Jan. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 239

Amending the Warrant authorizing the Lower Hutt Borough Council to construct a Bridge over the Hutt River at Lower Hutt (together with Approaches thereto), and apportioning the Cost.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in me by section one hundred and thirty-five of the Public Works Act, 1928, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in this behalf, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby amend the Warrant dated the twenty-ninth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, published in Gazette No. 44, of the thirtieth day of the same month, authorizing the Lower Hutt Borough Council to construct a bridge over the Hutt River at Lower Hutt (together with approaches thereto), and apportioning the cost, in terms of section one hundred and nineteen of the Public Works Act, 1908, as follows—viz.: The amount which the Lower Hutt Borough Council is authorized to borrow by special order, without taking any poll of the ratepayers thereon, for the purpose of the execution of the work described in the said Warrant shall be eight thousand and seventeen pounds (£8,017).

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 29th day of January, 1929.

W. B. TAVERNER,
For Minister of Public Works.

(P.W. 62/9/15/2.)

Registrar of Births, &c., appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 22nd January, 1929.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Hugh Donald Fraser

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Kuaotunu on and from the 1st day of January, 1929.

P. A. DE LA PERRELLE,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 12th January, 1929.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

(Mrs.) Ellen Handcock

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Taupo, at Reporoa, on and from the 25th day of December, 1928.

JOHN G. COBBE,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Rangers under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 21st January, 1929.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 35 of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, the under-mentioned persons have been appointed Rangers under and for the purposes of that Act for the Auckland Acclimatization District :—

Frederick James Bennett, of Waitakaruru,
Thomas Weir, of Tokoroa, and
Eugene Robert Rudyard McCarthy, of Arapuni.

P. A. DE LA PERRELLE,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 25/23/4.)

Ranger under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 25th January, 1929.

*IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 35 of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, the under-mentioned person has been appointed a Ranger under and for the purposes of that Act for the Auckland Acclimatization District :—

Harold Waldron Laing, of Pipiroa.

P. A. DE LA PERRELLE,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 25/23/4.)

Ranger under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 29th January, 1929.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 35 of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, that the under-mentioned person has been appointed a Ranger under and for the purposes of that Act for the North Canterbury Acclimatization District :—

Marmaduke Bethell, of Culverden.

P. A. DE LA PERRELLE,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 25/23/23.)

Cancellation of Appointment as Ranger under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 25th January, 1929.

IT is hereby notified that in exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, Philip Aldborough de la Perrelle, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby cancel the appointment of

Albert Henry McKane

as a Ranger under the said Act for the Grey District Acclimatization District.

P. A. DE LA PERRELLE,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 25/23/9.)

Appointment in the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy.

Navy Office,
Wellington, 24th January, 1929.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointment in the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy :—

Lieutenant Commander Cecil John Westland Branson, Royal Navy, to H.M.S. “Dunedin,” additional, to date 23rd November, 1928, and to H.M.S. “Dunedin” vice de Jersey from date of joining.

THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Defence.

Confirmation of Appointment in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand Division).

Navy Office,
Wellington, 28th January, 1929.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following confirmation of appointment in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand Division) :—

Probationary Sub-Lieutenant Roger Stannard Cameron as Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.V.R. (N.Z.D.), to date 3rd October, 1926.

THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Officers under Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 25th January, 1929.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1908, and of the Official Appointments and Documents Act, 1919, appointed

Eugene Robert Rudyard McCarthy, of Arapuni,
Thomas Weir, of Tokoroa, and
Frederick James Bennett, of Waitakaruru,

to be officers for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act, in respect of the Auckland Acclimatization District.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Marine.

Stipendiary Magistrate authorized to exercise Jurisdiction in Children’s Courts.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to authorize

Thomas Borthwick McNeil, Esquire, S.M.,

to exercise jurisdiction in the Children’s Courts established at Petone, Lower Hutt, and Upper Hutt.

THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Justice.