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mentioned person has been appointed a Ranger under and
for the purposes of that Act for the Whangarei Acclimatization
District :—
James McKegg, of Hikurangi.
RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Appointment in High Commissioner's Office.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 26th July, 1926.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General in Council has
been pleased to appoint, in terms of section 9 of the
High Commissioner Act, 1908,
Eileen Honoria Walsh
an officer in the office of the High Commissioner for New
Zealand in London, as on and from the 25th day of May,
1926.
RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Cancellation of Appointment of Ranger under the Animals
Protection and Game Act, 1921-22.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 26th July, 1926.
IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals
Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, I, Richard Francis
Bollard, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of
New Zealand, do hereby cancel the appointment of
Harold Fraser
as a Ranger under the said Act, for the Feilding and
District Acclimatization District.
RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Member of Taranaki Land Board reappointed.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 20th July, 1926.
NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-
General has been pleased to reappoint
Norman Robert Cleland
to be a member of the Taranaki Land Board as from the llth
July, 1926.
A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Shorthand Reporters appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st July, 1926.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
Beatrice Frost and
Doris Eltham Frost
to be Shorthand Reporters under the Shorthand Reporters
Act, 1908.
F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Appointment in the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy.
Navy Office,
Wellington, 23rd July, 1926.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve of the following appointment in the New
Zealand Division of the Royal Navy :—
Paymaster-Commander Evelyn Norman Robert Fletcher,
M.B.E., R.N., to H.M.S. “ Dunedin ” (additional), and to
that ship as Secretary to the Commodore Commanding
New Zealand Station, and as Secretary to the New Zealand
Naval Board, to date 25th July, 1926.
F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Appointment in the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy.
Navy Office,
Wellington, 26th July, 1926.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve of the following appointment in the New
Zealand Division of the Royal Navy :—
Reverend James Morris Beaufort, M.A., to H.M.S.
“ Philomel ” as Chaplain, vice Stubbs, to date 23rd
August, 1926.
F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

[No. 51

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Appointments in the Public Service.
Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1926.
THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following
appointments in the Public Service :—
Henry Otto Kroening, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of
Runanga, as from the 12th day of July, 1926.
Reginald Sheen, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths
for the District of Waverley, as from the 16th day of July, 1926.
Lionel Harry James, Esq., M.Sc.,
to be an Analyst for the purposes of the Sale of Food and
Drugs Act, 1908, as from the 24th day of July, 1926.
A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 27th July, 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 :—
Reginald Hicks Wilson . . . . Ross.
Cecil Charles Swaney . . . . Rakaia.
W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of
Officers of the N.Z. Military Forces.
Department of Defence,
Wellington, 20th July, 1926.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve of the appointments, promotions, resigna-
tions, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the N.Z.
Military Forces :—
2ND N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S WELLING-
TON WEST COAST).
Captain W. J. Melville is posted to the Retired List under the
provisions of G.O. 184/21, with permission to retain his
rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 30th June,
1926.
Eric Roy Harford to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 2nd July,
1926.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.
Major E. J. Phillips (6th Field Battery), is transferred to the
Reserve of Officers, Class I (b) R.D. 7. Dated 19th June,
1926.
Major H. P. Warnock, from the Reserve of Officers, to be
Major, 20th Pack Battery. Dated 6th July, 1926.
2nd Lieutenant L. F. Edgecombe (18th Medium Battery), is
transferred to the Waikato Regiment. Dated 3rd July,
1926.
Philip Braham Levy to be 2nd Lieutenant, 12th Field Battery.
Dated 9th July, 1926.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.
The Auckland Regiment Countess of Ranfurly's Own).
Major A. W. Short, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Major,
and is seconded for service with the 1st C. Battalion.
Dated 10th July, 1926.
Lieutenant W. B. Stewart ceases to be seconded with the 3rd
C. Battalion, and is seconded for service with the 2nd C.
Battalion. Dated 10th July, 1926.
2nd Lieutenant G. D. Moon is transferred to the North Auck-
land Regiment. Dated 16th June, 1926.
The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve of
Officers, R.D. 1. Dated 10th July, 1926.
Lieutenant E. J. L. Hewitt (1st C. Battalion), Class I (b).
2nd Lieutenant R. H. Inder (3rd C. Battalion), Class II
(b).
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation),
and are seconded for service with the Battalions as stated.
Dated 12th July, 1926.
Edward James Aim, 1st C. Battalion.
Walter Robert Hugh Martin, 2nd C. Battalion.
Sergeant Frederick Meiklejohn, 2nd C. Battalion.

The North Auckland Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant G. D. Moon, from the Auckland Regiment
(Countess of Ranfurly's Own), to be 2nd Lieutenant, 1st
Battalion, with seniority as from the 20th May, 1924.