July 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2973

Postmaster appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that

ALFRED HENRY DE TOURETTES,

being a person holding the office of Postmaster under the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, at Wellington South, is authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

As witness my hand this seventeenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

Postmaster appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that

GEORGE ORMSBY,

being a person holding the office of Postmaster under the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, at Patea, is authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

As witness my hand this twenty-third day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

Appointment of Consul of Chile at Auckland recognized provisionally.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 18th July, 1917.

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

ERNEST ARTHUR CRAIG, Esq.,

as Consul of Chile at Auckland.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Native Interpreter appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 25th July, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to authorize

ERA NGAWAI KARAKA, of Porāngahau,

to act as a licensed Native Interpreter of the Second Grade, under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations made thereunder.

W. H. HERRIES,
Native Minister.

Appointment of Honorary Warden for Tongariro National Park.

Department of Tourist and Health Resorts,
Wellington, 17th July, 1917.

IT is hereby notified for public information that

JOHN CULLEN, Esq., I.S.O.,

has been appointed as Honorary Warden for the Tongariro National Park.

W. D. S. MACDONALD,
Minister of Tourist and Health Resorts.

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Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st July, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

EDWARD HENRY LOUGH

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Dunedin South, vice Frederick Rogen.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister of Justice.

Police Gaoler appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 25th July, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Constable WILLIAM HERBERT BRADLEY

to be Police Gaoler at Waipiro Bay, as from the 16th day of June, 1917, vice Constable C. Snow transferred.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister of Justice.

Commissioner of Crown Lands &c., appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 16th July, 1917.

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

HENRY DUGALD MCKELLAR

to be Commissioner of Crown Lands and Chief Surveyor for the Land District of Marlborough for the purposes of the Land Act, 1908, and Conservator of State Forests for the Land District of Marlborough for the purposes of the State Forests Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of July, 1917.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Inspector for the Purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908, and the Fertilizers Act, 1908, appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 16th July, 1917.

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

HUGH MCALLISTER

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908, and the Fertilizers Act, 1908, as from the 27th day of June, 1917.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

District Valuers appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 19th July, 1917.

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

OSWALD GARDNER, as from the 1st day of December, 1916;

FRANCIS FRASER MACKENZIE, as from the 1st day of April, 1917;

HENRY PERCIVAL HAMILTON, as from the 7th day of May, 1917;

DANIEL PRICE VARCOE, as from the 8th day of February, 1917;

GEORGE HALLIDAY, as from the 10th day of January, 1917;

EDWARD EGGLESTON, as from the 1st day of December, 1916;

to be District Valuers for the purposes of the Valuation of Land Act, 1908.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.