Dec. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3701

Visiting Justice appointed.
Prisons Department,
Wellington, 10th December, 1940.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint
Edwin Sincock, Esquire, J.P.,
to be a Visiting Justice to the Dunedin Prison.

D. G. McMILLAN, Minister in Charge of Prisons.

Appointments in the Public Service.
Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 11th December, 1940.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service:-
Harry Whitehead,
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths at Ashhurst, as from the 23rd day of November, 1940.
Hugh Anderson,
to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages at Cromwell, as from the 21st day of November, 1940.
Herbert Hawke,
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths at Cambridge, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Cambridge, as from the 16th day of November, 1940.
Mervyn Winston Albert Lea,
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Waitahuna, as from the 1st day of May, 1940.
John Bernard Sheahan,
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Ruawai, as from the 27th day of November, 1940.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Appointment in the Public Service.
Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 11th December, 1940.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service :-
Evelyn Frances Rose Scott,
to be a Shorthand Reporter under the Shorthand Reporters Act, 1908, on and from the 3rd day of December, 1940.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Appointments in the Public Service.
Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 11th December, 1940.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service:-
David Andrew Young,
to be District Land Registrar and Examiner of Titles for the District of Westland in pursuance of section 4 of the Land Transfer Act, 1915, and Registrar of Deeds for the District of Westland in pursuance of section 6 of the Deeds Registration Act, 1908, on and from the 2nd day of December, 1940.
Frederick James Henry Gratton,
to be Registrar of the Land and Titles Court for the purposes of section 44 of the Native Land and Titles Protection Ordinance, 1934, and Deputy Registrar of the High Court for the purposes of section 69 of the Samoa Act, 1921, on and from the 5th day of August, 1940.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed.
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 6th December, 1940.

In pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on me by the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1924, I, Gilbert Graham Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar-General, do hereby appoint
Leslie Walter Harris
to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Otahuhu, at Papatoetoe.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 9th December, 1940.

In pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on me by the Marriage Act, 1908, and the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1924, I, Gilbert Graham Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar-General, do hereby appoint
William Hughes
to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Stratford.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.
Wellington, 3rd December, 1940.

The following notice, received from the Chairman,
Waipa County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1926.

W. NASH, Minister of Finance.

WAIPA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Pursuant to section 13 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that at a poll of ratepayers of the Maeroa Water-supply Special Rating Area taken on the 15th November, 1940, on the proposal of the Waipa County Council to borrow £5,750, for the purpose of providing a water-supply in the said area:

Votes.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was ... 35
The number of votes recorded against the proposal was ... 8

I therefore declare the proposal was carried.

Dated at Te Awamutu, this 28th day of November, 1940.

S. C. B. MACKEY, Chairman.

The Sharebrokers Act, 1908.-Amendment to Rules of the Wellington Stock Exchange.

Head Office, Stamp Duties Office,
Wellington, 9th December, 1940.

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council has been pleased to approve the following amendment to the rules of the Wellington Stock Exchange.

W. NASH, Minister of Stamp Duties.

RULE 10 : Add the following as subsection (a):-
For the purpose of determining whether or not the quorum required by any of the rules of the Exchange for any purpose is present at any meeting or has voted in any ballot the total number of members of the Exchange shall not include any member who is absent from any meeting or has not voted in any ballot in consequence of serving with any of His Majesty's Forces or being otherwise unable to be present or vote in any ballot on account of war work. If any question shall arise as to whether any member is or is not to be counted a member of the Exchange for the purposes of this rule such question shall be determined by the Chairman of the meeting or ballot concerned and his decision shall be final and binding.

The Lemon Marketing Regulations 1940.-Notice fixing Prices of Certain Grades.

Office of Minister of Marketing,
Wellington, 10th December, 1940.

Pursuant to Regulation 5:1 of the Lemon Marketing Regulations 1940, I hereby fix the following prices per bushel to be paid by the Marketing Department for lemons of fancy grade and commercial grade respectively delivered to the Department during the undermentioned period.

The prices are fixed on an average basic price of 8s. 3d. for sufficient fruit which when cured will pack a bushel case.

Period of delivery (both days inclusive): 16th December to 31st December, 1940:-

Loose packed fresh lemons, Fancy Grade ... 6 0
Loose packed fresh lemons, Commercial Grade ... 5 0

W. NASH, Minister of Marketing.