JULY 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1875

Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that Arthur Owen Williams, being a person holding the office of District Public Trustee at Waipukurau, is authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the three hundred and first section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927.

As witness my hand, this 11th day of July, 1929.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22: Appointment of Ranger revoked.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th July, 1929.

IT is hereby notified that the appointment of

Alfred George Peckham

as a Ranger under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, has been revoked.

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

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

Appointment as Ranger under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22.

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 appoint Reuben James Cornwell, of the State Forest Service, to be a Ranger under the said Act to exercise his duties generally throughout New Zealand.

As witness my hand at Wellington, this 6th day of July, 1929.

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

(I.A. 25/23/33.)

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 10th July, 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 undermentioned person has been appointed a Ranger under and for the purposes of that Act for the Waimate Acclimatization District.

Arthur Armstrong McKenzie, of Waimate.

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

(I.A. 25/23/30.)

Ranger under the Animals Protection and Game Act appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 16th July, 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 undermentioned person has been appointed a Ranger under and for the purposes of that Act for the Auckland Acclimatization District:—

Jean Le Tracy of Ponsonby, Auckland.

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

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

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

Marine Department,
Wellington, 9th July, 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

Henry George Priest, of Waihou,

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

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Marine.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th July, 1929.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

William Meldrum, Esquire, S.M.,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Motueka, vice T. E. Maunsell, Esquire, S.M.

THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Justice.

Native Interpreter appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 9th July, 1929.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to authorize

Hakaraia Smith,

of Tolaga Bay, to act as an Interpreter of the First Grade under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations made thereunder.

A. T. NGATA, Native Minister.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 13th July, 1929.

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

Allan Leslie Tresidder,

to be Local Patent Officer at Whangarei for the purposes of the section 15 of the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1921-22, and the Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Marsden for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, as from the 1st day of July, 1929.

(Mrs.) Jessie Emma Foster

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Kenana, as from the 3rd day of July, 1929.

William Bambridge Robertson

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Tirau, as from the 8th day of July, 1929.

George Galloway Chisholm

to be the Registrar of Electors for the Electoral District of Napier for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, as from the 1st day of August, 1929.

William Henry Davys

to be the Registrar of Electors for the Electoral District of Waimarino for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, as from the 1st day of August, 1929.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 16th July, 1929.

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.:—

Name. District.
John Harley McIver .. .. .. Balfour.
Harold Skellern .. .. .. .. Cambridge.
Robert Albert Mace .. .. .. Dargaville.
James Adrah William Wilton .. .. Herekino.
Thomas Godfrey Augustus Jones .. .. Petone.*

• Births and Deaths only.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

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

The Treasury,
Wellington, 15th July, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Registers of New Zealand 5 1/4-per-cent. and 5 1/2-per-cent. Inscribed Stock, maturing 15th February, 1932, 15th August, 1933, and 15th February, 1937, will be closed from the 1st August to the 15th August, 1929 (inclusive), for the purpose of the issue of half-yearly interest.

JOSEPH WARD, Minister of Finance.