JAN. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 29

Agent of the Public Trustee appointed.
In the matter of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its amendments.

IN pursuance of the power vested in me by section 38 (l) of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1913, and with the approval of the Minister of Finance, I, Robert Triggs, the Public Trustee in and for the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint
BEN KEYS
to be the Agent of the Public Trustee at Rotorua, such appointment to date from the 18th day of December, 1917.
Dated at Wellington this 19th day of December, 1917.
ROBERT TRIGGS,
Public Trustee.

Appointment of Grand Master and Chancellor of the Order of St. Michael and St. George.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 4th January, 1918.
THE following despatch, received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.
G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.
Downing Street, 9th October, 1917.
MY LORD,-I have the honour to state, for your Excellency's information and that of your Ministers, that the King has been pleased to appoint His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, K.G., G.B.E., M.C., to be Grand Master, and consequently First or Principal Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.
2. His Majesty has further been pleased to appoint the most Honourable the Marquess of Lansdowne, K.C., P.C., G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E., to be the Chancellor of the Order in succession to the late Earl Grey.
I have, &c.,
WALTER H. LONG.
Governor-General His Excellency the Right Honourable the Earl of Liverpool, P.C., G.C.M.G., M.V.O., &c.

First Meeting, Balclutha Fire Board.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1917.
PURSUANT to the provisions of the Fire Brigades Act, 1908. I, George Warren Russell, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand. hereby appoint the Municipal Chambers, Clyde Street, Balclutha, at 7 p.m. on Monday, the 14th January, 1918, to be the place and date for holding the first meeting of the Balclutha Fire Board.
G. W. RUSSELL.
Minister of Internal Affairs.

The Master and Apprentice Act, 1908.-Notice declaring the Public Works Department to be a Department in which Apprentices may be taken.
NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by section 19 of the Master and Apprentice Act, 1908, I, George Warren Russell, Minister of Internal Affairs, do hereby declare that the arts and trades used and exercised in the Department mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be arts and trades within the meaning of Part II of the Master and Apprentice Act, 1908, and that the officers named in the said Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be the masters for the purposes of the said Part II of the said Act.
SCHEDULE.
NAME of Department in which art or trade used or exercised : Public Works Department.
Name of officer to whom persons shall be apprenticed : The Engineer in Charge of the public-works district in which the apprentice is to be employed.
Dated at Wellington this 4th day of January, 1918.
G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Results of Elections by Fire-insurance Companies to fill Extra-ordinary Vacancies in certain Fire Boards.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellin ton, 8th January, 1918.
THE following results of elections to fill extraordinary vacancies in certain Fire Boards by fire-insurance companies have been reported to the Minister of Internal Affairs. and are being notified in accordance with the rules under the Fire Brigades Act, 1908.
G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.
Oamaru Fire Board-
Archibald John Carson Runciman.
Hamilton Fire Board-
Norman Simpson Perry.

Result of Election of Trustees of a Drainage District.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 31st December, 1917.
THE following result of the election of Trustees of a Drainage District has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of the Land Drainage Act, 1908.
J. HISLOP,
Under-Secretary.
Buckley Drainage District, County of Horowhenua-
Hugh Charles Easton.
John Swindlehurst.
James Richardson.
Joseph George Peers.
Robert Waring Taylor.

Results of Elections of Members of River Boards.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 2nd January, 1918.
THE following results of elections of members of River Boards have been received from the Returning Officer, and are published in accordance with the provisions of the River Boards Amendment Act, 1913.
J. HISLOP,
Under-Secretary.
Pukaka River District, County of Marlborough-
James Wallis Botham.
Joseph Henry Dick.
Francis Neal.
Frederick Smith, jun.
Henry Joseph Stace, jun.
Hutt River District, County of Hutt-
Henry Baldwin.
George Bowers.
Willoughby Knight.
Arthur Daniel Kennedy.
Maurice Whitewood Welch.

Result of Election of Trustees of an Irrigation District.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 3rd January, 1918.
THE following result of the election of trustees of an Irrigation District has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of the Land Drainage Act, 1908.
J. HISLOP,
Under-Secretary.
Oanonui Irrigation District, County of Egmont-
George J. Clegg.
Oliver Cross.
H. A. V. Jordan.
D. Markham.
J. C. O'Rorke.

Meetings of Auckland Land Board.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 18th December, 1917.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 48 of the Land Act, 1908, approved of meetings of the Auckland Board being held at the principal