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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 172

ordinary high-water mark of the said river, and the sea-coast
by ordinary high-water mark of the Bay of Plenty, to the
point of commencement. The hereinbefore-mentioned line
of ordinary high-water mark shall be deemed to cross the
mouths of any tributaries of the said Whakatane River. As
the same is delineated on the plan marked M.D. 4860, and
thereon bordered red, and deposited in the office of the Marine
Department at Wellington.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this twentieth day of November, one
thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Marine.

Officer authorized to convene Courts-martial and to confirm
Findings and Sentences thereof.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by
section thirteen of the Defence Amendment Act, 1912,
I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the
Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby
authorize the undermentioned officer to convene general or
district courts-martial for the trial under that Act of such
persons subject to military law as are for the time being
under or within the territorial limits of his command; and
empower such officer to confirm the findings and sentences
of general or district courts-martial, whether passed before
or after the issue of this Warrant :—

Colonel GEORGE WARREN SHAW PATTERSON, Commander
Auckland Coast Defence Troops, Officer Commanding
Auckland Military District.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this twenty-second day of November, one
thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Officer authorized to convene Courts-martial and to confirm
Findings and Sentences thereof.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by
section thirteen of the Defence Amendment Act, 1912,
I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the
Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby
authorize the undermentioned officer to convene general or
district courts-martial for the trial under that Act of such
persons subject to military law as are for the time being
under or within the territorial limits of his command; and
empower such officer to confirm the findings and sentences
of general or district courts-martial, whether passed before
or after the issue of this Warrant :—

Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Colonel) JOHN EDWARD
HUME, R.N.Z.A., Officer Commanding Wellington
Military District.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this twenty-second day of November, one
thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Officer authorized to convene Courts-martial and to confirm
Findings and Sentences thereof.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by
section thirteen of the Defence Amendment Act, 1912,
I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the
Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do
hereby authorize the undermentioned officer to convene
general or district courts-martial for the trial under that Act
of such persons subject to military law as are for the time
being under or within the territorial limits of his command;
and empower such officer to confirm the findings and sentences
of general or district courts-martial, whether passed before
or after the issue of this Warrant :—

Colonel RALPH ANDERSON CHAFFEY, Attached N.Z.S.C.,
Officer Commanding Canterbury Military District.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this twenty-second day of November, one
thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Officer authorized to convene Courts-martial and to confirm
Findings and Sentences thereof.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by
section thirteen of the Defence Amendment Act, 1912,
I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the
Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do
hereby authorize the undermentioned officer to convene
general or district courts-martial for the trial under that
Act of such persons subject to military law as are for the time
being under or within the territorial limits of his command;
and empower such officer to confirm the findings and sentences
of general or district courts-martial, whether passed before
or after the issue of this Warrant :—

Colonel JOSEPH COWIE NICHOLS, v.d., A.D.C., Commander Otago Mounted Rifles Brigade, Officer Commanding Otago Military District.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this twenty-second day of November, one
thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

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

ROBERT CHARLES NIXON

being a person holding the office of Postmaster under the
Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, at Coromandel, 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 twentieth day of November,
one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

Trustees, Auckland Savings-bank, appointed.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 24th November, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

OLIVER NICHOLSON, Esquire, and
ALFRED NATHAN, Esquire,

to be Trustees of the Auckland Savings-bank.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

Rangers of Crown Lands for Farewell Spit, Nelson Land
District, appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 24th November, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance
of section 29 of the Land Act, 1908, been pleased to
appoint

JAMES WALKER,
ROBERT HENRY LEIGHTON, and
ALFRED HERBERT SANDERS

to be Rangers of Crown Lands for the portion of the Nelson
Land District known as Farewell Spit.

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

Licensing Officer under the Arms Act, 1908, appointed.

Police Department,
Wellington, 26th November, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

Senior Sergeant JOHN MCNAMARA,

of the New Zealand Police Force, to be a Licensing Officer
under the Arms Act, 1908.

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