Appointment of Consul of the United States of America at
Wellington recognized provisionally.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 10th May, 1928.

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 provisionally the appointment of

Bernard Gotlieb, Esquire.
as Consul of the United States of America at Wellington.

F. J. ROLLESTON,
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 13/35/11.)

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 11th May, 1928.

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 South Canterbury
Acclimatization District :—

Samuel William Trumper, of Orari.

F. J. ROLLESTON,
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 25/23/16.)

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

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals
Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, Francis Joseph
Rolleston, Acting Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion
of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

Graham Haytor, of Greville Harbour, D'Urville Island,
to be a Ranger under the said Act for D'Urville Island.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 9th day of May,
1928.

F. J. ROLLESTON,
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 25/23/25.)

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th May, 1928.

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 North Canterbury Acclima-
tization District :—

William Bamford, of Hurunui.

R. A. WRIGHT,
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 25/23/23.)

Clerks of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th May, 1928.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

Alexander Speakman Louisson
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of
Rotorua, vice J. L. Crowther, on leave.

Henry Gilmore Smith
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of
Taranaki and Waitomo, vice A. L. Tresidder.

Frederick Stoop
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of
Wakatipu, vice G. W. Brown; and

William Murray Fraser
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of
Waipawa, vice J. Kennedy, transferred.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Chairman of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th May, 1928.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint

William Glendinning Riddell, Esquire, S.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Committees for the Districts
of Hutt and Wellington, vice E. Page, Esq., S.M.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Coroner appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th May, 1928.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

George Dash, Esquire, J.P.,
of Waimate, to be a Coroner within the Dominion of New
Zealand.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Coroner resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th May, 1928.

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

James Thomas Barry, Esquire,
of Auckland, of his appointment as a Coroner within the
Dominion of New Zealand.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Bailiffs of Magistrates' Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th May, 1928.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased,
in pursuance of the power and authority conferred
upon him by the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1908, to appoint

Constable Alfred Edward Hinton
to be Bailiff of the Magistrates' Court at Onehunga, on and
from the 1st day of May, 1928, vice Sergeant Cruickshank;
and

Constable John O'Connell
to be Bailiff of the Magistrates’ Court at Clyde, on and from
the 16th day of May, 1928, vice Sergeant J. Armstrong,
resigned.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Appointments in the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy.

Navy Office,
Wellington, 14th May, 1928.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve the following appointments in the New
Zealand Division of the Royal Navy :—

Lieutenant John Henry Venville, Royal Navy, to H.M.S.
“Diomede,” additional for passage to England.

Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander William Mostyn Hawkes,
Royal Navy, to H.M.S. “Dunedin,” additional as from
date of joining, and vice Cooke and as Squadron Account-
ant Officer, to date 18th May, 1928.

Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander Charles Assheton Bowen,
Royal Navy, to H.M.S. “Diomede,” additional as from
date of joining, and vice Hawkes, to date 14th May, 1928.

Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander Harold Dewar Norman,
Royal Navy, to H.M.S. “Philomel,” additional, to date
15th March, 1928, and vice Bowen, to date 8th May, 1928.

Commissioned Engineer William Rochester Boiston, D.S.M.,
Royal Navy, to H.M.S. “Diomede,” additional for passage
to England.

Mr. Robert Yule Baillie, Schoolmaster, New Zealand Division
of the Royal Navy, to H.M.S. “Diomede,” vice Martin.

Mr. Alfred Thomas Keegan, Schoolmaster, New Zealand
Division of the Royal Navy, to H.M.S. “Diomede,” for
passage to England.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.
(N.A. 13/18/1.)