Aug. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2165

ploughable, and capable of growing good crops of turnips, oats, &c., and suitable for dairying and sheep and cattle grazing, &c. There is a school at Aratoro, some four miles to the north of the settlement, and another on the Mangaiti Road some two miles and a half to the south-east of the block.

NOTE.—Areas subject to alteration on survey.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 23rd day of July, 1923.

W. NOSWORTHY, for Minister of Lands.

Appointment of Acting Czecho-Slovak Consul-General at Sydney recognized.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th July, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that, in accordance with advice received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, he has recognized the appointment of

Mr. Emanuel Hajny

as Acting Czecho-Slovak Consul-General at Sydney, with jurisdiction over New Zealand.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 24th July, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Stanley Eyre-Baxter

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Hokianga, on and from the 1st August, 1923.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Trustees for Public Cemeteries appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 31st July, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 4 of the Cemeteries Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint

Robert John Simmers

to be a trustee, in the place of John McNee, resigned, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Waikoikoi Public Cemetery.

Patrick Terence Riordan

to be a trustee, in place of Arthur Henry Pascal Crosby, left the district, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Tokanui Public Cemetery.

Harry Ashton

to be a trustee, in place of William Torthington, deceased, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Whangateau Public Cemetery.

Harry Edwin Williams

to be a trustee, in place of Thomas Beasley, resigned, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Parua Bay Public Cemetery.

Alexander Campbell and
Henry Foley

to be trustees, in place of Charles Ernest Alsop and Maurice Whitewood Welch, resigned, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Taita Public Cemetery.

W. NOSWORTHY, for Minister of Lands.

Members of Domain Boards appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 31st July, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 41 of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, been pleased to make the following appointments:—

Nils Christian Jensen

to be a member of the Kimbolton Domain Board, in place of Percy Eldridge Lewis, resigned.

John Flanagan

to be a member of the Ohura Domain Board, in place of Thomas Harland, left the district.

John Roderick Aitken

to be a member of the Fairlie Domain Board, in place of William Wreford, resigned.

James Allen

to be a member of the Waikaia Domain Board, in place of Joseph Davidson, deceased.

Albert Charles Edwards

to be a member of the Woodend Domain Board, in place of Alfred Catchpole, resigned.

James McGill and
Thomas Taylor

to be members of the Hyde Domain Board, in place of John Matheson and Michael Prendergast, resigned.

W. NOSWORTHY, for Minister of Lands.

Justice of the Peace resigns.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 30th July, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by

Claud Russell Sainsbury, Esq.,
of Wairoa, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for New Zealand.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Clerk of Magistrates’ Court, &c., appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st August, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Constable Martin Campbell

to be Clerk and Bailiff of the Magistrates’ Court at Port Awanui, on and from the 1st day of August, 1923.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Stipendiary Magistrate appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st August, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Robert Ward Tate, Esq., C.M.G., C.B.E.,
to be a Stipendiary Magistrate to exercise criminal and civil jurisdiction within New Zealand; the appointment to take effect on and from the 1st day of August, 1923.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 27th July, 1923.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service:—

George Robert Dansey, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the district of Pukekohe, as from the 18th July, 1923.

Leslie Arthur Whitham, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the district of Sanson, as from the 24th July, 1923.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Chief Inspector of Distilleries appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 31st July, 1923.

THE Public Service Commissioner notifies that he has made the following appointment in the Public Service:—

George Craig, Esq., LL.M.,
to be Chief Inspector of Distilleries for the purposes of section 3 of the Distillation Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of July, 1923.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.