6. RESULT OF ELECTION.

Aug. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2263

(1.) Forthwith upon the closing of the poll the Returning Officer shall compare the numbers on the envelopes received with the numbers on the roll, and shall reject any voting-paper not appearing to him to be the genuine voting-paper of a person enrolled as a voter, and shall then obliterate every number and distinguishing mark on the remaining envelopes.

Appointment of Branch Manager, Invercargill Savings-bank,
Riverton.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1925.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Eben Brown Patrick, Esq.,
to be Manager of the Invercargill Savings-bank at Riverton.
W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Finance.

visiting Justice to Prisons appointed.
Prisons Department,
Wellington, 23rd July, 1925.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Daniel Cross Bates, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Visiting Justice to His Majesty's Prisons known as the Terrace Prison and Wellington Prison No. 2, Wellington.
C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Justice of the Peace appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 31st July, 1925.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Charles Roderick Edmond, Esq., of Lyall Bay,
to be a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies.
C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Coroner resigned.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th August, 1925.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by

William Quin, Esq., J.P.,
of Tapanui, of his appointment as a Coroner within the Dominion of New Zealand.
C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1925.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

John Gray, Esq.,
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Parearea, vice H. P. H. Graves, Esq., resigned.
C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Trustee for Havelock Commonage appointed.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 30th July, 1925.

His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 4 of the Havelock Commonage Act, 1877, been pleased to appoint

Hugh Blaikie Ross Crozier
to be a trustee for the Havelock Commonage, described in the Schedule to the said Act, in the place of Oluf Moen, resigned.
A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 4th August, 1925.

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.:-

Charles Henry Lockwood Smyth Cheviot.
James Patterson Little River.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

SCHEDULE.
[Form No. 1.
NOMINATION OF PRODUCERS' REPRESENTATIVE ON NEW ZEALAND FRUIT-EXPORT CONTROL BOARD.
To the Returning Officer, New Zealand Fruit-export Control Board Election, Wellington.

I [We], the undersigned producer [producers] within the meaning of the Fruit-export Control Board Election Regulations, 1925, do hereby nominate A.B. [Full name], of [Residence and occupation], with his consent, as a candidate at the election of members of the New Zealand Fruit-export Control Board.
Dated at this day of , 192 .
[Full names, residence, and occupation of one or more producers.]

I, A.B. [Full name], do hereby consent to the above nomination.
A.B. [Residence and occupation].

[Form No. 2.
VOTING-PAPER.
New Zealand Fruit-export Control Board.
ELECTION OF PRODUCERS' REPRESENTATIVE TO BOARD.
ARMSTRONG, THOMAS.
BURTON, GERALD.

Directions.
The voter shall leave uncancelled the name of the candidate for whom he desires to vote, and must strike out the names of all the candidates not voted for. Should a voter leave uncancelled more than one name, then his voting-paper is invalid.

A voter is only entitled to one vote.
After indicating the vote in manner aforesaid this voting-paper is to be transmitted to the Returning Officer, New Zealand Fruit-export Control Board Election, Wellington, so as to be delivered at his office on or before noon on the 5th September.
An addressed envelope is enclosed for use in transmitting the voting-paper. A voting-paper not transmitted in the official envelope enclosed is invalid.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Ranger under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 30th July, 1925.

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 under-mentioned person has been appointed a Ranger under and for the purposes of that Act for the Auckland Acclimatization District:
Robert White, of Takapuna.
RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(2.) The Returning Officer shall then open the remaining envelopes and ascertain the number of votes received by each candidate.

(3.) Where there is an equality of votes between any candidates and the addition of a vote would entitle one of such candidates to be declared elected, the Returning Officer shall give a casting vote.

(4.) Subject to the foregoing provisions, the candidates required to be elected who have received the greatest number of votes shall be declared elected by the Returning Officer by notice in the Gazette.

(5.) The names of the elected candidates shall thereupon be submitted to the Governor-General for appointment as representatives of the producers on the Board pursuant to section 5 of the said Act.