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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 26

Members of Kohinui Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 12th February, 1918.

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

SAMUEL BOLTON and
CHARLES DENZIL BONE

to be members of the Kohinui Domain Board, in the place of Alexander Russell Crawford, who has resigned, and Gerald Hudson Suisted, who has left the district.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Weedon Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 12th February, 1918.

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

DAVID GILMOUR

to be a member of the Weedon Domain Board, in the place of George Fillans Gilmour, deceased.

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

Member of War Pensions Board appointed.

Defence Department,
Wellington, 11th February, 1918.

IN exercise of the power conferred upon me by section 7 of the War Pensions Amendment Act, 1917, I have this day appointed

JAMES DAVIDSON HARPER

to be a member of the War Pensions Board.

W. F. MASSEY,
For Minister of Defence.

Chief Officer of Police at Rarotonga appointed.

Cook Islands Department,
Wellington, 18th February, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Constable WILLIAM BLAKE

to be Chief Officer of Police at Rarotonga, as from the 1st February, 1918.

M. POMARE,
Minister for the Cook Islands.

Registrar of Electors, &c., appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 12th February, 1918.

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

PERCY FULTON

to be the Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer under the Legislature Act, 1908, for the Electoral District of Avon, as from the 8th day of February, 1918.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary

Registrars of Births and Deaths of Maoris appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 18th February, 1918.

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

ARTHUR JAMES BROWN

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Tuatapere, as from 1st March, 1918;

(Miss) ROBINA JANE PETERSEN

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Halfmoon Bay, as from 1st March, 1918; and

ALFRED ROBERTS

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Petone, as from 1st March, 1918.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 19th February, 1918.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons have been appointed to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz. :—

Name. District.
EDWARD MADDISON .. .. .. .. .. .. Aorere.
FRANCIS WILLIAM DINGWALL .. .. .. .. Mataura.
W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

Appointment of Agent at Dannevirke for the Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1918.

IT is hereby notified for general information that

Mr. JOSEPH FERRIER WALKER

has been appointed Agent for the Public Trustee at Dannevirke, as from the 1st February, 1918, vice Mr. William Rose, resigned.

R. TRIGGS,
Public Trustee.

Special Order made by the Franklin County Council merging Karaka Road District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 20th February, 1918.

THE following special order, made by the Franklin County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Counties Amendment Act, 1913.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

IN exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 31 of the Counties Act, 1908, the Franklin County Council, on the petition of a majority of the ratepayers of the Karaka Road District, resolves by way of special order that the said Karaka Road District be merged in the County of Franklin, and the Board thereof abolished.

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Franklin was hereunto affixed this 7th day of February, 1918, in the presence of—

W. CLAUD MOTION, County Chairman.
T. J. LOCKWOOD, Councillor.
ALAN P. DAY, County Clerk.

I, William Claud Motion, Chairman of the Franklin County Council, do hereby certify that the above special order was duly made and passed at a special meeting of the said Council held on Thursday, the 20th day of December, 1917, publicly notified as required by section 97 (c) of the Counties Act, 1908, and duly confirmed at a special meeting of the Council held this 7th day of February, 1918.

Dated at Pukekohe this 7th day of February, 1918.

W. CLAUD MOTION, County Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 18th February, 1918.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Mangawara Drainage Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

MANGAWARA DRAINAGE BOARD.

Notice of Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the No. 1 Special Rating Area of the Mangawara Drainage District was taken on the 8th day of January, 1918, on the proposal of the Mangawara Drainage Board to borrow the sum of £750 for the purpose of improving existing drains and making new ones in the said No. 1 Special Rating Area.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 7, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 0.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 10th day of January, 1918.

R. W. G. RUTHERFORD,
Chairman, Mangawara Drainage Board.