May 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1557

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 7th May, 1925.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
Robert Bruce Vartan
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for
the District of Dannevirke, on and from the 1st May, 1925.
RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Officers for the Purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908,
appointed.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 6th May, 1925.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance
and exercise of the power and authority conferred by
section 79 of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed
Captain Charles Wheeler, of Takapuna,
Douglas Brown Stewart, of Pokeno,
William Alan Paterson, of Huntly,
James McEwan, of Whangaripo, and
Geoffry House Worker, of Wellsford,
to be officers for the purposes of Part II of that Act.
RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Officer for the Purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908,
appointed.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 9th May, 1925.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance
and exercise of the power and authority conferred by
section 79 of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed
Westall Todd, of Westport,
to be an officer for the purposes of Part II of that Act.
RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Returning Officer for the Mairoa Rabbit District appointed.—
Notice No. Ag. 2500.
Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 18th May, 1925.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint, in terms of section 71 of the Rabbit
Nuisance Act, 1908,
Richard Ormsby
as Returning Officer to hold the first election of trustees for
the Mairoa Rabbit District, constituted under Part III of the
Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908.
W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

Chairman of Licensing Committees appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th May, 1925.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
Wyvern Wilson, Esq., S.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Committees for the Districts
of Riccarton, Ellesmere, Kaiapoi, and Hurunui, vice W. Mel-
drum, Esq., S.M.
C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Justice of the Peace appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 15th May, 1925.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
Ernest Matthew Finlayson, Esq., of Arapuni, co. Matamata,
to be a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand
and its Dependencies.
C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Clerks of Licensing Committees appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th May, 1925.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
John Duncan Kerr
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of
Gisborne and Bay of Plenty, vice J. N. Nalder, on leave ;

James Patrick Ward
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of
Awarua, vice J. C. Malfroy, transferred ;
Jules Caesar Malfroy
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of
Hamilton, Raglan, and Waikato, vice M. Simmonds.
James Milne Adam
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of
Waitomo and Taranaki, vice J. J. W. Pooley ; and
James Miller
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of
Auckland, Waitemata, and Parnell, vice F. G. Hutton.
C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Member of Horowhenua Lake Domain Board appointed.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 6th May, 1925.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance
of section 2 of the Horowhenua Lake Act, 1905, and
section 97 of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and
Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1916, been pleased to appoint
Warena Kerehi
to be a member of the Horowhenua Lake Domain Board, in
place of Eparima Paki, deceased.
RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
For Minister of Lands.

Appointment of Officers under Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908.
Marine Department,
Wellington, 9th May, 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
George R. Seymour, of Mokai, Rotorua, and
Sydney H. Jolly, of Hamurana,
to be officers for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned
Act, in respect of the Rotorua Acclimatization District.
G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Marine.

Inspector of Anatomy appointed.
Department of Health,
Wellington, 20th May, 1925.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General in Council has been
pleased to appoint
William Mathieson, Superintendent of Police for the Dis-
trict of Dunedin,
to be an Inspector of Anatomy at Dunedin in succession to
Superintendent S. P. Norwood, who has retired.
M. POMARE, Minister of Health.

Returning Officer for the Dunedin Licensing District appointed.
Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 8th May, 1925.
THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following
appointment in the Public Service:
William Dryburgh Wallace, Esq.,
to be the Returning Officer for the Dunedin Licensing District,
for the purposes of the Licensing Act, 1908, as from the 7th
day of April, 1925.
A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.