Aug. 26.]

Native Interpreter appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 21st August, 1920.

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

PEHIRIRI REWETI, of Auckland,
to act as a licensed Native Interpreter of the First Grade,
under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1909, and the
regulations made thereunder.

W. H. HERRIES, Native Minister.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th August, 1920.

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

MATTHEW PETER LOFTUS POOLE
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the district
of Bay of Plenty, vice E. H. Henderson, deceased.

E. P. LEE, Minister of Justice.

Registrar of the Supreme Court, &c., appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 25th August, 1920.

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

EDWARD DARKER MOSLEY, Esq., S.M.,
to be Sheriff for the district of Timaru, Registrar of the
Supreme Court at Timaru, and Chairman of the Licensing
Committees for the districts of Timaru, Temuka, and
Waimeate, on and from the 23rd day of August, 1920, vice
W. R. McKean, Esq., S.M.

E. P. LEE, Minister of Justice.

Appointments by the Public Service Commissioner.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 20th August, 1920.

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

JAMES ALLAN,
HENRY ERNEST ALLEN,
ALFRED FRANCIS BLACKBURN,
JAMES ALEXANDER GRIFFITH,
EVAN TREVOR HUGHES,
ALEXANDER KINGHORN, and
JOHN ALLISON MELROSE
to be Inspectors for the purposes of the Stock Act, 1908,
as from the 13th day of August, 1920.

RUPERT GARFIELD POULTON
to be the Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer for the
Electoral District of Christchurch North, for the purposes
of the Legislature Act, 1908, as from the 12th day of
August, 1920.

RUPERT GARFIELD POULTON
to be the Registrar of Electors for the Southern Maori Electoral District, for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908,
as from the 12th day of August, 1920.

HENRY BELL REID
to be Clerk of the Magistrate's Court at Waikato, for the
purposes of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1908, as from the
8th day of July, 1920.

[Amending entry on page No. 2338 of New Zealand Gazette
No. 71, of the 5th August, 1920.]

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Registrars of Births, &c., appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 25th August, 1920.

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

FRANCIS VICTOR HODGE
to be Registrar of Marriages, Registrar of Births and Deaths,
and Vaccination Inspector, for the district of Wynham, as
from the 26th November, 1919.

WALTER ABBOTT MAUNSELL
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths, and Vaccination
Inspector, for the district of Hutt, as from the 11th August,
1920.

HERBERT JAMES RUSSELL
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths, and Vaccination
Inspector, for the district of Auckland (at Takapuna), as from
the 6th August, 1920.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

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Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 24th August, 1920.

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.
Charles Ronald Kreeft Taihape.
James Farnham Buckrell Taumauunui.
Thomas James Cameron Hampden.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 20th August, 1920.

THE following notices, received from the Chairman of the
Council of the County of Opotiki, are published in
accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans
Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

OPOTIKI COUNTY COUNCIL.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act,
1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of
the County of Opotiki taken on the 10th day of July, 1920,
on the proposal of the Opotiki County Council to borrow
the sum of £16,000 for the formation, construction, and
metalling of the main East Coast Road (£12,000), and the
purchase of two motor-lorries and plans (£4,000), the number
of votes recorded for the proposal was 276, and the number
of votes recorded against the proposal was 119.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913,
I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the
County of Opotiki taken on the 10th day of July, 1920, on the
proposal of the Opotiki County Council to borrow the sum of
£2,000 for-

Building and construction of municipal and county joint offices in Church Street, Opotiki.. 4,000
Less amount to be provided by the Opotiki Borough Council .. 2,000

£2,000
the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 251, and
the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 145.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 28th day of July, 1920.

J. B. Gow,
Chairman of the County of Opotiki.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 20th August, 1920.

THE following notices, received from the Chairman of the
Board of the Mangapapa Town District, are published in
accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans
Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

MANGAPAPA TOWN BOARD.

I HEREBY give notice that on the 1st day of July, 1920, a
proposal was submitted by the Mangapapa Town Board to
the ratepayers of the town district for raising a special loan of
£1,950 for sanitary service at Mangapapa, and that the
number of votes recorded respectively for and against the
proposal was as follows: For, 172; against, 140; informal, 16.

And I declare the said proposal to be carried.

I HEREBY give notice that on the 1st day of July, 1920, a
proposal was submitted by the Mangapapa Town Board to
the ratepayers of the town district for raising a special loan
of £4,690 for roads and levels at Mangapapa, and that the
number of votes recorded respectively for and against the
proposal was as follows: For, 162; against, 150; informal, 16.

And I declare the said proposal to be carried.

I HEREBY give notice that on the 1st day of July, 1920, a
proposal was submitted by the Mangapapa Town Board to
the ratepayers of the town district for raising a special loan of
£3,220 for rebuilding three bridges--viz., Upper Stout Street
Bridge and approaches (across the Mangapapa Stream),
Oswald Street Bridges and approaches, and Massey Street
Bridge and approaches; and that the number of votes recorded respectively for and against the proposal was as follows: For, 153; against, 155; informal, 20.

And I declare the said proposal to be not carried.

I HEREBY give notice that on the 1st day of July, 1920, a
proposal was submitted by the Mangapapa Town Board to
the ratepayers of the town district for raising a special