SEPT. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2555

Ranger under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 7th September, 1925.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 35 of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, the under-mentioned person has been appointed a Ranger under and for the purposes of that Act to exercise his duties generally throughout New Zealand:

E. V. Sanderson, of Paekakariki.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Commissioner of the Native Land Court appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 5th September, 1925.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Edward Percy Earle, Esq.,
of Auckland, to be a Commissioner of the Native Land Court for a term of one year as from the 1st day of October, 1925.

J. G. COATES, Native Minister.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th August, 1925.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Thomas Mervyn Wells, Esq.,
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Waikato.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Inspector of Sea-fishing appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 31st August, 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 Act, 1919, appointed

James Dawson,
of Thames South, to be an Inspector of Sea-fishing for the purposes of the first-mentioned Act.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Marine.

Members of New Zealand Meat-producers' Board appointed.— Notice No. Ag. 2520.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint in terms of paragraph (b) of subsection (2) and subsection (6) of section 2 of the Meat-export Control Act, 1921-22, and in terms of clause 14 of the regulations under that Act made by Order in Council on 7th June, 1923,

John Charles Nattle Grigg,
James Simon Jessep,
William Perry
to be representatives of the producers of meat for export on the New Zealand Meat-producers Board, as constituted under the Meat-export Control Act, 1921-22, each such person to hold office for a period of two years from the date of his appointment—namely, 1st September, 1925.

Wellington, 5th September, 1925.

W. NOSWORTHY,
Minister of Agriculture.

Appointment of Hospital Board Representative.

Department of Health,
Wellington, 5th September, 1925.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, under section 15 of the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1909,

Frederick James Ryder
to be a representative of the Horowhenua County on the Palmerston North Hospital Board.

M. POMARE, Minister of Health.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner, Wellington, 7th September, 1925.

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

Alexander Murray Robertson, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the district of Helensville, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Helensville, as from the 24th August, 1925.

Thomas Stinson, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the district of Whangamomona, as from the 24th August, 1925.

Arthur Louis Henry Stott, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the district of Taupo, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris, at Taupo, as from the 25th August, 1925.

Norman Claude Oswald Butcher, Esq.,
to be Clerk of the Magistrates' Court at Wairoa, for the purposes of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1908, as from the 2nd day of September, 1925.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 8th September, 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.:—

Oliver Stanley Harvey ... Stratford.
William Eric Boyd ... Takapau.
John MacGregor Craig ... Devonport.
David Shearer ... Denniston.
John Davies ... Dargaville.
James Frederick Crabb ... Owhango.
Ivan Lindsay McDowell ... Duntroon.
Henry Te Haeata Wilkinson ... Dunstan.
Albert Edward Satherley Crozier ... Waverley.
Aldred Hamilton Burn ... Mangaweka.
Willis Alfred Laing ... Carterton.

• Births and Deaths only.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 2nd September, 1925.

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

STAFF.

Captain V. G. Jervis, Reserve of Officers, is attached for duty to the General Staff. Dated 12th June, 1925.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.

The undermentioned officers from the Reserve of Officers to be Lieutenants, and are granted seniority as from the dates shown against their names. Dated 1st September, 1925.

Lieutenant A. W. Greville, 11th December, 1921.
Lieutenant A. H. L. Sugden, 12th December, 1923.
Staff Sergeant-Major (W.O. 2) A. J. Moore, N. Z. Permanent Staff, to be Lieutenant. Dated 1st September, 1925.

The undermentioned officers, having left New Zealand for the purpose of attachment to the British Army in India for a period of two years, are seconded. Dated 21st August, 1925.

Captain L. Potter.
Captain J. G. C. Wales, M.C.
Lieutenant J. I. Brooke.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS, SOUTHERN DEPOT.

Captain J. H. Williamson, from the Canterbury Regiment, to be Captain. Dated 21st August, 1925.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

The Hauraki Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant A. B. Randy to be Lieutenant (1st Battalion). Dated 24th July, 1925.