APRIL 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1147

tion 1, Parish of Takapuna; thence along the northern
boundary of the Borough of Devonport hereinafter described
to the high-water mark of Ngataringa Bay, and along the
high-water mark of said Ngataringa Bay and of Shoal Bay
to the south-eastern boundary of Section 68, Parish of Taka-
puna; thence along the south-eastern and south-western
boundaries of that section to and across Northcote Road,
and along the south-western boundaries of Sections 92, 103,
and 104 to the point of commencement.

F. H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Proposal to declare Geraldine County Council the River Board
of Upper Orari and South Orari River Districts.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 7th April, 1920.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that petitions
under section 118 of the River Boards Act, 1908, have
been presented to the Governor-General, praying that the
Geraldine County Council may be declared the River Board
in respect of the Upper Orari and South Orari River Districts.
All persons affected are called upon to lodge any written
objections to or petitions against the prayer of the said petitions
within one month from the first publication of this notice.
Such objections and petitions should be addressed to the
Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

F. H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Approval of Fees for Licensing of Vehicles fixed by By-law.—
Grey County Council.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 12th April, 1920.

IT is hereby notified, in accordance with section 107 of
the Counties Act, 1908, that so much of the by-law
made by the Grey County Council, and sealed on the 24th
day of March, 1920, as appoints the several sums to be paid
to the Grey County funds for the licensing of vehicles
plying for hire has this day been approved by His Excel-
lency the Governor-General

F. H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Applications invited for the Position of Assistant Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 9th April, 1920.

APPLICATIONS are invited for the position of Assistant
Public Trustee in connection with the administration
of the Public Trust Office.
Salary, £1,000 per annum.
The appointment will be subject to the provisions of the
Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1917, and the duties
to be discharged will be those indicated in that Act.
Applicants must be possessed of good organizing capacity
and experience in work similar to that performed by the
Public Trust Office both in respect to the administration of
estates and trust accounting.
Applications, which should be addressed to the under-
signed, and enfaced “Application for the Position of Assistant
Public Trustee,” will be received up to noon on the 30th
April, 1920.

J. G. COATES,
Minister in Charge of the Public Trust Office.

Members of the Board of Agriculture appointed.—Notice
No. 2009.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 12th April, 1920.

IT is hereby notified for public information that His
Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint, in terms of the Board of Agriculture Act, 1913 :—
E. AVERILL, Esq.,
W. B. GRANT, Esq.,
D. MARSHALL, Esq.,
J. MASSEY, Esq.,
W. R. MAY, Esq.,
A. S. ORBELL, Esq.,
J. H. PERRETT, Esq.,
D. W. WESTENRA, Esq.,
J. C. N. GRIGG, Esq.,
E. HALL, Esq.,
W. PERRY, Esq., and
Sir J. G. WILSON, Kt.,

to be members of the Board of Agriculture established by
the above-mentioned Act, such appointment to date from
30th April, 1920.
Sir J. G. Wilson, Kt., has been named as President, and
J. C. N. Grigg, Esq., as Vice-President, of the Board, in
accordance with the provisions of the Act.

W. NOSWORTHY,
Minister of Agriculture.

Plant declared to be a Noxious Weed by the Manurewa
Town Board.—Notice No. 2005.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 9th April, 1920.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that the
Manurewa Town Board has, by special order, declared
gorse (Ulex europæus) to be a noxious weed within the
meaning of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, in the district
under its jurisdiction.

W. NOSWORTHY,
Minister of Agriculture.

Amended Declaration of Result of Poll for the Northern Maori
Electoral District.

WALTER HARRY BOWLER, Returning Officer for
the Northern Maori Electoral District, do hereby declare
the result of the poll taken on the 16th day of December,
1919, for the election of a member of Parliament for the
said district to be as follows :—

Candidates. Votes polled.
Tau Henare .. .. .. .. 2,665
Nau Paraone Kawiti .. .. .. .. 1,036
Ahare Ngawaka .. .. .. .. 135
Aperahama Reupene Tuoro .. .. .. .. 71
Wiri Henare .. .. .. .. 32

Total number of valid votes polled .. 3,939
Number of votes rejected as informal .. 44
I therefore declare the said TAU HENARE to be elected.
Dated at Auckland this 6th day of April, 1920.

W. H. BOWLER,
Returning Officer.

NOTE.—In the previous announcement Mr. Tau Henare
was credited, through a typographical error, with 3,665 votes
instead of 2,665, and Mr. Tuoro with 72 votes instead of 71.

Officiating Ministers for 1920.—Notice No. 10.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 13th April, 1920.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908,
the following names of Officiating Ministers within
the meaning of the said Act are published for general infor-
mation :—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called
the Church of England.
The Reverend Frederick Pring Rowe.
" Hamilton Haslam.

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend James D. C. Madill.

Baptists.
The Reverend Noel Scarlett Slyfield.

Salvation Army.
Staff-Captain Robert Greenfield.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1920.—Notice No. 11.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 13th April, 1920.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned name has
been removed from the list of Officiating Ministers
under the Marriage Act by request :—

Salvation Army.
Captain Wilson Whitley.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.