sea-beach on a line formed by extending the north-western
boundary-line of Section 451, on deposited plan No. 3060, to
its intersection with high-water mark; towards the north-
east generally by a road reserve one chain wide; towards
the south-east by the Town of Castlecliff; and towards the
south-west generally by high-water mark of the Tasman Sea.
As the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S.
1913/1367, deposited in the Head Office, Department of
Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.
For a public recreation-ground.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this twenty-sixth day of January, one
thousand nine hundred and eighteen.

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

THOMAS BENJAMIN SALMON,
being a person holding the office of Postmaster under the
Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, at Blenheim, 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 twenty-third day of January,
one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

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

ALBERT ERNEST MOORE,
being a person holding the office of Postmaster under the
Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, at Devonport, 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 twenty-third day of January,
one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

Member of Nelson Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th January, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to reappoint

WILLIAM CHARLES BAIGENT
to be a member of the Nelson Land Board, as from the
7th March, 1918.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Stipendiary Magistrate appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 26th January, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

JOHN LOGAN STOUT, Esq.,
Barrister-at-law, to be a Stipendiary Magistrate to exercise
criminal and civil jurisdiction within New Zealand; the
appointment to take effect on and from the 1st day of
February, 1918.

THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Justice.

Chairman of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd January, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

WILLIAM KERR, Esq., S.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Pahiatua and Wairarapa, vice L. G. Reid, Esq.,
S.M.

THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Justice.

Clerks of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 26th January, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

JAMES JORDAN
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Taranaki and Taumarunui, vice F. W. Hart, transferred;
and

MICHAEL FOLEY
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Napier, as from the 11th day of January, 1918, vice J. Jordan,
transferred.

THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Justice.

Shorthand Reporter appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd January, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

HARRIETT ELLEN BUNCHELL
to be a Shorthand Reporter under the Shorthand Reporters
Act, 1908.

THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Justice.

Clerk of Magistrate's Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd January, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

Constable DAVIS LEWIS CALWELL
to be Clerk of the Magistrate's Courts at Ahipara and Waipapakauri, as from the 17th day of December, 1917,
vice Constable W. Sefton, deceased.

THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Justice.

Sub-Inspector of Police appointed.

Police Department,
Wellington, 29th January, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

WARD GEORGE WOHLMANN, Esq.,
to be a Sub-Inspector of the New Zealand Police Force; the
appointment to take effect from the 1st February, 1918.

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

Inspector for the Purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908,
&c., appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 17th January, 1918.

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

ALEXANDER KINGHORN
to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908, and the Fertilizers Act, 1908, as from the 12th day of April, 1917.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.