Feb. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 475

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1937.

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 acclimatization districts mentioned :—

Name. Address. Acclimatization District.
Lees, William Eric Kawau Island .. Auckland.
Maitland
Harries, Joseph Henry Hauturu, Kawhia Auckland.
Gilbert
McTavish, Samuel Waipapa .. Bay of Islands.
Goodman, Harold William Nelson .. Nelson.
Holmes, Colin Cameron.. Otaki .. Wellington.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 1933/35/35.)

Revocation of Appointment as Ranger under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1937.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, I, William Edward Parry, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby revoke the appointment of

William Eric Maitland Lees, of Manakau,

as a Ranger under the said Act for the Wellington Acclimatization District.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 1933/35/5.)

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

Navy Office,
Wellington, 19th February, 1937.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to confirm Probationary Lieutenant Gillespie Hume Edwards in the rank of Lieutenant, Royal Naval Reserve (New Zealand Division), to date 14th September, 1936.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments in the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy.

Navy Office,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1937.

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

Lieutenant-Commander Edward Walter Monckton, Royal Navy, to H.M.S. “Philomel,” additional, to date 24th December, 1936, and vice Lean from date of joining.

Commissioned Gunner Frederick Walter Jelliff, Royal Navy, to H.M.S. “Philomel,” additional, to date 24th December, 1936, and vice Marchent from date of joining.

Commissioned Gunner Richard Victor Marchent, Royal Navy, H.M.S. “Philomel,” to H.M.S. “Dunedin,” to do duty, and for passage to the United Kingdom, to date 15th February, 1937.

Warrant Engineer Arnold John Harvey, Royal Navy, H.M.S. “Achilles,” to H.M.S. “Dunedin,” additional, for passage to England, to date 15th February, 1937.

W. LEE MARTIN,
For Minister of Defence.

Member of the Whitehall Rabbit Board appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 3450.)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 19th February, 1937.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, in terms of section 56 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928,—

Meredith Brooke Fletcher-Toomer

to be a member of the Whitehall Rabbit Board established by the said Act, vice James Walter Jeans, resigned.

W. LEE MARTIN, Minister of Agriculture.

Members of Domain Boards appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 15th February, 1937.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of section 49 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, to make the following appointments :—

Ernest Joshua Knight,

to be a member of the Mangere Domain Board in place of Alfred Ernest Trayes, resigned.

William Bryce Somerville,

to be a member of the Kelso Domain Board in place of William Blackmore, left the district.

Herbert Radcliffe Harris,

to be a member of the Sheldon Park Domain Board in place of Edward Harris, deceased.

Henry Athol Bennett,

to be a member of the Rangiora Domain Board in place of Joseph Inch, deceased.

William Thomas Lowe, and
Thomas Wells,

to be members of the Hinds No. 2 Domain Board in place of Hugh Donaldson, deceased, and James Gibson Marshall, left the district.

FRANK LANGSTONE, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 1/386.)

Members of Horowhenua Lake Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 12th February, 1937.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 2 of the Horowhenua Lake Act, 1905, and section 97 of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1916, been pleased to appoint

Samuel Atkinson Broadbelt,
William Grey Clark,
William Jenson,
William Borrett Macintosh,
Frederick George Roe,
Henry Walkley,
Tutaua Hurunui,
Himiona Warena Kerehi, and
Tuku Matakatea

to be the Horowhenua Lake Domain Board as from the 27th day of November, 1936.

FRANK LANGSTONE, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 1/220.)

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.

ERNEST SIRDEFIELD HARSTON, Esquire, of No. 15 King Street, Baker Street, London, W. 1, England, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judicature in England, has this day been appointed by the Right Honourable Sir Michael Myers, K.C.M.G., Chief Justice of New Zealand, a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in England under the 47th section of the Judicature Act, 1908, for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 19th day of February, 1937.

W. W. SAMSON,
Registrar, Supreme Court, Wellington.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1937.

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.
Charles Edward Rose .. .. Geraldine.
Arnold Percy Stewart .. .. Middlemarch.
Percival Charles Fifield Pierce .. Otepopo.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.