Dec. 5]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Collector of Rates appointed for the Districts constituted under the Hauraki Plains Act, 1926, Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910, and the Swamp Land Drainage Act, 1915

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st November, 1946.

NOTICE is hereby given that I have, in terms of the Hauraki Plains Act, 1926, the Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910, the Swamp Land Drainage Act, 1915, and the regulations thereunder, and the Rating Act, 1925, appointed

David William Malcolmson

to be Collector of Rates for the drainage districts constituted in accordance with the above-mentioned Acts.

B. ROBERTS,
For the Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 3/45.)

Members of Land Sales Court reappointed

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 29th November, 1946.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General in Council has been pleased to reappoint

William Ernest Scott, Esquire, of Kapuni, Farmer ; and William Stewart, Esquire, of Wellington, retired Valuer-General,

to be members of the Land Sales Court, pursuant to sections 4 and 6 of the Servicemen's Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943, for a term of three years from 1st January, 1947.

D. M. GREIG, Under-Secretary.

(L. and S. 13/207/1c.)

Notice of Appointment of Honorary Fishery Officer

THE Minister of Marine has, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by section 29 of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1946, appointed

Kenneth William Payne, of Rotorua,

to be Honorary Officer for the Rotorua Acclimatization District for the purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908, to hold office until the 31st day of March, 1947.

W. C. SMITH, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 3rd December, 1946.

IT is hereby notified that the following appointments have been made :-

Henry Brodie Robb

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Petone, on and from the 1st day of November, 1946.

Alan Henry Griffiths

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Waimangaroa, on and from the 21st day of November, 1946.

Hubert Victor Thorburn

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Inglewood, on and from the 15th day of November, 1946.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service

Office of the Public Service Commission,
Wellington, 3rd December, 1946.

THE Public Service Commission has made the following appointments in the Public Service :-

Selwyn Louis Niederer

to be Inspecting Veterinary Officer for the purposes of the Stallions Act, 1938, and a Meat Grader under the Meat Act, 1939, for the purposes of the Board of Trade (Meat Grading) Regulations 1943, on and from 10th April, 1946.

Allan Wilfred John Apps

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Stock Act, 1908, on and from 21st November, 1946.

James Dow

to be Gaoler of His Majesty's Prison, New Plymouth, on and from 8th November, 1946.

Wilfrid Thomas Goodwin,
Bertram George Goodwin,
Tom Conway, and
Ronald Viney

to be Inspectors for the purposes of the Apiaries Act, 1927, as from 1st October, 1946.

Eric Frank Froggatt

to be a Receiver of Land Revenue for the Nelson Land District for the purposes of the Land Act, 1924, on and after the 4th day of November, 1946.

Frank Mitchell Whyte

to be District Public Trustee for the district of Wellington for the purposes of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1921-22, on and after the 2nd day of December, 1946.

Henry Goodwin Kingsland Adamson

to be a Receiver of Land Revenue for the South Auckland Land District for the purposes of the Land Act, 1924, on and after the 21st day of October, 1946.

Fred Derek Knight

to be Registrar of Electors for the Petone Electoral District for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, and its amendments, on and after the 10th day of September, 1946.

James Alan Marston

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Petone, on and from the 31st day of October, 1946, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Petone, on and from the 31st day of October, 1946.

George John Robertshaw

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Helensville, on and from the 24th day of October, 1946.

James Provo Millar

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Ngaruawahia, on and from the 11th day of November, 1946, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Ngaruawahia, on and from the 11th day of November, 1946.

L. A. ATKINSON, Secretary.

3-per-cent. New Zealand Government Stock maturing on 15th September, 1948, with option of Redemption on or after 15th September, 1946

WALTER NASH, Minister of Finance, in exercise of the option reserved to the Minister of Finance in the Prospectus dated the 15th day of May, 1941, hereby give notice to holders of the securities abovementioned that the said securities will be repaid at par on the 15th day of March, 1947, together with interest for the period 15th September, 1946, to the 15th March, 1947. Interest on the securities will then cease.

Dated at Wellington, this 2nd day of December, 1946.

W. NASH, Minister of Finance.

Approval of the Tauranga Boxing Association (Incorporated) for the Purposes of the Police Offences Act, 1927

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 29th November, 1946.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the Tauranga Boxing Association (Incorporated) for the purposes of the Police Offences Act, 1927, and the Police Offences (Boxing Contest) Regulations 1931.*

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

• Gazette, 26th November, 1931, Vol. III, page 3394.

Transmitting and Receiving Officers for the Service of Notices by Telegraph

General Post Office,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1946.

IN pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by the Post and Telegraph Act, 1928 (hereinafter termed the said Act), and by the regulations made on the 12th May, 1914, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 21st May, 1914, the following officers, at the addresses set against their names, are hereby appointed transmitting and receiving officers for the purpose of dealing with all notices by telegraph sent under the said Act or regulations, and of signing such certificates in relation to the service of any such notices as are required or authorized to be signed or given under the said Act or the regulations aforesaid :-

William George Morgan, Deputy Chief Postmaster, Auckland.
Peter Dalrymple Holmes, Superintendent, Telegraph Branch, Auckland.
James Patrick Joseph Hanratty, Chief Postmaster, Dunedin.
Alfred Orr Martin, Chief Postmaster, Gisborne.
Stanley Edward Oppenheim, Chief Postmaster, Hamilton.
William John Cummins, Postmaster, Hastings.
George Edwin Mitchell, Postmaster, Marton.
Walter Frederick Kent-Johnston, Chief Postmaster, Napier.
George Harold Davis, Chief Postmaster, New Plymouth.
George Henry Voyce, Postmaster, Pahiatua.
Charles Ebenezer Earle, Postmaster, Russell.
William Keith Berry, Postmaster, Waipukurau.
Robert Edward Sissons, Chief Postmaster, Whangarei.

B. ROBERTS,
For the Minister of Telegraphs.