JUNE 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1701

Constable Walter Robertson Cooper,
to be Clerk and Bailiff of the Magistrates’ Court at Ruatoria
for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928, as from
the 1st day of June, 1935.

John Classon Harding,
to be Clerk of the Magistrates’ Courts at Tauranga and Te
Puke for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928,
and Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of
Tauranga, as from the 8th day of June, 1935.

George Alcorn Baskin,
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at
Marton, as from the 1st day of June, 1935.

George Alfred Doggett,
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at
Dannevirke, as from the 1st day of June, 1935.

William Henry Lyttelton Roberts,
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at
Dargaville, as from the 1st day of June, 1935.

John George Mulholland,
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at
Whakatane, as from the 1st day of June, 1935.

Harold Albert Perfect,
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Russell,
as from the 29th day of May, 1935.

Robert Reid Millar,
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at
Opotiki, as from the 1st day of June, 1935.

John James List,
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at
Hastings, as from the 1st day of June, 1935.

Patrick Michael Martin,
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at
Napier, as from the 1st day of June, 1935.

Symington William Brownlie,
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and
Deaths for the District of Tirau, as from the 4th day of
June, 1935.

T. MARK, Secretary.

Classification of Roads in Akitio County.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on me
by the Transport Department Act, 1929, and the Heavy
Motor-vehicle Regulations, 1932, I, James Alexander Young,
Acting Minister of Transport, do hereby approve of the Akitio
County Council’s proposed classification of the roads de-
scribed in the Schedule hereto and situated in Akitio County.

SCHEDULE.

AKITIO COUNTY.

ROADS classified in Class Three: Available for the use
thereon of any heavy motor-vehicle (other than a multi-
axled heavy motor-vehicle) which, with the load it is carrying,
weighs not more than 6½ tons, or any multi-axled heavy motor-
vehicle which, with the load it is carrying, weighs not more
than 10 tons :—

Main Highways.

Pahiatua–Pongaroa Main Highway No. 61 (all that portion
within Akitio County).
Pongaroa–Akitio Main Highway No. 61.
Masterton–Weber via Alfredton Main Highway No. 63 (all
that portion within Akitio County).
Rimu Main Highway No. 440.

County Roads.

Akaroa, Akitio River, Aohanga, Cemetery, Cross, Glenora,
Huia, Huia Iti, Kaituna, Kawakawa, Korora, Mangaone,
Manuhara, Marainanga, McLeod’s, Mount Arthur,
Mount Cadmus, North Range, Range, Rising Sun,
Soldiers’, South Range, Spur, Sugar Loaf, Thomas,
Titaramonga, Towai, Waihi–Akitio, Waihi Valley,
Waihoki, Waikereru, Waiowaka, Waipatakaka.

Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of June, 1935.

J. A. YOUNG, Acting Minister of Transport.

(TT. 10/176.)

Arbor Day, 1935.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 8th June, 1935.

IT is hereby notified that Wednesday, 7th August, 1935,
is to be observed as Arbor Day, and in view of the
national importance of tree-planting local bodies throughout
New Zealand are requested to organize suitable celebrations
on that date.

Where on account of local climatic conditions in any
district the 7th August is deemed unsuitable, the local bodies
affected are invited to observe some other suitable day in
that month.

J. A. YOUNG, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 1934/87/2.)

Honours conferred by His Majesty the King.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 11th June, 1935.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs the publi-
cation in the New Zealand Gazette of the Honours
conferred by His Majesty the King as follows :—

Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of
St. Michael and St. George—
The Honourable Sir Christopher James Parr, K.C.M.G.,
High Commissioner for New Zealand in London.

Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of
St. Michael and St. George—
The Honourable Ethelbert Alfred Ransom, M.P., Minister
of Lands.

Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael
and St. George—
Professor John Rawson Elder, Professor of History at the
University of Otago, Dunedin.
Thomas Charles Atkinson Hislop, Esquire, Mayor of
Wellington.

Knight Bachelor—
Francis Vernon Frazer, Esquire, formerly Judge of the
Court of Arbitration.
Henry Horton, Esquire, of Auckland.

Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the
British Empire—
Brigadier-General Herbert Ernest Hart, C.B., C.M.G.,
D.S.O., v.d., Administrator of Western Samoa.

Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent
Order of the British Empire—
Dr. Ernest Marsden, M.C., Secretary of the Department
of Scientific and Industrial Research.
Dr. Michael Herbert Watt, Director-General of Health.

Officer of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order
of the British Empire—
John William Collins, Esquire, Trade and Tourist Com-
missioner for New Zealand in Canada.
Charles Frederick Goldie, Esquire, of Auckland.
Mrs. Lucinda Henrietta Wilson, of Auckland.

Honorary Officer of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent
Order of the British Empire—
Makea Karika Takau, Ariki, of the Cook Islands.
Mata’afa Salanoa Muliufi, of Western Samoa.

Member of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of
the British Empire—
Johannes Carl Andersen, Esquire, Librarian of the
Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington.
Arthur Kingsley Bell, Esquire, of Wellington.
Walter Bromley, Esquire, Deputy Chairman of the
Unemployment Board.
Reverend Jasper Cyril Austin Calder, of Auckland.
Mrs. Mary Hobhouse Chatfield, of Wellington.
Mrs. Anne Isobel Fraer, of Christchurch.
Dr. Doris Clifton Gordon, of Stratford.
Miss Edith Annie Howes, of Dunedin.
William Alfred James, Esquire, New Zealand Government
Agent at Vancouver.
Mrs. Marian Caughey Preston, of Auckland.

Companion of the Imperial Service Order—
Alfred Ernest Allison, Esquire, formerly Commissioner,
the Government Insurance Department.
Dr. George Craig, C.M.G., formerly Comptroller of Customs.