1740 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 53

Regulations under the Naval Defence Act, 1913.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 18th day of
June, 1923.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred on me by section twenty-five of the Naval
Defence Act, 1913 (hereinafter called "the said Act"), and
of all other powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf,
I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of
the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion,
do hereby amend and supplement the regulations for the
government and payment of the New Zealand Division of the
Royal Navy made under the said Act by Order in Council of
the twentieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and
twenty-one, as amended by subsequent Orders in Council, as
shown in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

1. In regulation No. 41, for rate of victualling allowance of
   1s. 6½d. per diem, substitute 1s. 6d. per diem, with effect as
   from 1st July, 1923.
2. In regulation No. 42, for rate of general mess allowance
   of 1s. 7½d. per diem, substitute 1s. 7d. per diem for men and
   1s. 8½d. per diem for boys, with effect as from 1st May, 1923.
   F. D. THOMSON,
   Clerk of the Executive Council.

Minister appointed.

Official Secretary's Office,
Government House,
Wellington, 21st June, 1923.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
The Honourable Sir Francis Henry Dillon Bell, G.C.M.G.,
K.C.,
being a member of the Executive Council, to be Minister of
External Affairs, as on and from the 18th June, 1923.
By command.
A. C. DAY, Official Secretary.

Member of Executive Council appointed.

Executive Council Chamber,
Wellington, 21st June, 1923.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
Richard Francis Bollard, Esq.,
to be a member of the Executive Council of the Dominion of
New Zealand, and the above gentleman has taken the oath
of office accordingly.
By command.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 12th 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 North Canterbury
Acclimatization District :—
William Alexander Gray, of Ataahua.
WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 18th 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 Tauranga Acclimatization
District :—
William Henry James Poole, of Tauranga.
WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Appointment of Officer under Part II of the Fisheries Act,
1908.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 18th June, 1923.
IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-
General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the
Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed
Albert Lette, of Glenaray,
to be an Officer for the purposes of Part II of the said Act.
WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Appointment of Vice-Consul of United States of America at
Wellington recognized.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 18th June, 1923.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be
notified that, in accordance with advice received from
the Vice-Consul in Charge, American Consulate-General, he
has recognized the appointment of
Joel C. Hudson, Esq.,
as Vice-Consul for the United States of America at Wellington.
WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Trustees for Public Cemeteries appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 20th June, 1923.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance
of section 4 of the Cemeteries Act, 1908, been pleased,
on the 18th day of June, 1923, to appoint
Richard Burton
to be a trustee, in the place of Andrew Halcrow, resigned, to
provide for the maintenance and care of the Maheno Public
Cemetery.
George Hunter
to be a trustee, in the place of Christopher Finlayson, deceased,
to provide for the maintenance and care of the Wyndham
Public Cemetery.
Neil Stewart and
Frank Toomey
to be trustees, in place of George Gilmore Diack and Patrick
James Byrne, left the district, to provide for the maintenance
and care of the Waikouaiti Public Cemetery.
William Gray Thomson and
Frank Jones
to be trustees, in place of William McAllister, deceased, and
Thomas Henry Jones, resigned, to provide for the maintenance
and care of the Mangapai Public Cemetery.
Thomas Lennox Gorrie, Sen.,
Alexander Beazley, and
Laurence Henry Paton
to be trustees, in place of Stanley Clifford Harling, Robert
Johnstone, and George Brock Smith, to provide for the
maintenance and care of the Tutamoe Public Cemetery.
W. NOSWORTHY, for Minister of Lands.

Member of Otago Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 14th June, 1923.
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, 1923.
W. NOSWORTHY, for Minister of Lands.

Returning Officer for the Eastern Pohangina Rabbit District
appointed.—Notice No. Ag. 2274.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 18th June, 1923.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint, in terms of section 71 of the Rabbit
Nuisance Act, 1908,
Herbert Symes
to be Returning Officer to hold the first election of trustees
for the Eastern Pohangina Rabbit District, constituted under
Part III of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908.
W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.