Aug. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2775

Crown Lands Ranger for Taranaki Land District appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 23rd July, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS SHEEHY

to be a Ranger of Crown Lands for the Taranaki Land District, as from the 17th July, 1917.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Resignations of Members of Otorohanga Domain Board accepted.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 24th July, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignations of

JOHN ORMSBY,
CHARLES JAMES JOHNSON,
HENRY FRANCIS FORSTER,
ROBERT GREEN, and
WILLIAM HENRY CLARKE

as members of the Otorohanga Domain Board.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Members of Hyde Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 24th July, 1918.

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

MICHAEL KINNEY and
JOHN MATHESON

to be members of the Hyde Domain Board, in the place of John McLean, deceased, and Patrick Kinney, who has resigned.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Native Interpreters appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 25th July, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

HORI MIO, of Torere, and
TE RUA KARAKA NGATA, of Rangitukia,

to act as licensed Native Interpreters of the First Grade, under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations made thereunder.

W. H. HERRIES,
Native Minister.

Chairmen of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st August, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

WYVERN WILSON, Esq., S.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Committee for the district of Patea, vice W. R. Haselden, Esq., S.M. ;

JOHN EDWARD WILSON, Esq., S.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Committees for the districts of Buller, Grey, and Westland, vice T. Hutchison, Esq., S.M. ; and

ALFRED CROOKE, Esq., S.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Committees for the districts of Egmont and Stratford, vice W. R. Haselden, Esq., S.M.

THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Justice.

Inspector under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, appointed.—
Notice No. 1938.

Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce,
Wellington, 30th July, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

JAMES ANDREW LEWIS

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, for the Mount Roskill Road District; the appointment to date as from the 16th July, 1918.

W. D. S. MACDONALD,
Minister of Agriculture and of Industries and Commerce.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 29th July, 1918.

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 HENRY HARRIS .. .. .. Grey.
THOMAS NORTON BENGE .. .. .. Takapau.
MARY MCDIARMID .. .. .. Weber.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

Appointments, Promotions, and Transfers of Non-commissioned Officers of the N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps and N.Z. Permanent Staff.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 31st July, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, and transfers of the undermentioned non-commissioned officers of the N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps and N.Z. Permanent Staff.

N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.

The undermentioned are transferred to the N.Z. Army Ordnance Department to be graded as Ordnance Officers, 4th Class, with the ranks stated and with effect from the dates specified :

Executive Staff.

Staff Sergeant-Major (W.O.) Albert Austin, from the N.Z. Permanent Staff, to be Lieutenant. Dated 3rd July, 1918.

Staff Sergeant-Major (W.O.) Walter Norman Bates, from the N.Z. Permanent Staff, to be Lieutenant. Dated 3rd July, 1918.

Conductor James Murdoch Miller, from the N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps, to be Lieutenant. Dated 3rd July, 1918.

Inspectorial Staff.

Staff Sergeant-Major (W.O.) Frederick William Kibblewhite, from the N.Z. Permanent Staff, to be Honorary Lieutenant, supernumerary to Establishment. Dated 31st May, 1918.

Conductor William Henry Manning, from the N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps, to be Honorary Lieutenant. Dated 4th July, 1918.

Conductor William Ramsay, from the N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps, to be Honorary Lieutenant. Dated 4th July, 1918.

Staff Sergeant-Major William Edward Luckman, from the N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps, to be Honorary Lieutenant. Dated 4th July, 1918.

N.Z. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

Honorary Lieutenant Frederick William Kibblewhite is struck off the strength. Dated 31st May, 1918.

N.Z. PERMANENT STAFF.

Staff Sergeant-Major (W.O.) (late Honorary Lieutenant N.Z. Expeditionary Force) Frederick William Kibblewhite is reposted. Dated 31st May, 1918

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.