21 May] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Appointment of Member to Advisory Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance and by virtue of the powers conferred upon him by section 8 of the Scientific and Industrial Research Act 1952, to appoint

George Alexander Currie, B.Sc. (Agric.), D.Sc., Hon. LL.D. (Aberdeen), Hon. Litt.D (W. Aust.)

to be a member of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research until 31 December 1954.

Dated at Wellington, this 22nd April 1953.

R. M. ALGIE,
Minister in Charge of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.

Members of Domain Boards Appointed

PURSUANT to section 49 of the Public Reserves and Domains Act 1928, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint-

Charles Alexander Carnie, and The member of the Waimairi County Council representing the Styx Riding, ex officio,

to be members of the Spencer Park Domain Board, in place of Walter Frank Heyder, resigned, and William Pritchard Spencer, deceased.

George Henry William Amps, Edward Eric Cakebread, and Harold Henry Miller

to be members of the Waimeha Domain Board, in place of Francis Arthur Macindoe and John Wilson Penman, resigned, and Arthur Albert Daniel.

Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of May 1953.

D. M. GREIG, Director-General of Lands.
(L. and S. H.O. 1/964)

Registrar of Marriages, &c., Appointed

PURSUANT to the Marriage Act 1908, the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1951, and the Maori Births and Deaths Registration Regulations 1935, it is hereby notified that the following appointments have been made:-

Leslie Gilbert Watson

to be Registrar of Marriages for the District of Inglewood and Registrar of Births and Deaths at Inglewood on and from the 7th day of April 1953.

Oliver Redver Gardner

to be Registrar of Marriages for the District of Kurow and Registrar of Births and Deaths at Kurow on and from the 30th day of April 1953.

Frederick Stanley Allen

to be Registrar of Marriages for the District of Amuri at Hanmer and Registrar of Births and Deaths at Hanmer on and from the 20th day of April 1953.

Hugh Brownlie

to be Registrar of Marriages for the District of Eltham and Registrar of Births and Deaths at Eltham on and from the 21st day of March 1953.

Douglas Anderson Blue

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Tauranga-Taupo on and from the 25th day of May 1953.

Thomas Raymond Hutton

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Pongaroa and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at Pongaroa on and from the 7th day of April 1953.

Ann Margaret McEntyre (Miss)

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Dipton and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at Dipton on and from the 21st day of April 1953.

Leo Vernon Fowler

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages for the District of Gore and Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths at Gore on and from the 10th day of April 1953.

Edwin Henry Ophir Sarah

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Patea and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths and of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Patea on and from the 29th day of April 1953.

Hedley Bernard Gaylard

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Halcombe and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at Halcombe on and from the 28th day of April 1953.

Gerald Granville Darby

to be Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at Birkenhead on and from the 5th day of May 1953.

Leila Ann Browning (Miss)

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Te Awamutu and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths and of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Te Awamutu on and from the 25th day of May 1953.

Ernest Arthur Gould

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Waihi and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths and of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Waihi on and from the 18th day of May 1953.

Richard George Stockwell

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Te Paroa Totara on and from the 17th day of February 1953.

Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of May 1953.

S. T. BARNETT, Registrar-General.

Plants Declared Noxious Weeds in the City of Auckland (Notice No. Ag. 5431)

PURSUANT to the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the Minister of Agriculture hereby publishes the following Special Order made by the Auckland City Council on the 30th day of April 1953.

SPECIAL ORDER

IN exercise of the powers conferred on it by the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the Auckland City Council hereby resolves and declares by way of Special Order that the plants mentioned in the Schedule hereto (being plants mentioned in the First Schedule to the said Act) are noxious weeds within the City of Auckland.

SCHEDULE

Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea).
Californian or Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense). Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus and R. laciniatus). Sweetbrier (Rosa eglanteria syn. R. rubignosa). Water hyacinth (Eichornia crassipes).

Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of May 1953.

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.
(Ag. 70/10/30)

Plants Declared to be Noxious Weeds in Woodville County (Notice No. Ag. 5432)

PURSUANT to the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the Minister of Agriculture hereby publishes the following Special Order made by the Woodville County Council on the 9th day of November 1951.

SPECIAL ORDER

THAT in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the Woodville County Council hereby declares that: Hemlock, ragwort, blackberry, gorse, and variegated thistle are noxious weeds within the County of Woodville.

Dated at Wellington, this 20th day of April 1953.

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.
(Ag. 70/10/249)

The Rabbit Skins Levy Fixation Order 1953 (Notice No. Ag. 5433)

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Rabbit Nuisance Amendment Act 1947, and having regard to the recommendations of the Rabbit Destruction Council, the Minister of Agriculture hereby makes the following order.

ORDER

1. This order may be cited as the Rabbit Skins Levy Fixation Order 1953. 2. For the purposes of this order 'the said regulations' means the Rabbit Skins Levy Regulations 1948. 3. The rate of the levy to be charged for the purposes of the Rabbit Nuisance Amendment Act 1947, in accordance with that Act and the said regulations, on rabbit skins of whatever class produced and sold in New Zealand shall be 200 per centum of the price paid or payable by the purchaser of the skins in respect of every sale made or effected during the period commencing on the 1st day of June 1953, and ending on the 31st day of May 1954, both days inclusive, by a broker by auction or by a rural vendor directly to a wholesale trader as respectively defined in the said regulations.

Dated at Wellington, this 19th day of May 1953.

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.
(Ag. 64/9/1647)

(N.B.—The rate of the levy fixed by the above order is the equivalent of a rate of 66⅔ per centum on the full market value.)