Mar. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 961

Sections 1 to 5, low-lying flat land in grass, subject to flood. Sections 81, 82, 92, and 93, sloping land, somewhat steep on frontage, cleared and in grass, fenced on road frontage. Sections 117 and 118, easy sloping hill land, fenced and in grass. Sections 119 to 121, land rising easily from road-frontage, felled, grassed, and fenced on boundaries. The soil on all the lots is of good quality, on limestone formation. Suitable for building on and for grazing.

Waimarino County.—Karioi Survey District.—Rangiwaea Block.—First-class Land.

Section 4, Block X: Area, 136 acres 2 roods; upset price, 500.

Weighted with £166 18s., valuation for improvements.

Situated on Wangaehu Valley Road, the access being from Karioi Railway-station, which is about two miles distant by formed and metalled dray-road. Level and undulating. An area of about 40 acres comprises poor pumice land covered partly with stunted manuka, mingimingi, and tussock, the remainder is heavy swamp land covered with flax of poor quality. Well watered by Tokiahura and Waitaiki Streams. Elevation about, 1,900 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise about 91 chains of fencing and about 170 chains of drains, valued at £166 18s.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this third day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

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

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

SIDNEY ALEXANDER JOHNSTON,

being a person holding the office of Postmaster under the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, at Manaia, 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 eighth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

Postmasters 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 of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that the persons set out in the Schedule hereto, being persons holding the office of Postmaster under the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, at the places set opposite their names in the said Schedule, are authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

KEARNEY, JOHN JOSEPH .. .. .. Onehunga.
MCIVER, HENRY PERCIVAL .. .. .. Sefton.
EYRE, THOMAS EDWARDS .. .. .. Tryphena.

As witness my hand this eighth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

LIVERPOOL, Governor

Appointment of an Officer for the Purposes of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY WILLIAM JOHNSON, M.R. San. Inst., Registered Plumber,

to be an Officer for the purposes of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1908.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Public Health.

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

Government Buildings,
Wellington, 10th March, 1917.

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

DAVID RICHARD WOOTTON,

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

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, licensed.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 7th March, 1917.

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

EDGAR GEORGE BUSH,

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

J. A. HANAN,
Minister in Charge.

Clerks of Magistrates’ Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th March, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable THOMAS JOHNSON

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Warkworth, on and from the 19th day of February, 1917, vice Constable E. M. Johnson, resigned; and

Constable ARTHUR EDE

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Eketahuna, on and from the 28th day of February, 1917, vice Constable C. S. Le Fevre, transferred.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister of Justice.

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th March, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

BERTIE LAURANCE HAMMOND

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Bay of Plenty, on and from the 26th day of February, 1917, vice A. H. Cutler, transferred.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister of Justice.

Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 8th March, 1917.

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

(Miss) MARY JAMIESON

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris for Rangitahi, as from the 1st March, 1917.

P. VERSCHAFFELT.
Secretary.

Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 12th March, 1917.

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

JOSEPH ELMSLY BROADFOOT

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the District of Eltham, as from the 2nd March, 1917.

CHARLES WILLIAM ROSS

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the District of Rakaia, as from the 3rd March, 1917.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.