Nov. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4289

Notification of Resignation of Seat in the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Grey.

IN compliance with the provisions of section 99 of the Legislature Act, 1908, I, Frederic William Lang, Speaker of the House of Representatives, hereby notify that

PATRICK CHARLES WEBB

has resigned his seat in the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Grey, and that the said seat is vacant by reason of such resignation.

Dated at Onehunga the 20th day of November, 1917.

F. W. LANG,
Speaker.

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

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

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

S. WARREN,

of Kaitangiweka, to be an Officer for the purposes of Part II of that Act.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Acting Vice-consul of Sweden at Auckland provisionally recognized.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th November, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has provisionally recognized the appointment by the Acting Consul of Sweden at Wellington of Charles I. Nathan, Esq., as Acting Vice-consul of Sweden at Auckland, vice Sidney Jacob Nathan, Esq., deceased.

J. A. HANAN,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Members of Balclutha Fire Board appointed and elected.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 21st November, 1917.

THE undermentioned persons have been appointed or elected to be members of the Balclutha Fire Board constituted under the Fire Brigades Act, 1908:—

Appointed by the Governor-General:

ALEXANDER HENDERSON.

Elected by the fire-insurance companies:

JAMES BURTON EUSTACE GRAVE.
JOHN STUART HISLOP.
HENRY ROBERT LAW.

Elected by the Balclutha Borough Council:

HENRY GUNTHORP.
ALLAN BISHOP.
J. R. HUNTER.

J. A. HANAN,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Resignations of Trustees of Highbank Public Cemetery accepted.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 16th November, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has accepted the resignations of

THOMAS MORRIS GUNDERSON and
CHARLES WILLIAM SMITH

as trustees of the Highbank Public Cemetery.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Resignations of Members of Highbank Domain Board accepted.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 19th November, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has accepted the resignations of

THOMAS MORRIS GUNDERSON and
CHARLES WILLIAM SMITH

as members of the Highbank Domain Board.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Inspector under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, appointed.— Notice No. 1901.

Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce,
Wellington, 20th November, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

JOSEPH ALOYSIUS DE SILVA

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, for the Borough of Hamilton; the appointment to date as from the 14th November, 1917.

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

Police-gaoler appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th November, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Senior Sergeant EDWIN MURRAY

to be Police-gaoler at Dunedin, on and from the 24th day of October, 1917, vice Senior Sergeant D. D. Hutton, transferred.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister of Justice.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 15th November, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

CHARLES DUGALD KENNEDY

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Napier, vice S. E. Cooper, deceased.

THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Justice.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th November, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by

JAMES MCEWAN, Esq.,

of Cave, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for New Zealand.

THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Justice.

Member of the Teachers’ Superannuation Board appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 21st November, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 7 of the Public Service Classification and Superannuation Amendment Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint

ROBERT TRIGGS, Esq.,

to be a member of the Teachers’ Superannuation Board, vice Dr. F. Fitchett resigned.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister of Education

Registrars of Births, &c., appointed.

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

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

FREDERICK GEORGE NIND

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages and Vaccination Inspector for the District of Arrow, as from the 7th November, 1917.

ROBERT CHARLES NIXON

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages and Vaccination Inspector for the District of Coromandel, as from the 8th November, 1917.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.