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Appointment of Resident Commissioner, Niue Island.

Cook Islands Department,
Wellington, 4th March, 1921.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

JOHN CROUCHLEY MURRAY EVISON

To be Resident Commissioner at Niue, and also to be a Judge of the High Court of the Cook Islands, and also to be a Judge of the Native Land Court of the Cook Islands; and also to be Collector of Customs and Postmaster at Niue Island; as from the 28th January, 1921, vice G. N. Morris, transferred.

M. POMARE,
Minister for the Cook Islands.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1921.

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

GEORGE HUGH McLEAN

To be Registrar of Marriages, Registrar of Births and Deaths, and Vaccination Inspector, for the district of Malvern, as from the 4th February, 1921.

JOHN EXCELL

To be Registrar of Marriages, Registrar of Births and Deaths, and Vaccination Inspector, for the district of Owhanga, as from the 23rd February, 1921.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Deputy Registrar of Native Land Court appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 7th March, 1921.

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

ALEXANDER HERBERT MACKEY

To be Deputy Registrar of the Native Land Court for the Aotea District, for the purposes of the Native Land Act, 1909, and the amendments thereof, as from the 1st day of March, 1921.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 8th March, 1921.

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.:-

William Wanlockhead Wilson .. .. Eltham.
Henry Edgar Moore .. .. Cambridge.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 4th March, 1921.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Council of the County of Ohura, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

OHURA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan.

Pursuant to section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the Kururau Special Rating Area of the Ohura County was taken on the 28th day of January, 1921, on the proposal of the Ohura County Council to borrow the sum of £11,700 for the purpose of road-construction, culverting, and metalling as follows:-

(1.) £9,000 of the loan to be used for the purpose of widening, culverting, and metalling the Kururau Road from the Ongarue River bridge to the junction of the Whakamaro Road.

(2.) £700 for widening and culverting the Kururau Road from its junction with the Otunui North Road towards the Opatea Road.

(3.) £1,000 for widening and culverting the Kururau Road from Mr. R. Goodwin’s homestead gate to the Opatea Road.

(4.) £750 for widening, culverting, and metalling the Otunui North Road from its junction with the Kururau Road.

(5.) £250 for widening and culverting the Whakamaro Road from its junction with the Kururau Road.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 49, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was nil.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated at Ohura this 9th day of February, 1921.

E. SOWRY, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 4th March, 1921.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Board of the Manurewa Town District, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

MANUREWA TOWN BOARD.

Pursuant to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of ratepayers of the Town District of Manurewa was taken on the 5th day of February, 1921, on the proposal of the Manurewa Town Board to borrow the sum of £2,000 (two thousand pounds) for the purpose of erecting two workers’ homes in the Manurewa Town District.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 27, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 17.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 10th day of February, 1921.

T. J. CORIN, Chairman.

By-laws of the Richmond Borough Council confirmed under the By-laws Act, 1910.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1921.

THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed copy of the Richmond Borough By-law No. 2, 1921, made by the Richmond Borough Council on the 11th day of January, 1921.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.

In pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm the within-written by-law of the Richmond Borough Council, and declare that the same came into force on the 18th day of January, 1921.

Dated this 2nd day of March, 1921.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Election of Members of Fire Boards by Insurance Companies.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1921.

Pursuant to the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, and the rules made thereunder, it is hereby notified that an election by the insurance companies carrying on business in New Zealand of three members of the undermentioned Fire Boards will be held on Monday, the 16th May, 1921, in the manner prescribed by the said Act and rules:-

Auckland Fire Board. Napier Fire Board.
Balclutha Fire Board. New Plymouth Fire Board.
Christchurch Fire Board. Oamaru Fire Board.
Dannevirke Fire Board. Ohakune Fire Board.
Dunedin Fire Board. Palmerston North Fire Board.
Dargaville Fire Board. Petone Fire Board.
Feilding Fire Board. Port Chalmers Fire Board.
Gisborne Fire Board. Rotorua Fire Board.
Greymouth Fire Board. Taumarunui Fire Board.
Hamilton Fire Board. Tauranga Fire Board.
Hastings Fire Board. Te Aroha Fire Board.
Hawera Fire Board. Timaru Fire Board.
Hokitika Fire Board. Waihi Fire Board.
Kaitangata Fire Board. Waitara Fire Board.
Lawrence Fire Board. Wanganui Fire Board.
Levin Fire Board. Whangarei Fire Board.
Masterton Fire Board. Woolston Fire Board.
Milton Fire Board.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries, Hunga-hunga Drainage District, Counties of Piako and Matamata.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1921.

It is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, under the Land Drainage Act, 1908, praying that the area described in the