JAN. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 23

Appointment in Rank in the New Zealand Naval Forces.

Navy Office,
Wellington, 8th January, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointment in rank in the New Zealand Naval Forces to date 23rd September, 1939 :—

Mr. Stanley Joseph Frank Hermans, New Zealand Naval Forces being appointed to the rank of Probationary Schoolmaster, to date 23rd September, 1939.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Members of Survey Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st December, 1939.

PURSUANT to the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section 3 of the Surveyors Act, 1938, I, Frank Langstone, Minister of Lands for the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint as from the 1st day of January, 1940, the undermentioned persons to be members of the Survey Board constituted by the said Act :—

George Henry Bullard,
Maurice Crompton-Smith,
Archibald Hugh Bogle, and
Charles Kirkpatrick Grierson,

the last-mentioned two persons having been nominated by the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors as required by the said Act.

FRANK LANGSTONE, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 17/32.)

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 9th January, 1940.

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. District.
Robert Joseph Foster Whiting .. Pahiatua.
Edward John Nolan .. Onehunga.*
(Mrs.) Bridget Ellen Cooper .. Hyde.

• Births and Deaths only.

K. D. C. MORRISON,
Acting Deputy Registrar-General.

Members of Otago and Southland Land Boards reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 10th January, 1940.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has, pursuant to section 49 of the Land Act, 1924, been pleased to reappoint

George William Stuart

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Otago for a further term of two years from the 15th day of January, 1940 ; and

John O’Shannessy

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Southland for a further term of two years from the 27th day of January, 1940.

THOS. POUND, Assistant Under-Secretary.

(L. and S. 22/748/9 and 10.)

Appointment in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 10th January, 1940.

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

Christopher Vincent Cosmos Stanich,

to be a Surveyor of Ships and Inspector of Ships’ Compasses for the purposes of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of December, 1939.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 10th January, 1940.

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

Colin Robert Bulman,

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths at Orepuki, as from the 7th day of December, 1939.

Leslie Terry Moore,

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Wairoa, as from the 15th day of December, 1939.

Calvert Percy Wilkinson,

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Hastings, as from the 17th day of November, 1939.

John Joseph King,

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Nelson, as from the 18th day of December, 1939.

Patrick Michael Martin,

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Napier, as from the 20th day of September, 1939.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 19th December, 1939.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor, Whakatane Borough Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926.

W. NASH, Minister of Finance.

WHAKATANE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

I, BRIAN SWEENEY BARRY, Mayor of the Borough of Whakatane, hereby declare that a poll of ratepayers of the Borough of Whakatane was taken on Wednesday, 13th December, 1939, upon a proposal to borrow the sum of seven thousand five hundred pounds.

The purpose for which the loan is required is the supplying and distributing of electrical energy for the benefit of the electricity supply area comprising the Borough of Whakatane and for such purpose to do all or any of such matters and things which the Council is empowered to do by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1933, and its amendments, and the Public Works Act, 1928, and its amendments, and in particular and without limiting in any way any of the aforesaid powers, to provide, erect, and construct additions and extensions to the present system of electricity distribution and reticulation, to purchase plant, land, easements, and general equipment.

The result of the polling on the above proposal was as follows :—

Votes.
The number of votes cast for the proposal was .. 71
The number of votes cast against the proposal was .. 4
I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

Dated at Whakatane, this 14th day of December, 1939.

B. S. BARRY, Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 4th January, 1940.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor, One Tree Hill Borough Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926.

W. NASH, Minister of Finance.

ONE TREE HILL BOROUGH COUNCIL.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of One Tree Hill, taken on the 19th day of December, 1939, on the proposal of the One Tree Hill Borough Council to borrow the sum of eleven thousand pounds (£11,000), for the purpose of widening the Great South Road, between Campbell and Waiohua Roads, to a total width of 80 ft. :—

Votes.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was .. 221
The number of votes recorded against the proposal was 80
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 20th day of December, 1939.

I. J. GOLDSTINE, Mayor.