Sept. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2797

Appointment of Director of Town-planning.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 16th September, 1926.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in terms of section 5 of the Town-planning Act, 1926, to appoint

Reginald Bedford Hammond, Esquire, A.M.T.P.I., of Auckland, Town-Planning Consultant,

to be the Director of Town-planning. The appointment to be for a period of one year, commencing on the 15th day of September, 1926.

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

Appointments in High Commissioner's Office.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 20th September, 1926.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General in Council has been pleased to appoint, in terms of section 9 of the High Commissioner Act, 1908,

Edna May Colsworthy .. .. 26th July, 1926,
Joseph William Pethybridge .. .. 26th July, 1926,

as officers in the office of the High Commissioner for New Zealand in London, as on and from the date specified opposite the name of each respectively.

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

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 20th September, 1926.

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

John Crossley Hartle, of Auckland,

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

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

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 21st September, 1926.

I T 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 districts set opposite their names respectively, viz. :—

Acclimatization District.

John Gow, of Mercer .. .. .. Auckland.
John Grant, of Waimiha .. .. .. ,,
John Crossley Hartle, of Auckland .. .. .. ,,
John McCready, of Otorohanga .. .. .. ,,
William Oliver, of Mercer .. .. .. ,,
John White, of Paewhenua .. .. .. ,,
Albert Henry McKane, of Greymouth .. .. Grey.

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

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 21st September, 1926.

I T 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 districts set opposite their names respectively, viz. :—

Acclimatization District.

Thomas David Davies, of Paeroa .. .. Auckland.
Ernest Herbert Pemberton, of Tauranga .. Tauranga.

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

Kuku Drainage Board.—Member appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1926.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in terms of section 10, Land Drainage Act, 1908, to appoint

Stuart Clyde Saint, Esq.,

as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Kuku Drainage District.

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

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1926.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Sydney Herbert Fitchett

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Rangitikei, vice J. C. Harding.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 21st September, 1926.

I T 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 McIntyre Miller .. .. Kaponga.
Maxwell Roy Mildon .. .. Paparoa.
Cyril Lynn McLean .. .. Otopopo.

Erratum.—In Gazette No. 63, of 16th September, 1926, page 2763, under Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed, for “Joseph Downer Burns” read “Joseph Downes Burns.”

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1926.

T HE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service :—

James Allen Foster, Esq.,

to be the Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Grey Lynn, for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, as from the 15th day of April, 1926.

Edward John Robertson, Esq.,

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908, Dairy Industry Act, 1908, Shearers’ Accommodation Act, 1919, and Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of September, 1926.

Alexander Panton Douglas, Esq.,

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908, Dairy Industry Act, 1908, Shearers’ Accommodation Act, 1919, and Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of September, 1926.

Henry Lipman Erle Peryman, Esq.,

to be Inspector of Explosives for the Explosives and Dangerous Goods Act, 1908, as from the 16th day of September, 1926.

Percy Russell Wilkinson, Esq.,

to be Deputy Commissioner of Crown Lands and Deputy Chief Surveyor for the purposes of the Land Act, 1924, for the Marlborough Land District, as from the 13th day of August, 1926.

A. C. TURNBULL Secretary.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries, Borough of Otaki.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 17th September, 1926.

I T is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, praying that the area described in the Schedule hereto may be excluded from the