JAN. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 31

Appointment of Officers under Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 4th January, 1924.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1908, and of the Official Appointments and Documents Act, 1919, appointed

Ernest James Charteris, of Taneatua, and Stanley Gordon Walker, of Waimana,
to be officers for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act, in respect of the Rotorua Acclimatisation District.
G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Marine.

Officer for the Purposes of the Sale of Foods and Drugs Act, appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner, Wellington, 19th December, 1923.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service :-
Percy Everett, Esq.,
to be an officer for the purposes of the Sale of Foods and Drugs Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of January, 1924.
A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Inspectors for the Purposes of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908, and Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner, Wellington, 21st December, 1923.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service :-
James Frederick Jaine, Esq., George Orr, Esq., Robert Alexander Thompson, Esq., David Logan Ferguson, Esq., Ralph William Skinner, Esq., and Christopher Robert Wadie, Esq.,
to be Inspectors for the purposes of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908, and the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, as from the 18th day of December, 1923.
A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Inspectors for the Purposes of the Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1908, appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner, Wellington, 3rd January, 1924.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service :-
Gordon Aitken Dunlop, Esq., and John McWilliam, Esq.,
to be Inspectors for the purposes of the Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1908, as from the 21st day of December, 1923.
A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office, Wellington, 8th January, 1924.

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 district set respectively opposite their names, viz. :-
Stanley Picton Davies .. Denniston. Russell Tait Brown .. Springburn. Malcolm Ellis Eagle .. Mount Grey. Frederick Selwyn Potton .. Motupiko at Kohatu. Vincent Peter Scaletti .. Drury. Duncan Ritchie Ingram .. Tokomaru Bay. Arthur Donald Barber .. Wellington. George Anthony Troup Burnett Middlemarch. George Greig .... Invercargill. William Ewart Gladstone .. Wellington.

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

Result of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 20th December, 1923.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Council of the City of Auckland, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.
WM. DOWNIE STEWART, For Minister of Finance.

CITY OF AUCKLAND.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the City of Auckland was taken on the 28th day of November, 1923, on the proposals of the Auckland City Council to borrow the following amounts, and the numbers of votes recorded for and against each proposal were as follows :-
Proposal No. 1, Tramways. -Provision of additional plant, accessories, and buildings for, and further extension and development of, Auckland City Tramways, £280,000 : Votes recorded for the proposal, 1,184 ; votes recorded against the proposal, 391 ; informal, 43.
Proposal No. 2, Waterworks. -Development, extension, and improvement of the waterworks of the City of Auckland and acquisition of real and personal property therefor, £300,000 : Votes recorded for the proposal, 1,145 ; votes recorded against the proposal, 431 ; informal, 42.
Proposal No. 3, Drainage. -Drainage-work within the City of Auckland, £120,000 : Votes recorded for the proposal, 1,180 ; votes recorded against the proposal, 391 ; informal, 47.
Proposal No. 4, Quarry. -Provision for stone-crushing plant and/or for quarry-development, £10,000 : Votes recorded for the proposal, 1,091 ; votes recorded against the proposal, 448 ; informal, 79.
I therefore declare that each of the foregoing proposals was carried.
J. H. GUNSON, Mayor.

Result of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 20th December, 1923.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Council of the Borough of Palmerston North, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.
WM. DOWNIE STEWART, For Minister of Finance.

PALMERSTON NORTH BOROUGH COUNCIL.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that on Friday, the 16th day of November, 1923, a poll was taken of the ratepayers of the Borough of Palmerston North, upon proposals to raise special loans of £20,000 and £12,000 for the purpose of extending the electrical reticulation within the borough, and for the carrying-out of alterations and additions to the municipal buildings respectively, the result of the voting being as follows :-
Electric Light and Plant Loan of £20,000. -For the proposal, 586 ; against the proposal, 201 ; informal, 7.
Alterations and Additions to Municipal Buildings Loan of £12,000. -For the proposal, 484 ; against the proposal, 294 ; informal, 16.
I therefore declare that the above proposals were duly carried.
F. J. NATHAN, Mayor.

Result of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 3rd January, 1924.

THE following notices, received from the Chairman of the Council of the County of Rotorua, are published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.
WM. DOWNIE STEWART, For Minister of Finance.

ROTORUA COUNTY COUNCIL.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Ngongotaha Water-supply Special-rating District taken on the 12th day of December, 1923, on a proposal to borrow the sum of £6,000 for the purpose of installing a water-supply system for Ngongotaha District, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 28, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 1.
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.