JAN. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 171

Appointment of Consul-General of the United States of America at Wellington recognized provisionally.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 19th January, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that, in accordance with advice received from His Excellency's Secretary of State for the Colonies, he has recognized, provisionally, the appointment of

Mr Will L. Lowrie

as Consul-General of the United States of America at Wellington.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Inspector under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, appointed. Notice No. Ag. 2459.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Charles Valentine Slane

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, for the New Lynn Town District, the appointment to date as from the 12th January, 1925.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

Member of Otago Land Board re-appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 14th January, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint

James Smith

to be member of the Otago Land Board as from the 19th February, 1925.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Clerk of Magistrates' Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st January, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Constable William Alexander Mackrell

to be Clerk and Bailiff of the Magistrate's Court at Southbridge on and from the 21st day of October, 1924, vice Constable R. Moriarty, transferred.

A. D. McLEOD, for Minister of Justice.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st January, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

George Robert Dixon, Esq.,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the district of Hawke's Bay.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 20th January, 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. :—

John Davies .. .. .. .. Dargaville.
Horace John Terry .. .. .. Eketahuna.
Percy William Sargisson .. .. .. Gisborne.
Thomas Cecil Bowker .. .. .. Dunedin.
William Albert Gundy .. .. .. Christchurch, at New Brighton.
Thomas Williamson McMaster .. .. Norsewood.
William James Downey .. .. .. Te Awamutu, at Ohaupo.
John Henry Victor Carr .. .. .. Auckland.

*Births and death only.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Registrar of Brands appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 16th January, 1924.

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

Charles Edwin McPhee, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Brands under the Stock Act, 1908, for the Mataura, Invercargill, Wallace, and Lake Branding Registration Districts, as from the 12th day of January, 1925.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 20th January, 1925.

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

William Robert Hurworth Free, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Waihi, as from the 13th January, 1925.

Hugh Bruce Menzies, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Auckland, at Birkenhead, as from the 2nd July, 1924.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Inspector for the Purposes of the Factories Act, Weights and Measures Act, and Scaffolding and Excavation Act appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 20th January, 1925.

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

Ernest Hazard Birchall, Esq.,

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Factories Act, 1921-22, an Inspector for the purposes of the Weights and Measures Act, 1908, and an Inspector for the purposes of the Scaffolding and Excavation Act, 1922, as from the 8th day of January, 1925.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps and Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 7th January, 1924.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps and Territorial Force.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.
Captain O. H. Mead, D.S.O., to be Major. Dated 1st January, 1925.

8TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (NELSON).
The undermentioned to be Captains. Dated 12th December, 1924.
Lieutenant H. M. Clark.
Lieutenant F. Robertson, D.C.M.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.
Captain R. McPherson, M.C., to be Major (11th Field Battery). Dated 12th December, 1924.
Lieutenant J. N. Baxter, M.M., to be Captain (2nd Field Battery). Dated 25th August, 1924.
Captain E. Marsden, M.C. (19th Medium Battery), is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 5. Dated 17th December, 1924.
The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 81, of 11th December, 1924, relating to the appointment of 2nd Lieutenant L. R. Webley to 10th Battery should read 9th Battery.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.
The Hauraki Regiment.
Lieutenant S. R. Crimp (2nd C. Battalion) is transferred to the Otago Regiment. Dated 19th December, 1924.

THE NORTH AUCKLAND REGIMENT.
William John Glanville to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), 1st C. Battalion. Dated 19th June, 1924.