Nov. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3511

of the Dominion of New Zealand, have appointed Edward Collins of the Public Trust Office, Auckland, to be Deputy of the District Public Trustee, Auckland, during the absence of such District Public Trustee from his headquarters, and all previous appointments in this behalf are hereby revoked. Dated at Wellington, this 14th day of November, 1927.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 10th November, 1927.

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

Edgar James Willis, Esquire,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Mohaka, as from the 1st November, 1927.

Thomas Walter Bowman, Esquire,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Tikiti, as from the 1st November, 1927.

John Glasson Harding, Esquire,

to be Assistant Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Nelson for the purposes of section 8 of the Magistrates’ Courts Amendment Act, 1922, as from the 7th day of November, 1927.

James Joseph William Pooley, Esquire,

to be Clerk of the Magistrates’ Court at Stratford for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908, and Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Stratford, as from the 10th day of November, 1927.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Approval of Fees for Licensing of Vehicles fixed by By-laws.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 11th November, 1927.

IT is hereby notified, in accordance with section 109 of the Counties Act, 1920, that so much of the by-law made by the County Councils set out in the Schedule hereto, on the 22nd September, 1927, as provides for the fees to be paid to the county funds for the licensing of vehicles plying for hire, has this day been approved by His Excellency the Governor-General.

SCHEDULE.

Waitaki County Council.
Waihemo County Council.
Waikouaiti County Council.
Maniototo County Council.
Vincent County Council.
Lake County Council.
Tuapeka County Council.
Taieri County Council.
Bruce County Council.
Clutha County Council.

M. POMARE,
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 19/19/84.)

Approval of Fees for Licensing of Vehicles fixed by By-laws.—Rotorua County Council.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 12th November, 1927.

IT is hereby notified, in accordance with section 109 of the Counties Act, 1920, that so much of the by-laws made by the Rotorua County Council and sealed on the 12th day of October, 1927, as appoints the several sums to be paid to the Rotorua County fund for the licensing of vehicles plying for hire, have this day been approved by His Excellency the Governor-General.

M. POMARE,
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 19/19/22.)

Notice of Intention to take Land for the Purposes of a Recreation-ground, in Block VI, Ngakawau Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to take the land described in the Schedule hereto for the purposes of a recreation-ground: And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited

in the post-office at Granity, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land required to be taken:—

A. R. P.
1 0 25 Being portion of Section 2; coloured pink.
0 1 31 ,, ,, ,, yellow.

Situated in Block VI, Ngakawau Survey District (Nelson R.D).

In the Nelson Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 69152, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 16th day of November, 1927.

K. S. WILLIAMS, Minister of Public Works.

(P.W. 50/327.)

Result of Election of Trustees of a Drainage District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 16th November, 1927.

THE following result of the election of the trustees of a drainage district has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of the Land Drainage Act, 1908.

G. P. NEWTON,
Assistant Under-Secretary.

Raupare Drainage District, County of Hawke’s Bay—
Stafford Alfred Bainbridge,
Linnett Garratt,
Thomas Stephen Percival,
Anthony Sinclair,
Hugh Moore Tweedie.

(I.A. 19/78/62.)

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 15th November, 1927.

THE Golden West Rebekah Lodge, No. 59, situated at Greymouth, is registered as a branch of the Independent Order of Oddfellows of New Zealand Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 15th day of November, 1927.

R. WITHEFORD,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Mining Privilege to be struck off the Register.—Notice under the Mining Act, 1926.

Mining Registrar’s Office,
Blenheim, 4th November, 1927.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 188 (3) of the Mining Act, 1926, that within three months from the date hereof, unless sufficient cause is shown to the contrary, the mining privilege mentioned in the Schedule hereunder will be struck off the Register.

A. F. BENT, Mining Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

No. 249 (Havelock). Date: 31st January, 1923. Nature o privilege: Residence-site. Locality: Dead Horse Creek, Whakamarina. Registered holder: Raymond Harris Humphreys.

Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.—Declaration by the Assistant Registrar, dissolving a Society.

I, ERWIN SHARMAN MOLONY, Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies, Auckland, do hereby declare that, it having been made to appear to me that the Wellsford Medical Society (Incorporated) is no longer in operation, the said society is hereby dissolved.

Given under my hand at Auckland, this 10th day of November, 1927.

E. S. MOLONY,
Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.