If a candidate is gazetted as having passed the Entrance
Examination, the amount of the entrance fee will be refunded to
him on his accepting appointment in a Department of the Public
Service.

In no case, however, will a late fee be refunded.

As witness my hand this eleventh day of February, one thousand
eight hundred and sixteen.

R. TRIGGS,
Deputy Public Service Commissioner.

In pursuance of the provisions of the Public Service Act, 1912,
His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand,
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said
Dominion, approves the foregoing regulations.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

Approved in Council this eleventh day of February, one thousand
nine hundred and sixteen.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Officers for the Purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908,
appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 24th February, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance and
exercise of the power and authority conferred by
section 79 of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed

JOHN LUFF,
ARTHUR WELLESLEY FRANCIS, and
WALTER HOPGOOD
to be Officers for the purposes of Part II of that Act.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Member of Tiriraukawa Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 25th February, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has, in pur-
suance of section 41 of the Public Reserves and
Domains Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint

PHILIP WILLWAY SUCKLING
to be a member of the Tiriraukawa Domain Board, in place
of Norman Johnson, who has left the district.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th February, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by

WILLIAM HENRY FOREMAN, Esq.,
of Okau, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for
New Zealand.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Justice

Removal of a Name from the Commission of the Peace.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in terms
of section 7 of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908,
to direct the removal of the name of

ROBERT GUTHRIE.
of Burke's Pass, from the Commission of the Peace; and it
is hereby notified that such name has been removed accord-
ingly, and that such removal will take effect on and from
this 2nd day of March, 1916.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Justice

Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, licensed.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 24th February, 1916.

IN pursuance of the 10th section of the Friendly Societies
Act, 1909, His Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to license

ALFRED AUSTRAL BUTT PIESSE,
of Auckland, to act as a Public Auditor under the Friendly
Societies Act, 1909.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister in Charge.

Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1916.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following
appointment in the Public Service:

MARY AMANDA JOHNSON
to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the
District of Orepuki, as from the 31st December, 1915.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 25th February, 1916.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the fol-
lowing appointment in the Public Service:

Miss ZARA MINCHIN
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris for the
District of Kenana, as from the 1st February, 1916.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 1st March, 1916.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the fol-
lowing appointment in the Public Service:

ALBERT OSBORNE BATEMAN
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of
Kaeo, as from the 18th February, 1916.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 26th February, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
approve of the appointments, promotions, resigna-
tions, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the
New Zealand Staff Corps and Territorial Force: