Nov. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2905

Setting apart Unalienated Crown Land for Purposes of Part II (State Coal-mines) of the Coal-mines Act, 1908.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

PURSUANT to the provisions of Part II (State Coal-mines) of the Coal-mines Act, 1908, and in exercise of the powers thereby conferred, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, being of opinion that the land hereinafter described is required for coal-mining operations, do hereby notify and declare that the said land is hereby set apart for the purposes of Part II of the Coal-mines Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area of unalienated Crown land, situated in the Westland Land District, and containing 3 roods, more or less, being Sections 14 and 15, Block XL, and Section 2, Block XLIII, Runanga Village Settlement, and situated in Block III, Cobden Survey District. As the same is delineated on the plan marked Mines N. 6/10, deposited in the Head Office of the Mines Department at Wellington, and thereon edged blue.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 20th day of October, 1922.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Mines.
(Mines N. 6/10.)

Arrangements for First Election, &c., Rawene Town District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 26th October, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

LEON LUCIEN BUISSON, of Rawene,

to be Returning Officer and person to prepare the roll of electors for the first election of a Board of five Commissioners for the Rawene Town District, recently constituted under the Town Boards Act, 1908; and also to appoint Wednesday, the 15th day of November, 1922, as the day, and the County Hall, Rawene, as the place, for holding such first election; also to appoint Friday, the 17th day of November, 1922, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, as the time, and the said County Hall as the place, for holding the first meeting of the Board of Commissioners so elected.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Appointment of Consul-General for the Netherlands at Sydney recognized provisionally.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 26th October, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that, in accordance with instructions from His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies, he has recognized provisionally, pending the receipt of the King’s Exequatur, the appointment of

Mons. P. E. TEPPEMA

as Consul-General for the Netherlands at Sydney, with jurisdiction over New Zealand.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Appointment of Consul-General of Norway at Melbourne recognized provisionally.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 26th October, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that, in accordance with instructions from His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies, he has recognized provisionally, pending the receipt of the King’s Exequatur, the appointment of

Mr. ERIK KRISTIAN BIRKHOLM ARENTZ

as Consul-General of Norway at Melbourne, with jurisdiction over New Zealand.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Appointment as Ranger under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, William Downie Stewart, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

EDWARD SWANN, of Hikurangi,

to be a Ranger under the said Act for the Whangarei Acclimatization District.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 24th day of October, 1922.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Trustee for the Sandon Public Park appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 30th October, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 2 of the Sandon Public Park Management Act, 1875, been pleased to appoint

WILLOUGHBY ERNEST PEARCE

to be a trustee of the Sandon Public Park, in the place of William John Phillips, deceased, to act in conjunction with Henry John Fagan, William Strode Penny, Laurie Chesney Ellerm, and John Henry Shore Perrett, previously appointed.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Members of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 26th October, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM JAMES WALLACE, Esq.,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the district of Manukau, vice D. Neil-on, deceased; and

ERNEST JONES, Esq.,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the district of Waitemata, vice J. Edson, deceased.

E. P. LEE, Minister of Justice.

Permanent Officers of the House of Representatives appointed.

Legislative Department,
Wellington, 25th October, 1922.

IT is hereby notified that

WALTER COLLINGS, Accountant and Record Clerk,

has been appointed Second Clerk-Assistant of the House of Representatives, the appointment to date from 24th June, 1920; and

WILLIAM HARRAGE RUSSELL, Permanent Committee Clerk,

has been appointed Accountant and Record Clerk of the House of Representatives, the appointment to date from 1st September, 1920.

W. NOSWORTHY,
Minister in Charge, Legislative Department.

Returning Officer for the Moawhango Rabbit District appointed.—Notice No. 2219.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 31st October, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, in terms of section 71 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908,

ALFRED MERVYN RYAN

to be Returning Officer to hold the first election of trustees for the Moawhango Rabbit District, constituted under Part III of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture

Returning Officer for the Mataitai-Orere Rabbit District appointed.—Notice No. 2221.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 31st October, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, in terms of section 71 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908,

JOHN CHARLES CHRISTIE

to be Returning Officer to hold the first election of trustees for the Mataitai-Orere Rabbit District, constituted under Part III of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.