Dec. 24. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3627

MINISTER'S DECISIONS UNDER CUSTOMS ACTS—continued.

Minister's Order No. 39.] E. D. GOOD, Acting Comptroller of Customs.

Declaration of Result of Poll for the Northern Maori Electoral District.

I, EDWARD PERCY EARLE, Returning Officer for the Northern Maori Electoral District, do hereby declare the result of the poll taken on the 1st day of December, 1931, for the election of a member of Parliament for the said district to be as follows:—

Candidates. Votes polled.
Hemi Whantere Witehira .. .. 224
Paraire Karaka Paikēa .. .. 2,109
Tau Henare .. .. 3,297

Total number of votes polled .. 5,630

I therefore declare the said Tau Henare to be elected.

Dated at Auckland, this 14th day of December, 1931.

F. P. EARLE, Returning Officer.

Declaration of Result of Poll for the Eastern Maori Electoral District.

I, JOHN HARVEY, Returning Officer for the Eastern Maori Electoral District, do hereby declare the result of the poll taken on the 1st day of December, 1931, for the election of a member of Parliament for the said district to be as follows:—

Candidates. Votes polled.
Apirana Turupa Ngata .. .. 5,105
Pita te Turuki Tamati Moko .. .. 1,994

Total number of votes polled .. 7,099

I therefore declare the said Apirana Turupa Ngata to be elected.

Dated at Gisborne, this 17th day of December, 1931.

JNO. HARVEY, Returning Officer.

Declaration of Result of Poll for the Western Maori Electoral District.

I, GEORGE PATRICK SHEPHERD, Returning Officer for the Western Maori Electoral District, do hereby declare the result of the poll taken on the 1st day of December, 1931, for the election of a member of Parliament for the said district to be as follows:—

Candidates. Votes polled.
Haami Tokouru Ratana .. .. 2,736
Hare Henare Piahana .. .. 103
Pepene Tango Eketone .. .. 293
Rima Wakarus.. .. .. 394
Taite te Tomo .. .. 4,172
Timi Takirihl (James Douglas) .. .. 95

Total number of votes polled .. 7,793

I therefore declare the said Taite te Tomo to be elected.

Dated at Wellington, this 19th day of December, 1931.

G. P. SHEPHERD, Returning Officer.

Declaration of Result of Poll for the Southern Maori Electoral District.

I, JOHN ROYDEN SANSOM, Returning Officer for the Southern Maori Electoral District, do hereby declare the result of the poll taken on the 1st day of December, 1931, for the election of a member of Parliament for the said district to be as follows:—

Candidates. Votes polled.
Eruera Tihema Tirikatene (Tregerthen) .. .. 315
Hari Wi Katene .. .. 268
Tuiti Makitanara .. .. 334

Total number of votes polled .. 917

I therefore declare the said Tuiti Makitanara to be elected.

Dated at Christchurch, this 10th day of December, 1931.

J. R. SANSOM, Returning Officer.

Appointment of Deputy District Public Trustee.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by section three of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1921-22, I, the Public Trustee of the Dominion of New Zealand, have appointed William Robert Millier, of the Public Trust Office, Napier, to be Deputy of the District Public Trustee, Te Aroha, during the absence of such District Public Trustee from his headquarters, and all previous appointments in this behalf are hereby revoked.

Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of December, 1931.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office.—Murchison Agency.

IT is notified for public information that Mr. Richard James Daniel has been appointed Agent of the Public Trust Office at Murchison, vice Mr. R. F. Batchelor, resigned.

Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of December, 1931.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 16th December, 1931.

THE Loyal Inglewood Lodge, No. 9605, with registered office at Inglewood, is registered as a branch of the Taranaki District of the New Zealand Branch of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 16th day of December, 1931.

R. WITHEFORD,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

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