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the purposes of that Act for the area defined in the First Schedule to the Taupo Trout-fishing Regulations, 1926, vice Charles John Wilson, resigned:—

George Franklyn Yerex, of Takapuna.

R. A. WRIGHT,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Member of Taranaki Land Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 16th February, 1927.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Henry Albert Foreman

to be a member of the Taranaki Land Board, as from the 16th February, 1927.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Member of Southland Land Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 19th February, 1927.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

William Watson

to be a member of the Southland Land Board.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Inspector under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, appointed.—Notice No. Ag. 2342.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Robert Bradford Webber

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, for the Leamington Town District, the appointment to date as from 19th February, 1927.

O. HAWKEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Native Interpreter appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 19th February, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to authorize

Harry Putangaroa Taituha,

of Hangatiki, to act as an Interpreter of the First Grade under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations made thereunder.

K. S. WILLIAMS, for Native Minister.

Appointing Clerk to Transport Appeal Board for No. 4 Motor-omnibus District.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on me by Regulation 33 of the Motor-omnibus (Licensing) Regulations, 1926, I, Kenneth Stuart Williams, Minister of Public Works, do hereby appoint (with the approval of the Public Service Commissioner)

James Milne Adam

to be Clerk to the Transport Appeal Board for No. 4. Motor-omnibus District.

Dated at Wellington this 18th day of February, 1927.

K. S. WILLIAMS,
Minister of Public Works.

(P.W. 26/5/2/17.)

Appointment in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1927.

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

Alexander Gilchrist Johnston, Esquire,

to be an Inspector of Factories for the purposes of the Factories Act, 1921–22, and an Inspector of Weights and Measures for the purposes of the Weights and Measures Act, 1925, as from the 4th day of February, 1927.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

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Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1927.

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.:—

Reginald Rolfe Wright .. .. Grey.
Harry Hall Matthews .. .. Coromandel.
Basil Herbert Humphrey .. .. Mercer.
Herbert Richard John Brewer .. .. Waiharakeke.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.

EDMOND READ, Esquire, of 115 Pitt Street, Sydney, New South Wales, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, has this day been appointed by the Honourable Sir Charles Perrin Skerrett, K.C.M.G., Chief Justice of New Zealand, a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in New South Wales under the 47th section of the Judicature Act, 1908, for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of February, 1927.

W. W. SAMSON,
Registrar, Supreme Court, Wellington.

Alterations to Scale of Charges in Force upon the New Zealand Government Railways.

In pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me under the Government Railways Act, 1926, and of all other powers enabling me in this behalf, I, Francis Joseph Rolleston, Acting Minister of Railways, do hereby make the following alterations in the scale of charges in force on the New Zealand Government Railways open for traffic made on the 10th day of August, 1925, and published in the Gazette of the 11th August, 1925.

PART IV.—GOODS—LOCAL RATES.

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINE AND BRANCHES.

By omitting the following:—

Butter and Cheese Special Rates.

From To Rate per Ton.
Ashhurst .. .. Wanganui .. .. 24s. 6d.
Ohau .. .. Wellington .. .. 24s. 6d.

And substituting the following:—

Butter and Cheese Special Rates.

From To Rate per Ton.
Ashhurst .. .. Wanganui .. .. 22s. 8d.
Ohau .. .. Wellington .. .. 21s. 8d.

PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS—LIVE-STOCK, ETC.

By omitting the following:—

Guano, loose. Owner’s risk .. .. .. N
Egg-pulp, New Zealand manufacture. Owner’s risk C
Slag-wool .. .. .. .. .. N

And substituting the following:—

Blood in cans .. .. .. .. .. D
B.R.C. Fabric in rolls, for reinforced-concrete work.. C
Concrete septic-tanks. Owner’s risk .. .. D
Earthenware flooring-tiles or quarries .. .. P
Egg-pulp and egg-replacer, New Zealand manufacture. Owner’s risk .. .. .. C
Fasteners, saw-edge, for use in fastening crates, packed C
Feathers and quills other than feather-trimmings or millinery, packed .. .. .. .. A
Gas, anhydrous, nitrous oxide. New Zealand manufacture in solid-drawn-steel tubes. Owner’s risk—Dangerous .. .. .. .. .. B
Gas, oxygen or acetylene. New Zealand manufacture in solid-drawn-steel tubes. Owner’s risk—Dangerous .. .. .. .. .. B
Guano, loose (see also Reg. 41, Part III) .. .. E
Slag-wool or silicate of cotton for insulating purposes C
Straps or stirrups, steel-wire, for use in connection with reinforced-concrete work .. .. D
Sulphate of iron, packed .. .. .. D

As witness my hand this 23rd day of February, 1927.

F. J. ROLLESTON,
Acting Minister of Railways.