Trustees for Public Cemeteries appointed.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance
of section 4 of the Cemeteries Act, 1908, been pleased
to appoint

John William Stowell
to be an additional trustee to provide for the maintenance
and care of the Orawaiti Public Cemetery.

Henry Francis Rogers
to be a trustee, in place of Robert Fleming, deceased, to pro-
vide for the maintenance and care of the Ngaruawahia Public
Cemetery.

James Stewart
to be a trustee, in place of George Butler, deceased, to provide
for the maintenance and care of the Pleasant Point Public
Cemetery.

John Sutherland
to be a trustee, in place of David Sutherland, deceased, to
provide for the maintenance and care of the East Taieri Public
Cemetery.

William Bray
to be a trustee, in place of Lars Peter Halberg, deceased, to
provide for the maintenance and care of the Hastwell Public
Cemetery.

William Cuthbertson
to be a trustee, in place of Joseph Maudsley, resigned, to
provide for the maintenance and care of the Takapau Public
Cemetery.

Alexander Dugal Clemett and
Donald John McKay
to be trustees, in place of Alexander McKay and Nicholas
Maria, deceased, to provide for the maintenance and care of
the Mangonui Public Cemetery.

Francis Dibble,
Ernest Farrell,
David William Hutcheson, and
Francis William Turner
to be trustees, in place of William Edward Cramp, Christopher
Hewett Dibble, and Edward Turner, deceased, and Edward
Yearbury, left the district, to provide for the maintenance
and care of the Wayby Public Cemetery.

Ernest Samuel Blair,
Thomas Corry,
Robert McCaw,
Robert McCorkindale,
William McKenzie, and
John Sinclair
to be trustees, in place of John Cowen, Alexander Garden,
Robert McAra, Robert McCaw, sen., and John Hunter Patrick,
deceased, and Robert York, left the district, to provide for
the maintenance and care of the Waitahuna Public Cemetery.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 19th July, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint

Robert Conn, Esquire,
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District
of Dunedin South.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 25th July, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint

Albert George Smith, Esquire,
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of
Otaki, vice R. T. McLean, on leave.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Justice of the Peace resigns.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th July, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to accept the resignation by

Morton John Hargraves, Esquire,
of Ohaeawai as a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New
Zealand.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Bailiff appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint

Constable Donald Watson Black
to be Bailiff of the Magistrate's Court at Cromwell, on and
from the 16th day of July, 1927, vice Constable F. Bradley,
retired.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages &c., appointed.
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 26th July, 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. :-

Ferdinand Roland Duffy .. Waipara.
Harry Ronald Ogg.. Te Awamutu (at Ohaupo).
Leslie James Elliston .. Kaitaia (at Awanui).
*Births and deaths only.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1927.-Notice No. 25.
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 26th July, 1927.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908,
the following name of an Officiating Minister within the
meaning of the said Act is published for general informa-
tion :-

The Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

The Reverend William Gilmour, B.A.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 20th July, 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.

Major T. H. Dawson, C.M.G., C.B.E., the Auckland Regiment
(Countess of Ranfurly's Own), is appointed to command the
regiment. Dated 23rd June, 1927.

4TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (WAIKATO).

Captain C. J. Pierce, M.C., to be Major. Dated 7th July,
1927.

Lieutenant A. F. Meldrum to be Captain. Dated 7th July,
1927.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

Northern Depot.

Lieutenant J. C. Dickinson is transferred to the Reserve of
Officers, Class I (b), R.D.I. Dated 11th July, 1927.

Central Depot.

2nd. Lieutenant G. A. Rix-Trott, from the Nelson, Marl-
borough, and West Coast Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant,
with seniority as from the 6th January, 1925. Dated 11th
July, 1927.