MAR. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 567

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 4th March, 1931.

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 Otago Acclimatization District.

Finlay McIvor, of Palmerston.

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

(I.A. 25/23/17.)

Consul of the United States at Wellington appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 5th March, 1931.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that His Majesty’s Exequatur empowering John W. Dye, Esquire, to act as Consul of the United States at Wellington has been issued.

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

(I.A. 13/35/11.)

Appointment of Certain Members of Fire Boards by the Governor-General in Council in lieu of election by Insurance Companies.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 9th March, 1931.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General in Council has been pleased to appoint, under section 19 of the Fire Brigades Act, 1926, the following persons as fire insurance companies members on the Fire Board set opposite the name of each respectively :—

W. G. Hay, Dannevirke Fire Board.
J. W. F. Norrie, Dannevirke Fire Board.
W. G. Hay, Hastings Fire Board.
G. M. Taylor, Hastings Fire Board.
J. W. F. Norrie, Napier Fire Board.
G. M. Taylor, Napier Fire Board.
E. G. Hall, Waipukurau Fire Board.
W. E. Watson, Waipukurau Fire Board.
W. G. Hay, Woodville Fire Board.
J. W. F. Norrie, Woodville Fire Board.

JOHN G. COBBE, for Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 11/5/2.)

Member of Marlborough Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 10th March, 1931.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint James Boyd to be a member of the Marlborough Land Board for a term two years from 22nd May, 1930.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 22/748/5.)

Members of Hamilton Domain Board appointed.

Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 9th March, 1931.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 49 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, been pleased to appoint Frederick Arthur Swarbrick and Henry Herbert Howden as members of the Hamilton Domain Board in place of Arthur Swarbrick and John McKinnon (deceased), and in pursuance of section 46 of the said Act, to increase the number of members of the said Board from eight to nine, and to appoint Whampoa Fraser as the additional member thereby rendered necessary.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 1/178.)

Member of Marlborough Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 10th March, 1931.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint John Sumner Storey to be a member of the Marlborough Land Board for a term of two years from 29th March, 1931.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 22/748/5.)

Member of Taranaki Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 10th March, 1931.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint Samuel Blake, Esquire, to be a member of the Taranaki Land Board for a term of two years from 1st April, 1931.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 22/748/3.)

Member of Westland Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 11th March, 1931.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint Bernard Ward to be a member of the Westland Land Board for a term of two years from 8th April, 1931.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 22/748/7.)

Member of Taranaki Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 11th March, 1931.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint Henry Albert Foreman, Esquire, to be a member of the Taranaki Land Board for a term of two years from 11th April, 1931.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 22/748/3.)

Appointment of Member, Government Railways Appeal Board.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section nine of the Government Railways Amendment Act, 1927, I, William Andrew Veitch, Minister of Railways, do hereby appoint John Robert Robertson, a member of the Railway Department, at Wellington, to be a member of the Government Railways Appeal Board. To hold office from the date hereof until the 28th day of February, 1932, unless the appointment be sooner revoked.

W. A. VEITCH, Minister of Railways.

Wellington, 1st March, 1931.

Justices of the Peace authorised to exercise Jurisdiction in Children’s Court.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th March, 1931.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to authorize David John Ferguson McFarlane, Esquire, J.P., and Stanley Moxam Dixon, Esquire, J.P., to exercise jurisdiction in the Children’s Court established at Wanganui.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Justice.

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