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Ranger under the Animals Protection Act appointed for Rotorua District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 8th April, 1920.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Joseph Jones

a Ranger under the Animals Protection Act, 1908, for the Rotorua Acclimatization District.

F. H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Member of Balclutha Fire Board appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 8th April, 1920.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

John Petrie Lyall, Esq.,

to be a member of the Balclutha Fire Board, as constituted under the Fire Brigades Act, 1908.

F. H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Consul of Italy at Melbourne appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 12th April, 1920.

His Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that he has been informed by His Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies that the King's Exequatur empowering

Mr. A. Grossardi

to act as Italian Consul at Melbourne for Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji received His Majesty's signature on the 15th January last.

F. H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Appointment in High Commissioner's Office.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 12th April, 1920.

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council has been pleased to appoint, under section 9 of the High Commissioner Act, 1908,

Alec Leslie Wilson

as Clerk in the office of the High Commissioner for New Zealand in London, from the 19th day of August, 1918.

F. H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Member of Southland Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 8th April, 1920.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint

Henry John Middleton

to be a member of the Southland Land Board.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Trustee of the Hairini Rabbit District appointed.-Notice No. 2006.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 10th April, 1920.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, in terms of section 75 (2) of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908,

A. Coulter

to be a trustee of the Hairini Rabbit District to fill the vacancy left unfilled at the first election of trustees of the said district.

W. NOSWORTHY,
Minister of Agriculture.

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Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 6th April, 1920.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by

Alfred Sexton, Esq.,

of Hobsonville, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand.

J. G. COATES,
For Minister of Justice.

Coroner appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 6th April, 1920.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

George Alexander Brabant, Esq., J.P.,

of Whakatane, to be a Coroner within the Dominion of New Zealand.

J. G. COATES,
For Minister of Justice.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 6th April, 1920.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Donald Finlaison Sutherland

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the district of Wakatipu.

J. G. COATES,
For Minister of Justice.

Registrar of the Supreme Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th April, 1920.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

John Logan Stout, Esq., S.M.,

to be Registrar of the Supreme Court at Palmerston North, on and from the 1st day of April, 1920, vice E. Page, Esq., S.M.

J. G. COATES,
For Minister of Justice.

Justices of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th April, 1920.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignations by

Ernest George Lilly, Esq., of Auckland;
Frederick Cotton Rowley, Esq., of Tokomaru Bay; and Herbert Mayne Smeeton, Esq., of Auckland,

of their appointments as Justices of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand.

J. G. COATES,
For Minister of Justice.

Registrars of Births, &c., appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 9th April, 1920.

The Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service:

(Mrs.) Isabel Anderson Bagnall

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris, and Vaccination Inspector, at Te Ahuahu, as from the 1st April, 1920.

(Mrs.) Margaret Richmond Bush

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris, and Vaccination Inspector, at Karioi, as from the 22nd March, 1920.

Francis Halliday Garth

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, and Vaccination Inspector, for the district of Arrow, as from the 24th March, 1920.

A. C. TURNBULL,
Secretary