FEB. 17.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
Wellington, 9th February, 1916.
appoint
JAMES EDWARD RIDDELL
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District
of Waipawa.
ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Justice.

Appointment of Acting Officer for Town of Rotorua.

Department of Tourist and Health Resorts,
Wellington, 8th February, 1916.
IT is hereby notified for general information that
WILLIAM HENRY FRETHEY
has been appointed, under the provisions of the Rotorua
Town Act, 1907, and the regulations thereunder, to act for
the General Manager during the illness or absence from
Wellington of the latter for the period from 7th December,
1915, to 29th February, 1916.
ROBERT McNAB.

Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 14th February, 1916.
THE Public Service Commissioner has made the fol-
lowing appointment in the Public Service:-
Mrs. MARY EMMA MOSS
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris for the
District of Okautete, as from the 1st February. 1916.
P. VERSCAFFELT,
Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 16th February, 1916.
IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons
have been appointed to be the Deputies of the Regis-
trars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the
districts set respectively opposite their names, viz. :—
Name.
District.
HAROLD JAMES HENRY SMITH .. .. Matamata.
STANLEY GRAHAM HEFFERNAN .. .. Waiapu.
ALBERT ERNEST MOORE .. .. Drury.
PHILIP JOHN BOND .. .. Fortrose.
F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

Notice respecting Proposed Drainage District, Elstow,

Counties of Ohinemuri and Piako.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 16th February, 1916.
IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to
His Excellency the Governor, under the Land Drainage
Act, 1908, praying that the area described in the Schedule
hereto may be constituted a drainage district under the said
Act, by name the Drainage District of Elstow. All persons
affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objec-
tions to or petitions against the constitution of the said
drainage district which they desire to lodge, within one
month from the first publication of this notice, such objec-
tions or petitions to be addressed to the Minister of Internal
Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF BOUNDARIES OF PROPOSED DRAINAGE
DISTRICT OF ELSTOW.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District bounded by a
line commencing at a point on the left bank of the Waihou
River at the crossing of the Paeroa-Tahuna Road; thence
along the left bank of that river to a point in line with the
north-western boundary of Section 111 in Block IX, Aroha
Survey District; thence to and along the north-western
boundary of that section and Section 115 to Stanley Road;
along the south-western side of that road to the road from
Te Aroha to Waihou immediately south east of the railway;
along the north-western side of that road and the road form-
ing the south-eastern boundary of Section 9, Suburbs of
Waihou, in Block XVI, Waitoa Survey District, to the

southernmost corner of that section; along the eastern side

of the road forming the western boundaries of Sections 9 and
8, across the railway, and along the north-eastern side of the
road forming the north-eastern boundaries of Sections 18, 24,
and 25 to the north-eastern boundary of the Hungahunga
Drainage District as described in the New Zealand Gazette
of the 12th December, 1912, page 3451, and along the north-
eastern and north-western boundaries of that drainage dis-
trict to the Waitoa River; along the right bank of that
river to Section 33, Block XI, Waitoa Survey District; along
the south-eastern and north-eastern boundaries of that
section to Section 4, Otway Settlement; along the south-
eastern boundaries of Sections 4, 5, 6A, and 6B, Otway
Settlement, to and across the road forming the north-eastern
boundary of that settlement; along the north-eastern side
of that road and the south-eastern side of the Paeroa-
Tahuna Road to the Waihou River, the place of commence-
ment.
G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

By-laws of the Springs County Council confirmed under the

By-laws Act, 1910.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 16th February, 1916.
THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed
copy of heavy-traffic by-laws made by the Springs
County Council on the 28th December, 1915.
G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.

In pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm
the within-written by-laws, and declare that the same came
into force on the 17th day of January, 1916.
Dated this 16th day of February, 1916.
G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs

By-laws of the Mataura Borough Council confirmed under

the By-laws Act, 1910.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 16th February, 1916.
THE following certificate has been executed on the
sealed copy of by-laws made by the Mataura Borough
Council on the 1st May, 1915.
G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.

In pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm
the within-written by-laws and declare that the same came
into force on the 1st day of June, 1915
Dated this 16th day of February, 1916.
G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs

Correspondence prohibited under the War Regulations Act,

1914. — Rounds, Schurman, and Dwight; C. H. Huberich.

JOSEPH GEORGE WARD, the Postmaster-General
of New Zealand, do hereby, in pursuance of clause 2
of the war regulations of the 17th day of December, 1914,
order that no postal packet or telegram addressed to or
intended for any of the persons or firms named in the
Schedule hereto shall be forwarded or delivered by the Post
Office or transmitted by telegraph.
Dated this 10th day of February, 1916.
J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General

SCHEDULE.

ROUNDS, SCHURMAN, AND DWIGHT, New York.
C. H. HUBERICH, San Francisco.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 16th February, 1916.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of
the Cook County Council, is published in accordance
with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.
J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.