Mar. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 757

Vesting the Control of a Scenic and Historic Reserve in the New Plymouth Scenic Reserves Board.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section thirteen of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand doth hereby vest the control of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto (being land reserved under the said Act), in trust, for scenic and historic purposes, as from the date of this notice until the twenty-fourth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven (unless previously altered or revoked under the said Act), in the New Plymouth Scenic Reserves Board, as constituted by notification dated the twenty-fourth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, and published in Gazette of the thirtieth day of that month.

SCHEDULE.

TE KORU PA SCENIC RESERVE, TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT. SECTION 167, Oakura District, Block II, Wairau Survey District : Area, 3 acres 1 rood.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 23rd day of March, 1927.

A. D. McLEOD,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

Appointment of Vice-Consul of Sweden at Dunedin recognized.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 24th March, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that he has recognized the appointment by the Consul-General of Sweden at Sydney of

T. C. Ross, Esquire,

as Vice-Consul of Sweden, at Dunedin, during the absence of John Sutherland Ross.

RICH. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Member of Taranaki Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 23rd March, 1927.

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

Samuel Blake, Esquire,

to be a member of the Taranaki Land Board, as from the 1st April, 1927.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Crown Solicitor appointed.

Crown Law Office,
Wellington, 26th March, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

William Henry Cunningham, Esquire,

to be Crown Solicitor at Wanganui, vice Gifford Marshall, resigned.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Attorney-General.

Coroner resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th March, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by

George Hargraves Gothard, Esquire,

of Westport, of his appointment as a Coroner within the Dominion of New Zealand.

F. J. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Justice.

Coroner appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th March, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Edward Robert Fox, Esquire, J.P.,

of Westport, to be a Coroner within the Dominion of New Zealand.

F. J. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Justice.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th March, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

John Carrell Graham, Esquire,

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Riccarton, vice R. Allen, Esquire.

F. J. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Justice.

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th March, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Arthur Frederick Bent, Esquire,

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wairau, vice A. W. McDonald, Esquire.

F. J. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Justice.

Courthouse appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th March, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Courthouse, Takaka,

to be a place wherein a Magistrates’ Court shall be held under the provisions of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908, in lieu of the Ex-Soldiers’ Club, Takaka, previously appointed.

F. J. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Justice.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 25th March, 1927.

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

Claude Oswald Pratt, Esquire,

to be Official Assignee at Ashburton for the Supreme Court District of Canterbury, for the purposes of the Bankruptcy Act, 1908, as from the 11th day of February, 1927.

Fred Sydney Rocks Knight, Esquire,

to be the Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Palmerston for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, as from the 17th day of March, 1927.

James McIvor, Esquire,

to be an Inspector of Scaffolding for the purposes of the Scaffolding and Excavation Act, 1922, as from the 24th day of March, 1927.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 24th March, 1927.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Te Puke Town Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Finance.

TE PUKE TOWN BOARD.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Te Puke Town District taken on the 16th day of March, 1927, on the proposal of the Te Puke Town Board to borrow the sum of £510 for purchasing Mr. A. B. Mollgaard’s property—The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 13 : the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 109. I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.

Dated this 17th day of March, 1927.

H. O. COONEY, Chairman.