Nov. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2985

Setting apart Crown Lands under Section 20 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section twenty of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby set apart the lands described in the Schedule hereto for disposal under the section of the Act mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—CROWN LAND.
Block II, Rangaunu Survey District.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 10th day of November, 1922.

W. FRASER, for Minister of Lands.

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

G. G. KELLY

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

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 28th day of August, 1922.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Visiting Justice appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 10th November, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

JOHN BARTON, Esq.,

to be a Visiting Justice to His Majesty’s Prison at Wi Tako, Trentham.

W. FRASER, for Minister of Justice.

Chairman of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 15th November, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

JOSEPH WILLIAM POYNTON, Esq., S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Committees for the districts of Rotorua and Tauranga, vice W. G. K. Kenrick, Esq., S.M.

E. P. LEE, Minister of Justice.

Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 14th November, 1922.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned person has been appointed to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the district set opposite his name, viz. :—

Leonard William James Leadbeater. . . . Petone.*

• Births and deaths only.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 7th November, 1922.

THE following notices, received from the Mayor of the Council of the Borough of Avondale, are published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF AVONDALE.

Results of Polls on Proposals to raise Loans.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of ratepayers of the Borough of Avondale was taken on the 28th day of October, 1922, on the proposal of the Avondale Borough Council to borrow a sum of £26,000 for the construction of a main sewer.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 173, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 346.

I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of ratepayers of the Borough of Avondale was taken on the 28th day of October, 1922, on the proposal of the Avondale Borough Council to borrow the sum of £6,000 for the acquisition of stone-crusher, road-making plant, purchase of land, and provision of buildings, fire-brigade station, and appliances, and landing-stage at Whau Creek.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 319, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 207.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated at Avondale this 31st day of October, 1922.

J. W. KINNIBURGH, Mayor.

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 11th November, 1922.

THE following certificate has been executed on the copy of the by-laws made by the Otaki Borough Council on the 25th day of May, 1922.

W. FRASER, for Minister of Internal Affairs.

CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.

IN pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm the above-written by-laws made by the Otaki Borough Council, and declare that the same came into force on the 5th day of June, 1922.

Dated this 11th day of November, 1922.

W. FRASER, for Minister of Internal Affairs.

Result of Election of a Member of the Hawera Fire Board by Fire-insurance Companies.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 8th November, 1922.

THE following result of the election of a member of the Hawera Fire Board by fire-insurance companies has been reported to the Minister of Internal Affairs, and is notified in accordance with the rules under the Fire Brigades Act, 1908 :—

Hawera Fire Board : George Duncan.

W. FRASER,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Result of Election of Trustees of a Drainage District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1922.

THE following result of the election of trustees of a drainage district has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of the Land Drainage Act, 1908.

J. HISLOP, Under-Secretary.

Steward Settlement Water-race District, County of Waitaki—

Elliot, Adam.
Gibson, James.
Henderson, John.
Hollamby, James.
King, John.
Macdonald, John Gordon.
Williams, David.