Registrars of Marriages, &c., Appointed

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 18th July, 1949.

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

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Te Kuiti and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Te Kuiti, on and from the llth day of July, 1949.

Robert Hugh Inder

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Balclutha, on and from the 12th day of July, 1949.

Gordon Thomas Divers

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Otepopo, on and from the 7th day of July, 1949.

Rodney Walter Potts

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Waimate, on and from the 12th day of July, 1949.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

Notice of Military Training Poll and Appointment of Scrutineers Therefor

I, WILLIAM LESLIE JOHNS CAHILL, Returning Officer for the Northern Maori Electoral District, do hereby give notice that the 3rd day of August, 1949; is the day appointed for taking the above poll for the Electoral District of Northern Maori.

Nominations of persons to appoint scrutineers in the above Electoral District in respect of the proposal at this poll must be lodged with me not later than 5 o'clock in the afternoon of the 25th day of July, 1949. And I hereby give notice that I shall, on the 27th day of July, 1949, at the hour of 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at my office in the Maori Affairs Department, Auckland, publicly consider all nomination-papers of persons to appoint scrutineers which have been duly lodged.

Dated at Auckland, this 20th day of July, 1949.
W. L. J. CAHILL, Returning Officer.

Notice of Military Training Poll and Appointment of Scrutineers Therefor

I, JAMES HENRY WATSON, Returning Officer for the Eastern Maori Electoral District, do hereby give notice that the 3rd day of August, 1949, is the day appointed for taking the above poll for the Electoral District of Eastern Maori.

Nominations of persons to appoint scrutineers in the above Electoral District in respect of the proposal at this poll must be lodged with me not later than 5 o'clock in the afternoon of the 25th day of July, 1949. And I hereby give notice that I shall, on the 27th day of July, 1949, at the hour of 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at my office in the Maori Affairs Department, Gisborne, publicly consider all nomination-papers of persons to appoint scrutineers which have been duly lodged.

Dated at Gisborne, this 20th day of July, 1949.
J. H. WATSON, Returning Officer.

Notice of Military Training Poll and Appointment of Scrutineers Therefor

I, JOHN ROYDEN SANSOM, Returning Officer for the Southern Maori Electoral District, do hereby give notice that the 3rd day of August, 1949, is the day appointed for taking the above poll for the Electoral District of Southern Maori.

Nominations of persons to appoint scrutineers in the above Electoral District in respect of the proposal at this poll must be lodged with me not later than 5 o'clock in the afternoon of the 25th day of July, 1949. And I hereby give notice that I shall, on the 27th day of July, 1949, at the hour of 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at my office in the Supreme Court, Christchurch, publicly consider all nomination-papers of persons to appoint scrutineers which have been duly lodged.

Dated at Christchurch, this 20th day of July, 1949.
J. R. SANSOM, Returning Officer.

Notice of Military Training Poll and Appointment of Scrutineers Therefor

I, PAUL HUETT DUDSON, Returning Officer for the Western Maori Electoral District, do hereby give notice that the 3rd day of August, 1949, is the day appointed for taking the above poll for the Electoral District of Western Maori.

Nominations of persons to appoint scrutineers in the above Electoral District in respect of the proposal at this poll must be lodged with me not later than 5 o'clock in the afternoon of the 25th day of July, 1949. And I hereby give notice that I shall, on the 27th day of July, 1949, at the hour of 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at my office in the Maori Land Court, Wellington, publicly consider all nomination-papers of persons to appoint scrutineers which have been duly lodged.

Dated at Wellington, this 20th day of July, 1949.
P. H. DUDSON, Returning Officer.

Appointments in the Public Service

Office of the Public Service Commission,
Wellington, 18th July, 1949.

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

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Orchard and Garden Diseases Act, 1928, on and from the 1st day of July, 1949.

Ernest George Stainton

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Fertilizers Act, 1927, on and from the 1st day of July, 1949.

James Henry Watson

to be returning Officer for the Eastern Maori Electoral District for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, and its amendments, on and from the 1st day of July, 1949.

Ronald McKenzie Murray

to be a Shorthand Reporter under the Shorthand Reporters Act, 1908, on and from the 2nd day of May, 1949.

Marion Trimble

to be a Shorthand Reporter under the Shorthand Reporters Act, 1908, on and from the 21st day of April, 1949.

William Thomas Spelman

to be Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Otago Land District under section 9 of the Land Act, 1948, on and from the 20th day of April, 1949.

Arthur Carsten Haase

to be Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Southland Land District. under section 9 of the Land Act, 1948, on and from the 19th day of April, 1949.

Nelson Clay

to be Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Hawkes Bay Land District under section 9 of the Land Act, 1948, on and from the 7th day of April, 1949.

William George Nelson

to be Chief Surveyor for the Wellington Land District under section 9 of the Land Act, 1948, on and from the 14th day of May, 1949.

Thomas Strathallan Roe

to be Chief Surveyor for the North and South Auckland Land Districts under section 9 of the Land Act, 1948, on and from the 15th day of April, 1949.

Eric McKenzie

to be Assistant Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Wellington Land District under section 10 of the Land Act, 1948, on and from the 13th day of June, 1949.

William Watson

to be Assistant Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Otago Land District under section 10 of the Land Act, 1948, on and from the 13th day of June, 1949.

Horace Macalister Smith

to be Chief Surveyor for the Southland Land District under section 10 of the Land Act, 1948, on and from the 27th day of April, 1949.

V. W. THOMAS, Secretary.

Rangitaiki Land Drainage: Notice of Intention to Make and Levy General Rates

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 16th July, 1949.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is intended, pursuant to the Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910, and its amendments, to make and levy, on the unimproved value of all land within the district constituted under the said Act, the general rates to meet maintenance costs for the period 1st April, 1949, to 31st March, 1950, as described in the Schedule hereto.

The amount of such rates will be payable in one sum on 30th day of August, 1949, together with the special rates already made and levied.

The valuation roll of the district is open for inspection at the office of the Collector of Rates, Room 15, First Floor, Government Buildings, Customs Street West, Auckland, and a copy of same may be inspected at the Land Drainage Office of the Ministry of Works, at Thornton, near Whakatane, at all times at which those offices are open for the transaction of public business.

SCHEDULE

CLASS A: On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class A by the arbitrators appointed under section 6 of the Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910, sixpence and thirty-one one-hundredths of a penny (6·31d.) in the pound.

CLASS B: On the unimproved value of all lands so classified as Class B, fourpence and twenty-one one-hundredths of a penny (4·21d.) in the pound.

CLASS C: On the unimproved value of all lands so classified as Class C, twopence and ten one-hundredths of a penny (2·10d.) in the pound.

CLASS D: On the unimproved value of all lands so classified as Class D, seventy one-hundredths of a penny (0·70d.) in the pound.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 15/11/108.)