Mar. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 427

Appointing a Member of the Otago Harbour Board.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

WHEREAS it is provided by section thirty-seven of the Harbours Act, 1923, that in the case of the death of a member of a Harbour Board his office shall become vacant and such vacancy shall be deemed an extraordinary vacancy:

And whereas it is provided by subsection two of section thirty-eight of the said Act that when an elective member other than a representative of a constituent district vacates his office on the Board through the operation of the said section thirty-seven the Governor-General may, by Warrant under his hand, appoint some qualified person in his place:

And whereas David Larnach, an elective member of the Otago Harbour Board, being a representative of the combined district of the City of Dunedin and the Borough of St. Kilda, is deceased, and it is desirable to appoint a qualified person in his place:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the hereinbefore-recited power and authority, doth hereby appoint

James Wright Munro

to be a member of the Otago Harbour Board as a representative of the combined district aforesaid in the place of David Larnach, deceased.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 23rd day of February, 1932.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Marine.

Re-appointment of Member of Canterbury Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 1st March, 1932.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to re-appoint

Robert Fleet Henderson

to be a member of the Land Board for the Land District of Canterbury, for a term of two years, from the 23rd day of May, 1932.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 22/748/8.)

Appointment of an Inspector under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, revoked.—Notice No. Ag. 3019.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 24th February, 1932.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to revoke the appointment of

George Henry Blackwell

as an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, for the Hawera County, such revocation to take effect from the 20th day of February, 1932.

C. E. MACMILLAN, Minister of Agriculture.

Appointment in the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy.

Navy Office,
Wellington, 25th February, 1932.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointment in the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy :—

Captain Colin Sinclair Thomson, Royal Navy,

to H.M.S. “Diomede,” additional, to date 1st January, 1932, and as Second Naval Member of the New Zealand Naval Board, vice Fraser, to date 25th February, 1932.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.

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

Marine Department,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1932.

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, cancelled the appointment of

Harold George Kemp, of Ashburton,

as an officer for the purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908, and has appointed

Herbert George Kemp, of Ashburton, and
Samuel Murray Anderson, of Mount Somers,

to be officers for the purposes of the said Part II.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Marine.

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

Marine Department,
Wellington, 27th February, 1932.

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

Walter Henry Hosking, of Palmerston North,
Oliver Walton, of Eketahuna, and
Athol George Pearce, of Mangaweka,

to be officers for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act, in respect of the Wellington Acclimatization District.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Marine.

Government Representative on the Te Awamutu Fire Board appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 29th February, 1932.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

D. T. B. McArthur, Esquire,

as Government representative on the Te Awamutu Fire Board.

ADAM HAMILTON, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 11/5/31.)

Approving of Testing Officers under the Motor-drivers Regulations, 1931.

IN terms of Regulation 5 of the Motor-drivers Regulations, 1931, I, Joseph Gordon Coates, Minister of Transport, do hereby approve, until further notice, of the persons named in Column 2 of the Schedule hereunder being testing officers under the said regulations for the local authorities described in Column 1 of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

Column 1. LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
Column 2. APPROVED TESTING OFFICERS.

Boroughs.
Arrowtown .. Shaw, J., Mill-owner, Arrowtown.
Carterton .. Taplin, F. H., Borough Officer, Carterton.
Dannevirke .. Scott, C., Borough Officer, Dannevirke.
Geraldine .. Lord, H., Borough Officer, Geraldine.
Kaiapoi .. Tait, W. J., Borough Officer, Kaiapoi.
Lyttelton .. Hall, M., Borough Officer, Lyttelton.
Martinborough .. Milne, W. G., Traffic Inspector, Masterton.
Morrinsville .. Dench, W., Borough Officer, Morrinsville.
Mount Eden .. Moore, H., Borough Officer, Mount Eden.
Ohakune .. Cody, J. E., Borough Officer, Ohakune.
One Tree Hill .. Hollingsworth, P., Borough Officer, One Tree Hill.
Patea .. Austin, L. W., Cunningham, J. O., Borough Officers, Patea.
Timaru .. Cameron, D., Borough Officer, Timaru.
Wellington .. Avory, R. J., Walker, A., City Council Officers, Wellington.
Woodville .. Keay, D. S. L., Borough Officer, Woodville.

Counties.
Bay of Islands .. King, H. J. C., Launchman, Russell ; Pole, W., Stock-agent, Kaikohe.
Egmont .. Pickering, H., County Officer, Opunake.
Hauraki Plains .. McLeod, M. C., County Officer, Ngatea.
Manawatu .. Edwards, T. T., County Officer, Sanson ; Neville, W., County Officer, Foxton ; Pearce, R., County Officer, Himatangi.
Mangonui .. Goodhew, E. C., County Officer, Kaitaia.
Opotiki .. Morrell, J. H., Borough Officer, Opotiki.
Otorohanga .. Nicholson, W. E., County Officer, Otorohanga.
Pohangina .. Watson, D., County Officer, Pohangina.
Thames .. Johnstone, J., MacKay D., County Officers, Thames.
Waimairi .. Boaz, W. A., County Officer, Papanui.
Whangarei .. Gillespie, W. H., County Officer, Whangarei.
Whangaroa .. Chappel, H., County Officer, Kaeo.

Town Boards.
Henderson .. Hughes, R., Traffic Inspector, Henderson.
Howick .. Bushell, H. H., Farmer, Howick.
Kaikohe .. Pole, W. J., Stock Agent, Kaikohe.

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of February, 1932.

(T.T. 9/4.) J. G. COATES, Minister of Transport.