Aug. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2261

Kermode and Dobson Streets and a closed road, now Reserve 772x, 630·3 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 22/3344, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 21st day of August, 1923.

W. NOSWORTHY, for Minister of Lands.

Vesting the Control of a Scenic Reserve in the Dunedin City Council.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section thirteen of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand doth hereby vest the control of the scenic reserve described in the Schedule hereto (being land reserved under the said Act) in the Dunedin City Council, subject to the conditions hereinafter contained, that is to say:—

1. The period for which the control of the reserve is hereby vested shall be three years from the date hereof, unless the reservation is previously altered or revoked under the said Act.

2. The said Council shall prepare a report each year ending on the thirty-first day of March, together with a statement of receipts and expenditure in connection with the said reserve. Such report and statement shall be sent to the Minister charged with the administration of the said Act as soon as possible after the close of the year.

3. The said Council shall control the said reserve in accordance with the provisions of the said Act and of the regulations made thereunder.

SCHEDULE.

EVANSDALE GLEN SCENIC RESERVE.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 30 acres 2 roods 37 perches, more or less, being Sections 88 and 89 and part of Sections 62 and 63, Block I, Waikouaiti Survey District. As the same is described in the Schedule to a Proclamation dated the 13th day of February, 1912, and published in New Zealand Gazette No. 13, page 705, of the 15th day of February, 1912.

Also all that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 12 acres 3 roods, being Section 96 (formerly part of Section 86), Block I, Waikouaiti Survey District. As the same is described in the Schedule to a Proclamation dated the 14th day of September, 1912, and published in New Zealand Gazette No. 73, page 2732, of the 19th day of September, 1912.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 17th day of August, 1923.

W. NOSWORTHY,
For Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 9th August, 1923.

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

Norman Friend, of Okarito,

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

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 9th day of August, 1923.

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

Rangers under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th August, 1923.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 35 of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, the undermentioned persons have been appointed Rangers under and for the purposes of that Act for the Wellington Acclimatization District:—

James Cairns Heggie, of Lower Hutt, and
Cecil Alexander Weir, of Palmerston North.

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

Appointment of Vice-Consul of the United States of America at Auckland recognized.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 17th August, 1923.

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 the appointment of

Mr. Austin R. Preston, jun.,

as Vice-Consul of the United States of America at Auckland.

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

Appointment of Vice-Consul of the United States of America at Wellington recognized.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 18th August, 1923.

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

Mr. Joel C. Hudson

as Vice-Consul of the United States of America at Wellington.

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

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 21st August, 1923.

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.:—

Robert Gordon May .. Auckland, at Avondale.*
William Gillies Clarke .. Kaiapoi.
Robert Albert Mace .. Paparoa.
Patrick Joseph Hickey .. Mount Cook.
Dominick Patrick Jenkins .. Rangitikei.
Francis Taylor Bennington .. Matamata.
Thomas Pickering .. Mangawai.
Joseph Stewart .. Sanson.
Enis John McDonald .. Dipton.
Stanley Morrison .. Motupiko.

• Births and deaths only.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Coroner appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th August, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Frederick Ernest Flatt, Esq., J.P.,

of Paeroa, to be a Coroner within the Dominion of New Zealand.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Inspector appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 17th August, 1923.

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

Herbert Arthur Gatward, Esq.,

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Factories Act, 1921–22, an Inspector for the purposes of the Weights and Measures Act, 1908, and an Inspector for the purposes of the Scaffolding and Excavation Act, 1922, as from the 1st day of August, 1923.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.