Aug. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3291

the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that

EDWARD JOHNSTON,

being a person holding the office of Postmaster under the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, at Beaumont, 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 August, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

Arrangements for First Election, &c., Otekaike Drainage District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 20th August, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE ARNOLD TRAVIS, of Oamaru,

to be Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the first election of five members of the Board of Trustees of the Otekaike Drainage District, as constituted under the Land Drainage Act, 1908; also to appoint Wednesday, the 5th day of September, 1917, to be the time, and the Shelter-shed at the Public School, Otekaike, to be the place, for holding such election; also to appoint Wednesday, the 12th day of September, at eight o'clock in the afternoon, to be the day and the hour, and the Schoolhouse, Otekaike, to be the place, at which the first meeting of trustees shall be held.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Appointment of Acting Consul of Sweden at Wellington recognized provisionally.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that he has recognized provisionally the appointment by the Acting Consul-in-Chief of Sweden at Sydney of

WALTER ISAAC NATHAN, Esq.,

as Acting Consul of Sweden at Wellington, vice Mr. A. E. Pearce, resigned.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Member of Bastings Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 20th August, 1917.

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

THOMAS WILLIAM ROBINSON

to be a member of the Bastings Domain Board, in the place of Jason Cartwright, deceased.

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

Inspector of Police appointed.

Police Department,
Wellington, 20th August, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

JAMES JOHNSTON, Esq.,

to be an Inspector of the New Zealand Police Force; the appointment to take effect from 1st September, 1917.

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

Shorthand Reporter appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 8th August, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

IDA MAY SMITH

to be a Shorthand Reporter under the Shorthand Reporters Act, 1908.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister of Justice.

Deputy Official Assignee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th August, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

JAMES BLAND CHRISTIAN

to be Deputy Official Assignee at Ashburton, vice Davison, deceased.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister of Justice.

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice.
Wellington, 18th August, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

FREDERICK WILLIAM HART

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wanganui, vice C. E. Taylor.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister of Justice.

Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, licensed.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 15th August, 1917.

IN pursuance of the 10th section of the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to license

VALENTINE DUFF,

of New Plymouth, to act as a Public Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister in Charge.

Members of State Fire Insurance Board appointed.

State Fire Insurance Office,
Wellington, 20th August, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

JOHN WILLIAM ALLMAN MARCHANT, Esq., of Wellington, and
GEORGE ROBERT NICOL WRIGHT, Esq., of Wellington,

to be members of the State Fire Insurance Board, under the State Fire Insurance Act, 1908, as from 1st September, 1917.

W. D. S. MACDONALD,
Minister in Charge State Fire Insurance Office.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 21st August, 1917.

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.
MICHAEL PATRICK ANDERSON .. Whangamomona.
ARTHUR WOLLESTON PYM HEWITT .. Drury.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

Conscience-money received.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 17th August, 1917.

THE Minister of Finance directs me to acknowledge the receipt of £1, forwarded to the Marine and Inspection of Machinery Department, as conscience-money to the New Zealand Government.

G. F. C. CAMPBELL,
Secretary to the Treasury.