APRIL 22.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Member of the Lake Wakatipu Rabbit Board appointed.
(Note No. Ag. 3463.)

Pursuant to the powers vested in me by section 37
of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, I, William Lee
Martin, Minister of Agriculture, do hereby appoint
Roland James McIntyre,
being an Inspector under Part I. of the said Act, to be a
member of the Lake Wakatipu Rabbit Board established
under the said Act, vice Donald Hearne Gunn, transferred.
Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of April, 1937.
W. LEE MARTIN, Minister of Agriculture.

Member of Westland Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 20th April, 1937.
NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-
General has, pursuant to section 49 of the Land Act,
1924, been pleased to reappoint
Bernard Ward
to be a member of the Land Board for the Land District of
Westland for a further term of two years from the 8th day of
April, 1937.
FRANK LANGSTONE, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 22/748/7.)

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 20th April, 1937.
It is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons
have been appointed to be the Deputies of the Registrars
of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set
respectively opposite their names, viz. :-
Name.
Jack Douglas Snow .. .. Owhango.
Robert Reid Millar .. .. Opotiki.
Frederick James Rees Gledhill .. Taihape.
Miss Laura Josephine Dowling .. .. Hyde.
Cornelius Patrick Casey .. .. Mangonui.
Patrick Michael Martin .. .. Napier.
G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioners,
Wellington, 15th April, 1937.
The Public Service Commissioners have made the
following appointments in the Public Service:-
Robert Reid Millar,
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at
Opotiki, as from the 5th day of April, 1937.
Felix Herbert Waters,
to be Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Otago Land
District for the purposes of the Land Act, 1924, as from the
12th day of April, 1937.
George Ivan Martin,
to be Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Marlborough
Land District for the purposes of the Land Act, 1924, as
from the 5th day of April, 1937.
David Masson Greig,
to be Deputy Chief Surveyor for the Marlborough Land
District for the purposes of the Land Act, 1924, as from the
1st day of April, 1937.
Nelson Clay,
to be Deputy Chief Surveyor for the Taranaki Land District
for the purposes of the Land Act, 1924, as from the 9th day
of April, 1937.
Archibald Wilson Craig,
to be Deputy Chief Surveyor for the Nelson Land District
for the purposes of the Land Act, 1924, as from the 1st
day of April, 1937.

James Bruce Davis,
to be Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer for the
Electoral District of Wairarapa for the purposes of the
Electoral Act, 1927, and Returning Officer for the Wairarapa
Licensing District for the purposes of the Licensing Act,
1908, and its amendments, as from the 22nd day of March,
1937.
Norman Charles Kensington,
to be Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Canterbury
Land District for the purposes of the Land Act, 1924, as
from the 12th day of April, 1937.
Percy Russell Wilkinson,
to be Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Nelson Land
District for the purposes of the Land Act, 1924, as from the
5th day of April, 1937.
Frederick James Rees Gledhill,
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at
Taihape, as from the 12th day of April, 1937.
Thomas Baden Adams,
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and
Deaths for the District of Waipara, as from the 31st day of
March, 1937.
Leslie Arthur Whitham,
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and
Deaths for the District of Ellesmere, as from the 9th day of
April, 1937.
Cornelius Patrick Casey,
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at
Mangonui, as from the 3rd day of April, 1937.
William David Jesse Hay,
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and
Deaths for the District of Paparoa, as from the 7th day of
April, 1937.
Donald Semple,
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and
Deaths for the District of Waipu, as from the 9th day of
April, 1937.
Patrick Michael Martin,
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at
Napier, as from the 12th day of April, 1937.
G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, and its
Amendments, fixing the Closing-hours of Tobacconists' Shops
within the Borough of Rotorua.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority
of the occupiers of all the tobacconists' shops within
the Borough of Rotorua, has been forwarded to me desiring
that all such shops within the said borough be closed in the
evening of working-days as follows :-
From the 1st May to the 31st October (both days inclusive),
on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 6 p.m.,
and on Saturdays at 9 p.m. From the 1st November to the
30th April (both days inclusive), on Mondays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays, and Fridays at 8 p.m., and on Saturdays at
9 p.m., with the following exceptions :-
(1) During the period 20th December to 8th January
(both days inclusive), there shall be no fixed closing-
hour; and
(2) When any day which is generally observed as a public
holiday in the borough falls on a Saturday, then the
closing-hour on the Friday immediately preceding
such day shall be 9 p.m. :
And whereas I, Patrick Charles Webb, Acting Minister of
Labour, am satisfied that the signatures to such requisition
represent a majority of the occupiers of all the said shops
within the said borough :
Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 32 of the Shops
and Offices Act, 1921-22, I do hereby direct that on and
after the 10th day of May, 1937, all the tobacconists' shops
within the Borough of Rotorua shall be closed accordingly :
The notice fixing the closing-hours of tobacconists' shops
within the Borough of Rotorua and the notice prohibiting
the sale within the Borough of Rotorua of certain goods
comprised in the trade of a tobacconist, published in the
New Zealand Gazette of the 10th July, 1930, are hereby can-
celled as from the date of coming into operation of this
notice.
Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of April, 1937.
P. C. WEBB,
Acting Minister of Labour.