Junior, New Plymouth Savings-bank, appointed.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 30th May, 1930.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
Dudley Henry Blanchett,
to be a junior on the staff of the New Plymouth Savings-bank.
GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Finance.

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 2nd June, 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 Taranaki, Stratford, and
Hawera Acclimatization Districts:—

Rupert William Larsen, of Mountain House, North
Egmont.
P. A. DE LA PERRELLE,
Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 25/23/3.)

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

Education Department,
Wellington, 29th May, 1930.

IN pursuance of section 2 of the Child Welfare Act, 1925, I,
Harry Atmore, Minister of Education, do hereby appoint
the following persons as Honorary Child Welfare Officers for
the purposes of the said Act for the period ending 31st
December, 1930.

Name. District.
Murray, Mrs. Maude ... Kaikoura.
Pope, Richard Thomas ... Kaikoura.
Barton, Rev. Henry Havelock ... Lawrence.

HARRY ATMORE, Minister of Education.

Members of the General Council of Education appointed.

Office of the Minister of Education,
Wellington, 28th May, 1930.

IT is hereby notified that the following appointments to
membership of the General Council of Education, to take
effect from the 1st June, 1930, have been made in accordance
with section 8 of the Education Act, 1914:

Under subsection (c): Frederick George Albert Stuckey,
M.A.

Under subsection (i): Frederick Haslam Bakewell, M.A.
Under subsection (j): John Henry Howell, B.A., B.Sc.;
Frederick William Oscar Smith; Christina Murray
Cruickshank, M.A., M.Sc.

HARRY ATMORE, Minister of Education.

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

Marine Department,
Wellington, 28th May, 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

Walter James Jefferis, of Waerenga,
to be an officer for the purposes of Part II of the first-
mentioned Act, in respect of the Auckland Acclimatization
District.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Marine.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 31st May, 1930.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces
Long-service Medal to Major L. M. Fairbrother, The Taranaki
Regiment.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 31st May, 1930.

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.

COMMANDS.

Lieut.-Colonel L. M. Inglis, M.C., the Canterbury Regiment,
relinquishes command of the 1st Battalion, and is transferred
to Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 10. Dated
7th May, 1930.

Major S. D. Mason, The Canterbury Regiment, is appointed
to command the 1st Battalion, and is granted the rank of
Lieut.-Colonel. Dated 8th May, 1930.

THE AUCKLAND MOUNTED RIFLES.

2nd Lieutenant E. D. Wilkinson, from the Reserve of Officers,
to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 21st May, 1930.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Lieutenant G. F. T. Hall, 5th Field Battery, is transferred
to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 5. Dated 27th
May, 1930.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

Northern Depot.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants:

Carlton Warwick Pollard. Dated 1st April, 1930.

Reginald Charles Frank Savory. Dated 31st April, 1930.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own.)

Lieutenant J. C. Holland, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the
Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 1. Dated 16th May,
1930.

The notice published in the N.Z. Gazette, No. 33, of 8th May,
1930, relating to the transfer of Lieutenant W. R. Ross to
the Wellington Regiment, is hereby cancelled.

Lieutenant A. B. W. Ross ceases to be seconded for duty in
Samoa, and is transferred to the Wellington Regiment.
Dated 28th April, 1930.

The Waikato Regiment.

Captain J. A. McDonald, 1st Battalion, to be Major. Dated
19th May, 1930.

Lieutenant G. F. Pryce, from the Hawke's Bay Regiment, to
be Lieutenant, with seniority as from the 16th May, 1927,
and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 23rd May, 1930.

The Wellington Regiment.

Lieutenant A. B. W. Ross, from the Auckland Regiment
(Countess of Ranfurly's Own) to be Lieutenant, with
seniority as from the 1st January, 1925, and is posted to the
1st Battalion. Dated 28th April, 1930.

The Hawke's Bay Regiment.

Lieutenant G. F. Pryce, from the Hawke's Bay Regiment, to
be Lieutenant, with seniority as from the 16th May, 1927,
and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 23rd May, 1930.

The Canterbury Regiment.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants, and are posted to
the battalions as stated. Dated 25th March, 1930:

Harold Keenan, 4th C Battalion.

Walter John Heslop, 5th C Battalion.

Thomas Philip Shand, 4th C Battalion.

Walter Gilbert Jolly, 4th C Battalion.

Raymond Henry Bell, 1st Battalion.

The notice published in the N.Z. Gazette, No. 32, of 1st May,
relative to Lieutenant and Bandmaster G. Burgess is cancelled,
and the following substituted:

George White Burgess to be Honorary Lieutenant and
Bandmaster, 4th C Battalion. Dated 11th April, 1930.