952

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 21

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 8th April, 1927.

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 persons have been appointed rangers under and for the purposes of that Act for the Auckland Acclimatization District :-

William Thirlwall Routledge, of Auckland;
Vyvian Rex Lynn Heywood, of Milford, Auckland;
William Proctor, of Putaruru; and
George Henning, of Remuera, Auckland.

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

Appointment of Officers under Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 12th April, 1927.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed

William Thirlwall Routledge, of Auckland,
Vyvian Rex Lynn Heywood, of Milford, Auckland,
William Proctor, of Putaruru, and
George Henning, of Auckland

to be officers for the purposes of Part II of the said Act for the Auckland Acclimatization District.

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

Member of Canterbury Land Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 31st March, 1927.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 49 of the Land Act, 1924, been pleased to appoint

Ernest Macdonald, Esquire,

to be a member of the Canterbury Land Board as from the 31st March, 1927.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Registrar under the Veterinary Surgeons Act, 1926, appointed.—Notice No. Ag. 2650.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 8th April, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, in pursuance of section 3 (2) (a) of the Veterinary Surgeons Act, 1926,

Charles John Reakes, Esquire, C.B.E., D.V.Sc., M.R.C.V.S.,

to be Registrar under the said Act.

O. HAWKEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Member of Veterinary Surgeons Board appointed.—Notice No. Ag. 2651.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 8th April, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, in pursuance of section 3 (2) (b), of the Veterinary Surgeons Act, 1926,

Alexander Malcolm Brodie, Esquire, M.R.C.V.S.,

to be a member of the Veterinary Surgeons Board constituted under the said Act.

O. HAWKEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Members of Veterinary Surgeons Board appointed.—Notice No. Ag. 2652.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 8th April, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, in pursuance of section 3 (2) (c), of the Veterinary Surgeons Act, 1926,

William Christopher Barry, Esquire, M.R.C.V.S.
Herbert Seton Stewart Kyle, Esquire, G.M.V.C.

to be members of the Veterinary Surgeons Board constituted under the said Act.

O. HAWKEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Clerks of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 8th April, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

William Shattock Jones

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wanganui, vice H. Morgan, transferred; and

William Harte

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wairarapa, vice W. S. Jones, transferred.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Marshal of the Supreme Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 8th April, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

William Shattock Jones

to be a Marshal of the Supreme Court of New Zealand at Wanganui in respect of its jurisdiction as a Colonial Court of Admiralty under the Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act, 1908.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 12th April, 1927.

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. :-

Name. District.
Donald Campbell Wright Lumsden.
Thomas Patrick Feehly Arrow.
Thomas Gates Chatham Islands.
Alfred George Shirley Waipu.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 8th April, 1927.

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

John Duncan Kerr, Esquire,

to be Clerk of the Magistrates’ Court, Opotiki, for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of April, 1927.

William Harte, Esquire,

to be Registrar of the Supreme Court of New Zealand and Sheriff for the District of Wairarapa for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, local Patent Officer for the purposes of section 15 of the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1921-22, and Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908, at Masterton, as from the 5th day of April, 1927.

David Alexander Baillie, Esquire,

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the district of Mataura, as from the 2nd April, 1927.

William Harte, Esquire,

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the district of Masterton, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Masterton, as from the 5th April, 1927.

Charles Bruce Rawlins, Esquire; and
George William Edward Coppell, Esquire,

to be Inspectors of Weights and Measures for the purposes of the Weights and Measures Act, 1925, as from the 7th day of April, 1927.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

New Zealand Inscribed Stock Act, 1917.—Closing of Registers.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 12th April, 1927.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Register of New Zealand 4½-per-cent. Inscribed Stock, maturing 15th November, 1938, and the Register of New Zealand 5-per-cent. Inscribed Stock, maturing 15th November, 1927, will be closed from the 1st to the 15th May, 1927 (inclusive), for the purpose of the issue of half-yearly interest.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Finance.