2736.                                                             THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.                                                                 [No. 89

Fireblight Committee Elections under the Fireblight Committee Regulations, 1928.

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DECLARATION OF ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE FIREBLIGHT COMMITTEE OF THE WAIRARAPA COMMERCIAL FRUITGROWING DISTRICT.

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I, THOMAS McALISTER DRAIN, Returning Officer for the purposes of the Fireblight Committee Elections under the Fireblight Committee Regulations, 1928, do hereby declare that the following candidates have been duly nominated for the election of members of the Fireblight Committee of the Wairarapa Commercial Fruitgrowing District, nominations for which closed at Wellington at noon on the 30th day of November, 1938:—

Broadbent, Archibald Maltby.
Bunny, Francis Charles.
Kenning, Percy Edward.
Kidd, James Hutton.
Tate, Walter Askin.

As the number of candidates nominated does not exceed the number of members to be elected (five), I hereby declare the said Archibald Maltby Broadbent, Francis Charles Bunny, Percy Edward Kenning, James Hutton Kidd, and Walter Askin Tate to be duly elected.

Dated at Wellington, this 6th day of December, 1938.

THOMAS McALISTER DRAIN,
Returning Officer.

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Officiating Ministers for 1938.—Notice No. 41.

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Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 6th December, 1938.

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:—

The Salvation Army.
Captain John C. Waite.

G. G. HODGKINS,
Deputy Registrar-General.

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List of Persons licensed to Deal in certain Dangerous Drugs.

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THE DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT, 1927, AND THE DANGEROUS DRUGS REGULATIONS, 1928.

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Department of Health,
Wellington, 30th November, 1938.

THE following is a list of persons and firms licensed under the regulations under the date hereof to deal in all dangerous drugs as defined in the Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act. This list is supplementary to that published in the Gazette on the 4th August, 1938:—

Fitzroy Pharmacy .. .. New Plymouth.
Barraud and Abraham, Ltd. .. Palmerston North.
Boots, The Chemists (N.Z.), Ltd. .. Palmerston North.
D. S. Dodds, Ltd .. .. Christchurch.
Dominion Dental Supplies Co. .. Christchurch.
Fairbairn Wright, Ltd. .. Christchurch.
McArthurs Ltd, .. .. Christchurch.
F. W. Page Ltd. .. .. Leeston.
Central Pharmacy .. .. Greymouth.
Quin’s Pharmacy .. .. Gore.

R. A. SHORE,
Acting Director-General of Health.

(H.D.D. 38/3.)

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Result of Election of Members of a River Board.

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Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 6th December, 1938.

THE following result of the election of members of a River Board has been received from the Returning Officer and is published in accordance with the provisions of the River Boards Amendment Act, 1913.

J. W. HEENAN, Under-Secretary.

Waipawa River District, Counties of Waipawa and Patangata—

James Collins.
Rosslyn Hutchison Tod.
James Parkes Turley.
Allen Marsh Williams.
Charles Athol Williams.

(I.A. 103/26/33.)

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Mining Privileges struck off the Register.

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Mining Registrar’s Office, Blenheim, 21st November, 1938.

NOTICE is hereby given in pursuance of section 188 (4) of the Mining Act, 1926, as amended by section 18 of the Mining Amendment Act, 1937, that the mining privileges mentioned in the Schedule hereto have been struck off the Register.

A. F. BENT, Mining Registrar.

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SCHEDULE.

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CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

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Land in Auckland Land District for Selection on Optional Tenures.

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District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 6th December, 1938.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for selection on optional tenures under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 11 o’clock a.m. on Monday, 23rd January, 1939.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, 25th January, 1939, at 10.30 o’clock a.m., but if any applicant is unable to attend he may be examined by any other Land Board or by any Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Applicants are required to produce for inspection when examined documentary evidence of their financial position, such as bank pass-books, certificates or letters of credit from managers of banks, financial institutions, or mercantile firms, or from private persons or parents undertaking to give financial assistance. Persons undertaking to assist financially should state to what extent they are prepared to do so and supply guarantees of their own financial position.

The ballot will be held immediately upon conclusion of the examination of applicants, and the successful applicant is required to pay immediately at conclusion of ballot a deposit comprising the first half-year’s rent, broken-period rent, and lease fee.