bearing of 274° 24', to the point of commencement ; ex-\nclusive of roads which are within the above-described bound-\naries : be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same\nis more particularly delineated on a plan marked N. 6/4/20,\ndeposited in the Head Office of the Mines Department at\nWellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon\nbordered red.\n\nAs witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-\nGeneral, this 12th day of August, 1925.\n\nG. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Mines.\n\n(Mines N. 6/4/20.)\n\nRanger under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22,\nappointed.\n\nDepartment of Internal Affairs,\nWellington, 14th August, 1925.\n\nIt is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the\npower and authority conferred by section. 35 of the\nAnimals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, the under-\nmentioned person has been appointed a Ranger under and\nfor the purposes of that Act for the Auckland Acclimatiza-\ntion District :---\n\nGeorge Franklyn Yerex, of Auckland.\n\nRICH.D. F. BOLLARD,\nMinister of Internal Affairs.\n\nAppointment of Officer under Part II of the Fisheries Act,\n1908.\n\nDepartment of Internal Affairs,\nWellington, 18th August, 1925.\n\nIt is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-\nGeneral has, in pursuance of the provisions of the\nFisheries Act, 1908, appointed\n\nGeorge Franklyn Yerex, of Auckland,\nto be an Officer for the purposes of Part II of the said Act.\n\nRICHD. F. BOLLARD,\nMinister of Internal Affairs.\n\nTrustees for Public Cemeteries appointed.\n\nDepartment of Lands and Survey,\nWellington, 17th August, 1925.\n\nHis Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance\nof section 4 of the Cemeteries Act, 1908, been pleased\nto appoint\n\nJohn Paterson\nto be a trustee, in the place of Yeo Tresillian Shand, left the\ndistrict, to provide for the maintenance and care of the\nNgapara Public Cemetery.\n\nWilliam Davy Cartwright\nto be a trustee, in place of Francis William Atkinson, deceased,\nto provide for the maintenance and care of the Lepperton\nPublic Cemetery.\n\nJames William Clevely and\nWilliam Thompson Maxwell\nto be trustees, in place of Las Lassen, deceased, and John\nPrint, resigned, to provide for the maintenance and care of\nthe Bunnythorpe Public Cemetery.\n\nGeorge Allen,\nWilliam Charles Deller, and\nWilliam Tucker\nto be trustees, in place of James Moncrieff and John Bassett,\ndeceased, and Walter Joseph Lindop, resigned, to provide\nfor the maintenance and care of the Carterton Public Cemetery.\n\nNevil Bell,\nHenry James Evans, and\nJohn Maltby Priest\nto be trustees, in place of Alexander Caldwell, Benjamin\nEvans, and James Bell, deceased, to provide for the main-\stenance and care of the Pareora Public Cemetery.\n\nRaymond Fraser,\nJohn Brydon Parsons, and\nRueben Ebenezer Watson\nto be trustees, in place of George Henry Bishell, James Laidlaw,\nand William Reader, resigned, to provide for the maintenance\nand care of the Upper Wairau Public Cemetery.\n\nA. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.\n\nCoroner appointed.\n\nDepartment of Justice,\nWellington, 13th August, 1925.\n\nHis Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased\nto appoint\n\nWilliam Roderick Quin, Esq.,\nof Tapanui, to be a Coroner within the Dominion of New\nZealand.\n\nC. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.\n\nAppointments in the Public Service.\n\nOffice of the Public Service Commissioner,\nWellington, 13th August, 1925.\n\nThe Public Service Commissioner has made the following\nappointments in the Public Service :—\n\nSamuel Theodore Seward, Esq.,\nto be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the\nDistrict of Rangiora, as from the 29th July, 1925.\n\nLeo Robert Higgins, Esq.,\nto be Clerk of the Magistrates’ Courts at Raetihi and Ohakune,\nfor the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908, as\nfrom the 30th day of July, 1925.\n\nMarjorie Childe (Mrs.)\nto be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Taemaro,\nas from the 15th June, 1925.\n\nMargaret Olive Saunders (Miss)\nto be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Whanga-\nparaoa, as from the 20th July, 1925.\n\nA. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.\n\nDeputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.\n\nRegistrar-General’s Office,\nWellington, 18th August, 1925.\n\nIt is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons\nhave been appointed to be the Deputies of the Registrars\nof Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set\nrespectively opposite their names, viz. :-\n\nAlexander John MacNamara .. .. Putaruru.\nWilliam John Kingham .. .. Turua.\nHarold Tonar McGarvey.. .. Kaeo.\nDavid Alexander Murray .. .. Naseby.\n\n* Births and deaths only.\n\nW. W. COOK, Registrar-General.\n\nNotice respecting Proposed Constitution of Kuku Drainage\nDistrict, County of Horowhenua.\n\nDepartment of Internal Affairs,\nWellington, 14th August, 1925.\n\nIt is hereby notified that a petition has been presented\nto His Excellency the Governor - General, under the\nLand Drainage Act, 1908, and its amendments, praying that\nthe area described in the Schedule hereto may be constituted\na drainage district under Part I of the said Act by name of\nKuku Drainage District. All persons affected are hereby\ncalled upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions\nagainst the proposed constitution of the said drainage district\nwhich they desire to lodge within one month from the first\npublication of this notice, such objections or petitions to be\naddressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.\n\nSCHEDULE.\n\nDESCRIPTION OF BOUNDARIES OF PROPOSED KUKU DRAINAGE\nDISTRICT.\n\nAll that area in the Wellington Land District bounded by a\nline commencing at the north-western corner of Subdivision\n13 of Section 26, Ohau No. 3 Block, and proceeding south-\neasterly along the north-eastern boundary of that subdivision\nto a line on the north-eastern side of, parallel to, and 1 chain\ndistant from the centre of the Kuku Stream; thence southerly\nand easterly generally along that line to Lot 4 on deposited\nplan 5295 ; thence north-easterly and south-easterly along\nthe north-western and north-eastern boundaries of that lot\nto the north-western boundary of Lot 2 on said deposited\nplan 5295 ; thence north-easterly along the north-western\nboundaries of said Lot 2 and Lot 1, said plan 5295 ; thence\nsouth-easterly along the north-eastern boundary and the\nproduction thereof of said Lot 1 to the north-western boundary\n