which the said first election shall be held; also to appoint
Friday, the llth day of June, 1915, at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon, to be the time, and the said Waipa County
Council Chambers at Ohaupo to be the place, at which the
first meeting of the Board of Commissioners so elected shall
be held.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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

Government Buildings,
Wellington, 19th May, 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
RICHARD ANDREW MCKENZIE,
CHARLES FOOTE, and
JAMES JOHNSON,
of Waikanae, to be Officers for the purposes of Part II of
the Fisheries Act, 1908.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Appointment of Acting Consul for Belgium at Christchurch
recognized provisionally.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 26th May, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified
that he has recognized provisionally the appointment by the Consul of Belgium at Sydney of
CYRIL RUPERT JOSEPH WARD, Esq.,
as Acting Consul of Belgium at Christchurch during the
absence of the Consul, Mr. J. J. Kinsey.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Member of the Arawa Park Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th May, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of
section 41 of the Public Reserves and Domains
Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint
GEORGE URQUHART
to be a member of the Arawa Park Domain Board, in
place of Andrew Ernest Kusabs, resigned.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Trustee for the Hawke's Bay Rabbit District appointed.--
Notice No. 1782.

Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce,
Wellington, 20th May, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point, in terms of section 47 of the Rabbit Nuisance
Act, 1908,
FRANK SKIPSEY WATERHOUSE
to be a member of the Hawke's Bay Board of Rabbit Trustees, in lieu of A. C. Bennett, resigned.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Agriculture and of Industries
and Commerce.

Member of Huirangi Domain Board resigned.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 18th May, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of
STEPHEN TURNBULL
as a member of the Huirangi Domain Board.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Trustee of Huirangi Cemetery resigned.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 13th May, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignation of
STEPHEN TURNBULL
as a trustee of the Huirangi Public Cemetery.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Chairman of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 26th May, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, Esq., S.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Committee for the District of Thames, vice F. J. Burgess, Esq., S.M.

A. L. HERDMAN,
Minister of Justice.

Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, licensed.

Friendly Societies Registry Office,
Wellington, 21st May, 1915.

IN pursuance of the 10th section of the Friendly Societies
Act, 1909, His Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to license
CHARLES PLUMMER POWLES,
of Wellington, to act as a Public Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909.

R. H. RHODES,
Minister in Charge.

Appointment of Member of the Egmont National Park Board.

Department of Tourist and Health Resorts,
Wellington, 14th May, 1915.

IT is hereby notified for general information that
THOMAS RHEESE ANDERSON, Esq.,
has been appointed a member of the Egmont National Park Board by the Stratford County Council, to be its representative, vice Mr. William Rogers, resigned.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Minister of Tourist and Health Resorts.

Officers appointed under the Immigration Restriction Act, 1908.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 18th May, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased
to appoint the undermentioned persons to be officers
to carry out the provisions of Part II of the Immigration Restriction Act, 1908:--
Port of Wellington--
Alfred Boyce Bacon.
Frederick William Fisk.
Owen Jones.
Port of Lyttelton--
Alfred John Robinson (vice John Hill).
Port of Bluff--
Mungo Hutton.
Port of Auckland--
Thomas Ward.
Ralph Dawson Welsh.
John Aloysius Stanaway.

W. H. HERRIES,
Minister of Customs.