Nov. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3509

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—VINCENT COUNTY.—WAKEFIELD SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

SECTION 32, Block II: Area, 13 acres 0 roods 16 perches; capital value, £50; half-yearly rental, £1.

Section 33, Block II: Area, 11 acres 2 roods 29 perches; capital value, £35; half-yearly rental, 14s.

Section 34, Block II: Area, 11 acres 0 roods 30 perches; capital value, £30; half-yearly rental, 12s.

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

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

Auckland Branding Registration District abolished and a New Branding Registration District constituted in lieu thereof.—Notice No. 1851.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

WHEREAS it is expedient that the Auckland Branding Registration District as at present constituted should be abolished, and that a new branding registration district as described in the Schedule hereto should be constituted in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the Stock Act, 1908, do hereby abolish the Auckland Branding Registration District as at present constituted, and do hereby constitute in lieu thereof the branding registration district as set forth in the Schedule hereto, and declare that the said district shall hereafter be comprised as described in the said Schedule; and do also hereby appoint the place named in the second column of the Schedule hereto to be the registration office of the said district.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND BRANDING REGISTRATION DISTRICT.

Branding Registration District. Registration Office.

ALL that area comprising the Counties of Rodney, Waitemata, Eden, Manukau, Franklin, Coromandel, and Great Barrier Island as at present constituted, and including all boroughs and town districts in or adjacent to that area. City of Auckland.

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

W. D. S. MACDONALD,
Minister of Agriculture.

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

Government Buildings,
Wellington, 1st November, 1916.

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

WILLIAM LOWDEN, of Akaaka,
WILLIAM ROWE, of Waiuku,
ALEXANDER CRUICKSHANK, of Otorohanga, and
EDWARD MCANALLY, of Cambridge,

to be Officers for the purposes of Part II of that Act.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Appointment of Acting Consul for the Republic of China at Wellington recognized provisionally.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 3rd November, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that, in accordance with instructions from His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies, he has recognized provisionally the appointment of

YUE HENRY JACKSON, Esq.,

as Acting Consul for the Republic of China at Wellington during the absence of the Consul, Mr. Kwei Chih.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Member of Christchurch Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 6th November, 1916.

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

EDGAR FRASER STEAD

to be a member of the Christchurch Domain Board, in the place of Henry George Ell, M.P., who has resigned.

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

Member of One-tree Hill Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 6th November, 1916.

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

MONTAGUE HARRISON WYNYARD

to be a member of the One-tree Hill Domain Board, in the place of the Hon. Sir George Maurice O’Rorke, deceased.

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

Native Interpreters appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorize

WIREMU NIKORA, of Gisborne,
NEHO HEMI PAPAKURA, of Opunake, and
JAMES THOMAS MCWILLIAM, of Hamilton,

to act as licensed Native Interpreters of the First Grade, under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations made thereunder.

W. H. HERRIES,
Native Minister.

Members of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd November, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CHARLES JAMES NIGHTINGALE and
JOHN JEROME BREEZE,

both of Hokitika, to be members of the Licensing Committee for the District of Westland, vice J. Flynn and T. J. McGuigan respectively.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Justice.

Licensing Officer under the Arms Act, 1908, appointed.

Police Department,
Wellington, 8th November, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable JOHN NELSON MCINTOSH,
of the New Zealand Police Force, to be a Licensing Officer under the Arms Act, 1908.

A. L. HERDMAN,
Minister in Charge of Police Department.

Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 8th November, 1916.

IT is hereby notified that

LEONARD WILLIAM JAMES LEADBEATER

has been appointed to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Petone, on and from the 2nd November, 1916.

W. W. COOK,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 8th November, 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.
ANGUS URQUHART .. .. .. Otepopo.
ALFRED EDWARD KING .. .. .. Kaikoura.
GEORGE STANLEY KING .. .. .. Ross.
JOHN SIDNEY WINSTANLEY .. .. .. Pelorus.
ANNIE CECILIA DE FILIPPI .. .. .. Ahaura.
WILLIAM FORRESTER JARVIE .. .. .. Rangitikei.

W. W. COOK,
Deputy Registrar-General.