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reserved to draw water for Section 2 from the windmill and
tank on this section.

Section 11.-20 chains fence; value, £30.
Section 12.-6 chains rabbit-proof fence; value, £10 10s.
Improvements not included in the capital values, but to
be paid for separately in cash, are:-
Section 12.-One-roomed dwelling and about 20 acres
top-dressing; value, £70.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 24th day of April, 1922.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Appointment of Consular Agent for Italy at Dunedin recognised provisionally.
Department of Internal Affairs.
Wellington, 19th April, 1922.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that he has provisionally recognized the appointment by the Consul-General for Italy at Melbourne of Mr. JAMES ALEXANDER ROBERTS as Consular Agent for Italy at Dunedin.

R. HEATON RHODES,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, &c., appointed.
Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 18th April, 1922.
THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service :-
CECIL DANIEL McCARRY
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the district of Black's, as from the 10th April, 1922.
ROBERT CHARLES NIXON
to be Registrar of Marriages, Registrar of Births and Deaths, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris, for the district of Ngaruawahia, as from the 4th April, 1922.
A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Inspectors of Weights and Measures appointed.
Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 21st April, 1922.
THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service:-
Stanley Earle McGregor,
Cecil Porter Smith,
Peter Carl Weenink,
William James Chappell,
Alfred Drummond Snedden,
John Matthew Murdoch,
Archibald Thomas Grandison,
Richard Alfred Bolland,
Edwin James Gilbert Stringer,
Frederick Barton,
Samuel Kennedy,
Arthur James Foley,
John Georgeson,
Percy Henry Kinsman,
John Jackson,
Lionel Robert Meadows,
Cecil Herbert Hoskin, and
George Francis Grieve
to be Inspectors of Weights and Measures, for the purposes of the Weights and Measures Act, 1908, as from the 18th day of April, 1922.

A. C. TURNBULL. Secretary.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.
Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 21st April, 1922.
THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service:-
FRANCIS ARTHUR LOWE
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the district of Pelorus, as from the 15th April, 1922 ; and
CHARLES BERESFORD McISAAC
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the district of Auckland (at Avondale), as from the 12th December, 1921.
A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Inspector of Factories appointed.
Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 21st April, 1922.
THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service :-
JAMES ARCHIBALD FERGUSON
to be an Inspector of Factories, for the purposes of the Factories Act, 1908, as from the 18th day of April, 1922.
A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Westland appointed.
Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 24th April, 1922.
THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service :-
HENRY GEORGE FREDERICK COLES, to be the Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer for the Westland Electoral District, for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908. as from the 10th April, 1922.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1922.
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. :-
Alexander Wallace Swap .. . . Arrow.
Herbert Alley .. .. Wellington.
Alan Roy Cross .. .. Orepuki (at Tuata-pere).*
Miss Eliza McRae .. .. Orepuki.
James Edward Biggar .. .. Balclutha.
Edward John Roche .. .. Waimea South.
Percival Samuel Henry Chambers .. Malvern.
Harold Joseph Gray .. .. Opunake.
Francis Patrick Cleary .. .. Norsewood.
Edward Priar May .. .. Te Puke.
Henry Reece Richards .. .. Waipara.
Lewis M. Wiltshire .. .. Motupiko.

• Births and deaths only.
  W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps, Royal N.Z. Artillery, N.Z. Army Medical Department, and Territorial Force.
Department of Defence,
Wellington, 19th April, 1922.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps, Royal N.Z. Artillery, N.Z. Army Medical Department, and Territorial Force.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.
Lieutenant-Colonel R. B. Smythe, D.S.O., reverts to the rank of Major, with seniority as from the 26th December, 1914. Dated 31st March, 1922.
Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. Andrews, O.B.E., reverts to the rank of Major, with seniority as from the 28th December, 1914. Dated 31st March, 1922.
Lieutenant-Colonel N. W. B. B. Thoms, D.S.O., M.C., reverts to the rank of Major, with seniority as from the 29th December, 1914. Dated 31st March, 1922.
The undermentioned are granted the brevet rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 1st August, 1919 :-
Major R. B. Smythe, D.S.O.
Major N. W. B. B. Thoms, D.S.O., M.C.
Major H. S. N. Robinson reverts to the rank of Captain, with seniority as from the 30th March, 1916. Dated 31st March, 1922.
Captain W. M. Bell is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class II (a). Dated 1st April, 1922.
Lieutenant G. A. Avey is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (a). Dated 31st March, 1922.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY.
Lieutenant-Colonel I. T. Standish, C.M.G., D.S.O., reverts to the rank of Major, with seniority as from the 27th December, 1914. Dated 31st March, 1922.
Major I. T. Standish, C.M.G., D.S.O., is granted the brevet rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 1st August, 1919.