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:

Adam Martinmas Wilson

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

John Cameron Pirrit Leathem

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Mangonui and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Mangonui on and from the 26th day of May 1953.

Raymond John Wilson

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Hampden and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at Hampden on and from the 22nd day of May 1953.

Arthur Stokes Brown

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

Gordon George Murdoch

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Apiti and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at Apiti on and from the 22nd day of May 1953.

George Edward Butt

to be Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at Papatoetoe on and from the 6th day of May 1953.

Stanley Picton Davies

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Temuka and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at Temuka on and from the 26th day of May 1953.

Colin Archibald Campbell

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Winton and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at Winton on and from the 1st day of April 1953.

Raymond Leslie Tawhai

to be Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Taheke on and from the 26th day of May 1953.

Basil George Jackson

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

Harold Morris Flynn

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Matawaia on and from the 6th day of July 1953

Francis Allen Smith

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Rahiri on and from the 8th day of June 1953.

Dated at Wellington, this 15th day of June 1953.

S. T. BARNETT, Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service

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

Owen Thomas Kelly

to be District Land Registrar and Examiner of Titles for the District of Taranaki for the purposes of section 4 of the Land Transfer Act 1952, Registrar of Deeds for the District of Taranaki for the purposes of the Deeds Registration Act 1908, Assistant Registrar of Companies at New Plymouth for the purposes of the Companies Act 1933, and Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies at New Plymouth for the purposes of the Incorporated Societies Act 1908, on and from the 21st day of May 1953.

David Andrew Young

to be District Land Registrar and Examiner of Titles for the District of Wellington for the purposes of section 4 of the Land Transfer Act 1952, Registrar of Deeds for the District of Wellington for the purposes of section 6 of the Deeds Registration Act 1908, Deputy Registrar of Companies pursuant to section 5 of the Companies Act 1933, Assistant Registrar of Companies at Wellington under section 6 of the Companies Act 1933, and Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies at Wellington for the purposes of the Incorporated Societies Act 1908, on and from the 21st day of May 1953.

Dated at Wellington, this 15th day of June 1953.

V. W. THOMAS,

Secretary, Public Service Commission

Special Order Made by the Raglan County Council Altering Riding Boundaries

Pursuant to section 100 of the Counties Act 1920, as amended by section 3 of the Counties Amendment Act 1921–22, I hereby publish the following special order made by the Raglan County Council, and fix the 1st day of July 1953 as the date from which the said Special Order shall take effect.

Dated at Wellington, this 12th day of June 1953.

W. J. BROADFOOT,

For the Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 103/23/5)

SPECIAL ORDER

In exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 60 of the Counties Act 1920 the Raglan County Council resolves by way of Special Order as follows:

“ That part Lot 2, D.P. 13861, of Putataka No. 1A and No. 1B, Block XIII, Onewhero S.D., 725 acres 0 rouds 38 perches, be excluded from the Port Waikato Riding and included in the Onewhero Riding.”

The foregoing Special Order was duly passed at a special meeting of the Raglan County Council held on 23 March 1953, and confirmed at a special meeting of the Council held on 27 April 1953.

The said Special Order was duly made in accordance with the provisions of section 99 of the Counties Act 1920.

G. H. BROWNLEE-SMITH, County Clerk.

The boundaries of the ridings referred to in the above Special Order are more particularly described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE

Onewhero Riding

All that area in the Raglan County, bounded by a line commencing at a point, being the northern corner of Section 5, Block IX, Onewhero Survey District, and running north-easterly generally along the south-eastern boundaries of Opuatia No. 15B, Sections 2 and 1 Blocks, the southern boundaries of Opuatia No. 11A, Sections 2A and 2B Blocks, Opuatia No. 11B, Section 9I, No. 1 Block, Lot 4 on the plan numbered 17302, deposited in the Auckland Land Registry, being parts of Opuatia No. 11B, Sections 9I No. 2, 9F, 9G, 7A, 7B, and 1 Blocks; Opuatia No. 11C, Sections 2B, 3B, 1, and 8 Blocks, along the eastern and north-eastern boundaries of the last-mentioned Section 8 Block and the north-eastern boundary of Opuatia No. 11C, Section 1 Block, aforesaid, to the south-eastern side of a public road; thence along the aforesaid south-eastern side, which forms the north-western boundary of Opuatia No. 11c, Section 5 Block, and Lots 1 and 2 on the plan numbered 27921, deposited as aforesaid, being portion of Allotments 3 and 5, Onewhero Parish, and along a right line across a public road, to and along the south-eastern boundaries of Lot 2 on the plan numbered 16829, deposited as aforesaid, being part of Allotment 70D of the aforesaid parish and Lot 5 on the plan numbered 12858, being part of Allotments 65 and 111 of the aforesaid parish, to and along the southern side of a public road forming the northern boundaries of Allotments 10, 11, and part of 13 of the said Onewhero Parish, along a right line across a public road to and along the south-eastern boundary of Allotment 207 of Onewhero Parish aforesaid, along the south-eastern boundaries of Allotment 99A, Sections 2B, 2C 3, 2C 2, 2C 1, and the southern boundaries of Allotment 99N, Section 2, of the said parish, and along a right line across a public road to the western corner of Allotment 172 of the said parish; thence along the northern side of the said public road which forms the southern boundary of the aforesaid Allotment 172 and the southern boundary of Allotment 171 to its eastern corner; thence along the eastern boundary of the last-mentioned allotment, to and along the southern boundaries of Allotments 178 and 177 of the said parish and a right line, being the last-mentioned boundary produced to the Waikato River; thence south-easterly up the aforesaid river, being along the boundary of the Raglan County as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 69 of the 1st day of November 1945, page 1374, to a point in line with the north-western boundary of Lot 2 of Allotments 75 and 185 of the aforesaid Onewhero Parish; thence southerly generally along a right line to the north-western corner of the aforesaid Lot 2 and along the north-western boundaries of that lot and Allotment 76A of the said parish, along a right line across a public road, to and along the north-western and south-western boundaries of Allotment 76B, and along the south-western boundaries of Allotments 77A and Lot 1 on the plan numbered 8182, deposited as aforesaid, being part of Allotment 77B, to the north-western end of a public road, being the north-eastern corner of Allotment 156; thence along the north-western side of the public road aforesaid to a point in line with the western boundary of Lot 1 on the plan numbered 15938, deposited as aforesaid, being part of Allotment 158—the aforesaid allotments being of Onewhero Parish; thence along a right line across the aforesaid public road, to and along the said western boundary and the western boundaries of north and south-west parts of Opuatia 8A Block as shown on the plan numbered 2662, deposited as aforesaid, crossing two intersecting public roads to the northern boundary of Lot 1 as shown on the plan 25265, deposited as aforesaid, being part of Sections 3, 11, and 18, Block XII, Onewhero Survey District; thence along the northern and western boundaries of the aforesaid Lot 1, the abutment of a public