APRIL 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1045

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 17th April, 1924.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service:—
George Egerton, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Waitahuna, as from the 2nd April, 1924.
T. MARK, for Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 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.:—
Arthur Henry Gundy ... Ellesmere.
Charles Irvine ... Dargaville.
W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Dismissal from the Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 17th April, 1924.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the dismissal of the undermentioned from the New Zealand Forces, under section 6 (b), Defence Act, 1909, he having been convicted by the Civil power of a criminal offence:—
No. 33/5308 Gordon Nicol Ireland, Non-effective List, Territorial Force.
Dated 7th April, 1924.
R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 23rd April, 1923.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Ashburton, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.
W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF ASHBURTON.

Result of Poll to raise Loan.
Pursuant to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of ratepayers of the Borough of Ashburton taken on the 9th day of April, 1924, on the proposal of the Ashburton Borough Council to borrow the sum of two thousand pounds (£2,000) for the purpose of purchasing and laying out a park for Ashburton East,—
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 213; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 304; informal, 9.
I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.
ROBT. GALBRAITH, Mayor.

Amending Notifications under Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, in respect of Otago, Southland, Waitaki, and Lakes Acclimatization Districts.

WHEREAS it is expedient to amend in manner herein-after provided the notifications made under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, dated the 9th day of April, 1924, and published in a Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette of the 9th day of April, 1924, declaring an open season for imported and native game in the Otago, Southland, Waitaki, and Lakes Acclimatization Districts:
Now, therefore, I, Richard Francis Bollard, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare the period from the 1st day of May, 1924, to the 7th day of May, 1924 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in those parts of the Otago, Southland, Waitaki, and Lakes Acclimatization Districts referred to in the Schedule hereto, for the taking or killing of the following native game—namely, paradise duck—subject to the following condition:—

CONDITION.

The number of such paradise duck that may be taken or killed by any one person in any one day shall not exceed six.

SCHEDULE.

AREAS WHEREIN PARADISE DUCK MAY BE TAKEN OR KILLED.
Otago Acclimatization District: The Counties of Vincent and Maniototo.
Southland Acclimatization District: All that area bounded on the east by the railway-line from Kingston to Lumsden, on the south by the road from Lumsden to Manapouri, on the west by the Fiordland National Park, and on the north by the Lakes Acclimatization District.
Waitaki Acclimatization District: The localities known as Roborough Downs and Omarama.
Lakes Acclimatization District: The localities known as Garston, Nicholas, Greenstone, and Glenorchy.
As witness my hand this 22nd day of April, 1924.
RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Approval of Fees for Licensing of Vehicles fixed by By-laws.— Buller County Council.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 18th April, 1924.

IT is hereby notified, in accordance with section 109 of the Counties Act, 1920, that so much of the by-laws made by the Buller County Council and sealed on the 19th day of March, 1924, as appoints the several sums to be paid to the Buller County funds for the licensing of vehicles plying for hire has this day been approved by His Excellency the Governor-General.
RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Special Order made by the Mauriceville County Council, declaring Plants to be Noxious Weeds.—Notice No. Ag. 2379.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 17th April, 1924.

THE following special order made by the Mauriceville County Council is published in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Noxious Weeds Amendment Act, 1910.
W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

SPECIAL ORDER.

In exercise of the powers conferred on it by the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, the Mauriceville County Council hereby resolves and declares, by way of special order, that gorse and pennyroyal (being plants mentioned in the Third Schedule to the said Act as extended from time to time by the Governor-General in Council) are noxious weeds within the County of Mauriceville.

Authorizing the Laying-off of a Road in the Town of Papatoetoe Extension No. 32 of a Less Width than 66 ft.

WHEREAS in the opinion of the Minister of Lands it is inexpedient, by reason of the fact that the land shown upon the plan of Town of Papatoetoe Extension No. 32, prepared by Samuel Trevor Dibble, Licensed Surveyor, is intended to be used wholly for residential purposes, that the road shown therein (Albert Road) should be of the width of 66 ft.
Now, therefore, I, David Henry Guthrie, Minister of Lands, do hereby, in pursuance of the power conferred upon me by section 2 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1915, and of every other power me thereunto enabling, authorize the laying-off of such road of a width of 50 ft.: Provided always that it shall not be lawful for any person to erect or cause to be erected any building at a less distance than 33 ft. from the middle of such road.
Given under my hand this 14th day of April, 1924.
D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Authorizing the Laying-off of a Road in the Town of Clarence Extension No. 21 of a Less Width than 66 ft.

WHEREAS in the opinion of the Minister of Lands it is inexpedient, by reason of the fact that the land shown upon the plan of Town of Clarence Extension No. 21 affecting parts of Allotments 16 and 24 of Section 11, Suburbs of Auckland, and prepared by Felix Vincent Kelly, Licensed Surveyor, is intended to be used wholly for residential purposes, that the road shown therein (Williamson Street) should be of the width of 66 ft.