Nov. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3627

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 21st November, 1930.

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 Stratford Acclimatization District:—

Austin Gannaway, of Ratapiko,
Arthur Edward Sayers, of Stratford,
Herbert Dixon, of Stratford,
Albert James Davey, of Stratford,
Malcolm McKay Knox, of Huinga,
Kenneth Watchorn, of Puniwhakau,
Robert John McFarlane, of Stratford,
Hugh Alexander McLeod, of Tahora,
Harold Lawrence Walker, of Tututawa,
Henry Cook, of Huinga, and
William Morrison Lines, of Puniwhakau.

A. T. NGATA, for Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 25/23/46.)

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

Marine Department,
Wellington, 11th November, 1930.

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

Frank Griffiths, of Avonside,

to be an officer for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act, in respect of the North Canterbury and Ashburton Acclimatization Districts.

JAS. B. DONALD, Minister of Marine.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 20th November, 1930.

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

Henry Bell Reid

to be Clerk of the Magistrates’ Court at Palmerston North for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928, Sheriff for the District of Manawatu and Registrar at Palmerston North of the Supreme Court of New Zealand for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Palmerston, Local Patent Officer at Palmerston North for the purposes of section 15 of the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1921–22, and Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Palmerston for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, as from the 8th day of November, 1930.

Fred Swindells

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Orchard and Garden Diseases Act, 1928, as from 14th November, 1930.

Owen Wilder Bamfield

to be District Public Trustee at Te Aroha, as from the 1st day of December, 1930.

Fred Sydney Rocks Knight

to be Registrar of Poisons for the Wellington District for the purposes of the Poisons Act, 1908, as from the 10th day of November, 1930.

T. MARK, Secretary.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 25th November, 1930.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned person has been appointed to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the district set respectively opposite his name, viz:—

Name. District.
Henry Francis Fuller .. .. Ashhurst.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 22nd November, 1930.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor, Rotorua Borough Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926.

E. A. RANSOM,
Acting Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF ROTORUA.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that at a poll of ratepayers of the special-rating area of the Borough of Rotorua, taken on the 19th day of November, 1930, on the proposal of the Rotorua Borough Council to borrow the sum of £4,000 for the purpose of making advances to ratepayers towards the cost of sewerage house connections, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 108; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 10.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 20th day of November, 1930.

THOS. JACKSON, Mayor.

Special Order made by the Patea County Council, altering Riding Boundaries.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 25th November, 1930.

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

Pursuant to section 100 of that Act, as amended by section 3 of the Counties Amendment Act, 1921–22, I hereby fix the 31st day of March, 1931, as the date from which the special order shall take effect.

JOHN G. COBBE,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

COPY OF SPECIAL ORDER MADE BY THE PATEA COUNTY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING HELD ON TUESDAY, 9TH SEPTEMBER, 1930, AND CONFIRMED AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETING OF THE SAID COUNCIL HELD ON TUESDAY, 14TH OCTOBER, 1930.

THAT the boundary between the Kapara and Otoia Ridings be altered so that the boundary between these two ridings will commence at the intersection of the Confiscation-line and the boundary between the Hawera and Patea Counties; thence proceeding in a south-easterly direction along the said Confiscation-line to where it strikes the Whenuakura River, so that the Rotorangi Block, Subs. 1, 2, and 3 of Kaharoa Block No. 3, Section 2, Block III, Sections 6 and 7, Block VIII, and Sections 1 and 2, Block IV (all in the Opaku Survey District), will be included in the Kapara Riding.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly made as required by the provisions of section 99 of the Counties Act, 1920, and that the above is a copy of the said special order as it appears in the minutes of the meeting of the Patea County Council at which it was made.

W. F. SHIELD,
County Clerk, Patea County Council.

I hereby certify that this description can be followed on plans deposited in the Survey Office at New Plymouth.

B. C. McCABE,
For Chief Surveyor.

(I.A. 19/80/23.)

Notice respecting Proposed Abolition of the Hopelands Drainage District, County of Woodville.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 25th November, 1930.

IT is hereby notified that it is proposed to abolish the Hopelands Drainage District, in the County of Woodville, pursuant to the provisions of section 4, Land Drainage Amendment Act, 1922.

All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed abolition of such district 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 at Wellington.

JOHN G. COBBE,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 19/63/23.)