APRIL 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 977

Setting apart Crown Land under Section 161 of the Land Act, 1924.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section one hundred and sixty-one of the Land Act, 1924, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby set apart the land described in the Schedule hereto for disposal under the section of the Act mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 31, Block VIII, Opoe Survey District: Area, 46 acres 1 rood 38 perches.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 7th day of April, 1934.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 22/1747.)

Appointment of Acting Consul of the Netherlands at Wellington provisionally recognized.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 6th April, 1934.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that he has recognized provisionally the appointment by the Consul-General of the Netherlands at Sydney of

A. J. Fernie, Esquire,

as Acting Consul of the Netherlands at Wellington, vice the Honourable Mr. Justice Johnston, resigned.

J. A. YOUNG, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 1933/60/1.)

Acting Consul for Belgium at Wellington appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 7th April, 1934.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that the Consul for Belgium in New Zealand has appointed

M. G. C. McCaul, Esquire,

as Acting Consul for Belgium at Wellington during the temporary absence of the Consul.

J. A. YOUNG, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 1934/60/6.)

Officers of Police Force appointed.

Police Department,
Wellington, 6th April, 1934.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Inspector Arthur Sydney Bird and
Inspector Donald Charles Fraser

to be Superintendents;

Sub-Inspector Thomas Shanahan and
Sub-Inspector Donald Cameron

to be Inspectors; and

Senior-Sergeant John Powell

to be a Sub-Inspector of the New Zealand Police Force, the appointment in each case to take effect on and from 1st April, 1934.

JOHN G. COBBE,
Minister in Charge of Police Department.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th April, 1934.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

(Miss) Mary Helen Hornibrooke

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Mangapehi on and from the 13th day of March, 1934.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Justice.

Appointment in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand Division).

Navy Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1934.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointment in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand Division):-

John Neat Allan, Leading Seaman, Official Number 7076, as Probationary Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.V.R. (N.Z.D.), to date 23rd March, 1934.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Defence Department,
Wellington, 9th April, 1934.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the services of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club, under section 43, Defence Act, 1909:-

Otorohanga Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Otorohanga.

Dated 1st March, 1934.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Inspectors under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, revoked.—(Notice No. Ag. 3180.)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 4th April, 1934.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to revoke the appointment of

Andrew Bannantyne Pettigrew and
George Wyeth

as Inspectors for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, for the district under the control of the Apiti-Pohangina Rabbit Board.

CHAS. E. MACMILLAN, Minister of Agriculture.

Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1934.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned person has been appointed Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at the place set opposite her name, viz.:-

Name. Place.
(Miss) Mary Helen Hornibrooke .. .. Mangapehi.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1934.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons have been appointed to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:-

Name. District.
Clarence Rainton Murray .. .. Taumarunui.
William Arthur Rauch .. .. Tokomaru Bay.
William Cyril Gilbert .. .. Hampden.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 10th April, 1934.

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

William Christopher Barry, M.R.C.V.S.,

to be an Examiner of Candidates for appointments as Inspectors under the Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1908, as from the 3rd day of April, 1934.

John William Corboy,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Whangarei, as from the 23rd day of March, 1934.

T. MARK, Secretary.