JUNE 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2399

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—EDWARD PRICHARD BASSETT, Esquire, of Sydney, New South Wales, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, has this day been appointed by His Honour the Chief Justice a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in New South Wales, under the 47th section of the Judicature Act, 1908, for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.
Dated at Wellington this 8th day of June, 1914.
G. S. CLARK,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court.

Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 5th June, 1914.

IT is hereby notified that
ALFRED RUSSELL SMITH
has been appointed to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Kaeo.
F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 10th June, 1914.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons have been appointed to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz. :—

Name. District.
GEORGE ROBERT TAYLOR .. .. Coromandel.
DAVID ALEXANDER BAILLIE .. .. Wyndham.
ROBERT MARTIN .. .. Mangonui.
RALPH COX .. .. Waipawa.
MICHAEL MILLER .. .. Waitahuna.

W. W. COOK,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointment of Member of Wanganui Harbour Board.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1914.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has, in exercise of the power conferred upon him by section 2 of the Harbours Amendment Act, 1913, appointed
WILLIAM BRUCE
to be a member of the Wanganui Harbour Board in place of James Thomas Hogan, resigned.
F. M. B. FISHER.

Appointment of Member of Wairoa Harbour Board.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1914.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has, in exercise of the power conferred upon him by section 2 of the Harbours Amendment Act, 1913, appointed
GEORGE BRITNELL
to be a member of the Wairoa Harbour Board, in place of George Mayo, resigned.
F. M. B. FISHER.

Acting Official Assignee appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 8th June, 1914.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service :—
CHARLES ZACHARIAH
to be Acting Official Assignee at Wellington, as from the 18th May, 1914.
A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary.

Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner, Wellington, 8th June, 1914.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service.

A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary.

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, and Resignations of Officers of the Staff and Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 5th June, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, transfers, and resignations of the undermentioned Officers of the Staff and Territorial Force :—

Commands and Staff.
Captain Alexander Fowler Roberts to command a Field Artillery Brigade, with the temporary rank of Major whilst so employed. Dated 31st March, 1914.
Colonel James Robert Purdy, t.d., New Zealand Medical Corps, is granted an extension of the term of his appointment as Director of Medical Services for one month, to take effect from 5th May, 1914.
Colonel James Robert Purdy, t.d., New Zealand Medical Corps, on termination of his appointment as Director of Medical Services, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 4th June, 1914.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Johnston Will, M.B., v.d., New Zealand Medical Corps, from the Unattached List (a), to be Director of Medical Services, vice Colonel James Robert Purdy, transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 5th June, 1914.

Lieutenant-Colonel William Johnston Will, M.B., v.d., New Zealand Medical Corps, Director of Medical Services, to be Colonel. Dated 5th June, 1914.

Queen Alexandra’s 2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles.
Quartermaster and Lieutenant Frederick Johnston resigns his commission. Dated 17th March, 1914.

4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles.
Corporal Gerald Cawte to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 20th March, 1914.

5th Mounted Rifles (Otago Hussars).
The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) are confirmed :—
Edgar Thomson Shand.
John Lindsay Lethbridge.

7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles.
Sergeant William Gladstone Howie to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 6th April, 1914.

9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles.
Henry Beresford Maunsell to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 15th April, 1914.