Feb. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 391

Member appointed Pongaroa Scenic Board.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

WHEREAS by a Warrant dated the twenty-second day of November, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and published in the Gazette of the twenty-fifth day of that month, the control of certain land in the Wellington Land District known as the Pongaroa Scenic Reserve was vested in certain persons therein named, who were by the said Warrant constituted a special Board by the name of the Pongaroa Scenic Board, in pursuance of section thirteen of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908: And whereas the name of Francis Herbert, farmer, of Pongaroa, was omitted from the said Warrant:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of every power and authority enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby declare that the name of the said Francis Herbert shall be deemed to have been included in the said Warrant as from the date thereof, and the said Francis Herbert shall be deemed to be and to have been a member of the Pongaroa Scenic Board from that date accordingly.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

Trustees for the Ngaruawahia Soldiers’ Cemetery appointed.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the fourth section of the Cemeteries Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the several persons whose names are specified in Part I of the Schedule hereto to have the control and management of the cemetery specified in Part II of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

Part I.—Names of Trustees.

EDMUND FITZPATRICK.
WILLIAM JOHNSTON BURNETT.
ALEXANDER NICOL.
ROBERT FLEMING.
THOMAS PATERSON.

Part II.—Name of Cemetery and Description of Land.

NGARUAWAHIA SOLDIERS’.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing 26·9 perches, more or less, being Section 109A, in the Suburbs of Ngaruawahia North, Block VII, Newcastle Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east, south-east, and south-west by Section 109, Suburbs of Ngaruawahia North, 66, 194, and 120 links respectively; and towards the north-west by a public road, 176 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 2/286, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red. (Auckland Plan 2465, blue.)

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Vesting the Control of the Pukerangiora Pa Scenic Reserve, Block IX, Waitara Survey District, in the New Plymouth Scenic Reserves Board, under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section thirteen of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand doth hereby vest the control of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto (being land reserved under the said Act), in trust, for the purposes of scenery preservation, as from the date of this notice until the thirtieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen (unless previously altered or revoked under the said Act), in the New Plymouth Scenic Reserves Board as constituted by notification dated the eleventh day of November, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and published in Gazette of the eighteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

SCHEDULE.

PUKERANGIORA PA.

ALL that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing by admeasurement 36 acres, more or less, and being part of Section 179, Huirangi District, situated in Block IX, Waitara Survey District. Taken for scenery-preservation purposes by Proclamation published in Gazette No. 77, of the 28th September, 1911, page 2907.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

Members of Committee of the Awamoko Portion of the Waitaki Islands appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 27th January, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in terms of clause 2 of the Rules and Regulations for the Management of the Awamoko portion of the Waitaki Islands, dated 5th January, 1899, been pleased to approve of

JOHN WALL,
JOHN KING, and
ALEXANDER DUNCAN WILLIS

acting on the committee for the care and management of the said portion of the said islands, these persons having retired and having been re-elected in accordance with the said rules and regulations, to act in conjunction with David Geddis and Patrick Fleming, previously appointed.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Clerk of Court appointed.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable PATRICK DOYLE

to be Clerk of the Magistrates’ Court at Te Awamutu, on and from the 11th day of January, 1916, vice Constable T. B. Miles, transferred.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Justice.

Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages appointed.

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

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

JOHN HENRY CARRAD

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the District of Oamaru, as from the 19th January, 1916.

RONULUS BLAKLEY

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the District of Te Kuiti, as from the 25th January, 1916.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Inspector of Weights and Measures appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 1st February, 1916.

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

ROBERT CASHMAN

to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures, as from the 5th day of January, 1916, vice W. H. Hennah, retired.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.