Jan. 12.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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Director of Forestry reappointed.

State Forest Service,
Wellington, 9th January, 1928.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of section 7 of the Forests Act, 1921-22, to reappoint Leon MacIntosh Ellis, Esquire, B.Sc.F. to be the Director of Forestry for a period of three years as from 8th January, 1928.

O. HAWKEN, Commissioner of State Forests.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner, Wellington, 22nd December, 1927.

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

Leslie William Louisson, Esquire,

To be Clerk of the Magistrates' Court at Greymouth for the purposes of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1908, Clerk of the Warden's Courts, Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrar at Greymouth and Ahaura for the Westland Mining District, constituted under the Mining Act, 1926, Registrar at Greymouth of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, and Sheriff for the District of Westland, for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908; to be Local Patent Officer at Greymouth for the purposes of section 15 of the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1921-22; and to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Grey, as from the 20th day of December, 1927.

Charles William Carver, Esquire,

To be Clerk of the Magistrates' Court at Hokitika for the purposes of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1908, Clerk of the Warden's Courts, Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrar at Hokitika and Kumara and Ross for the Westland Mining District, constituted under the Mining Act, 1926, Registrar at Hokitika of the Supreme Court of New Zealand for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, and Official Assignee at Hokitika for the Supreme Court District of Westland for the purposes of the Bankruptcy Act, 1908; and to be Local Patent Officer at Hokitika for the purposes of section 15 of the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1921-22, as from the 19th day of December, 1927.

Harold Vincent Jerred, Esquire,

To be Assistant Clerk of Magistrates' Court at Dunedin for the purposes of section 8 of the Magistrates' Courts Amendment Act, 1922, as from the 1st day of January, 1928.

Leo Vernon Fowler, Esquire,

To be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Denniston as from the 2nd December, 1927.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 10th January, 1928.

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.--

Robert Duggan .. Grey.
Frederick Lindo Harrington Waipara.
Albert Victor Robertshaw Nightcaps.*
Daniel Murray .. Otatau.
Jonathan Arnold Burgess Granite.
Basil Herbert Humphrey Mahurangi.
Herbert James Keenan .. Maungaturoto.

• Births and Deaths only.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries, Borough of Kaiapoi.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 21st December, 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 included in the Borough of Kaiapoi and excluded from the County of Eyre. 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 INCLUDED IN THE BOROUGH OF KAIAPOL.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the eastern side of Peraki Street with the southern side of Ohoka Road; thence south-easterly along the southern side of Ohoka Road, crossing Willock Street and North Road to a point 1054·4 links distant from the eastern side of North Road; thence along a right line bearing 198° 43' 30" distance 1401·5 links, bearing 288° 37' distance 525·7 links; thence along a line parallel to the eastern side of North Road for a distance of 300 links; thence bearing 288° 37' distance 500 links to the eastern side of North Road; thence across North Road and southerly along its western side to a point 2277 links from Ohoka Road; thence 72·4 links to the north-eastern side of Cemetery Road; thence north-westerly along the north-eastern side of Cemetery Road, crossing Willock Street to Peraki Street; thence northerly along the eastern side of Peraki Street to Ohoka Road, the place of commencement.

M. POMARE,
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 19/1/211.)

Special Order made by the Waimea County Council merging Road Districts.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 21st December, 1927.

THE following special order, made by the Waimea County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Counties Act, 1920.

M. POMARE,
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.

SPECIAL ORDER MERGING ROAD BOARDS.

"That whereas the capital value of all rateable property in all the road district in the Waimea County is less than one-half of the capital value of all rateable property in the county, the Waimea County Council, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 30 of the Counties Act, 1920, as amended by section 4 of the Counties Amendment Act, 1927, resolves by way of special order that on and after the 1st day of May, 1928, the Road Boards of the following Road Districts, namely:-

Suburban North,
Stoke,
Waimea West,
Dovedale,
Upper Moutere, and
Riwaka

shall be dissolved, and such road districts shall be merged in the Waimea County."

I hereby certify that the above Special Order has been duly made.

S. BLOMFIELD, County Clerk,
Waimea County Council.

(I.A. 19/30/54.)

By-law of the Hastings Borough Council confirmed under the By-laws Act, 1910.

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

THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed copy of the by-law made by the Hastings Borough Council on the 8th day of December, 1927.

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

CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.

In pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm the within-written by-law of the Hastings Borough Council, and declare that the same came into force on the 29th day of December, 1927.

Dated this 31st day of December, 1927.

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

(I.A. 19/41/3.)