JUNE 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2169

Legislative Councillors appointed.

Prime Minister's Office,
Wellington, 27th June, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in His Majesty's name, summoned

The Honourable Edward Henry Clark, of Palmerston,
The Honourable Mark Cohen, of Dunedin,
The Honourable William Earnshaw, of Wellington,
The Honourable Sir Edwin Mitchelson, K.C.M.G., of Auckland,
The Honourable Robert Scott, of Kye burn,
Colonel the Honourable George John Smith, C.B.E., of Christchurch,

to the Legislative Council of New Zealand, by writs of summons under the Seal of the Dominion of New Zealand, dated 25th June, 1927.

J. G. COATES, Prime Minister.

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1927.

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

Percy Wotton, of Devonport,

to be an officer for the purposes of that Act for the area defined in the First Schedule to the Taupo Trout-fishing Regulations, 1926.

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

Appointment of Vice-Consul of Sweden at Auckland.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that, in accordance with instructions received from His Majesty's Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, he has recognized the appointment of

James Thomas Fergusson Mitchell, Esquire,

as Vice-Consul of Sweden at Auckland.

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

Appointment of Consul of Belgium at Wellington.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 27th June, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that, in accordance with advice received from His Majesty's Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, he has recognized the appointment of

Monsieur Armand Nihotte

as Consul of Belgium at Wellington.

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

Appointment of Producers' Representatives on New Zealand Dairy-produce Control Board.—Notice No. Ag. 2660.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 30th June, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, in terms of section 4, subsection (2) (b), of the Dairy-produce Export Control Act, 1923, and the Dairy-produce Export Control Amendment Act, 1926,

William Goodfellow,
James Hine, and
Henry Thomas Chapman,

as representatives of producers of Wards 3, 4, and 7 respectively on the New Zealand Dairy-produce Control Board.

O. HAWKEN, Minister of Agriculture.

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

Education Department,
Wellington, 23rd June, 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 July, 1927 :—

Name. Address.
Rev. Robert Joseph McKenna The Vicarage, Te Ara-roa, East Coast.
Rev. Herbert Daniels 230 High Street, Dannevirke.
Rev. Canon Matthew William Butterfield Waipawa, H.B.

R. A. WRIGHT,
Minister of Education.

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

Education Department,
Wellington, 28th June, 1927.

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

Name. Address.
Stanley Vernon Parsonson Young Men's Christian Association, Gisborne.
James Archibald Valentine 291 St. Aubyn Street, New Plymouth.

R. A. WRIGHT, Minister of Education.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1927.

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

Thomas Baden Adams, Esquire,

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Springburn, as from the 13th day of June, 1927.

Frederick Anderson, Esquire,

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Mercury Bay, as from the 18th day of June, 1927.

Victor Roy Crowhurst, Esquire,

to be Deputy Registrar at Timaru of the Supreme Court of New Zealand for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, as from the 12th day of June, 1927.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 28th June, 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.
Jack Mason Norling Auckland.
William Edward Free Birmingham.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the N.Z. Military Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the N.Z. Military Forces.

COMMAND.

Lieutenant-Colonel R. C. Wickens, D.S.O., Regiment of N.Z. Artillery, to command the Artillery Group, Southern Command, and retains the appointment of Commander, 3rd Field Brigade, N.Z.A. Dated 1st September, 1926.

9TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (NORTH AUCKLAND).

Captain H. S. McCarroll is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class II (b), R.D. 3. Dated 16th June, 1927