Mar. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 643

Member of Legislative Council appointed.

Prime Minister’s Office,
Wellington, 27th February, 1924.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in His Majesty’s name, summoned

The Honourable Sir Frederic William Lang, Kt.,
to the Legislative Council of New Zealand by writ of summons under the Seal of the Dominion of New Zealand dated the 22nd February, 1924.

W. F. MASSEY, Prime Minister.

Consul-General of United States of America at Wellington appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 27th February, 1924.

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 the Exequatur empowering Mr. Edwin N. Gunsaulus to act as Consul-General of the United States of America at Wellington received His Majesty’s signature on the 10th of December, 1923.

R. HEATON RHODES,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Consul-General of Germany at Melbourne appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 27th February, 1924.

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 the Exequatur empowering Dr. Hans Busing to act as German Consul-General at Melbourne with jurisdiction over the Commonwealth of Australia and Dependencies, the Dominion of New Zealand and Dependencies, Fiji, the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, the British Solomon Islands Protectorate, and other islands under the jurisdiction of the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, Tonga, the Territory of New Guinea, and Nauru, received His Majesty’s signature on the 10th of December, 1923.

R. HEATON RHODES,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Rangers under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th February, 1924.

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 persons have been appointed Rangers under and for the purposes of that Act for the Wellington Acclimatization District :—

Thomas Andrews, of Wellington,
Harold Harding Morris, of Brooklyn.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Member of Nelson Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 1st March, 1924.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint

George MacMahon
to be a member of the Nelson Land Board, as from the 9th March, 1924.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th March, 1924.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

William Shattock Jones
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wairau, vice A. F. Bent, on leave.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Marshal of the Supreme Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th March, 1924.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Frank Mitchell, Esq.,
to be a Marshal of the Supreme Court of New Zealand at Nelson in respect of its jurisdiction as a Colonial Court of Admiralty under the Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act, 1890.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Examiner under the Coal-mines Act, 1908, appointed.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 29th February, 1924.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the appointment of

Isaac Angelo James, Esq.,
to be an Examiner under the Coal-mines Act, 1908, as amended by section 22 of the Coal-mines Amendment Act, 1922, for a period of one month.

R. HEATON RHODES, for Minister of Mines.

Inspector under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, appointed.—Notice No. Ag. 2359.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 4th March, 1924.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

James Kennedy
to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, for the Henderson Town District, the appointment to date as from the 4th day of March, 1924.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

Members of Arawa District Trust Board appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 5th March, 1924.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Henry Taiporutu Mitchell,
Wiremu Ereatara,
Raniera Kingi,
Heketoro Hikairo,
Taimona Matuha,
Morehu te Kirikau,
Wirihana Tamati,
Peeti Hareti,

Hugh MacPherson,
Heemi te Uara,
Mika Aporo,
Reverend Wiremu Waaka te Rohu,
Aperahama Wiari,
Raureti Mokonuiarangi, and
Kepa Ehau
to be members of the Arawa District Trust Board, under the provisions of subsection (4) (a) of section 27 of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1922, and the regulations made thereunder.

J. G. COATES, Native Minister.

Ranger of Beaches appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 29th February, 1924.

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

Francis Peter John Flinn, Esq.,
to be a Ranger of Beaches for the purposes of the Harbours Act, 1923, as from the 22nd day of February, 1924.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Registrar of Electors appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 29th February, 1924.

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

John Henry Victor Carr, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Electors for the Electoral District of Hamilton, for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, as from the 3rd day of January, 1924.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

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