May 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1337

Members of Maori Council appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 12th May, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Pitiroi Mohi,
Paora Hemopo, and
Ihaka Tataire

to be members of the Maori Council for the Maori Council District of Tongariro, vice Tupara Maniapoto, Ngakuru Matene, and Werihe Tuirī, resigned.

J. G. COATES, Native Minister.

Crown Solicitor appointed.

Crown Law Office,
Wellington, 18th May, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Frederick William Ongley, Esquire,

to be Crown Solicitor at Timaru, such appointment to take effect as and from the 17th May, 1926, and to be for the period of the absence from Timaru of William David Campbell, Esquire.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART, Attorney General.

Ranger under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 5th May, 1926.

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 :—

William Osborne Tilsley, of Tahuna.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 12th May, 1926.

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 Whangarei Acclimatization District :—

Herbert Allan Crawford, of Maungakaramea.
Norman Arthur Walker, of Maungakaramea.
Edward John Porter, of Otuihi.

F. J. ROLLESTON,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 18th May, 1926.

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 Otago Acclimatization District :—

John William McLellan, of Miller’s Flat.
Louis Albert Broderick Pearce, of Waipiata.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th May, 1926.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed

George Frederick Vernon Anson

to be an officer for the purposes of Part II of the said Act.

W. NOSWORTHY,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

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

Marine Department,
Wellington, 14th May, 1926.

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

Leonard Thomas Fischer, of Inglewood,

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

W. NOSWORTHY, for Minister of Marine.

Chief Librarian appointed.

Legislative Department,
General Assembly Library,
Wellington, 14th May, 1926.

IT is hereby notified that

Dr. G. H. Scholefield, O.B.E.,

has been appointed Chief Librarian of the General Assembly Library. The appointment to date from the 17th day of May, 1926.

W. NOSWORTHY,
Minister in Charge Legislative Department.

Courthouse appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 19th May, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

The Courthouse, Balclutha,

to be a place where in a Magistrates’ Court shall be held under the provisions of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908, in lieu of the Municipal Buildings, Balclutha, previously appointed.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Clerks of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 19th May, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Henry Gilmore Smith

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Taranaki and Waitomo, vice J. J. W. Pooley ; and

John Lodewyk Crowther

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Rotorua, vice J. E. Laing.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Trustee of the Hawke’s Bay Rabbit District appointed.—Notice No. Ag. 2579.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 13th May, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, in terms of section 47 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908,

James Baird Campbell

to be a member of the Hawke’s Bay Board of Rabbit Trustees, vice P. Pattullo, resigned.

O. HAWKEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Returning Officer for the Mangare Rabbit-proof Fencing District appointed.—Notice No. Ag. 2580.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 17th May, 1926.

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

James Gladwyn Wynyard

to be Returning Officer to hold the first election of Trustees to the Mangare Rabbit-proof Fencing District, constituted under Part IV of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908.

O. HAWKEN, Minister of Agriculture.

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