July 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2221

Appointing a Member of the Thames Harbour Board.

ROBERT STOUT.
Administrator of the Government.

WHEREAS it is provided by the eleventh section of the Harbours Amendment Act, 1910, that if any constituent district or combined district fails at any election to elect the required number of representatives, the Governor-General may, by Warrant under his hand, appoint such qualified persons as he thinks fit to be the representatives of that district in lieu of those who ought to have been elected, and the persons so appointed shall hold office in all respects as if they had been duly elected in conformity with the said Act: And whereas one member of the Thames Harbour Board should have been elected by the electors of the County of Piako: And whereas the electors of the County of Piako have failed to elect the said member:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the hereinbefore-recited power and authority, doth hereby appoint

HENRY OSWALD COOPER

to be a member of the Thames Harbour Board as a representative of the electors of the County of Piako, to fill the vacancy caused by the before-mentioned failure to elect.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this 19th day of July, 1920.

W. H. HERRIES, Minister of Marine.

Postmasters 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, Robert Stout, the Administrator of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that the persons set out in the Schedule hereto, being persons holding the office of Postmaster under the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, at the places set opposite their names in the said Schedule, are authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

William Albert Gundy .. .. Cheviot.
Herbert John Archer .. .. Mangamahu.
Mary Cook .. .. Niagara.
William Munro .. .. Resolution Bay.
Charles Edgar Collins .. .. Tophouse.
Norman James Ward .. .. Waipahi.
Albert William Barnett .. .. Waite whena.
William Thomas Coad .. .. Westport.
Agnes Clara MacKenzie .. .. Utiku.

As witness my hand this 15th day of July, 1920.

ROBERT STOUT,
Administrator of the Government.

Ranger under the Animals Protection Act appointed for Rotorua District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th July, 1920.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS HENRY FULTON

to be a Ranger under the Animals Protection Act, 1908, for the Acclimatization District of Rotorua.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Ranger under the Animals Protection Act appointed for Nelson District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 17th July, 1920.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

JOSEPH HETHERINGTON SILCOCK

to be a Ranger under the Animals Protection Act, 1908, for the Acclimatization District of Nelson.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Officer for the Purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 17th July, 1920.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 79 of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed

JOSEPH HETHERINGTON SILCOCK, of Cronadun,

to be an Officer for the purposes of Part II of that Act.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Minister appointed.

Official Secretary’s Office, Government House,
Wellington, 21st July, 1920.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

Colonel the Hon. Sir ROBERT HEATON RHODES, K.B.E.,
to be Minister of Defence.

By command.
A. C. DAY, Secretary.

Member of Hororata Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 19th July, 1920.

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

LEWELLYN DERRETT

to be a member of the Hororata Domain Board, in the place of Joseph Hart, resigned.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Member of Burke’s Pass Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 19th July, 1920.

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

CHARLES ALGERNON PARKER

to be a member of the Burke’s Pass Domain Board, in the place of John Roderick Aitken, resigned.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Harbourmaster at Collingwood appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 19th July, 1920.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of New Zealand has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Harbours Act, 1908, and of the Official Appointments and Documents Act, 1919, appointed

ALEXANDER GLENN

to be Harbourmaster for the Port of Collingwood, in the Dominion of New Zealand, for the purposes of the first-mentioned Act.

W. H. HERRIES, Minister of Marine.

Inspector of Sea Fishing appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 19th July, 1920.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of New Zealand has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1908, and of the Official Appointments and Documents Act, 1919, appointed

THOMAS HENRY HULTON, of Rotorua,

to be an Inspector of Sea Fishing for the purposes of the first-mentioned Act.

W. H. HERRIES, Minister of Marine.

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th July, 1920.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

JAMES HAYES FINLAY

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the district of Waimarino, vice J. L. Crowther.

E. P. LEE, Minister of Justice,