JAN. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 253

Inspector of Sea-fishing appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 24th January, 1925.

IT is hereby notified that his Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1908, and of the Official Appointments and Documents Act, 1919, appointed

Peter Christian Berthelson

of Port Nelson, Police Constable, to be an Inspector of Sea-fishing for the purposes of Part I of the first-mentioned Act.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Marine.

Clerks of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th January, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Claude Oswald Pratt

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Waipawa, vice W. Parker, on leave ;

William Melville Will

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Hawke's Bay, vice D. J. A. von Sturmer ; and

Frederick Stoop

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wakatipu, vice J. C. Boddy.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th January, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

George Morris, Esq.,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Rangitikei, vice G. A. Gamman, Esq., resigned.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
For Minister of Justice.

Justice of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 26th January, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Ian Murchison, Esq., of Lake Coleridge,

to be a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Justice.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, etc., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 27th January, 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.

Thomas Godfrey Augustus Jones .. Ekatahuna.
(Miss) Margaret Emma Drake .. Black's.
Charles Edward Butcher .. Wairau.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Inspector for the Purposes of the Factories Act and Weights and Measures Act appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 23rd January, 1925.

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

Basil Arthur Conrad Herapath, Esq.,

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Factories Act, 1921-22, and an Inspector for the purposes of the Weights and Measures Act, 1908, as from the 5th day of January, 1925.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Inspector for the Purposes of the Factories Act, Weights and Measures Act, and Scaffolding and Excavation Act appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 23rd January, 1925.

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

Noel Harry Graham, Esq.,

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Factories Act, 1921-22, an Inspector for the purposes of the Weights and Measures Act, 1908, and an Inspector for the purposes of the Scaffolding and Excavation Act, 1922, as from the 5th day of January, 1925.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Inspector of Orchard and Garden Diseases appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 24th January, 1925.

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

David Hogg, Esq.,

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Orchard and Garden Diseases Act, 1908, as from the 19th day of January, 1925.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 23rd January, 1925.

THE following notices, received from the Mayor of the City of Nelson, are published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Finance.

CITY OF NELSON.

Polls for Special Loans.

In pursuance of the provisions of section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, and amendments I hereby give notice that at separate polls of ratepayers of the City of Nelson taken on Wednesday, the 3rd day of December, 1924, for authority to raise special loans of £33,600 for street-improvements and drainage and other works, £8,750 for fresh-water swimming-baths, £1,250 for salt-water swimming-baths, £3,100 for improvements to parks and reserves, and £8,000 for the erection of a traffic-bridge over the Maitai River, Trafalgar Street, the results were as follows :-

1. Special loan £33,600, streets-improvement, drainage, and other works : For the proposal, 1,120 votes ; against the proposal, 457 votes ; majority in favour of proposal, 663.
   I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

2. Special loan £8,750, fresh-water swimming-baths : For the proposal, 874 votes ; against the proposal, 695 votes ; majority in favour of proposal, 179.
   I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

3. Special loan £1,250, salt-water swimming-baths : For the proposal, 773 votes ; against the proposal, 794 votes ; majority against the proposal, 21.
   I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.

4. Special loan £3,100, improvements to parks and reserves ; For the proposal, 773 votes ; against the proposal, 786 votes ; majority against the proposal, 13.
   I declare that the proposal was rejected.

5. Special loan £8,000, traffic-bridge over Maitai River : For the proposal, 784 votes ; against the proposal, 776 votes ; majority in favour of proposal, 8.
   I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

W. LOCK, Mayor.

18th December, 1924.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 26th January, 1925.

THE following notices, received from the Mayor of the City of Wanganui, are published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Finance.