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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 22

Chief Clerk, District Office, Lands and Survey Department,
Dunedin, is authorized to take and receive statutory declara-
tions under the three-hundred-and-first section of the Justices
of the Peace Act, 1927.

As witness my hand, this 22nd day of March, 1930.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

Members of Local Government Loans Board appointed.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 25th March, 1930.

IN pursuance of section 4 (1) (b) of the Local Government
Loans Board Act, 1926, His Excellency the Governor-
General has been pleased to appoint the following persons to
be members of the Local Government Loans Board for a
further period of one year from 1st April, 1930 :—

R. A. Anderson, Esquire, of Invercargill.
G. C. Godfrey, Esquire, of Wellington.
W. J. Holdsworth, Esquire, of Auckland.
G. A. Lewin, Esquire, of Dunedin.
S. A. R. Mair, Esquire, of Hunterville.

JOSEPH WARD, Minister of Finance.

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 21st March, 1930.

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 Otago Acclimatization
District :—

Donald McLeod, of Kahuika.

A. J. STALLWORTHY,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 25/23/17.)

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 24th March, 1930.

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 Acclima-
tization District :—

Frederick Walter Pellett, of Temuka.

A. J. STALLWORTHY,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 25/23/25.)

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

Marine Department,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1930.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-
General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the
Fisheries Act, 1908, and of the Official Appointments and
Documents Act, 1919, appointed

Ward Beer,

of Te Anau, to be an officer for the purposes of Part II of the
first-mentioned Act, in respect of the Southland Acclimatiza-
tion District.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Marine.

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

Marine Department,
Wellington, 21st March, 1930.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-
General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the
Fisheries Act, 1908, and of the Official Appointments and
Documents Act, 1919, appointed

Donald McLeod,

of Kahuika, to be an officer for the purposes of Part II of
the first-mentioned Act, in respect of the Otago Acclima-
tization District.

W. A. VEITCH, for Minister of Marine.

Probation Officer appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 15th March, 1930.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has
been pleased to appoint

George McKessar, Esquire,

to be Probation Officer under the Offenders Probation Act,
1920, and the Crimes Amendment Act, 1910 and 1920, for
the Borough of Timaru.

W. A. VEITCH, for Minister of Justice.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 26th March, 1930.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

Frank John Hosking, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District
of Kaipara, vice G. H. Wansbone, Esquire, resigned.

T. K. SIDEY, Minister of Justice.

Officers of Police Force appointed.

Police Department,
Wellington, 26th March, 1930.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

Sub-Inspector Philip John McCarthy,
Sub-Inspector John Lander, R.V.M., and
Sub-Inspector James Cummings

to be Inspectors, and

Senior Detective Charles William Lopdell,
Senior Sergeant Thomas Gibson,
Senior Sergeant Reginald Rushworth Joseph Ward, and
Senior Sergeant Thomas Shanahan

to be Sub-Inspectors of the New Zealand Police Force, the
appointment in each case to take effect from 1st April, 1930.

T. K. SIDEY, Minister of Justice.

Chief Inspector of Forestry appointed.

State Forest Service,
Wellington, 21st March, 1930.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has
been pleased, in pursuance of section 9 of the Forests
Act, 1921-22, to appoint—

Cecil McLean Smith, Esquire, M.A., B.Sc. (For.)

to be the Chief Inspector of Forestry for a period of five years
from the 1st April, 1930.

W. B. TAVERNER,
Commissioner of State Forests.

Member of Tauranga Maori Council appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 20th March, 1930.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint

Honiana Hapi

to be a Member of the Maori Council for the Maori Council
District of Tauranga, vice Hirama Mokopapaki, deceased.

A. T. NGATA, Native Minister.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 19th March, 1930.

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

Walter Newton, Esquire,

to be Secretary of Labour, Chief Inspector of Factories, Chief
Inspector of Weights and Measures, Registrar of Industrial
Unions, and Registrar of Apprentices, as from the 1st day of
December, 1929.

William John Rowan

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and
Deaths for the District of Sanson as from the 11th day of
March, 1930.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.