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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 6

Appointment of Honorary Officers

PURSUANT to section 29 of the Statutes Amendment Act 1946, the Minister of Marine hereby appoints the persons named in the Schedule to this warrant 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 day of March 1956.

SCHEDULE

ASHBURTON ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
James Beckley Keen.
Frank Election Stocker.
Allen Francis Sutton.
Edward John Carlyle Vincent.
Irwin James Wilkie.

SOUTHLAND ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
James Noel McGregor.

Dated at Wellington, this 15th day of January 1954.
W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Marine.

Appointment of Honorary Fishery Officer

PURSUANT to section 29 of the Statutes Amendment Act 1946, the Minister of Marine hereby appoints
James Leicester Adams, of Oamaru,
to be an Honorary Fishery Officer for the purposes of Part I of the Fisheries Act 1908, such person to hold office until the 31st day of March 1956.

Dated at Wellington, this 15th day of January 1954.
W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Marine.

Trustee for the Porirua Public Cemetery Appointed

PURSUANT to section 4 of the Cemeteries Act 1908, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint
Hector John Langdon Wotten
to be a trustee of the Porirua Public Cemetery.

Dated at Wellington, this 11th day of January 1954.
J. R. MARSHALL, Minister of Health.

(H.C. 54/1)

Inspector of Stock Appointed (Notice No. Ag. 5565)

PURSUANT to section 7 of the Stock Act 1908, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint on the 24th day of December 1953
Kenneth Albert Oulaghan, Esquire, B.V.Sc.,
to be an Inspector of Stock under the said Act.

Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of January 1954.
E. J. FAWCETT, Director-General of Agriculture.

(Ag. 62/3/117)

Member of the New Zealand Milk Board Appointed (Notice No. Ag. 5566)

PURSUANT to section 7 of the Milk Amendment Act 1951, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, on the nomination of the Municipal Association of New Zealand, Incorporated,
Percy Dowse, Esquire,
to be a member of the New Zealand Milk Board, vice the Honourable William James Rogers.

Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of January 1954.
E. J. FAWCETT, Director-General of Agriculture.

(Ag. 87/12/36)

Members of the Longridge Rabbit Board Appointed (Notice No. Ag. 5567)

PURSUANT to section 29 of the Rabbit Nuisance Amendment Act 1947, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint on the 24th day of December 1953
Ernest Black,
Stanley William Jackson,
Colin Leslie McLean,
John George Fraser Munro, and
Francis William Shellard
to be members of the Longridge Rabbit Board.

Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of January 1954.
E. J. FAWCETT, Director-General of Agriculture.

(Ag. 64/1/251)

Additional Members of East Coast Rabbit Board (Notice No. Ag. 5571)

PURSUANT to section 37A of the Rabbit Nuisance Act 1928, the Minister of Agriculture hereby publishes the following resolution passed by the East Coast Rabbit Board on the 11th day of December 1953.

RESOLUTION

THAT Board membership be increased to seven elective members.

Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of January 1954.
K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 64/1/44)

Certificate and Declaration of Execution of a Criminal

THE certificate and declaration hereunder are published as required by section 19 of the Crimes Act 1908.

Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of January 1954.
T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.

CERTIFICATE OF EXECUTION

I, ALAN ASHLEY SKINNER, the medical officer in attendance at the execution of Harry Whiteland at the prison at Auckland, do hereby certify and declare that I have this day witnessed the execution of the said Harry Whiteland at the said prison; and I do further certify and declare that the said Harry Whiteland was, in pursuance of the sentence of the Supreme Court, hanged by the neck until his body was dead.

Given under my hand this 21st day of December 1953 at the prison at Auckland.
A. A. SKINNER.

DECLARATION OF EXECUTION

We do hereby testify and declare that we have this day been present when the extreme penalty of the law was carried into execution on the body of Harry Whiteland, convicted at the criminal sittings of the Supreme Court held at Greymouth on the 1st day of December last and sentenced to death, and that the said Harry Whiteland was in pursuance of the said sentence hanged by the neck until his body was dead.

Dated this 21st day of December 1953 at the prison at Auckland.
C. O. PRATT, Sheriff.
H. V. HAYWOOD, Gaoler.
I. MATHESON, Warder.
A. J. WILLIAMSON, Visiting Justice.
JAMES MELLING, Visiting Justice.
C. A. JACKSON, Constable.
J. G. B. ROSSITER, Detective Sergeant.
W. A. CULLEN, Journalist.
F. M. BOYLE, Journalist.
G. LEE MARTIN, Journalist.

Date of Election of Members of Fire Committees by Fire-insurance Companies

PURSUANT to the Fire Services Act 1949, it is hereby notified that an election by the fire-insurance companies carrying on business in New Zealand of two members of each of the fire committees for the undermentioned fire districts will be held on Thursday, the 11th day of February 1954, in the manner prescribed by the said Act.

Akaroa.
Alexandra.
Ashburton.
Blenheim.
Bluff.
Cromwell.
Eastbourne.
Eketahuna.
Geraldine.
Gore.
Greytown.
Huntly.

Inglewood.
Kaikohe.
Kaitaia.
Kawakawa.
Lyttelton.
Manurewa.
Marton.
Matamata.
Mataura.
Paeroa.
Papakura.
Papatoetoe.

Picton.
Putaruru.
Queenstown.
Rangiora.
Reefton.
Richmond.
Runanga.
Te Kuiti.
Te Puke.
Thames.
Waimate.
Waipawa.

Dated at Wellington, this 14th day of January 1954.
W. A. BODKIN, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 76/4/1)