JAN. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 151

Telegraph Officers authorized to take Declarations of Postmasters and other Post Officers.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office,
Wellington, 18th January, 1921.

IN pursuance of the powers delegated to me under paragraph (d) of section 8 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, I, Joseph Gordon Coates, Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, under the authority conferred by subsection (2) of section 9 of the said Act, as amended by subsection (1) of section 3 of the Post and Telegraph Amendment Act, 1920, do hereby authorize the following Telegraph officers to take declarations of Postmasters and other Post officers:—

James Alexander. Alfred Harold Lucas.
David Taylor Allan. Robert William Gale Lye.
Henry Walter Allan. James McDermott.
Valdemar Rode Anderson. Leslie Lancelot Macey.
Frank Aston. Percy Herbert Mason.
Laurence William Bourke. Percy Vincent Richard Charles Miles.
Herbert Cyril Brent. Denis O'Leary.
Edward Alfred Burr. David Edwin Parton.
Alexander Hugh Campbell. Charles Selwood Plank.
Albert Henry Coles. George Samuel Pratt.
Edward Packer Cowles. Alfred John Aldhouse Roberts.
Francis William Craig. John Alexander Russell.
Herbert Leonard Cummings. Arthur Scott.
John Cook Fairbairn. Edward Alan Shrimpton.
Harry Egmont Fookes. John Ralfe Smith.
Ernest Cecil Gage. Leonard Spiller.
Arthur Gibbs. Alfred James Charles Talbot.
James Esdale Green. Arthur Oliver Tovey.
Harold Reginald Hounsell. Charles Treweek.
Frederick George Jennings. Robert Davidson Veitch.
Henry Keary. William Ellery Vivian.
George Thomas Kemp. James Webster.
Henry George Lakeman.
Edmund Henry Lawn.

J. G. COATES, Postmaster-General.

Officers authorized to take Declarations of Telegraph Officers.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office,
Wellington, 18th January, 1921.

IN pursuance of the powers delegated to me under paragraph (d) of section 8 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, I, Joseph Gordon Coates, Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, under the authority conferred by subsection (1) of section 21 of the Post and Telegraph Amendment Act, 1919, as amended by subsection (2) of section 3 of the Post and Telegraph Amendment Act, 1920, do hereby authorize the following officers to take declarations of Telegraph officers for the purposes of the said section 21:—

James Alexander. Alfred Harold Lucas.
David Taylor Allan. Robert William Gale Lye.
Henry Walter Allan. James McDermott.
Valdemar Rode Anderson. Leslie Lancelot Macey.
Frank Aston. Percy Herbert Mason.
Laurence William Bourke. Percy Vincent Richard Charles Miles.
Herbert Cyril Brent. Denis O'Leary.
Edward Albert Burr. David Edwin Parton.
Alexander Hugh Campbell. Charles Selwood Plank.
Albert Henry Coles. George Samuel Pratt.
Edward Packer Cowles. Alfred John Aldhouse Roberts.
Francis William Craig. John Alexander Russell.
Herbert Leonard Cummings. Arthur Scott.
John Cook Fairbairn. Edward Alan Shrimpton.
Harry Egmont Fookes. John Ralfe Smith.
Ernest Cecil Gage. Leonard Spiller.
Arthur Gibbs. Alfred James Charles Talbot.
James Esdale Green. Arthur Oliver Tovey.
Harold Reginald Hounsell. Charles Treweek.
Frederick George Jennings. Robert Davidson Veitch.
Henry Keary. William Ellery Vivian.
George Thomas Kemp. James Webster.
Henry George Lakeman.
Edmund Henry Lawn.

J. G. COATES, Postmaster-General.

The Education Board of the District of Wanganui.—Election of Member.

Education Office,
Wanganui, 10th January, 1921.

IT is hereby notified that for the extraordinary vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. P. C. Freeth, Mr. William Rankin Birnie was the only person nominated.
I therefore declare Mr. WILLIAM RANKIN BIRNIE to have been duly elected a member of the Board for the Palmerston North Urban Area.

W. H. SWANGER, Returning Officer.

The Poisons Act, 1908.—Register of Vendors of Poisons for the District of Nelson as on the 31st Day of December, 1920.

Agricultural Department, Union Chambers, Customhouse Quay, Wellington.
Ancell, William Robert, Bridge Street, Nelson.
Armstrong, Gilbert Claude, Motueka.
Bailie, Thomas, Westport.
Boon, Keith James Eversley, care of Boon’s Pharmacy, Hardy Street, Nelson.
Burt, George Herbert Henry, Tipahi Street, Nelson.
Dalgety and Co. (Limited), Trafalgar Street, Nelson.
Duff, William John, Reefton.
Dunn, Edwin Dacre, Westport.
Eastcott, Tom, Hardy Street, Nelson.
Hodgson, Ernest William, Brightwater.
Hodgson, Ernest William, Wakefield (trading as “ A. Hodgson and Son ”).
Hodgson, Herbert John, Murchison (trading as “ J. H. Hodgson and Co.”).
Hughes, Alfred George, care of Boon’s Pharmacy, Hardy Street, Nelson.
Kirk, Robert, Takaka (trading as “ Kirk and Co.”).
Langridge, J. J., and Co., Takaka.
Manoy, Abraham, Motueka (trading as “ Manoy and Sons (Limited) ”).
McCreanor, John, Karamea.
McNee, R., Murchison.
Murchison County Council, Murchison.
Palmer, Mary Harvey, 154 Palmerston Street, Westport.
Scott, Colin Edward, Takaka.
West, Henry Francis, Hardy Street, Nelson.
West, Helen Beatrice Thelma, Hardy Street, Nelson.
West, Ulric Robert Lockhart, Hardy Street, Nelson.
Wharton, George Edwin, Hardy Street, Nelson.

H. MORGAN,
Magistrate’s Court, Registrar of Poisons.
Nelson, 11th January, 1921.

Surveyors licensed.

Surveyors’ Board of New Zealand,
Wellington, 18th January, 1921.

IT is hereby notified, for general information, that licenses under the Surveyors’ Institute and Board of Examiners Act, 1908, have been issued by the Surveyors’ Board to the following surveyors:—

Andrews, Thomas Tripp, of Auckland.
Best, Charles Cairn, of Auckland.
Clapperton, James Duncan, of Christchurch.
Davies, Henry Cornwall, of New Plymouth.
Fail, Vivian Taiaroa, of Dunedin.
Goss, Philip Henry, of Auckland.
Harrison, Percy, of Auckland.
Jerram, George Leslie, of Auckland.
McIntyre, Joseph William, of Christchurch.
Parkinson, Arnold Wilfred, of Greymouth.
Poff, Leo John, of Auckland.
Reynolds, Arthur William, of Wellington.
Row, Leslie Franklin, of Hastings.
Stoddart, Ernest Hua, of Dargaville.
Watson, William, of Wellington.

M. CROMPTON-SMITH,
Secretary, Surveyors’ Board.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 2 of 1921.

AUSTRALIA, EAST COAST, N.S.W.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 18th January, 1921.

INFORMATION has been received that mines have been reported in lat. 36° 12' south, long. 150° 19' east. Mariners are instructed to keep a good lookout for mines when in this locality, and, if seen, to report by W/T, and to the Harbourmaster at the next port of call.

ROBERT DUNCAN, Secretary.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 3 of 1921.

AUCKLAND HARBOUR.—SUNKEN BARGE.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 19th January, 1921.

THE Auckland Harbour Board notifies that a sunken barge lies 500 ft. (approx.) off the Albert Wharf, in a west-north-westerly direction.
Between the hours of sunset and sunrise its presence will be marked by two white lights, horizontal.
Due notice will be given when the barge has been removed.
Charts, &c., affected.—Admiralty Chart 1970; “ New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1921, plan of Auckland Wharves, page 270.

ROBERT DUNCAN, Secretary.