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delineated on the plan marked L. and S. VI/6 (35), deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red. For a site for a public school.

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

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands

Notifying Lands in Southland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-twenty-sixth section of the Land Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the tenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, as the time at which the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the price at which the said land shall be sold as that mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTH LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.—ALTON SURVEY DISTRICT.

Rural Land.

SECTION 102, Block III: Area, 18 acres 1 rood 25 perches; upset price, £92 10s.

Weighted with £31, valuation for timber and grass.

Situated one mile and a quarter from Tuatapere Railway-station.

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

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Members of Clutha River Board appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 9th January, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN CRAWFORD, of Stirling, and
DAVID THOMAS FLEMING, of Balclutha,

to be members of the Clutha River Board under the Clutha River Board Empowering Act 1898 Amendment Act, 1900.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Deputy of Public Service Commissioner appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 13th January, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT TRIGGS, Esquire,

to act as Deputy for

DONALD ROBERTSON, Esquire, Public Service Commissioner,

during his absence from Wellington as from the 14th January, 1915, until his return to duty, under section 7 (4) of the Public Service Act, 1912.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Appointment of Medical Officer, Niue, revoked.

Cook Islands Administration Department,
Wellington, 29th December, 1914.

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

CHARLES McBEATH DAWSON, Esq., M.B., C.M.,

as Medical Officer for the Island of Niue.

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

Sounds County Representation on Picton Hospital and Charitable Aid Board.

Department of Public Health, Hospital, and Charitable Aid,
Wellington, 7th January, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint, under section 46 of the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1909,

GEORGE SEMPLE JOHNSON,
GEORGE OSWALD BEECH, and
DONALD McCORMICK

to represent the Sounds County on the Picton Hospital and Charitable Aid Board.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Minister in Charge of Hospitals.

Inspector, Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce Department, appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 12th January, 1915.

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

ROBERT HUTTON

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Orchard and Garden Diseases Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of January, 1915.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Acting Secretary.

Inspector of Stone-quarries appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 11th January, 1915.

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

JOSEPH FRANCIS GAGLIARDI

to be an Inspector of Stone-quarries under the Stone-quarries Act, 1910, as from the 1st day of January, 1915.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Acting Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 8th January, 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 opposite their names, viz.:—

Name. District.
ERNEST EDWARD HIRST.. .. Devonport.
SHEILA ELIZABETH CAMPION .. Mangapai.
AGNES GWENDOLINE COOKSEY .. Matakana.
ARTHUR WILLIAM MULLIGAN .. Winton.
THOMAS SKINNER .. Pelorous.
HERBERT PRINGLE .. Takapau.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

Resignation of Member of House of Representatives for Electoral District of Dunedin Central.

Electoral Department,
Wellington, 14th January, 1915.

WHEREAS the House of Representatives is not now in session, and there is no Speaker of the said House:

Now, therefore, pursuant to the provisions of the Legislature Act, 1908, His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that Charles Ernest Statham has, by writing under his hand addressed to the Governor, resigned his seat in the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Dunedin Central; that such resignation was received on the 12th day of January, 1915; and that the seat is vacant by reason thereof.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister in Charge of Electoral Department.