Oct. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3009

exchange to pay or receive any sum by way of equality of exchange:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor-General, it is expedient to exchange the Crown land described in the First Schedule hereto for the land described in the Second Schedule hereto, and the owner of the land described in the Second Schedule has agreed to such exchange:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the aforesaid powers and authorities, doth hereby declare it is his intention to grant in fee-simple the area of Crown land described in the First Schedule hereto in exchange for the fee-simple of the land described in the Second Schedule.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND AUTHORIZED TO BE EXCHANGED.

ALL that area in the Gisborne Land District, containing by admeasurement 42 acres 2 roods, more or less, being Lot 1 of Section 2 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Gisborne under No. 2878, and being part of Section 2, Block II, Whangara Survey District. As the same is delineated on plan marked L. and S. 26/2998, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND TO BE OBTAINED IN EXCHANGE THEREFOR.

ALL that area in the Gisborne Land District, containing by admeasurement 42 acres 2 roods, more or less, being Lot 1 of Section 1 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Gisborne, and being part of Section 1, Block II, Whangara Survey District. As the same is delineated on plan marked L. and S. 26/2998, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged green.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 16th day of October, 1925.

R. HEATON RHODES,
For Minister of Lands.

Rangers under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 19th October, 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 persons have been appointed Rangers under and for the purposes of that Act for the Auckland Acclimatization District:—

James Byrt Jordan, of Auckland, and
Trevor Strode Withers, of Auckland.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Appointment of Officers under Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 20th October, 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

Thomas Wilson, of New Plymouth,
John Warnock, of New Plymouth,
William Roberts Johns, of Waitara, and
Percival Adamson, of Waitara,

to be Officers for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act in respect of the Taranaki Acclimatization District.

F. H. D. BELL, for Minister of Marine.

Bailiffs of Magistrates’ Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st October, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Constable Arthur Douglas Percy Pearce

to be Bailiff of the Magistrates’ Court at Balclutha, on and from the 12th day of October, 1925, vice Constable J. A. Weir, transferred; and

Constable Robert Audley

to be Bailiff of the Magistrates’ Court at Picton, on and from the 5th day of October, 1925, vice Constable A. G. Lake, transferred.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Shorthand Reporter appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st October, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Frederick Manderson

to be a Shorthand Reporter under the Shorthand Reporters Act, 1908.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Clerk of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st October, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Michael Foley

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Christchurch, Riccarton, and Avon, vice W. Harte.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Clerk of Magistrates’ Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st October, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Constable Patrick Joseph Maggin

to be Clerk and Bailiff of the Magistrates’ Court at Palmerston, on and from the 9th day of October, 1925, vice Constable W. J. Pardy, retired.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Returning Officer for the Rotongata Rabbit-proof-fencing District appointed.—Notice No. Ag. 2527.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 14th October, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, in terms of section 88 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908:—

James Gladwin Wynyard

to be Returning Officer to hold the first election of trustees for the Rotongata Rabbit-proof-fencing District, constituted under Part IV of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 20th October, 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.:—

Dominick Patrick Jenkins .. Halcombe.
Reginald Murray Hayman .. Nightcaps.
Walter Edmond O’Connor .. Ohaeawai (at Kaikohe).
William George Leland .. Mercury Bay.
Bessie Forbes (Miss) .. Naseby.
Patrick Donald O’Connell .. Ellesmere.

• Births and Deaths only.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 21st October, 1925.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service:—

George Walter Brown, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the district of Mount Cook, as from the 1st October, 1925.

James Darling Anderson, Esq.,

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Stock Act, 1908, as from the 19th day of October, 1925.

Norman Charles Kensington, Esq.,

to be Commissioner of Crown Lands and Chief Surveyor for the Southland Land District for the purposes of the Land Act, 1924, as from the 16th day of October, 1925.

T. MARK, for Secretary.