Dec. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3895

Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 14th December, 1916.

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

ALEXANDER ARCHIBALD McLEAN

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Te Awamutu at Ohaupo, as from the 2nd January, 1917.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, &c.. appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 16th December, 1916.

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

JESSE THOMAS REDMOND

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris for the District of Taupo, as from the 22nd November, 1916.

THOMAS BROWN

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the District of Tokaanu, as from the 1st September, 1916.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 20th December, 1916.

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

SYDNEY ALEXANDER JOHNSTON

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the District of Waimate Plains, as from the 15th December, 1916.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 19th December, 1916.

IT is hereby notified that

SHEILA ELIZABETH CAMPION

has been appointed to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Births and Deaths at Birkenhead, on and from the 5th December, 1916.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 19th December, 1916.

IT is hereby notified that

FREDERICK GEORGE KING

has been appointed to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Ngaruawahia, on and from 18th December, 1916.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries of City of Christchurch.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th December, 1916.

PURSUANT to section 14 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, it is hereby notified that a petition, in accordance with regulations, signed by not less than one-fourth of the electors of the area described in the Schedule hereto, being part of the County of Heathcote, has been presented to His Excellency the Governor, praying that the said area may be excluded from the said county and included in the City of Christchurch. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed alteration within one month from the first publication of this notice. Such objections or petitions are to be addressed and forwarded to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded by a line commencing at the northernmost corner of the Borough of Woolston; thence along the north-eastern boundary of that borough, being the south-western side of Linwood Avenue, to a point opposite the junction of the western side of McGregor’s Road with the said Linwood Avenue; thence across that avenue and along the western side of McGregor’s Road and across that road to Ruru Road, along the northern and western sides of that road to and across Rudd’s Road, along the northern side of that road to Kearney’s Road, along the western side of Kearney’s Road to Page’s Road, along the southern and eastern sides of that road to and along the south-eastern side of the road intersecting Section 901 to and across Rudd’s Road and along its southern side to and across Kerr’s Road, along its western side to Buckley’s Road, along the north-western side of that road, being the present boundary of the City of Christchurch, to and across Linwood Avenue to the northernmost corner of the Borough of Woolston, the place of commencement.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Authorizing the Laying-off of Oban, Rossmore, Montrose, Ramsgate, Whitby, and Newhaven Terraces, and Jutland, Penzance, Hastings, and Sidmouth Streets, in the Town of Takapuna Extension No. 58, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 11th December, 1916.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of the Land Act, 1908, I hereby authorize the lay-off of Oban, Rossmore, Montrose, Ramsgate, Whitby, and Newhaven Terraces, and Jutland, Penzance, Hastings, and Sidmouth Streets, in the Town of Takapuna Extension No. 58, Auckland Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

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

Authorizing the Laying-off of Wellwood Street, in the Town of South Clive Extension No. 10 of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 16th December, 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 Wellwood Street, in the Town of South Clive Extension No. 10, Hawke’s Bay Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

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

Authorizing the Laying-off of Treweek Avenue, Campbell Avenue, Alexander Avenue, Peat Avenue, and Blair Street, in the Town of Kai Iwi Beach, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 16th December, 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 Treweek Avenue, Campbell Avenue, Alexander Avenue, Peat Avenue, and Blair Street, in the Town of Kai Iwi Beach, Wellington Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

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

Notice fixing the Closing-hours of all Shops in the Wairoa Riding of Wallace County under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in the Wairoa Riding of the Wallace County, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops should be closed in the evening of every