Mar. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 621

And it is hereby further declared that these presents shall continue in force although the inquiry is not regularly continued from time to time or from place to place.

And, lastly, it is hereby further declared that these presents are issued under and subject to the provisions of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand; and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, at the Government House at Wellington, this 21st day of February, 1921.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Approved in Executive Council.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Assistant Public Service Commissioner appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 1st March, 1921.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

PAUL DESIRE NESTOR VERSCHAFFELT, Esq.,

to be Assistant Commissioner for the purposes of the Public Service Act, 1912.

The appointment is for a period of seven years as from the 1st March, 1920.

W. F. MASSEY, Prime Minister.

Ranger under the Animals Protection Act and Officer under Part II of the Fisheries Act appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 19th February, 1921,

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE KITSON

a Ranger under the Animals Protection Act, 1908, for the Auckland Acclimatization District, and an Officer under Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Rangers under the Animals Protection Act and Officers under Part II of the Fisheries Act appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1921.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT CRAIG, of Reefton,
JAMES F. BALCK, of Dovedale, and
CLAUDE G. WELLS, of Wakefield,

Rangers under the Animals Protection Act, 1908, for the Nelson Acclimatization District, and Officers under Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Crown Solicitor appointed.

Crown Law Office,
Wellington, 28th February, 1921.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

PERCY SEABORN KETTLE MACASSEY, Esquire,

to be a Crown Solicitor at Wellington.

F. H. D. BELL, Attorney-General.

Resignation of Judge of Supreme Court.

Crown Law Office,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1921.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation, pursuant to section 13 of the Judicature Act, 1908, by the Honourable Frederick Revans Chapman, of his office as a Judge of the Supreme Court.

F. H. D. BELL, Attorney-General.

Appointment of Judge of the Supreme Court.

Crown Law Office,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1921.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

JOHN RANKEN REED, K.C.,

to be a Judge of the Supreme Court.

F. H. D. BELL, Attorney-General.

Appointment of Compiler of Statutes.

Crown Law Office,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1921.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

The Honourable FREDERICK REVANS CHAPMAN

to be Compiler of Statutes, under the Statutes Drafting and Compilation Act, 1920.

F. H. D. BELL, Attorney-General.

Members of Land Boards reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1921.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint

WILLIAM CRAVEN MIRFIN and
JOSEPH BROWN

to be members of the Nelson Land Board, as from the 28th and 21st February, 1921.

BERNARD WARD

to be a member of the Westland Land Board, as from the 4th March, 1921.

JOHN SUMNER STOREY

to be a member of the Marlborough Land Board, as from the 29th March, 1921.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Members of Domain Boards appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1921.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General, has, in pursuance of section 41 of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, been pleased to make the following appointments:—

GEORGE SEARIGHT HARDY

to be a member of the South Rakaia Domain Board, in place of Thomas Morland, deceased.

WALTER HENRY PLOWMAN

to be a member of the Pongaroa Domain Board, in place of John McIntyre, resigned.

LEONARD SHEPHERD

to be a member of the St. Andrews Domain Board, in place of William Kennedy, resigned.

HAROLD HORACE SMITH

to be a member of the Mount Somers Domain Board, in place of Charles Armstrong, resigned.

RICHARD JOHN NICHOLLS and
CHARLES ROBERT THOMSON

to be members of the Uriti Domain Board, in place of William Old and William John Day, left the district.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Appointment of Chairman of Hawke’s Bay Rabbit Board to consent to Prosecutions under the Rabbit Nuisance Amendment Act, 1918.—Notice No. 2055.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 1st March, 1921.

IN pursuance of section 7 of the Rabbit Nuisance Amendment Act, 1920, I, William Nosworthy, Minister of Agriculture, do hereby appoint

THOMAS EZEKIEL CROSSE, Esq.
(Chairman of the Hawke’s Bay Rabbit Board),

as the person to consent, in lieu of myself, to all prosecutions under subsection (1) of section 2 of the Rabbit Nuisance Amendment Act, 1918, instituted for offences within the Board’s district on the recommendation of two Inspectors of the Board.

W. NOSWORTHY,
Minister of Agriculture.

Coroner appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1921.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

CHARLES SAUNDERS, Esq., J.P., of Waipukurau,

to be a Coroner within the Dominion of New Zealand.

E. P. LEE, Minister of Justice.