Jan. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 157

Honours conferred by His Majesty the King.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 10th January, 1923.
His Excellency the Governor-General directs the publication in the New Zealand Gazette of the notification of the honours conferred by His Majesty the King as follows:
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (G.C.M.G.): The Honourable Sir FRANCIS HENRY DILLON BELL, K.C.M.G., K.C. Knight Bachelor:
HAROLD BEAUCHAMP, Esq., of Wellington.
GEORGE ELLIOT, Esq., O.B.E., of Auckland.
Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.):
EDWARD NEWMAN, Esq., of Marton.
Colonel ROBERT WARD TATE, C.B.E., Administrator of the Mandated Territory of Western Samoa.
Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (Civil Division), (C.B.E.):
WILLIAM BARR MONTGOMERY, Esq., O.B.E., of Wellington.
Doctor HENRY PERCY PICKERILL, O.B.E., M.D., of Dunedin.
BERNARD EDWARD HOWARD TRIPP, Esq., M.B.E., of Timaru.
Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (Civil Division), (O.B.E.): WILLIAM HENRY LEADER FOSTER, Esq., M.A., of Wellington.
F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Date of Election by Fire-insurance Companies to fill One Extraordinary Vacancy on the Whangarei and Dargaville Fire Boards.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 11th January, 1923.
Pursuant to the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, and the rules made thereunder, I William Downie Stewart, being the Minister charged with the administration of the said Act, do hereby appoint Thursday, the 25th January, 1923, to be the date for holding the election of one member of the Whangarei and Dargaville Fire Boards by the fire-insurance companies concerned, such election being held to fill the extraordinary vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. J. E. Morten.
WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th January, 1923.
The following certificate has been executed on the sealed copy of the by-laws made by the Mosgiel Borough Council on the 11th day of December, 1922.
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-laws, and declare that the same came into force on the 1st day of January, 1923.
Dated this 15th day of January, 1923.
WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

By-laws of the Timaru Borough Council confirmed under the By-laws Act, 1920.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th January, 1923.
The following certificate has been executed on the sealed copy of the by-laws made by the Timaru Borough Council on the 11th day of December, 1922.
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-laws, and declare that the same came into force on the 1st day of January, 1923.
Dated this 15th day of January, 1923.
WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notification of Issue of Certificate of Registration of Whangarei Acclimatization Society.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 12th January, 1923.
Pursuant to the provisions of section 22 of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, I hereby notify that I have issued a certificate of registration to the Whangarei Acclimatization Society, and that the said society has been duly registered under the said Act as from the 12th day of January, 1923.
WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 12th January, 1923.
His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the services of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club, under section 43, Defence Act, 1909:-
Croixelles Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Croixelles, Nelson.
Date of acceptance, 5th January, 1923.
R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 12th January, 1923.
His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration to Major G. S. Hardy, the Canterbury Regiment.
R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Prohibition of Money-order and Postal Correspondence for George Janssen, Copenhagen.

The Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand having reasonable ground for supposing that the person whose name and address are shown in the Schedule hereunder is engaged in promoting or carrying out a lottery or scheme of chance, it is hereby ordered, under section 28 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, that no money-order in favour of the said person shall be issued, and that no postal packet addressed to the said person (either by his own or by any fictitious or assumed name), or addressed to the address in the Schedule hereunder without a name, shall be either registered or forwarded by the Post Office of New Zealand.

SCHEDULE.

George Janssen, Strandboulevard 110, Copenhagen O., Denmark.

Dated this 15th day of January, 1923.
J. G. COATES, Postmaster-General.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Blocks III, Pihanga, and X, Puketi Survey Districts, for the Purposes of Gravel-pits.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to take the land described in the Schedule hereto for the purposes of gravel-pits. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Tokaanu, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land required to be taken:-
A. R. P.
Being
3 0 0 Section 1, Block X, Puketi Survey District.
3 0 2 " 1 " III, Pihanga Survey District.
3 0 0 " 2 " III
Being part of Ohuanga North Block. (S.O. 1707.)

In the Wellington Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 55759, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 11th day of January, 1923.
J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.