Members of the Howard Estate Advisory Board appointed.--(Notice No. Ag. 4427)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 29th May, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, (1) in pursuance of subsection (3) of section 2 of the Howard Estate Amendment Act, 1927, and on the joint or other recommendation of the respective bodies mentioned in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of subsection (3) of the said section, to appoint--

Edward Averill, Esquire,
William Cuthbertson, Esquire, and
Wallace Anderson Tod, Esquire,

respectively, to be members of the Howard Estate Advisory Board ;
and (2), in pursuance of subsection (5) of the said section 2, to appoint--

James Livingstone, Esquire, and
Harry Standley Rathbone, Esquire,

to be the representatives on the said Board of the respective bodies mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (e) of subsection (3) of the said section; and (3), in pursuance of section 3 of the said Act, to name

Edward Averill, Esquire,

to be Chairman of the said Board.
EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Appointment of Honorary Officers

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 29 of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1946,
I, James O'Brien, Minister of Marine, do hereby appoint the persons named in the following Schedule to be Honorary Officers for the acclimatization districts shown in such Schedule for the purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908, such persons to hold office until the 31st March, 1950.
Dated at Wellington, this 31st day of May, 1947.

SCHEDULE

WELLINGTON ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
Robert Kelvin Ayres.
Colin Pringle Caldwell.
Robert Crawford.
Robert Allan Donald.
Henry John Gould.
Richard Charles Hill.
Michael Joseph Krivan.
James McDonald.
Jack R. Matthews.
Rex Arnold Matthews.
William James Frederick Morris.
Joseph Henry Sharland.
Lloyd Sylvester Signal.
Mervyn Toms.
William Ure.
Arthur Young.
GREY DISTRICT ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
Jack Fitzsimmons.
Robert Henario Roigard.
OTAGO ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
Robert Veitch.
JAS. O'BRIEN, Minister of Marine.

Appointment of Honorary Officers

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 29 of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1946,
I, James O'Brien, Minister of Marine, do hereby appoint the persons named in the following Schedule to be Honorary Officers for the acclimatization district shown in such Schedule for the purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908, such persons to hold office until the 31st March, 1950.
Dated at Wellington, this 31st day of May, 1947.

SCHEDULE

OTAGO ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
John Donald Provan.
Donald William Thom.
JAS. O'BRIEN, Minister of Marine.

Appointment of Honorary Officers

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 29 of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1946,
I, James O'Brien, Minister of Marine, do hereby appoint the persons named in the following Schedule to be Honorary Officers for the acclimatization district shown in such Schedule for the purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908, such persons to hold office until the 30th day of November, 1947.
Dated at Wellington, this 31st day of May, 1947.

SCHEDULE

ROTORUA ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
Graham Donald Clifton.
Thomas Arthur James Gibson.
Edward James Gilbert.
Stanley Lionel Irwin.
Alexander Thomas McKay.
Donald K. Morton.
Harold Godfrey Newsham.
Terence John Smith.
William Lawrence Watson.
JAS. O'BRIEN, Minister of Marine.

Resignation of Minister

Official Secretary's Office,
Government House, Wellington, 29th May, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation of

The Honourable Arnold Henry Nordmeyer of the office of Minister of Health.
By Command.

D. E. FOUHY, Official Secretary.

Member of the Executive Council appointed

Executive Council Chambers,
Wellington, 29th May, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has this day been pleased to appoint

The Honourable Mabel Bowden Howard

to be a member of the Executive Council of the Dominion of New Zealand; and the above named has taken the oath of office accordingly.
W. O. HARVEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Ministers appointed

Official Secretary's Office,
Government House, Wellington, 29th May, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint--

The Honourable Arnold Henry Nordmeyer to be Minister of Industries and Commerce; and
The Honourable Mabel Bowden Howard to be Minister of Health.
By Command.

D. E. FOUHY, Official Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 3rd June, 1947.

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

John Cameron Pirrit Leathem

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Rawene, on and from the 22nd day of May, 1947.

Albert John Peter Clearwater

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Balclutha, on and from the 10th day of April, 1947.

Charles Watt Matthew

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Waipukurau, on and from the 10th day of April, 1947.

John Joseph King

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Nelson, on and from the 18th day of March, 1947.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

Notice of Intention to take a Leasehold Estate or Interest in Land in Block XI, Paekakariki Survey District, for Better Utilization

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1928, and section 30 of the Finance Act (No. 2), 1945, to take the leasehold estate or interest in the land described in the Schedule hereto, held by the Titahi Bay Golf Club (Incorporated) from Frederick William Ongley, George Percival Middleton, and William Nicholas Ryan for a term of ten years from the 1st day of January, 1938, under and by virtue of an unregistered memorandum of lease dated the 3rd day of September, 1938, for better utilization: And notice is hereby further given that all persons affected by the taking of the said leasehold estate or interest should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking of such leasehold estate or interest, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land in respect of which the leasehold estate or interest is required to be taken: 1 acre 1 rood 26.34 perches.
Being part of the land in D.P. 9478, part Subdivisions 8 and 9, Koangaumua Block, Block XU, Paekakariki Survey District, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Vol. 464, folio 187 (Wellington Land Registry).

As witness my hand at Wellington, this 4th day of June, 1947.

A. McLAGAN,

For the Minister of Works.
(P.W. 80/106.)