MAR. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 465

Acting Consul of Belgium at Wellington appointed.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 10th March, 1936.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that the Consul of Belgium in New Zealand has appointed
M. G. C. McCaul, Esquire,
as Acting Consul of Belgium at Wellington during the temporary absence of the Consul.
W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 1934/60/6.)

Promotion in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand Division).
Navy Office,
Wellington, 10th March, 1936.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following promotion in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand Division):—
Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander James Anderson Watson promoted to the rank of Surgeon-Commander, R.N.V.R. (N.Z.D.), to date 1st March, 1936.
F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointment in the Royal Naval Reserve (New Zealand Division).
Navy Office,
Wellington, 10th March, 1936.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to confirm the appointment of the undermentioned officer of the Royal Naval Reserve (New Zealand Division):—
Probationary Sub-Lieutenant Robert Inglis Floris as Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.R. (N.Z.D.), to date 10th May, 1935.
F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Member of the Wharepuhunga-Korakonui Rabbit Board appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 3369.)
PURSUANT to the powers vested in me by section 37 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, I, William Lee Martin, Minister of Agriculture, do hereby appoint
George Baines Melrose,
being an Inspector under Part I of the said Act, to be a member of the Wharepuhunga-Korakonui Rabbit Board established under the said Act.
Dated at Wellington, this 9th day of March, 1936.
W. LEE MARTIN, Minister of Agriculture.

Additional Members of Domain Boards appointed.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 4th March, 1936.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of section 46 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, to increase the total number of members of—
(1) The Leithfield Domain Board from seven to eight, and to appoint
George Thorngate Weston
as the additional member thereby rendered necessary.
(2) The Waimana Domain Board from seven to eight, and to appoint
John Allan Mitchell
as the additional member thereby rendered necessary.
FRANK LANGSTONE, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 1/307.)

Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris appointed.
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 10th March, 1936.
IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned person has been appointed Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at the place set opposite his name, viz.—
Name. Place.
Eric George Parker . . . . . Hillgrove.
G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 10th March, 1936.
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.
William Henry Lyttelton Roberts . . Dargaville.
John George Mulholland . . . Whakatane.
Arthur Edward Amyes . . . . Arrow.
G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Members of Clutha River Board appointed.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 11th March, 1936.
IT is hereby notified that—
Robert Renton Grigor, of Balclutha, and Joseph Mosley, of Clydevale, have been appointed by His Excellency the Governor-General;
Victor Wilson, of Greenfield, has been appointed by the Bruce County Council;
Ernest Fuller Pannett, of Clydevale, by the Clutha County Council; and
Ernest Hayman, of Tuapeka Mouth, by the Tuapeka County Council;
to be members of the Clutha River Board, under the Clutha River Board Empowering Act 1898 Amendment Act, 1900.
J. W. HEENAN, Under-Secretary.
(I.A. 1933/131/33.)

Appointments in the Public Service.
Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 5th March, 1936.
THE Acting Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service:—
Miss Sarah Mauriohooho,
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Te Kopua, as from the 1st day of March, 1936.
Miss Georgina Helen Rutherford,
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Whakapara, as from the 27th day of February, 1936.
Sidney John Kelly,
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Waiomatatini, as from the 2nd day of March, 1936.
Leslie Merrit Perry,
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Reporua, as from the 21st day of February, 1936.
David Ross Jenkins,
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Mangatuna, as from the 2nd day of March, 1936.
Robert John Heugh Drummond,
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Whaka-whitira, as from the 2nd day of March, 1936.
Donald Leslie Webber Biel,
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Mathiethie, as from the 1st day of March, 1936.
George Nicholas Cole,
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Torere, as from the 2nd day of March, 1936.
Leonard Edward Wallbridge,
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Arapaoa, as from the 1st day of March, 1936.
William Henry Lyttelton Roberts,
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Dargaville, as from the 8th day of February, 1936.
Charles James McMullin,
to be Gaoler of the Napier Prison under section 5 of the Prisons Act, 1908, as from the 9th day of February, 1936.
T. MARK, Secretary.