Mar. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 747

Members of Domain Boards appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th March, 1924.

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 :—

George Mangels

to be a member of the Rhodes Park Domain Board, in place of Robert Andrew Forbes, deceased.

Frank Palmer Rishworth

to be a member of the Howick Domain Board, in place of James Brady, deceased.

Alexander Baxter

to be a member of the Oxford Domain Board, in place of Arthur Stubbs, deceased.

John Tiplady

to be a member of the Millerton Domain Board, in place of John Mennie Stewart, resigned.

Sidney Arthur Meads and Walter Elliott Boshier

to be members of the Rangiwahia Domain Board, in place of Walter Edwin Gibbons and William Marchant, resigned.

Walter McInnes
Thomas McLoughlin, and
Archibald George Davis

to be members of the Kaihere Domain Board, in place of David Downs, Albert Palmerston Douslin, Frederick Dicker Bird, William James Suckling, and Thomas Ross.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Inspector under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, appointed.—Notice No. Ag. 2372.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 24th March, 1924.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

James Smith

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, for the Rangiora Borough, the appointment to date as from the 24th day of March, 1924.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, licensed.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 19th March, 1924.

IN pursuance of the 10th section of the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to license

James William Smeaton,

of Dunedin, to act as a Public Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister in Charge.

Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 20th March, 1924.

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

(Mrs.) Jessie Jefferis

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Waiotapu, as from the 1st March, 1924.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Registrar of the Supreme Court of New Zealand appointed.

Officer of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 20th March, 1924.

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

Charles William Carver, Esq.,

to be Registrar at Hokitika of the Supreme Court of New Zealand for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of April, 1924.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 25th March, 1924.

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

Robert Charles Nixon, Esq.,

to be the Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Auckland West, for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, as from the 18th day of March, 1924.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 25th March, 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 districts set respectively opposite their names, viz. :—

William Alfred Jenkins .. .. Fortrose.
Laurence John Francis Graham .. .. Cust.
Herbert Spencer Kyle .. .. Rangitikei.
William Thomson Simpson .. .. Aorere.
John Eric Hope Stewart.. .. Waiapu.
Arthur Herbert Ross .. .. Ross.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Apportioning Amounts payable to various Acclimatization Societies for Opossums taken in their District.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 24th day of March, 1924.

Present :

THE HONOURABLE SIR FRANCIS BELL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby provide and declare that the sum of three thousand three hundred and thirty-nine pounds three shillings and twopence, being the amount received in the undermentioned Acclimatization Districts by way of fines, together with half the net revenue derived from fees and royalty with respect to the taking of opossums, shall be paid to the Acclimatization Societies of such districts in the amounts set opposite the name of each respectively :—

SCHEDULE.

Acclimatization District. Amount.
£ s. d.
Auckland .. .. .. .. 9 16 9
Ashburton .. .. .. .. 0 15 8
Buller .. .. .. .. 51 19 4
Grey .. .. .. .. 124 4 11
Hawera .. .. .. .. 6 9 4
Hawke's Bay .. .. .. .. 10 19 1
Lake .. .. .. .. 17 8 11
Nelson .. .. .. .. 85 1 1
North Canterbury .. .. .. .. 58 8 7
Otago .. .. .. .. 866 9 10
Rotorua .. .. .. .. 235 12 3
South Canterbury .. .. .. .. 7 13 9
Southland .. .. .. .. 82 1 3
Taranaki .. .. .. .. 103 13 8
Waimate .. .. .. .. 41 15 4
Wanganui .. .. .. .. 176 17 11
Wellington .. .. .. .. 1,315 6 1
Westland .. .. .. .. 164 9 5

Total .. .. .. .. £3,339 3 2

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.