Aug. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2213

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 1st August, 1935.

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

George Charles Rodda, Esquire, M.B.E.,

to be Secretary to the Treasury, Receiver-General, Paymaster-General, and Registrar of Stock, as from the 6th day of August, 1935.

Bernard Carl Ashwin, Esquire, M.Com.,

to be Assistant Secretary to the Treasury and Accountant, as from the 6th day of August, 1935.

George Gauld Rose, Esquire, M.A., LL.B.,

to be State Advances Superintendent in accordance with the provisions of the State Advances Act, 1913, Assistant Registrar of Stock for the purposes of the New Zealand Loans Act, 1932, as from the 1st day of August, 1935, and Second Assistant Secretary to the Treasury, as from the 6th day of August, 1935.

T. MARK, Secretary.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 1st August, 1935.

THE Acting Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service:—

Philip George Pearce, Esquire,

to be Secretary for Land and Deeds; Commissioner of Stamp Duties for the purposes of section 5 of the Stamp Duties Act, 1923; Registrar of Companies for the purposes of section 4 of the Companies Act, 1933; and Registrar of Incorporated Societies for the purposes of section 3 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of August, 1935.

T. MARK, Secretary.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 1st August, 1935.

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

Albert James Ching,*

to be Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Marsden for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, as from the 8th day of July, 1935.

Charles William Carver,

to be Returning Officer for the Dunedin Licensing District for the purposes of the Licensing Act, 1908, and Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Dunedin West for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927; Clerk of the Magistrates’ Courts at Dunedin for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928; and Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the districts of Dunedin, Dunedin South, and Chalmers for the purposes of the Licensing Act, 1908, as from the 27th day of July, 1935.

Arthur Wallace Murphy,

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Palmerston, as from the 24th day of July, 1935.

Charles Burton McNatty,

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Drury, as from the 26th day of July, 1935.

Harold Vivian Ward,

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Oxford, as from the 29th day of July, 1935.

George Hume Seddon,

to be District Land Registrar and Examiner of Titles for the District of Otago in pursuance of section 4 of the Land Transfer Act, 1915; also Registrar of Deeds for the District of Otago in pursuance of section 6 of the Deeds Registration Act, 1908, as from the 5th day of August, 1935.

*Amending entry on page 2088, New Zealand Gazette No. 54 of 25th July, 1935.

T. MARK, Secretary.

Including Additional Land in the Rangana Development Scheme.

NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a resolution passed by the Board of Native Affairs on the 10th July, 1935, the provisions of section 522 of the Native Land Act, 1931, have been applied to Rangana No. 11 Block, being part Section 8, Rangana Block, and comprising 57 acres 3 roods, save and except an area of 5 acres, more or less, upon which is growing a plantation of trees planted at the cost of the Aotea District Maori Land Board, and the said land is included in the Rangana Development Scheme.

Dated at Wellington, this 31st day of July, 1935.

R. MASTERS,
Acting Native Minister, Chairman of the Board.

Poukawa Drainage Area.—Amendment of annually recurring Special Rates.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 31st July, 1935.

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to the Swamp Drainage Act, 1915, and its amendments, the annually recurring special rates made and levied on 30th day of March, 1933, and payable on 30th day of August in each year, have been amended as from the 1st day of April, 1935, by a reduction to the amounts described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

Class A: On the unimproved value of all land classified as Class A by the person appointed to classify lands under section 3 of the Swamp Drainage Amendment Act, 1928, thirty-five pence and seventy-two one-hundredths of a penny (35·72d.) in the pound.

Class B: On the unimproved value of all land so classified as Class B, fivepence and ninety-five one-hundredths of a penny (5·95d.) in the pound.

Class C: On the unimproved value of all land so classified as Class C, one penny and nineteen one-hundredths of a penny (1·19d.) in the pound.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 15/86/1.)

Excluding Land from the Ruatoki Development Scheme.

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Native Affairs, the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are no longer subject to the provisions of section 522 of the Native Land Act, 1931, and are excluded from the Ruatoki Development Scheme.

Dated at Wellington, this 31st day of July, 1935.

R. MASTERS,
Acting Native Minister, Chairman of the Board.

SCHEDULE.

The following lands, situated in Rangitaiki Upper Survey District:—

Block. Area.
A. R. P.
Parish of Matata, Lots 61, 118, and parts Lots 119 and 120, Subdivision A 42 3 20
Parish of Matata, Lots 61, 118, and parts Lots 119 and 120, Subdivision B 25 3 5
Parish of Matata, Lots 61, 118, and parts Lots 119 and 120, Subdivision C 33 1 8
Parish of Matata, Lots 61, 118, and parts Lots 119 and 120, Subdivision D 46 0 8
Parish of Matata, Lots 61, 118, and parts Lots 119 and 120, Subdivision E No. 1 6 3 20
Parish of Matata, Lots 61, 118, and parts Lots 119 and 120, Subdivision E No. 2 109 2 34
Parish of Matata, Lots 61, 118, and parts Lots 119 and 120, Subdivision F 28 0 25
Parish of Matata, Lots 61, 118, and parts Lots 119 and 120, Subdivision G 4 3 9

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Arrangements for First Election and First Meeting of French Pass Road Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1935.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Roy Arthur Webber, Esquire,

of French Pass, to be Returning Officer and person to prepare the ratepayers roll for the purposes of the first election of the Board of the French Pass Road District; also to appoint Saturday, the 31st day of August, 1935, at two o’clock in the afternoon, to be the day and hour, and the School, French Pass, to be the place, for holding such election; also to appoint Saturday, the 7th day of September, 1935, at two o’clock in the afternoon, to be the day and hour, and the School, French Pass, to be the place, for holding the first meeting of the Board so elected.

J. A. YOUNG, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 1934/134/1.)