JUNE 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1545

Appointment of Consular Agent of the United States of America at Christchurch recognized provisionally.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 7th June, 1921.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to recognize provisionally the appointment of H. P. BRIDGE, Esq., as Consular Agent of the United States of America at Christchurch.
WM. DOWNIE STEWART, Minister of Internal Affairs.
Honours conferred by His Majesty the King.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 10th June, 1921.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to direct the publication in the New Zealand Gazette of the notification of the appointments by His Majesty the King as follows :- The Hon. Edwin Mitchelson, M.L.C., Auckland : Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George. John Pearce Luke, Esq., C.M.G., M.P., formerly Mayor of Wellington : Knight Bachelor. Brigadier-General Donald Johnstone McGavin, C.M.G., D.S.O., M.D., Director-General of Medical Services, New Zealand Military Forces : Knight Bachelor. Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) James Lewis Sleeman, C.B.E., M.V.O., I.G.S., late Director-General of Military Training, New Zealand Military Forces : Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George. Frederick William Platts, Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate, Te Kuiti, formerly Resident Commissioner of the Cook Islands : Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.
WM. DOWNIE STEWART, Minister of Internal Affairs.
Ranger under the Animals Protection Act appointed.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 10th June, 1921.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint GEORGE OGRAM, of Te Puke, a Ranger under the Animals Protection Act, 1908, for the Tauranga Acclimatization District.
WM. DOWNIE STEWART, Minister of Internal Affairs.
Appointment of Assistant Law Draftsman.
Law Drafting Office,
Wellington, 13th June, 1921.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint THOMAS DONALD HORN HALL, Esq., to be an Assistant Law Draftsman, under the Statutes Drafting and Compilation Act, 1920, as from 30th June, 1921.
F. H. D. BELL, Attorney-General.
Member of Otago Land Board reappointed.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 13th June, 1921.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint CHARLES JAMES INDER to be a member of the Otago Land Board, as from the 5th July, 1921.
D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.
Member of Horowhenua Lake Domain Board appointed.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 8th June, 1921.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 2 of the Horowhenua Lake Act, 1905, and section 97 of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1916, been pleased to appoint HARRY WALKLEY to be a member of the Horowhenua Lake Domain Board, in place of Henry Butler France, resigned.
D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.
Clerk and Bailiff appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 15th June, 1921.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint Constable HENRY ANDERSON to be Clerk and Bailiff of the Magistrate's Court at Akaroa, as from the 28th day of May, 1921, vice Constable R. W. Shepherd, deceased.
E. P. LEE, Minister of Justice.
Deputy Official Assignee appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th June, 1921.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint WILLIAM LEONARD BUTLER to be Deputy Official Assignee at Gisborne, on and from the 16th day of June, 1921, vice A. G. Beere, resigned.
E. P. LEE, Minister of Justice.
Hastings Borough Representation on Hawke's Bay Hospital Board.- (H. No. 41.)
Department of Health,
Wellington, 7th June, 1921.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, under section 15 of the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1909, WILLIAM HART to be a member of the Hawke's Bay Hospital Board, representing the contributory district of Hastings Borough.
C. J. PARR, Minister of Health.
Stratford Borough Representation on the Stratford Hospital Board.- (H. No. 42.)
Department of Health,
Wellington, 8th June, 1921.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, under section 15 of the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1909, PERCY THOMSON as a member, representing the Stratford Borough, on the Stratford Hospital Board.
E. P. LEE, for Minister of Health.
Inspector for the Purposes of the Orchard and Garden Diseases Act, 1908, appointed.
Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 13th June, 1921.
THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service :- CECIL PHILLIPS GIBSON to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Orchard and Garden Diseases Act, 1908, as from the 9th day of June, 1921.
A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.
Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 14th June, 1921.
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. :- Walter Edward Gundy .. Drury. Thomas James Quayle .. Wellington (at Kilbirnie). Stephen Robert Veitch .. Mangaweka. John McKittrick .. Wellington. Ian Mackay .. Napier. T. F. Leonard .. Hampden. Jeanie Bell Hamilton (Miss) .. Black's. John Duncan Ferguson .. Wellington. Births and Deaths only.
W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.