JAN. 24.

Armstrong, Gilbert Claude, Motueka.
Bailie, Thomas, Westport.
Boon, Keith James Eversley, Hardy Street, Nelson.
Coombridge, Oswald Ernest, Westport.
Dalgety and Co. (Limited), Trafalgar Street, Nelson.
Duff, William John, Reefton.
Dunn, Edwin Dacre, Westport.
Eastcott, Tom, Hardy Street, Nelson.
Ebbett, Edwin A., N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Company (Limited), Nelson.
Findlay, Allan James, Denniston.
Hodgson, Ernest William, Brightwater.
Hodgson, Ernest William, Wakefield (trading as “A. Hodgson and Son”).
Hodgson, Herbert John, Murchison (trading as “J. H. Hodgson and Co.”).
Hughes, Alfred George, Hardy Street, Nelson.
Inspector of Stock, Nelson.
Jeakings, Wilfred George, Hardy Street, Nelson.
Kirk, Robert, Takaka (trading as “Kirk and Co.”).
Langridge, J. J., and Co., Takaka.
Manoy, Abraham, Motueka (trading as “Manoy and Sons (Limited)”).
McNee, R., Murchison.
Morris, Charles Barham, Motueka.
Murchison County Council, Murchison.
Palmer, Mary Harvey, 154 Palmerston Street, Westport.
Scott, Colin Edward, Takaka.
Thompson, Mary Lory, Palmerston Street, Westport.
Ward, Cyril Michael Chavannes, Queen Street, Richmond.
West, Henry Francis, Hardy Street, Nelson.
West, Helen Beatrice Thelma, Hardy Street, Nelson.
West, Ulric Robert Lockhart, Hardy Street, Nelson.
Wharton, Beatrice Ann, Hardy Street, Nelson.
Wharton, George Edwin, Hardy Street, Nelson.
FRANK MITCHELL, Registrar of Poisons.
Magistrate’s Court, Nelson, 14th January, 1924.

Poisons Act, 1908.—Register of Vendors of Poisons for the Southland District as on 31st December, 1923.
Asher, Albert, Balfour.
Briscoe and Co., Dee Street, Invercargill.
Cockerill, F. H., Tapanui.
Corbett, J. S., Mataura.
Dalgety and Co., Gore.
Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce, Wellington, Gore, Invercargill, Lumsden, Otautau, and Queenstown.
Federal Hardware and Furnishing Company (Limited), Gore.
Galbraith, Walter Ernest, 99 Tay Street, Invercargill.
Gilchrist, Kathleen Baillie, care of W. Gilchrist, Invercargill.
Gilchrist, William, Dee Street, Christchurch.
Grant, Harold Herbert Francis, Gore.
Green, William Theodore, care of W. Stewart, Invercargill.
Johnson, George F., Lumsden.
Kerr, Ernest William, care of R. Winning, Dee Street, Invercargill.
Kirkpatrick, Hugh Herries, Lumsden.
Mair, James William, Dee Street, Invercargill.
Marchant, Phillip John Bowering, care of R. Somerville, Invercargill.
Moffett, George I., Dee Street, Invercargill.
Morton, Arthur, Gore.
Murray, Roberts, and Co. (Limited), Invercargill and Gore.
McGibbon, John and Sons, Gore, East Gore, and Mataura.
McNaughton, Allan George, care of R. Pollock, Invercargill.
National Mortgage and Agency Company (Limited), Invercargill and Gore.
New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited), Invercargill and Gore.
Prentice, James William Allan, United Friendly Society Dispensary, Invercargill.
Price, T. J., Riverton.
Quin, Thomas John, Gore.
Sinclair, Charles George Gordon, Otautau.
Somerville, Robert, Invercargill.
Stewart Bros., Centre Bush.
Stewart, William, Dee Street, Invercargill.
Thomson, A. W., Gore.
Tubb, Frederick George Henry, Spring Hills.
Walker, T., Winton.
Ward, J. G., and Co., Invercargill.
Winning, R., Dee Street, Invercargill.
Wright, Stephenson, and Co. (Limited), Gore.
J. C. MALFROY, Registrar of Poisons.
Magistrate’s Court, Invercargill, 16th January, 1924.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Officers of the Crown appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.
PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by section two hundred and eighty-eight of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908, and section sixteen of the Justices of the Peace Amendment Act, 1923, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand,and, do hereby notify and declare that Henry Dorrington Edwards, being a person holding the office of Assistant Controller of Savings-banks and Accounts, General Post Office, Wellington, is authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.
As witness my hand this 19th day of January, 1924.
JELLICOE, Governor-General.
Postmasters appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.
PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that the persons set out in the Schedule hereto, being persons holding the office of Postmaster under the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, at the places set opposite their names in the said Schedule, are authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act,1908.
SCHEDULE.
Alexander Dawson .. .. .. Blenheim.
William Fisher .. .. .. Gisborne.
Clarence Kershaw Holt .. .. Oamaru.
Charles Henry Waterton .. .. Tahaia.
As witness my hand, this 19th day of January, 1924.
JELLICOE, Governor-General.
CROWN LANDS NOTICE.
Land in Nelson Land District forfeited.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st January, 1924.
NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Nelson Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act,1908, and amendments.
SCHEDULE.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.
LEASE No. R.L. 695; part Section 3, Block XV, Maruia Survey District. Formerly held by Henry Arthur Roberts.
Reason for forfeiture : Lessee’s request.
D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.
STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICES.
Land in the Auckland Forest-conservation Region acquired as a Provisional State Forest.
State Forest Service,
Wellington, 21st December, 1923.
NOTICE is hereby given that the land described in the Schedule hereto has been acquired as a Provisional State Forest under section 140 of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1922.
SCHEDULE.
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT - AUCKLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.
Provisional State Forest Part No. 82.
ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 50 acres, more or less, being Section 12, Block I, Waipoua Survey District. As the same is more
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