MAY 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2067

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.

Viles, Stedman Stanley .. .. Mauriceville.
Pretsch, Frederick James .. .. Ohaeawai.

As witness my hand this twelfth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

LIVERPOOL, Governor

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 8th May, 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

William Walker,
John Neighbours, and
John Connew,

of Waimangaroa, to be Officers for the purposes of Part II of that Act.

G. W. Russell,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Member of Pongaroa Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 8th May, 1917.

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

John McIntyre

to be a member of the Pongaroa Domain Board, in the place of Arthur Herbert Ridd, deceased.

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

Inspector under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, appointed.—Notice No. 1884.

Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce
Wellington, 10th May, 1917.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Ernest Haigh

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, for the Te Puke Town District; the appointment to date as from the 27th April, 1917.

W. H. Herries,
For Minister of Agriculture and of Industries and Commerce.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

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

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Robert Millard Spiers

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Avon, vice James Ashley, deceased.

J. A. Hanan,
Minister of Justice.

Deputy Sheriff appointed.

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

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Frank O’Brien Loughnan, Esq., S.M.,

to be Deputy Sheriff for the District of Marlborough, as from the 8th day of May, 1917.

J. A. Hanan,
Minister of Justice.

Trustee for the Hawke’s Bay Rabbit District appointed.—Notice No. 1885.

Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce,
Wellington, 16th May, 1917.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint, in terms of section 47 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908,

Patrick Pattullo

to be a member of the Hawke’s Bay Board of Rabbit Trustees, in lieu of F. S. Waterhouse, resigned.

W. D. S. Macdonald,
Minister of Agriculture and of Industries and Commerce.

Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 7th May, 1917.

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

Henry George Ehu Clifford

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Mercer, as from the 1st day of June, 1917.

P. Verschaffelt,
Secretary.

Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 7th May, 1917.

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

Frederick Kear

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Granity at Millerton, as from the 1st day of June, 1917.

P. Verschaffelt,
Secretary.

Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages appointed.

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

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

Percy Fulton

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Timaru, as from the 4th day of May, 1917.

P. Verschaffelt,
Secretary

Inspector of Weights and Measures appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 14th May, 1917.

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

Percy Fulton

to be Inspector of Weights and Measures for the Counties of Geraldine, Levels, and Mackenzie, and Boroughs of Geraldine, Temuka, and Timaru, for the purposes of the Weights and Measures Act, 1908, as from the 7th day of May, 1917.

P. Verschaffelt,
Secretary.