Warrant authorizing the Paeroa Borough Council to construct
a Bridge over the Ohinemuri River at Paeroa, on the Paeroa-
Te Aroha Main Road, and apportioning the Cost.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in me by
section one hundred and nineteen of the Public Works
Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities in anyway
enabling me in this behalf, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson,
Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand,
do hereby authorize the Paeroa Borough Council to construct
the bridge described in the Schedule hereto; and I do also
declare that the cost thereof, less the contribution being made
thereto by the Government of New Zealand, shall be borne
by the Paeroa Borough Council and the Ohinemuri County
Council as follows, viz.: The Paeroa Borough Council shall
pay sixteen hundred and fifty pounds (£1,650) and the
Ohinemuri County Council shall pay thirteen hundred and
fifty pounds (£1,350) of such cost respectively; and I do
further direct that any contribution hereby required to be
made as aforesaid by the Ohinemuri County Council shall be
paid from time to time, in the proportion hereinbefore
prescribed, to the Paeroa Borough Council, out of the funds
of the said County Council, within a period of one month
after demand in writing made by or on behalf of the Paeroa
Borough Council; and all such payments shall be made
from time to time to the Clerk of the Paeroa Borough Council
for and on behalf of the Ohinemuri County Council.

SCHEDULE.

THAT bridge situated in the Auckland Land District, Borough
of Paeroa, over the Ohinemuri River on the Paeroa - Te
Aroha Main Road. As the site of the said bridge is more
particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 63604,
deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at
Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 21st day of June, 1926.

K. S. WILLIAMS, Minister of Public Works.

(P.W. 34/2058.)

Deputy Resident Commissioner of Niue appointed.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

To Alexander McKenzie, Esquire, Niue.

PURSUANT to the authority vested in me by the Cook
Islands Act, 1915, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson,
Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand,
do by these presents issued under my hand and the Seal of
the Dominion appoint you

Alexander McKenzie
to be Deputy Resident Commissioner of Niue, to hold the
said office during my pleasure as from the first day of July,
one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 14th day of June, 1926.

M. POMARE, Minister for the Cook Islands.

Officers of the Crown authorized to take and receive Statutory
Declarations.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by
section two hundred and eighty-eight of the Justices
of the Peace Act, 1908, and section sixteen of the Justices
of the Peace Amendment Act, 1923, I, General Sir Charles
Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of
New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that the persons
whose names are set out in the Schedule hereto, being persons
holding office in the service of the Crown as stated opposite
their names in the said Schedule, are authorized to take and
receive statutory declarations under section two hundred and
eighty-eight of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

Stanley James Smith .. .. District Public Trustee,
Masterton.
Albert Randolph Jordan .. .. District Public Trustee,
Christchurch.
George Henry Elliffe .. .. District Public Trustee,
Dunedin.

As witness my hand this 17th day of June, 1926.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

Postmasters appointed to take and receive Statutory
Declarations.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the
two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices
of the Peace Act, 1908, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson,
Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand,
do hereby notify and declare that the persons set out in the
Schedule hereto, being persons holding the office of Postmaster
under the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, at the places set
opposite their names in the said Schedule, are authorized to
take and receive statutory declarations under the two-
hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the
Peace Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

Leonard William Parrant .. .. Havelock.
Lilian Gertrude Kemp (Miss).. .. Pukapuka.
James Alexander Fraser .. .. Romahapa.

As witness my hand this 19th day of June, 1926.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

Member of Canterbury Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 14th June, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-
General has in pursuance of section 49 of the Land
Act, 1924, been pleased to reappoint

Robert Fleet Henderson
as a member of the Canterbury Land Board, as from the
27th May, 1926.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Chairman of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th June, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

William Meldrum, Esq., S.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Committee for the District
of Buller, vice H. P. Lawry, Esq., S.M., transferred.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th June, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

Constable James Kennedy
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of
Huruuni, vice H. V. Jerred.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 18th June, 1926.

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

Edward Alexander Richmond, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and
Deaths for the district of Dipton, as from the 25th day of
May, 1926.

John Heeney, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of
Waipawa at Otane, as from the 5th day of June, 1926.

Robert Dalzell Wilson, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the
district of Palmerston, and Registrar of Births and Deaths
of Maoris at Palmerston, as from the 9th day of June, 1926.

Hilda Ellen Isabel Dane (Mrs.)
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Matangirau,
as from the 22nd day of March, 1926.

Sydney Marshall Keith, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Rakaunui,
as from the 1st day of June, 1926.

Ida Vashti Crago Johnson (Mrs.)
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Takahiwai,
as from the 23rd day of February, 1926.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.