VOL. LX XXII. 118 \RD ISLANDS ZETTE. by Authority. No. 29. THURSDAY, 17rn JUNE, 1954. Notices. It is notified for general informa- tion that His Excellency has appoint- ed the Hon. E. A. THOMPSON, to act as Administrator of Antigua with effect from the 14th June, 1954, un- til such time as the Administrator, Antigua, designate assumes the duties of his new post. The Sceretariat, Antigua, 15th June, 1954. . C 13/00007—-II- The Governor has been pleased to ' appoint the Hon. R. E. KELSsICK, O.B.E., to be a member of the Execu- tive ’ Council of St. Kitts-Nevis: - Angnilla, until the 26th January, 1955 The Secretariat, Antigua, 11ih June, 1954. Ref. No. 18/00006. It is hereby notified for general information that. His Excellency the Governor has awarded the three year scholarship at the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture in Trinidad, commencing in 1954, to Mr. N. 8. WHITE of Antigua. The Secretariat, Antigua. 14th June, 1954. Ref. No. 28/00157. The Administrator of Antigua has appointed the undermentioned to be ‘Marriage Officers for the Presidency of. Antigua: Rev. FRANKLIN A. ROBERTS Rev. LESLIE J. CROSSLEY Rev. ALLAN W. W. OSBORNE. Administ ator’ 3 Office, - Ant 11th ae. 1954. Ref. No. A, 8/4. . No. 53. . Appointments and transfers, etc., in the:public service, with effect from the dates stated are published for general information :— SELKRIDGE, O., P.O. Cl. HJ, Customs Excise and Port, Antigua, trans- ferred to Prison, Antigua. Jun. 1 Ref. No. AE. 2968. X LP 7RITF CONFIRMATION OF ORDINANCES. No. 54. The Secretary of State for the Colonies has informed the Governor that the power of disallowance will not be exercised in respect of the undermentioned Ordinance:— Antigaa. No. 7 of 1953 “The Supplementary Appropriation (1952) Ordinance, 1953. No. 55. The following Statutory Rules and Orders and Letters Patent and Royal Instructions, 1953 are published with this Gazette and form part thereof:— General Government. No. 22 of 1954, Proclamation dated June 4, 1954 bringing into operation the Interpretation of Laws (Amend- ment) Act, 1953 (No. 10 of 1953). 1 pp. Price 3 cents. No. 23 of 1954, Proclamation dated June 4, 1954 bringing into operation the Delegation of Powers (Amend- ment) Act, 1953 (No. 11 of 1953). 1 pp. Price 3 cents. No, 24 of 1954, Proclamation dated June 8, 1954 bringing into operation the Leeward Islands Letters Patent, 1953. 1 pp. Price 3 cents. Antigua. No. 17 of 1954, Proclamation dated June 4, 1954 bringing into operation paragraph (a) of Interpretation of Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 1953 (No. 16 of 1953). l pp. Price 3 cents. St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla. No. 7 of 1954, Proclamation dated June 4, 1954 bringing into operation the Interpretation of Laws (Amend- ment) Ordinance, 1954 (No. 4 of 1954) 1 pp. Price 3 cents. Montserrat. No. 1 of 1954, Proclamation dated June 4, 1954 bringing into operation the Interpretation of Laws (Amend- ment) Ordinance, 1954 (No. 7 of 1954) 1 pp. Price 3 cents. Virgin Istands. No. 6 of 1954, Proclamation dated June 4, 1954 bringing into operation the Interpretation of Laws (Amend- ment) Ordinance, 1954, (No. 6 of 1954). 1 pp. Price 3 cenis. The Leeward Islands Letters Patent and Royal Instructions, 1953. 40 pp. Price 48 cends. BY THE ACTING COMMIS- SIONER OF MONTSERRAT. A PROCLAMATION. RANDALL H, LOCKHART, Acting Commissioner. In exercise of the powers vested in the Governor-in-Councii by section 3 of the Cotton Planting (Regulation) Ordinance, 1926, (No. 7 of 1926), I, RANDALL HIPPOLYTE LOCKHART, Esquire, Acting Commissioner of the Presidency of Montserrat, by and with the advice of the Executive Council of the said Presidency, do hereby declare that the period from the first day of June, 1954 to the thirty-first day of January, 1955, both days inclusive, is and shall be a close planting season within the meaning of the said Ordi- nance throughout the said Presidency and every part ‘thereof except in the Planting Date Experimental plot at the Grove Botanic Station to which this proclamation shall not apply. | GIVEN at the Commissioners Office, Montserrat, this 3lst day of May, 1954, and in the third year of Her Majesty’s reign. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN! BY THE COMMISSIONER OF MONTSERRAT. A PROCLAMATION. CHARLESWORTH Ross, Commissioner. In exercise of the powers vested in the Governor-in-Council by the Burial Grounds Ordinance, 1944, and otherwise, I CHARLESWORTH Ross, Esquire, Commissioner of the Presi- dency of Mentserrat, by and with the © advice of the Executive Council of the said Presidency, do hereby license and proclaim that parcel of land set forth and described in the Schedule hereto, not being within the town of