Inspector under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, appointed.— Notice No. Ag. 2456.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 12th January, 1925.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint
John Nesbit Anderson
to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, for the Hauraki Plains County, the appointment to date as from the 9th instant.
W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

Returning Officer for the Waipipi Rabbit District appointed.— Notice No. Ag. 2458.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 13th January, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, in terms of section 71 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908,
Alan P. Day
to be Returning Officer to hold the first election of trustees for the Waipipi Rabbit District, constituted under Part III of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908.
W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

Notice of the Appointment of the New Zealand Wool Committee. Notice No. Ag. 2461.

I, WILLIAM NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture, do hereby appoint—
William Perry, Sheep-farmer, Masterton (Chairman),
Bernard Edward Howard Tripp, Sheep-farmer, Timaru,
Robert Lilburn, Sheep-farmer, Hunterville
(Representatives of wool-growers),
William Sellers Bennett, Wool-broker, Wellington,
Arthur Emerson Mabin, Wool-broker, Wellington
(Representatives of wool-brokers)
to be the New Zealand Wool Committee, and to hold office during the pleasure of the New Zealand Government, under and in pursuance of the Board of Trade (Wool Industry) Regulations, 1925.
Dated this 14th day of January, 1925.
W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

Appointing a Detaining Officer for the Purposes of Section 226 of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 9th January, 1925.

IN exercise of the power conferred by subsection (2) of section 226 of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, I, George James Anderson, Minister of Marine, do hereby appoint
George Crosbie Godfrey, Secretary of Marine,
to be a Detaining Officer for the purposes of the said section 226.
As witness my hand this 9th day of January, 1925.
G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Marine.

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

Mines Department,
Wellington, 12th January, 1925.

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.
G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Mines.

Justice of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 6th January, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint
James Hill, Esq., of Howick,
to be a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies.
F. H. D. BELL, for Minister of Justice.

Clerks of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th January, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint
Edward John Gifford
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Franklin, vice H. Munro, on leave;
John Lodewyk Crowther
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Rotorua, vice C. V. Roberts;
Mervyn Simmonds
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Hamilton, Raglan, and Waikato, vice J. Miller, on leave; and
James Christopher Boddy
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wakatipu, vice F. Stoop, on leave.
C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th January, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by
Timothy John Downing, Esq.,
of Waipukurau of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies.
C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Members of Domain Boards appointed.

Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 7th January, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 41 of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, been pleased to make the following appointments:
Joseph Inch
to be a member of the Rangiora Domain Board, in place of Hugh Boyd, deceased.
Frederick Henry Early
to be a member of the Cust Domain Board, in place of George Wayland.
Walter Thomas Terry
to be a member of the Scarborough Domain Board, in place of Robert Samuel Warwick, resigned.
John Herman Sorenson
to be a member of the Hirstfield Domain Board, in place of William Corbet, resigned.
John Robert Neill
to be a member of the Tokanui Domain Board, in place of Edwin Thomas, left the district.
George Septimus Moody
to be a member of the Opotiki and Waioeka Domain Board, in place of Charles Gordon, resigned.
George Champion
to be a member of the South Invercargill Domain Board, in place of James Eunson, resigned.
Robert Thomas Hill
to be a member of the Taupiri Mountain Domain Board, in place of William Albert Joll, deceased.
A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 13th December, 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.:-

Desmond Molesworth .. Tirau.
Olaf Christian .. Ashburton at Mayfield.
Births and Deaths only.
W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.