JULY 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2371

And whereas the said John Donnet Bruce has tendered his resignation from the said Board, and it is considered expedient to accept such resignation and to appoint another member to the said Board :

Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Main Highways Act, 1922, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, do hereby accept the resignation of the said John Donnet Bruce as a member of the Main Highways Board, and I do hereby cancel the appointment of the said John Donnet Bruce as a member of the said Board, and in further pursuance and exercise of the said powers I do hereby appoint

Charles John Talbot, Esquire, of Fairlie, Farmer,

to be a member of the Main Highways Board in terms of the said subsection three, clause (c), of section five of the Main Highways Act, 1922.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 27th day of July, 1926.

K. S. WILLIAMS, Minister of Public Works.
(P.W 62/25.)

Warrant appointing a Qualified Person to be a Representative of the Waitaki County on the Waitaki Electric-power Board.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section seventeen of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1925, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

James Newlands,

of Ngapara, to be a representative on the Waitaki Electric-power Board of the Waitaki County, which is a constituent district of the Waitaki Electric-power District.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 23rd day of July, 1926.

K. S. WILLIAMS, Minister of Public Works.
(P.W. 26/1141.)

Extending Time for furnishing Reports of Commissions under Manawatu-Oroua River District Amendment Act, 1925.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 24th July, 1926.

THE following Warrants extending the time for furnishing the reports of the Commissions appointed for certain purposes set out in sections 11 and 14 respectively of the Manawatu-Oroua River District Amendment Act, 1925, are published for public information.

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

[L.S.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

To all to whom these presents shall come, and to ROBERT MACKENZIE WATSON, Esquire, Stipendiary Magistrate, Feilding; AUGUST CHARLES KOCH, Esquire, Civil Engineer, Auckland; and HERBERT ERNEST LEIGHTON, Esquire, Auctioneer and Estate Agent, Wellington: Greeting.

WHEREAS by a Warrant dated the twenty-eighth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, you the said

Robert Mackenzie Watson,
August Charles Koch, and
Herbert Ernest Leighton

were appointed to be a Commission under section eleven of the Manawatu-Oroua River District Amendment Act, 1925, for the purposes in the said Warrant duly set forth :

And whereas by the said Warrant you were required to report to me within sixty days of the date thereof :

And whereas it is expedient that the said period shall be extended as hereinafter provided :

Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, do hereby extend the period within which you shall report to me as by the said Warrant provided to the first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six :

And in further pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, I do hereby confirm the said Commission except as altered by these presents.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion this 22nd day of July, 1926.

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

[L.S.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

To all to whom these Presents shall come, and to ROBERT MACKENZIE WATSON, Esquire, Stipendiary Magistrate, Feilding; AUGUST CHARLES KOCH, Esquire, Civil Engineer, Auckland; and HERBERT ERNEST LEIGHTON, Esquire, Auctioneer and Estate Agent, Wellington: Greeting.

WHEREAS by a Warrant dated the twenty-eighth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, you the said

Robert Mackenzie Watson,
August Charles Koch, and
Herbert Ernest Leighton

were appointed to be a Commission under section fourteen of the Manawatu-Oroua River District Amendment Act, 1925, for the purposes in the said Warrant duly set forth :

And whereas by the said Warrant you were required to report to me within sixty days of the date thereof :

And whereas it is expedient that the said period shall be extended as hereinafter provided :

Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, do hereby extend the period within which you shall report to me as by the said Warrant provided to the first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six :

And in further pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, I do hereby confirm the said Commission except as altered by these presents.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 22nd day of July, 1926.

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

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 19th July, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

David Wemyss Lawson

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Fortrose on and from the 10th July, 1926.

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

Appointment of Consul of Germany at Wellington.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 26th July, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that he has been informed by His Majesty’s Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs that the King’s Exequatur empowering

Mr. W. Penseler

to act as German Consul at Wellington, for New Zealand and Dependencies and Western Samoa, received His Majesty’s signature on the 20th May.

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

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 20th July, 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-