receive statutory declarations under the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

Moreton Leslie Chappell .. .. Mataroa.
Carlyle Pearson Smith .. .. Mayfield.
Edward Nicholas Pascoe .. .. Newton.
Mary Ann Brookes (Mrs.) .. .. Niagara.
William Henry Statham .. .. Opoutere.
John Francis McMahon .. .. Tapu.

As witness my hand this 12th day of June, 1923.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

Resignation of Minister.

Official Secretary's Office,
Government House,
Wellington, 13th June, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to accept the resignation of

The Honourable David Henry Guthrie
of the office of Minister of Railways, as on and from the 6th
June, 1923.

By command.
A. C. DAY, Official Secretary.

Appointment of Ministers.

Official Secretary's Office,
Government House,
Wellington, 13th June, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

The Honourable Joseph Gordon Coates
to be Minister of Railways, as on and from the 6th June,
1923; and

The Honourable William Downie Stewart
to be Minister of Industries and Commerce, as on and from
the 11th June, 1923.

By command.
A. C. DAY, Official Secretary.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

William Jaques
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths
for the district of Motueka, on and from the 1st June, 1923.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Consulate-General of United States of America at Auckland to
be temporarily in Charge of Vice-Consul.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 9th June, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be
notified, that, in accordance with advice received
from the Vice-Consul in Charge of the American Consulate-
General, he has recognized the appointment of

Mr. Arthur R. Preston, Jun.,
as Vice-Consul in charge at Auckland during the absence of
the Consul, Mr. K. De. G. MacVitty.

W. FRASER,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Ranger under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22,
appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 8th June, 1923.

It is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the
power and authority conferred by section 35 of the
Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, the under-
mentioned person has been appointed a Ranger under and
for the purposes of that Act for the Otago Acclimatization
District :-

Albert Lette, of Glenaray.

W. FRASER,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Consul-General of the Argentine at Wellington appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 9th June, 1923.

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

Mr. Humberto Bidone
has been appointed Argentine Consul-General at Wellington
with jurisdiction over New Zealand.

W. FRASER,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Member of Hawke's Bay Land Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 7th June, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

Henry Hayes Dewes
to be a member of the Hawke's Bay Land Board, as from
the 7th June, 1923.

W. FRASER, for Minister of Lands.

Chairman of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th June, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

John George Lewis Hewitt, Esq., S.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Committees for the districts
of Bay of Islands, Marsden, and Kaipara, vice F. H. Levien,
Esq., S.M., on leave.

F. H. D. BELL, Minister of Justice.

Clerk of Magistrate's Court, &c., appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th June, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

Constable James Murphy
to be Clerk and Bailiff of the Magistrate's Court at Ormond-
ville on and from the 31st day of May, 1923, vice Constable D.
McLeod, retired.

F. H. D. BELL, Minister of Justice.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 9th June, 1923.

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

Leonard Flower, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and
Deaths for the district of Matamata, as from the 1st June,
1923.

Leslie Retalie Tayler, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths
for the district of Heriot, as from the 31st May, 1923.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Registrar of Brands appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 12th June, 1923.

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

Alexander Cook, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Brands for the Stratford Branding Registra-
tion District, for the purposes of the Stock Act, 1908, as from
the 21st day of May, 1923.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Registrar of Electors appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 12th June, 1923.

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

John Verdon Carmody, Esq.,
to be the Registrar of Electors for the Electoral District of
Invercargill, for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, as
from the 17th day of June, 1923.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.