MAR. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 839

Shorthand Reporter appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th March, 1925.
H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
Margaret Agnes Heath
to be Shorthand Reporter under the Shorthand Reporters
Act, 1908.
C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Justice of the Peace appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th March, 1925.
H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
Murdoch McIvor, Esq., of Mohaka,
to be 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, 18th March, 1925.
H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
Felix Hector Levien, Esq., S.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Committee for the district
of Bay of Islands, vice R. W. Tate, Esq., S.M.
C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Clerks of Licensing Committees appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th March, 1925.
H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
Edward John Gifford, Esq.,
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the district of
Stratford, vice H. H. Scott, on leave; and
William Shattock Jones
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the district of
Wairau, vice A. R. Bent, on leave.
C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Members of Licensing Committees appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th March, 1925.
H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
James Murdoch, Esq.,
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the district
of Taraunga, vice G. A. Ward, Esq., deceased;
Frank Perkins, Esq.,
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the district
of Franklin, vice the Rev. F. Hales, resigned;
Richard Allen, Esq.,
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the district
of Riccarton, vice W. W. Morton, Esq., deceased; and
Peter Johnson, Esq.,
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District
of Dunedin South, vice T. B. Leyland, Esq., deceased.
C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Appointment of Officers under Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908.
Marine Department,
Wellington, 14th March, 1925.
IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-
General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the
Fisheries Act, 1908, and of the Official Appointments and
Documents Act, 1919, appointed
Andrew Kean,
of Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, to be an officer for the purposes of
Part II of the first-mentioned Act, in respect of the Rotorua
Acclimatization District.
G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Marine.

Crown Solicitor appointed.
Crown Law Office,
Wellington, 10th March, 1925.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
Horace James Macalister, Esq.,
to be Crown Solicitor at Invercargill, vice William Macalister,
resigned.
F. H. D. BELL, Attorney-General.

Manager of the Boys' Probation Home appointed.
Office of the Public Service Commissioner.
Wellington, 9th March. 1925.
THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following
appointment in the Public Service:--
Frederick Samuel Shell, Esq.,
to be Manager of the Boys' Probation Home, Wellington, an
industrial school established under the provisions of the
Industrial Schools Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of January,
1925.
A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Election of Members of the Board of Appeal under the Public
Service Act, 1912.
Office of the Public Service Commissioner.
Wellington, 12th March, 1925.
NOTICE is hereby given that, in accordance with the Public
Service Act, 1912, and regulations made thereunder,
an election will be held on Monday, the 4th day of May,
1925, at Wellington, for the purpose of electing members of
the Public Service Board of Appeal.
Nominations to be made on forms obtainable from the
Secretary, Public Service Commissioner, must reach the
Returning Officer, Public Service Commissioner's Office,
Wellington, not later than noon on Saturday, the 4th April,
1925.
A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 17th March, 1925.
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.--
Robert Ross ... ... ... Gore.
Edward John Clifford ... ... Stratford.
John William Ahern ... ... Karamea.
John Bowmar ... ... Ohaeawai.
Edward Caldwell ... ... Kumara.
Fritz Edward Lassen ... ... Granity.
Michael John Horan ... ... Otepopo.
W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of
Officers of the Territorial Force.
Department of Defence,
Wellington, 13th March, 1925.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve of the appointments, promotions, resigna-
tions, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the
Territorial Forces:--
5TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (OTAGO HUSSARS).
The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) A.D. Reid
is confirmed.

9TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (NORTH AUCKLAND).
Captain C. V. Bigg-Wither is transferred to the Reserve of
Officers, Class I (b) R.D. 3. Dated 23rd February, 1925.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.
The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) W. N.
Isaac (11th Field Battery) is confirmed.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.
The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own).
Captain E. G. Baddeley to be Major (1st Battalion). Dated
2nd November, 1924.