DEC. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2981

Director of Forestry reappointed.

State Forest Service,
Wellington, 12th December, 1924.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased, in pursuance of section 7 of the Forests Act, 1921-22, to reappoint

Leon Macintosh Ellis, Esq., B.Sc.F.

to be the Director of Forestry for a period of three years as from 8th January, 1925.

F. H. D. BELL,
For the Commissioner of State Forests.

License to Act as Native Interpreter revoked.

Native Department,
Wellington, 11th December, 1924.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to revoke the license granted to

Wharekaniwha Mika,

of Auckland, authorizing him to act as Native Interpreter of the First Grade under the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations made thereunder.

J. G. COATES, Native Minister.

Temporary Appointment of Member of Prisons Board.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 11th December, 1924.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

Daniel George Arthur Cooper, Esquire,

to act temporarily as a member of the Prisons Board during the absence from New Zealand of Dr. J. F. S. Hay.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
For Minister of Justice.

Resignation of Member of Prisons Board.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 11th December, 1924.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to accept the resignation of

Major-General Sir Donald McGavin, Kt., C.M.G., D.S.O., M.D. (Lond.), F.R.C.S.,

as a member of the Prisons Board.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
For Minister of Justice.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th December, 1924.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to accept the resignation by

William Tasman Smith, Esq.,

of Ma-Waro, as a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Chairman of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th December, 1924.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

John Saxon Barton, Esq., S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Wanganui and Patea, vice J. G. L. Hewitt, Esq., S.M.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th December, 1924.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

Henry Hector Scott, Esq.,

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Stratford, vice E. L. Egarr.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Cemetery Trustees resigned.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 8th December, 1924.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to accept the resignations of

Lemuel Henry White,
William Cooper,
Frank Edward Allen,
John Fitzpatrick, and
William Thomas May

as trustees of the Howick Public Cemetery.

F. H. D. BELL, for Minister of Lands.

Nautical Surveyor of Ships and Inspector of Ships’ Compasses appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 10th December, 1924.
THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service :—

William John Keane, Esq.,

to be a Nautical Surveyor of Ships and Inspector of Ships’ Compasses for the purposes of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of December, 1924.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Registrar of Electors for the Electoral District of Wairarapa appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 10th December, 1924.
THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service :—

James William Hodgson, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Electors for the Electoral District of Wairarapa for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of December, 1924.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Registrar of Electors for the Electoral District of Bay of Plenty appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 10th December, 1924.
THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service :—

Thomas Percival Pain, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Electors for the Electoral District of Bay of Plenty for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of December, 1924.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 9th December, 1924.
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. :—

Andrew Pettigrew Watson .. .. Springburn.
James Boyne .. .. .. Gore.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

FREDERICK JOHN MANN, Esquire, of 17 Essex Street, Strand, London, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England, has this day been appointed by the Right Honourable Sir Robert Stout, P.C., K.C.M.G., Chief Justice of New Zealand, a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in England under the 47th section of the Judicature Act, 1908, for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 12th day of December, 1924.

W. A. HAWKINS, Registrar, Supreme Court.