Nov. 30.

• Bailiff appointed at the Magistrate's Court at Ashburton.
  Office of Public Service Commissioner,
  Wellington, 24th November, 1922.
  THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service:
  IVAN TREVOR FALLWELL
  to be Bailiff of the Magistrate's Court at Ashburton, for the purposes of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1908, as from the 4th day of November, 1922.
  T. MARK, Acting-Secretary.

• Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.
  Registrar-General's Office,
  Wellington, 28th November, 1922.
  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.:-
  Arthur Henry Gundy . . . . Ellesmere.
  George Roslyn Drew . . Chatham Islands.
  Robert James Bramley . . Ohinemuri.
  George Frederick Church . Auckland, at Avondale.*
  John William Ahern . . . Karamea.

• Births and deaths only.
  W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

• Notification of Approval of Amended Rules, North Canterbury Acclimatization Society.
  Department of Internal Affairs,
  Wellington, 29th November, 1922.
  PURSUANT to the provisions of section 25 of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, I hereby notify that a copy of amended rules made by the North Canterbury Acclimatization Society on the 18th day of October, 1922, has been forwarded to me, and was approved on the 29th day of November, 1922.
  W. FRASER,
  For Minister of Internal Affairs.

• Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.
  Wellington, 24th November, 1922.
  THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Council of the County of Castlepoint, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.
  W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

CASTLEPOINT 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 ratepayers of the County of Castlepoint was taken on the 1st day of November, 1922, on the proposal of the Castlepoint County Council to borrow the sum of £3,000 for the purpose of paying the cost of constructing a ferro-concrete bridge over the Whareama River on the Masterton-Waimata Road, in Tinui.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 32, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was nil.
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
Dated this 2nd day of November, 1922.
W. G. GROVES, County Chairman.

• Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.
  Wellington, 29th November, 1922.
  THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Council of the County of Egmont, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.
  W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.
  COUNTY OF EGMONT.
  Declaration of Poll.-Ihaia Road Special Loan of £5,000.
  PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of ratepayers of the Ihaia Road Special Rating Area taken on the 15th day of November, 1922, on the proposal to borrow the sum of £5,000 for the purpose of widening, metalling, and tar-sealing that portion of the Ihaia Road in the Opua Riding of the County of Egmont situate between the southern boundary of Subdivision 5 of Section 36, Block IX, Opunake Survey District, and the Wiremu Road, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 28, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 17.
  I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
  Dated at Opunake this 16th day of November, 1922.
  M. O'BRIEN, County Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.
Wellington, 29th November, 1922.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Council of the County of Clutha, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.
W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.
COUNTY OF CLUTHA.
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 County of Clutha was taken on the 17th day of November, 1922, on the proposal of the Clutha County Council to borrow the sum of £9,000 for the purpose of rebuilding or re-erecting bridges (over 30 ft. span) within the county.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 668, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 598.
I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.
Dated this 23rd day of November, 1922.
ALFRED NORTH, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.
Wellington, 29th November, 1922.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Council of the County of Piako, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.
W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.
PIAKO 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 Elstow Roads No. 2 Special Rating Area in the County of Piako was taken on the 13th day of November, 1922, on the proposal of the Piako County Council to borrow the sum of £8,000 for the purpose of metalling roads in the said special rating area for the first time.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 38, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 11.
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
Dated this 15th day of November, 1922.
F. W. WALTERS, Chairman.

Meetings of Hawke's Bay Land Board.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st November, 1922.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 48 of the Land Act, 1908, approved of meetings of the Hawke's Bay Land Board being held during the year 1923 at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, at 9.30 o'clock a.m. on Thursday, the 11th January, 8th February, 8th March, 12th April, 10th May, 14th June, 12th July, 9th August, 13th September, 11th October, 8th November, and 13th December; and at the Local Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, at 10 o'clock a.m. on Monday, the 22nd January, 1923.
W. FRASER, for Minister of Lands.

Meetings of Canterbury Land Board.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 24th November, 1922.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 48 of the Land Act, 1908, approved of meetings of the Canterbury Land Board being held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, during the year 1923, at 10 o'clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 17th January, 21st February, 21st March, 18th April, 16th May, 20th June, 8th July, 15th August, 19th September, 17th October, 21st November, and 12th December.
W. FRASER, for Minister of Lands.