Dec. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3005

Letters of Naturalization granted.

Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 21st December, 1921.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that letters of naturalization or endorsements of letters of naturalization, in accordance with the provisions of the Aliens Act, 1908, have been granted to the persons named and described hereunder.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART, Minister of Internal Affairs.

Meetings of Marlborough Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 15th December, 1921.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 48 of the Land Act, 1908, approved of meetings of the Marlborough Land Board being held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, during the year 1922 at 10 o’clock a.m. on Thursday, the 12th January, 9th February, 9th March, 6th April, 11th May, 8th June, 13th July, 10th August, 14th September, 12th October, 9th November, and 14th December.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Meetings of North Auckland Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 15th December, 1921.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 48 of the Land Act, 1908, approved of meetings of the North Auckland Land Board being held at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, during the year 1922 at 10 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 25th January, 22nd February, 22nd March, 26th April, 17th May, 14th June, 12th July, 9th August, 6th September, 4th October, 1st November, 29th November, and 13th December.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Election of Member of Nelson Land Board.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 15th December, 1921.

I, HENRY DUGALD MCKELLAR, Returning Officer for the election of a member of the Nelson Land Board, do hereby notify the result of the poll taken on the 14th day of December, 1921, to be as follows:—

Bell, James: Votes polled, 115.
Patterson, Robert: Votes polled, 490.

Number of valid votes, 605; number rejected as informal, 50; total number of votes recorded, 655.

And I hereby declare the above-named ROBERT PATTERSON, having received the greatest number of valid votes, to be duly elected a member of the Nelson Land Board.

H. D. MCKELLAR, Returning Officer.

Ranger under the Animals Protection Act and Officer under Part II of the Fisheries Act appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 20th December, 1921.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

ALLAN McCOLL, Esq., Farmer, of Paerau,

a Ranger for the Otago Acclimatization district, under the Animals Protection Act, 1908, and an Officer under Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Trustees of the Whitehall Rabbit District elected.—Notice No. 2122.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 21st December, 1921.

NOTICE has been received, under the hand of the Returning Officer of the Whitehall Rabbit District,

constituted under Part III of the Rabbit Nuisance Act 1908, that

BRUNSKILL, C. C.,
BRUNSKILL, J. C.,
DUNNING, A. R.,
MUIRHEAD, C., and
MUIRHEAD, P.,

have been duly elected trustees of the said district.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

Trustees of the Roxburgh East Rabbit District elected.—Notice No. 2116.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 20th December, 1921.

NOTICE has been received, under the hand of the Returning Officer of the Roxburgh East Rabbit District, constituted under Part III of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908, that

WALTER H. AITCHISON,
ROBERT T. KINASTON,
JOHN GEORGE,
JOHN WHELAN, and
JOSEPH H. HAUGHTON

have been duly elected trustees of the said district.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

Trustees of the Wangaehu Rabbit District elected.—Notice No. 2121.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 21st December, 1921.

NOTICE has been received, under the hand of the Returning Officer of the Wangaehu Rabbit District, constituted under Part III of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908, that

ALLISON, JAMES,
BLYTH, DAVID LANG,
CRAIG, JAMES,
MACKINTOSH, DUNCAN,
MCLACHLAN, DUNCAN, and
MORGAN, WILLIAM COOMBS,

have been duly elected trustees of the said district.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

Appointing a Time and Place for First Meeting of the Ashburton Electric-power Board.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section 4 of the Electric-power Boards Amendment Act, 1920, I, Joseph Gordon Coates, Minister of Public Works, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the 11th day of January, 1922, at 2.30 o’clock p.m., as the time, and the Ashburton County Council Chambers as the place, for holding the first meeting of the Ashburton Electric-power Board, such meeting to be convened by Frederic Mainwaring, of Ashburton, County Clerk.

Dated at Wellington this 21st day of December, 1921.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.

Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court appointed at Hokitika.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 21st December, 1921.

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

WILLIAM MELVILLE WILL

to be Deputy Registrar at Hokitika of the Supreme Court of New Zealand for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, as from the 30th day of November, 1921.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.