JOHN BRABAZON

to be a member of the Makotuku Domain Board, in the place of William Robinson, resigned.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands

Member of Oxford Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington. 22nd December, 1914.

His Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 41 of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint

DAVID HAWKE

to be a member of the Oxford Domain Board, in the place of Thomas Harle, left the district.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Member of Southland Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 30th December, 1914.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to reappoint COLIN ROBERTSON to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Southland, as from the 7th day of January, 1915.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Trustees of Rangiriri Public Cemetery resigned.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 16th December, 1914.

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

EDWARD THOMAS BAIN and
HARRY SIMPSON HALL

as Trustees of the Rangiriri Public Cemetery.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Manager, Dunedin Savings-bank, appointed.

The Treasury, Wellington, 18th December, 1914.

It is hereby notified that the Trustees of the Dunedin Savings-bank have appointed

FREDERICK SMITH, Esquire,

to be Manager of that bank.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Finance.

Members of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice, Wellington, 31st December, 1914.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

FREDERICK THOMAS DUKE JEFFERY and JOSEPH STEVENS

to be members of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wakatipu.

A. L. HERDMAN,
Minister of Justice.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice, Wellington, 31st December, 1914.

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

GEORGE LABAN LAY, Esq.,

of Upper Hutt, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand.

A. L. HERDMAN,
Minister of Justice.