APRIL 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 739

Appointment in the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy

Navy Office,
Wellington, 4th April, 1932.

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

Commissioned Gunner Samuel Charles Chapman, Royal
Navy,

to H.M.S. “Philomel,” additional, to date 3rd February,
1932, and vice Sherwin from date of joining.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 31st March, 1932.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve of the appointments, promotions, transfers,
and resignations of the undermentioned officers of the New
Zealand Military Forces:—

STAFF.

Lieutenant E. G. Moncrief, M.C., N.Z. Staff Corps, relinquishes
the appointments of Adjutant, The Auckland Mounted
Rifles, and Adjutant 1st Field Ambulance. Dated 19th
March, 1932.

Lieutenant C. Shuttleworth, N.Z. Staff Corps, from G.H.Q.
Training Depot, Trentham, to be Adjutant, The Auckland
Mounted Rifles, and Adjutant, 1st Field Ambulance, Auck-
land. Dated 20th March, 1932.

THE WELLINGTON EAST COAST MOUNTED RIFLES.

Major R. J. Sinclair, is attached to the N.Z. Air Force. Dated
4th March, 1932.

REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Captain H. H. Osmera, M.M., 3rd Field Battery, resigns his
commission. Dated 12th February, 1932.

THE HAURAKI REGIMENT.

Robert Arbuckle (late Lieutenant, Union Cadets, South Africa)
to be Lieutenant, with seniority as from 16th September,
1930, and is posted to the 1st Cadet Battalion. Dated
3rd February, 1932.

THE WELLINGTON REGIMENT.

John Richard Savil Sealy to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation),
and is posted to the 1st Cadet Battalion. Dated 10th
March, 1932.

THE WELLINGTON WEST COAST REGIMENT.

The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants
(on probation), 2nd Cadet Battalion, are confirmed:—

P. G. Stevens.
D. N. Ferguson.

THE CANTERBURY REGIMENT.

Lieutenant S. J. C. Williams, 1st Battalion, is transferred to
the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 10. Dated 10th
March, 1932.

THE OTAGO REGIMENT.

Lieutenant L. Shotlander, 3rd Cadet Battalion, resigns his
commission. Dated 15th March, 1932.

2nd Lieutenant W. W. Small, 1st Battalion, to be Lieutenant.
Dated 15th September, 1931.

Thomas Henry Hendra to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation),
and is posted to the 3rd Cadet Battalion. Dated 14th
March, 1932.

THE SOUTHLAND REGIMENT.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) H. W. King,
1st Cadet Battalion, is confirmed.

N.Z. AIR FORCE.

Major R. J. Sinclair, The Wellington East Coast Mounted
Rifles, is attached under the provisions of para. 141, General
Regulations, 1927, and is posted to No. 2 (Bomber) Squadron.
Dated 4th March, 1932.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Major R. Stout, M.D., to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 10th
September, 1931.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 4th April, 1932.

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 persons have been appointed Rangers under and
for the purposes of that Act for the Auckland Acclimatization
District:—

Bernard John Drake, of Te Kuiti,
John Darlington, of Ngatea,
Nicholas Gribbon, of Mahoenui,
Francis Pullen Walker, of Pio Pio, and
Murdoch Bane MacKenzie, of Wairere Falls.

ADAM HAMILTON, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I. A. 25/23/4.)

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1932.

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 Wellington Acclimatization
District:—

John Joseph Tasker, of Wellington.

ADAM HAMILTON, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I. A. 25/23/5.)

Appointment in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 1st April, 1932.

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

George Crosbie Godfrey, Esquire,

to be Commissioner of Unemployment as provided by section
25 (1) of the Unemployment Amendment Act, 1931, as from
the 1st day of April, 1932.

T. MARK, Secretary.

Appointment in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 4th April, 1932.

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

Alexander Bell,

to be District Public Trustee at Nelson, as from the 1st day
of April, 1932.

T. MARK, Secretary.

Electrical Wiremen’s Registration Act, 1925.

NAME REMOVED FROM REGISTER OF ELECTRICAL WIREMEN.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned name
has been removed from the Register of Electrical
Wiremen:—

Harding, Henry Victor, late of 35 Abel Smith Street,
Wellington (deceased).

Dated at Wellington, this 4th day of April, 1932.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works,

New Zealand Inscribed Stock Act, 1917.—Closing of Registers.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 4th April, 1932.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Registers of New Zealand
4½-per-cent. Inscribed Stock, maturing 15th November,
1933, will be closed from the 1st May to the 15th May, 1932
(inclusive), for the purpose of the issue of half-yearly interest.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART, Minister of Finance.