Oct. 5. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3171

In the Canterbury Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 21/21, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

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

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Notifying that the Kalei (the Porphyrio Bird) may be taken and killed in Niue.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the regulations for the protection of indigenous and imported birds, and to prevent the introduction of noxious animals and birds into the Cook Islands, I, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify that the Kalei (the Porphyrio Bird) may be taken and killed at any time in the Island of Niue.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirtieth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

M. POMARE,
Minister for the Cook Islands.

Censor of Cinematograph Films appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 18th September, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM JOLLIFFE, Esq.,

of Wellington, to be Censor of Cinematograph Films under the Cinematograph-film Censorship Act, 1916. Appointment to take effect from 16th September, 1916.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Member of St. Andrew’s Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 2nd October, 1916.

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

RICHARD FENWICK

to be a member of the St. Andrew’s Domain Board, in the place of Thomas Galletly, deceased.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Clerk of Magistrates’ Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 26th September, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Sergeant CHARLES HENRY McGLONE

to be Clerk of the Magistrates’ Court at Clyde, on and from the 12th day of August, 1916, vice Sergeant Ernest Bingham, deceased.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Justice.

Coroner appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 27th September, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

EDGAR GEORGE ETON, Esq., J.P.,

of Masterton, to be a Coroner within the Dominion of New Zealand.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Justice.

Chairman of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th October, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN GEORGE LEWIS HEWITT, Esq., S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Wanganui and Rangitikei, vice W. Kerr, Esq., S.M.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Justice.

Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 28th September, 1916.

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

LESLIE GORDON BRUCE

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the District of Timaru, as from the 23rd September, 1916.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Inspector of Weights and Measures appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 27th September, 1916.

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

CHRISTOPHER JOHN GILL

to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures for the purposes of the Weights and Measures Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of October, 1916.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 4th October, 1916.

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.
ISABELLE MARY McNEE.. Waimangaroa.
ALBERT ERNEST MOORE.. Otorohanga.
HENRY EDSER .. Wyndham.
WILLIAM ALEXANDER HUTCHINSON Hunterville.
THOMAS GEORGE FIELDER Grey.

W. W. COOK,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1916.—Notice No. 27.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 4th October, 1916.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Salvation Army.
Lieutenant-Colonel JOHN McINNES.

W. W. COOK,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Authorizing the Laying-off of Verdun Road, in the Town of Horotiu Extension No. 6, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 3rd October, 1916.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of the Land Act, 1908, I hereby authorize the laying-off of Verdun Road, in the Town of Horotiu Extension No. 6, Auckland Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.