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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 2nd May, 1931.

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 undermentioned persons have been appointed Rangers under and for
the purposes of that Act for the Whangarei Acclimatization District:
Marmaduke Lionel Sands, of Whangarei.
Peter John McIlvride, of Whangarei.
James Slade Clarke, of Whangarei.
JOHN G. COBBE,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 25/23/22.)

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

Education Department,
Wellington, 24th April, 1931.

IN pursuance of section 2 of the Child Welfare Act, 1925,
I, Harry Atmore, Minister of Education, do hereby
appoint the Rev. John James Anderson, of Waipiro Bay, as
an Honorary Child Welfare Officer for the period ending
31st December, 1931.
HARRY ATMORE, Minister of Education.

Police Gaoler appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 30th April, 1931.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
Sergeant Robert Reid Miller
to be Police Gaoler at Opotiki, vice Sergeant McAlister
(transferred).
JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Justice.

Police Gaoler appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 30th April, 1931.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
Senior Sergeant Edward John Carroll
to be Police Gaoler at Rotorua, vice Sergeant Hogan (transferred).
JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Justice.

Coroners appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 6th May, 1931.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
Thomas Ernest Lang, Esquire,
of Featherston, and
Hugh Kenneth McDermott, Esquire,
of Putaruru, to be Coroners for the Dominion of New Zealand.
JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Justice.

Trustees for Public Cemeteries appointed.—(H.C. 92.)

Department of Health,
Wellington, 29th April, 1931.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance
of section 4 of the Cemeteries Act, 1908, been pleased
to appoint trustees for public cemeteries as follows:
Wilfred Maher
to be trustee in place of Alexander Weaver, whose seat has
become vacant by death, to provide for the maintenance and
care of the Kaituna Public Cemetery.
Harrold Packard
to be trustee in place of George Winter, jun., whose seat has
become vacant by death, to provide for the maintenance and
care of the Clifton Public Cemetery.

Maurice Solomon Goulding
to be trustee in place of James Barmby Marris, whose seat
has become vacant by death, to provide for the maintenance
and care of the Seddonville Public Cemetery.
Leslie Smith
to be trustee in place of Walter John Yardley, whose seat has
become vacant by death, to provide for the maintenance and
care of the Duntroon Public Cemetery.
Harry Maurice Crosleigh Dampier-Crossley, and
John Thomson
to be trustees in place of Lionel Murray Oliver and Robert
Le Clerc Latter, whose seats have become vacant by resignation, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Rotheram
Public Cemetery.
John Barraclough,
John McKendry,
Gavin Piercy, and
Charles Wyeth
to be trustees in place of John Budge Ramsay and Thomas
Rose, who have left the district, and John Dalrymple Trotter,
whose seat has become vacant by resignation, to provide for
the maintenance and care of the Woodlands Public Cemetery.
A. J. STALLWORTHY, Minister of Health.

Member of Kaiapoi Reserve Board appointed.

In the matter of Section 21 of the Native Land Amendment
and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1924.

PURSUANT to the above-named section, I hereby
appoint
Kereopa Harawira, of Tuahiwi,
to be a member of the Kaiapoi Reserve Board in lieu of
Wereta Tainui Pitama (deceased).
Dated this 27th day of April, 1931.
A. T. NGATA, Native Minister.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 2nd May, 1931.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following
appointments in the Public Service:
Albert McNicol Gordon Ward
to be the Registrar of Electors for the Electoral District of
Hauraki for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, as from
the 29th day of April, 1931.
Frank Kingston Hyde,
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and
Deaths for the District of Ohinemuri, and Registrar of Births
and Deaths of Maoris at Paeroa, as from the 22nd day of
April, 1931.
Norman Pelvin,
to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures for the Weights
and Measures Act, 1925, as from the 9th day of April, 1931.
T. MARK, Secretary.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 2nd May, 1931.

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

REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.
Lieutenant H. G. Flux, 17th Medium Battery, to be Captain.
Dated 25th March, 1931.
2nd Lieutenant G. J. M. Bacon ceases to be attached to the
1st Battalion, The Waikato Regiment, and is posted to the
3rd Field Battery. Dated 21st April, 1931.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.
Lieutenant G. E. Page, Southern Depot, is transferred to the
Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 4. Dated 2nd April,
1931.