May 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1611

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 20th May, 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 person has been appointed a Ranger under and for the purposes of that Act for the Rotorua Acclimatization District :—

Alexander George Anderson McTavish.

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

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd May, 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 undermentioned person has been appointed a Ranger under and for the purposes of that Act for the Whangarei Acclimatization District.

George Henry Cullen.

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

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 20th May, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

(Miss) Gwendoline Fraser

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Kuaotunu, on and from the 26th April, 1927.

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

Member of Westland Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 18th May, 1927.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint

William Hill Chinn

to be a member of the Westland Land Board as from the 31st May, 1927.

O. HAWKEN, for Minister of Lands.

Coroners appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 19th May, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

William Henry Frith, Esquire, J.P.. of Oamaru, and James Walter Barr-Brown, Esquire, J.P., of Putaruru,

to be Coroners within the Dominion of New Zealand.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Appointment of Honorary Child Welfare Officers under the Child Welfare Act, 1925.

Education Department,
Wellington, 24th May, 1927.

IN pursuance of section 2 of the Child Welfare Act, 1925, I, Robert Alexander Wright, Minister of Education, do hereby appoint the following persons as Honorary Child Welfare Officers for the purposes of the said Act for the period of one year from the 1st June, 1927 :—

Name. Address.
Rev. Wilfred Henry Wilson .. .. Whakatane.
Mrs. Grace Wilson .. .. Whakatane.

R. A. WRIGHT,
Minister of Education.

Appointment of Child Welfare Officers under the Child Welfare Act, 1925.

Education Department,
Wellington, 25th May, 1927.

IN pursuance of section 2 of the Child Welfare Act, 1925, I, Robert Alexander Wright, Minister of Education, do hereby appoint

Lucy Mary Bowie, Invercargill,
Ewart Wilfred Grey Thorpe, Auckland, and
David McKee Wright, Auckland,

as Child Welfare Officers for the purposes of the said Act.

R. A. WRIGHT, Minister of Education.

Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, licensed.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 24th May, 1927.

IN pursuance of the tenth section of the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to license

Robert Arnold Fuller,

of Palmerston North, to act as a Public Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909.

R. A. WRIGHT, Minister in Charge.

Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, licensed.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 24th May, 1927.

IN pursuance of the tenth section of the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to license

Thomas Gordon Reynolds,

of Hamilton, to act as a Public Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909.

R. A. WRIGHT, Minister in Charge.

Official Visitor under the Mental Defectives Act, 1911, within the County of West Taupo appointed.

Mental Hospitals Department,
Wellington, 14th May, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Charles Frederick Battson, Esquire,

to be an Official Visitor under the Mental Defectives Act, 1911, within the County of West Taupo.

J. A. YOUNG,
Minister in Charge of Mental Hospitals.

Official Visitor under the Mental Defectives Act, 1911, within the County of West Taupo appointed.

Mental Hospitals Department,
Wellington, 14th May, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Thamzine Edith Wood (Mrs.)

to be an Official Visitor under the Mental Defectives Act, 1911, within the County of West Taupo.

J. A. YOUNG,
Minister in Charge of Mental Hospitals.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 18th May, 1927.

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

George Reid, Esquire,

to be Registrar of Brands under the Stock Act, 1908, for the Bruce, Tuapeka, and Clutha Branding Registration Districts, as from the 21st day of April, 1927.

Claude Oswald Pratt, Esquire,

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Ashburton, as from the 18th day of May, 1927.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.