Mar. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 587

Appointment of Ministers.

Private Secretary’s Office, Government House,
Wellington, 21st February, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Colonel the Honourable Sir ROBERT HEATON RHODES, K.B.E.,

to be Commissioner of State Forests; and

The Honourable GEORGE JAMES ANDERSON

to be Minister of Marine.

By command.

ARTHUR R. W. CURTIS, Captain,
Private Secretary.

Appointment of Consul for the Kingdom of Serbs, Croates, and Slovenes.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that, in accordance with instructions received from His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies, he has recognized provisionally, pending the receipt of the Exequatur, the appointment of

G. I. SCANSIE, Esq.,

as Consul for the Kingdom of Serbs, Croates, and Slovenes.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Gaoler appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 16th February, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Constable GEORGE ALFRED DOGGETT

to be Gaoler of His Majesty’s Prison at Picton, on and from the 9th day of February, 1922.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
For Minister of Justice.

Gaoler appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 21st February, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Senior Sergeant ISAAC HARPER MATHIESON

to be Gaoler at Dunedin, on and from the 6th February, 1922.

E. P. LEE, Minister of Justice.

Member of Marlborough Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 16th February, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint

JAMES BOYD

to be a member of the Marlborough Land Board, as from the 12th April, 1922.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Member of Nelson Land Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 24th February, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE McMAHON

to be a member of the Nelson Land Board, as from the 8th March, 1922.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Crown Lands Ranger for Otago Land District appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st February, 1922.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in terms of section 29 of the Land Act, 1908, appointed

TUDOR WILLOUGHBY HUNGERFORD

to be a Ranger of Crown Land for the Otago Land District, as from the 7th February, 1922.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM HORACE ROSE

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the district of Christchurch, vice T. C. Field, deceased.

E. P. LEE, Minister of Justice.

Shorthand Reporters appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 27th February, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

WINIFRED MARGARET LAIRD and
MAUD SIMKIN

to be Shorthand Reporters under the Shorthand Reporters Act, 1908.

E. P. LEE, Minister of Justice.

Consul of China at Western Samoa recognized.

Department of External Affairs,
Wellington, 28th February, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that, in accordance with instructions from His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies, he has recognized the appointment of

Mr. CHAO-SONG LEE

as Consul of China in Western Samoa, pending the issue of the King’s Exequatur in his favour.

E. P. LEE, Minister of External Affairs.

[NOTE.—Amending entry in New Zealand Gazette No. 10, of 16th February, 1922.]

Inspector under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, appointed.—Notice No. 2148.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM MICHAEL NEVILLE

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, for the New Lynn Town District, the appointment to date as from the 23rd February, 1922.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1922.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service:—

LEWIS ANDERSON

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the district of Tokomairiro, as from the 27th January, 1922.

JENS PETER LARSEN

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the district of Waiapu, as from the 14th February, 1922.

GORDON MCDONALD GILBERT

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the district of Kaitangata, as from the 11th February, 1922.

ROBERT CHARLES NIXON

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris, for the district of Otorohanga, as from the 14th February, 1922.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 27th February, 1922.

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

DENNIS MULVEY

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the district of Geraldine, as from the 15th February, 1922.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.