Nov. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3141

Member of the Maungakawa Rabbit Board elected.—(Notice No. Ag. 2997)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 5th November, 1931.

NOTICE has been received under the hand of the Returning Officer of the Maungakawa Rabbit Board, established under the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, that Edward Henry Hall has been duly elected as a member of the said Board, vice Andrew Christie (deceased).

D. JONES, Minister of Agriculture.

The Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.—Declaration by the Assistant Registrar dissolving a Society.

I, JOHN CARADUS, Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it has been made to appear to me that Wharehuia Social Club (Incorporated), (1921/8), is no longer carrying on its operations, the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved in pursuance of section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.

Dated at New Plymouth, this 4th day of November, 1931.

J. CARADUS,
Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

Sitting of the Native Land Court at Auckland on the 8th December, 1931.

Registrar’s Office,
Auckland, 3rd November, 1931.

NOTICE is hereby given that the matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the Native Land Court sitting at Auckland on the 8th December, 1931, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will allow.

[Waikato-Maniapoto, 1931.] E. P. EARLE, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

No. 21. Applicant: Earl, Kent, Massey, and Northcroft. Name of land: Whangamarino 229. Nature of application: For rehearing of application for assessment of compensation for land taken for a road.

Officiating Ministers for 1931.—Notice No. 35.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 10th November, 1931.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information :—

Free Methodist Church.

Mr. Kenneth H. Melvin.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Results of Elections of Trustees of Drainage Districts.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 12th November, 1931.

THE following results of the elections of trustees of drainage districts have been received from the Returning Officer, and are published in accordance with the provisions of the Land Drainage Act, 1908.

P. J. KELLEHER, Under-Secretary.

Steward Settlement Water-race District, County of Waitaki—
Adam Elliot.
James Gibson.
John Henderson.
James Hollamby.
John G. Macdonald.
William G. McHardy.
James B. Chapman.

(I.A. 19/141/2.)

Judea Drainage District, County of Tauranga—
William Poole Bell.
Charles Kennedy.
Henry Moore.
Charles Murray Lamb Rumbles.
Herbert Walton.

(I.A. 19/78/6.)

Woodlands Drainage District, County of Waikato—
Gordonton Subdivision—
Wilfred John Bridgman.
Joseph William Chapman.
John Wells Chapman.
Motumaoho Subdivision—
R. Belsey.
Joseph Milton.
George Were.

(I.A. 19/78/28.)

Te Rapa Drainage District, County of Waipa—
Rotokauri Subdivision—
John Samuel Elliott.
Central Subdivision—
James Harwood.
William Allen Paterson.

(I.A. 19/78/38.)

Eureka Drainage District, County of Waikato—
Newstead Subdivision—
Robert Orr Duncan.
Thomas Thompson.

(I.A. 19/78/35.)

Mangawara Drainage District, County of Waikato.
Northern Subdivision—
Arthur Allan Civil.
George Farmer.
Elwin Speedy.

(I.A. 19/78/23.)

Makerua Drainage District, Counties of Horowhenua, Kairanga, and Manawatu—
Hugh Akers.
Herman Seifert.
Joseph Huia Palmerston Liggins.
William Jackson.
Thomas Dennis Lynch.
George Larsen.
Eric Emerson Mabin.

(I.A. 19/78/4.)

Population of the Dominion.

RETURN of the Estimated Population of the Dominion of New Zealand, Dependencies, and Mandated Territory.

During the quarter ended 30th September, 1931, the population showed an increase of 3,501 compared with an increase of 3,941 during the corresponding quarter of 1930.

Census and Statistics Office,
Wellington, 9th November, 1931.

MALCOLM FRASER,
Government Statistician.