Feb. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 625

Returning Officers for certain Licensing Districts appointed.

Chief Electoral Office,
Wellington, 21st February, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the powers vested in him by the Legislature Act, 1908, and the Licensing Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint the undermentioned persons to be Returning Officers for the licensing districts set opposite their names respectively:—

Name of Returning Officer. Name of Licensing District.
Harry Clough Blundell .. Bay of Islands.
Frank, Bird, jun. .. Marsden.
Samuel Ure Macaulay .. Kaipara.
Albert Ernest Moore .. Waitemata.
Thomas Culpan .. Auckland.
Henry Bernard Massey .. Parnell.
Sydney John Brookfield .. Manukau.
William Joseph King .. Franklin.
James Elliot .. Raglan.
Robert Lloyd .. Thames.
Guy Norman Morris .. Tauranga.
Henry James Dixon .. Waikato.
John Tom Merry .. Bay of Plenty.
Charles William Carver .. Taumarunui.
Henry Ewart Hill .. Gisborne.
Robert Brathwaite .. Hawke’s Bay.
Charles James Steevens .. Napier.
George Thorburn .. Waipawa.
John Rockwell Crocker .. Pahiatua.
Ralph Robert Armstrong .. Wairarapa.
Samuel George Stanton .. Stratford.
James Jordan .. Taranaki.
William Henry Freeman .. Egmont.
Henry Morgan .. Patea.
Frederick William Hart .. Wanganui.
John Petty Aldridge .. Waimarino.
Thomas Watson .. Oroua.
Frederick Charles Wilson .. Rangitikei.
Charles Edward Shortt .. Palmerston.
Henry Howard Cork .. Otaki.
Francis Walter London .. Hutt.
Joseph William Allen Heenan .. Wellington.
John FitzGerald .. Nelson.
Gordon James Waters Boundy .. Motueka.
William Dryburgh Wallace .. Buller.
James McIndoe .. Grey.
John Nelson Nalder .. Westland.
Richard Wanden .. Wairau.
William Henry Rhodes .. Hurunui.
Charles Henry Wright .. Kaiapoi.
Thomas Wilson Reese .. Christchurch.
Albert Freeman .. Riccarton.
Percy Fulton .. Avon.
Leonard Aubrey Stringer .. Lyttelton.
George William Thomas .. Ellesmere.
William Terrington Popple .. Selwyn.
Thomas William Tayler .. Timaru.
Ernest Booth .. Temuka.
Walter Yarwood Purchase .. Waitaki.
James Alexander Norrie .. Otago Central.
Henry Maxwell .. Dunedin.
Robert Mercer .. Dunedin South.
Thomas Scollay .. Chalmers.
James Milne Adam .. Wakatipu.
John Carroll .. Wallace.
John Alexander Broom .. Awarua.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister in Charge of Electoral Department.

Notice to Imprestees under the Public Revenues Act, 1910.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 28th February, 1918.

EVERY officer holding advances of public money is hereby required to pay to the Public Account, at the nearest branch of the Bank of New Zealand, the unexpended balance of his account on or before Thursday, the 28th March proximo, and forthwith to transmit to the Treasury at Wellington the bank receipt for such repayment, together with an account of his expenditure to the same date, as required by clause 5 of the Treasury Regulations.

As respects disbursements which officers may require to make immediately after the close of the financial year, requisitions for the amount required are to be made in such time as to enable them to reach Wellington not later than the 20th March, so that the requisite funds may be placed at the disposal of the officer as soon after the 1st April as possible. Imprestees are further notified that the usual telegraphic advice of remittances made by the Treasury on 1st April will not be sent. They will therefore require to ascertain from the bank if their imprest accounts have been replenished.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

General Council of Education.—Appointment of Returning Officer.

Education Department,
Wellington, 18th February, 1918.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the regulations for the election of members of the Council of Education, of the 27th February, 1915, I hereby appoint

FRANCIS LEIGH SEVERNE, Senior Clerk, Education Department, Wellington,

to be Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the election of members of the Council; and name the Education Department, Government Buildings, Wellington, as the address at which the business of the election shall be conducted.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister of Education.

British Manufactures.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 26th February, 1918.

IT is notified for the information of importers and the public generally that a list, compiled by the Commercial Intelligence Department of the Board of Trade, London, showing the names of British manufacturers who now produce goods formerly chiefly or largely supplied by Germany, has been received by the New Zealand Government.

A copy of the list is held by His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner, Banks’s Building, No. 11 Grey Street, Wellington, who will be prepared to answer inquiries relating thereto.

ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Minister of Customs.

Restrictions on Importation and Exportation of Goods to and from the United States.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 27th February, 1918.

IT is notified for public information that the Government of the United States has prohibited as from 16th February, 1918, all imports from and exports to all countries.

Particulars as to the procedure necessary to obtain import licenses from the United States authorities will be notified when available.

ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Minister of Customs.

Education Board of the District of Auckland.—Election of Member to fill Extraordinary Vacancy.

Education Office,
Auckland, 18th February, 1918.

IN accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, 1914, the Education Amendment Act, 1915 (No. 2), and the regulations thereunder, it is hereby notified that the undernamed person has this day been duly elected a member of the Education Board of the District of Auckland for the West Ward of the rural area, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Auld:—

JAMES SHINER BOND.

The result of the voting is as follows:—
James Shiner Bond .. .. .. 225
John Patterson .. .. .. 128

Total number of valid votes recorded, 353. Number of voting-papers rejected as informal, 5.

R. CROWE,
Secretary and Returning Officer.