Members of Licensing Committee appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th January, 1926.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
Ivie McGill, Esq., and
Bernard McNamara, Esq.,
to be members of the Licensing Committee for the District
of Ellesmere, vice A. J. Magson, Esq., and W. S. Scott, Esq.,
respectively.
C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Inspecter of Sea-fishing appointed.
Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., ist January, 1926.

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
Edward Burnett
of Coromandel, Police Constable, to be an Inspector of
Sea-fishing for the purposes of Part I of the first-mentioned
Act.
G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Marine.

Clerks of Licensing Committees appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th January, 1926.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
Eric Robilliard Graham
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of
Timaru and Temuka, vice A. E. Reynolds, on leave;
Patrick Michael Martin
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of
Napier, vice G. G. Chisholm, on leave;
Alban Whitaker
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of
Oroua, vice J. C. Harding; and
Leslie Faithful Henry
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of
Rangitikei, vice J. C. Harding.
C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 12th January, 1926.

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. :-
James Selwyn Mosley . . . . Gore.
James Redvers Trimble . . Pleasant Point.
Frederick Kerry Caterer . . Gabriel's.
Jonathan Arnold Burgess . . Aorere.
Owen Leonard Dunsford . . Thames at Turua.*
Henry Dalton Walker . . . Nightcaps.

• Births and Deaths only.
  W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Clerk of Magistrates' Court, &c., appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th January, 1926.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
Constable Edward Burnett
to be Clerk of the Magistrates' Court and Bailiff of the Magis-
trates' and Warden's Courts at Coromandel, on and from
the 14th day of December, 1925, vice Constable L. Spellman,
transferred.
C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Appointment of Deputy District Public Trustee.

NOTICE is hereby given that in pursuance of the power
and authority vested in me by section 3 of the Public
Trust Office Amendment Act, 1921-22, I, the Public Trustee
of the Dominion of New Zealand, have appointed
Ernest Huia Thomas
of the Public Trust Office, Wanganui, to be Deputy of the
District Public Trustee, Wanganui, during the absence of such
District Public Trustee from his headquarters.
Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of December, 1925.
J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

STRAUN WRIGHT-SMITH, Esquire, of Scott Street,
Warracknabeal, Australia, a Solicitor of the Supreme
Court of the State of Victoria, has this day been appointed
by the Right Honourable Sir Robert Stout, P.C., K.C.M.G.,
Chief Justice of New Zealand, a Commissioner of the Supreme
Court of New Zealand in the State of Victoria, under the
47th section of the Judicature Act, 1908, for the purpose of
administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and
affirmations as in the said section mentioned.
Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of December, 1925.
W. W. SAMSON, Registrar, Supreme Court.

Trustees for Public Cemeteries appointed.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th December, 1925.

His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance
of section 4 of the Cemeteries Act, 1908, been pleased
to appoint
John McCall
to be a trustee, in the place of Alexander Gray, resigned, to
provide for the maintenance and care of the Waikoikoi Public
Cemetery.
William McDonald Paterson
to be a trustee, in place of Thomas Paterson, deceased, to pro-
vide for the maintenance and care of the Ngaruwahia Public
Cemetery.
James Gibson Gow,
William Henry Hall, and
Robert William Simpson
to be trustees in place of John Mee, William Priest, and
Thomas Lewis Harney, deceased, to provide for the main-
tenance and care of the Timaru Public Cemetery.
William Butcher,
William Edward Cayley-Alexander, and
Arthur Herbert Coates
to be trustees in place of Michael Joseph Byrt, Robert
Livingstone, and John Daniel Milner, left the district, to pro-
vide for the maintenance and care of the Piopio Public
Cemetery.
Donald Finlayson,
George Gillespie,
Alexander Tapp, and
Alexander Sime
to be trustees, in place of John Caley and George Gillespie,
deceased, and Donald McCalman and John Duncan Sim,
left the district, to provide for the maintenance and care of
the Puokikiki Public Cemetery.
A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.
CHARLES WILLIAM BERESFORD MARTIN, Esquire,
of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, a Solicitor of the
Supreme Court of the State of Tasmania, has this day been
appointed by the Right Honourable Sir Robert Stout, P.C.,
K.C.M.G., Chief Justice of New Zealand, a Commissioner of
the Supreme Court of New Zealand in the State of Tasmania,
under the 47th section of the Judicature Act, 1908, for the
purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits,
and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.
Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of December, 1925.
W. W. SAMSON, Registrar, Supreme Court.

Accountant, House of Representatives, resigned.
Legislative Department,
Wellington, 12th January, 1926.

It is hereby notified that

William Harrage Russell
has resigned the appointment held by him as Accountant,
House of Representatives, as from 31st December, 1925.
W. NOSWORTHY,
Minister in Charge, Legislative Department.