Dec. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3951

And whereas John Black, an elective member of the Timaru Harbour Board, being a representative of the electors of the combined district of the Borough of Waimate and the Maki-kihi and Deep Creek Ridings of the Waimate County, and those of the Waihao Riding of the same county whose qualification is within the harbour district, has resigned his office as a member of the Board, and it is desirable to appoint a qualified person as a representative of that district in his place:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the hereinbefore-recited power and authority, doth hereby appoint JOHN BITCHENER, of Waimate, to be a member of the Timaru Harbour Board as a representative of the electors of the combined district of the Borough of Waimate and the Maki-kihi and Deep Creek Ridings of the Waimate County, and those of the Waihao Riding of the same county whose qualification is within the harbour district, in the place of John Black, resigned.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-ninth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Marine.

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

Government Buildings,
Wellington, 26th November, 1915.

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

ALFRED MELBINE ATKINS,

of Manakau, to be an Officer for the purposes of Part II of that Act.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Visiting Justice to H.M. Prison resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1915.

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

HENRY JOHNSON JONES, Esq., J.P.,

of Te Awamutu, of his appointment as a Visiting Justice to His Majesty’s Prison at Waikeria.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Justice.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN BROWN WESTLAKE

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Pahiatua, vice David Hughes, resigned.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Justice.

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th November, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM SHATTOCK JONES

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Rangitikei, vice H. Morgan, transferred.

J. ALLEN,
For Minister of Justice.

Appointment of Medical Officer, Niue, revoked.

Cook Islands Administration Department,
Wellington, 25th November, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to revoke the appointment of

CARL HERRMAN SEAFORTH, Esq., M.B., Ch.B.,

as Medical Officer for the Island of Niue, Cook Islands.

M. POMARE,
Minister in Charge, Cook Islands Administration.

Harbourmaster and Customs Officer appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 29th November, 1915.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service:—

JOHN ANTHONY MARTIN

to be Harbourmaster and Customs Officer at Hokianga Head, for the purposes of the Harbours Act, 1908, and the Customs Act, 1908, respectively, as from the 5th day of November, 1915, vice Captain F. A. Hardy, promoted.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 29th November, 1915.

IT is hereby notified that

ALEXANDER ROSS GILMER

has been appointed to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Blackball.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 29th November, 1915.

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.
THOMAS REID .. Mount Benger.
WILLIAM HENRY ANDERSON .. Helensville.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 26th November, 1915.

THE following notice, received from the Waikiwi River Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

WAIKIWI RIVER BOARD.

Result of Poll.

I, DENNISTON CUTHBERTSON, Returning Officer for the Waikiwi River Board, hereby notify the result of a poll taken this day upon the proposal to borrow £8,000 by way of a special loan for the purpose of enabling certain works to be carried out on the Waikiwi River: For the proposal, 85; against the proposal, 15; total votes cast, 100; informal votes, nil.

I therefore declare the proposal carried.

D. CUTHBERTSON.

Invercargill, 15th November, 1915.

Requirements as to Passports, &c., in the case of Passengers to the United Kingdom.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 29th November, 1915.

IT is hereby notified for public information that His Excellency the Governor has received a telegram from the Secretary of State for the Colonies that the provision of clause 1 of the Aliens Restriction Amendment Order, 1915, requiring aliens to be provided with passports has been extended to all British subjects.

Clause 1 referred to above reads,——

“1.(1.) After the twenty-fifth day of April, nineteen hundred and fifteen, an alien coming from, or intending to proceed to, any place out of the United Kingdom as a passenger shall not, without the special permission of a Secretary of State, land or embark at any port in the United Kingdom, unless he has in his possession a passport issued to him not more than two years previously by or on behalf of the Government of the country of which he is a subject or a citizen, or some other document satisfactorily establishing his nationality and identity, to which passport or document there must be attached a photograph of the alien to whom it relates.