SEPT. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2837

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1927.

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

James Hope Robertson, Esquire,

to be Official Assignee for the Supreme Court District of Hamilton, for the purposes of the Bankruptcy Act, 1908, as from the 27th day of August, 1927.

Alfred William Mayne, Esquire,
John Wagstaff, Esquire,
Samuel Richmond Craig, Esquire,
Robert Donald Munro, Esquire,
John Latta, Esquire,
Darcy Arthur Stanley Hughes, Esquire,
James Forsyth Sinclair, Esquire,
Charles Edward Stuart, Esquire,
William Wilson, Esquire,
George Orr, Esquire,
Alexander Kinghorn, Esquire,
James Snedden Rankin, Esquire,
Ralph William Skinner, Esquire,

to be Inspectors for the purposes of the Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1908, as from the 22nd day of August, 1927.

William Richardson, Esquire,
Ronald Isaacs, Esquire,
Thomas Andrew Coulter, Esquire,
Ronald Montgomery Gibson, Esquire,
Cecil George Burgess, Esquire,

to be Inspectors for the purposes of the Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of September, 1927.

Ernest Leslie Egarr, Esquire,

to be Clerk of the Magistrates’ Court at Opunake for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of September, 1927.

Charles Edward Parsons, Esquire,

to be Bailiff of the Magistrates’ Court, Waihi, for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908, and Bailiff of the Wardens’ Court at Waihi for the Hauraki Mining District constituted under the Mining Act, 1926, as from the 29th day of August, 1927.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

New Zealand Inscribed Stock Act, 1917.—Closing of Registers.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 5th September, 1927.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Register of New Zealand 4½-per-cent. Inscribed Stock, maturing 20th April, 1939, and the Register of New Zealand 5-per-cent. Inscribed Stock, maturing 20th April, 1929, will be closed from the 1st to the 20th October, 1927 (inclusive), for the purpose of the issue of half-yearly interest.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Finance.

By-law made by the Gisborne Fire Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1927.

THE following by-law, made by the Gisborne Fire Board, is published in accordance with the Fire Brigades Act, 1926.

M. POMARE,
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.

GISBORNE FIRE BOARD BY-LAWS.

In pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in it by the Fire Brigades’ Act, 1908, and any amendments thereof, and of all and each and every other power in that behalf enabling it, the Gisborne Fire Board makes this by-law:—

“Fire Escapes.—The owner of every building shall provide, erect, and keep in position and in good working order and condition such fire escapes as the Fire Superintendent shall decide to be necessary for such buildings. Rope and rope-ladders will not in any case be allowed.”

The foregoing by-law was made by the Gisborne Fire Board at a duly constituted meeting of the said Board held on Friday, the 8th day of July, 1927.

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The Common Seal of the Gisborne Fire Board was affixed hereto by order of the Board, this 18th day of August, 1927, in the presence of—

D. W. COLEMAN, Chairman.
H. C. SEDDON } Members of the
BRIAN S. BREW } Board.
C. BLACKBURN, Secretary.

The foregoing by-law of the Gisborne Fire Board is approved, this 3rd day of September, 1927.

M. POMARE,
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 11/4/22.)

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries, Borough of Otaki.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 31st August, 1927.

IT 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 Borough of Otaki and included in the County of Horowhenua. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed alteration of boundaries which they desire to lodge within one month from the first publication of this notice, such objections or petitions to be addressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE BOROUGH OF OTAKI.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded by a line commencing at the north-western corner of Lot 1 on plan 4176, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Wellington; thence easterly and southerly along the northern and eastern boundaries of that land and the western boundary of the land on plan 5980, deposited as aforesaid, to the county road; thence south-westerly along county road to the road forming the south-western boundary of Kainga-raki No. 9 Block; thence north-westerly generally along that road to the point of commencement.

M. POMARE,
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 19/1/201.)

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries, Borough of Otaki.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 31st August, 1927.

IT 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 Borough of Otaki and included in the County of Horowhenua. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed alteration of boundaries which they desire to lodge within one month from the first publication of this notice, such objections or petitions to be addressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE BOROUGH OF OTAKI.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded by a line commencing at a point on the Waerenga Road being the north-eastern corner of Lot 3 on plan 4176, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Wellington; thence south-easterly along the road to the south-eastern corner of the said lot; thence south-westerly along the south-eastern boundary of the said Lot 3 to a point in line with the south-western boundary of Lot 20 on plan 3037, deposited as aforesaid; thence to and along that boundary to the southernmost corner of the said Lot 20; thence along a right line to the north-western corner of Lot 1 on plan 2259, deposited as aforesaid; thence along the western boundaries of Lot 1 aforesaid and the southern boundaries of Lot 2 on plan 4176, deposited as aforesaid, and the eastern boundary of Lot 1 on plan 3164, deposited as aforesaid, to the south-eastern corner of the last-mentioned lot; thence south-westerly along the south-eastern boundaries of Lots 1 and 2, on plan 3164 aforesaid, and the south-eastern boundary of the land shown on plan 5980, deposited as aforesaid, to the south-western corner of the last-mentioned land; thence along the