JAN. 20.}

Honorary Consul of Mexico at Sydney for New Zealand appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th January, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that the appointment of Frederick Ehrenfried Baume, Esquire, as Honorary Consul of Mexico at Sydney for New Zealand, including the Mandated Territory of Western Samoa, has been recognized.

W. E. PARRY,
(I.A. 68/2.)
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Consul of France at Auckland appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th January, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that the appointment of Monsieur Gabriel Marie Andre Pouquet, as Consul of France at Auckland for New Zealand and its dependencies, together with the Mandated Territory of Western Samoa, has been recognized.

W. E. PARRY,
(I.A. 68/61.)
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Appointments to the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Department,
Wellington, 15th January, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments:-

ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE.
The undermentioned are granted the temporary rank of Pilot Officer for the period of their training with the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Dated 15th November, 1937:- James Michael Dermody.
John Ernest Edwards.
Robert Rowland Patrick Fisher.
Henry Hayden Haszard.
Michael Arnold Poulton.
Roy Douglas Max.
David Alexander Rankin.
Leslie James Ransom.
Joseph Cunningham Simpson.
Leonard Henry Trent.
James Edward Vernon.
Jack Edmund Watts.

TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE.
The undermentioned to be Pilot Officers (on probation) and are posted to the Wellington Territorial Squadron. Dated 6th January, 1938:- Haydn Clinton Wilton.
Graham Carrick Martin.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Transfer of an Officer of the New Zealand Military Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 10th January, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following transfer of an Officer of the New Zealand Military Forces:- RESERVE OF OFFICERS. The Regiment of N.Z. Artillery. Lieutenant-Colonel N. S. Falla, C.M.G., D.S.O., v.d., Reserve of Officers, New Zealand Artillery, is seconded to the Royal New Zealand Air Force for duty with the Territorial Air Force. Dated 5th January, 1938.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Member of Otago Land Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 19th January, 1938.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has, pursuant to section 47 of the Land Act, 1924, been pleased to appoint George William Stuart to be a member of the Land Board of the Otago Land District for a term of two years from 15th January, 1938.

FRANK LANGSTONE, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 22/748/9.)

Member of the Arthur Pass National Park Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 11th January, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased in pursuance of Section 74 (c) of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, to appoint Mona Innis Tracy to be a member of the Arthur Pass National Park Board in place of Walter Kenneth McAlpine (deceased).

FRANK LANGSTONE, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 4/633.)

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 18th January, 1938.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned person has been appointed to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the district set opposite his name, viz.:- Name. District. Herbert John Thompson ...Rangiora. K. D. C. MORRISON, Acting Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioners,
Wellington, 17th January, 1938.

THE Public Service Commissioners have made the following appointments in the Public Service:- Gowan Spencer Jenkin, to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Te Teko, as from the 30th day of December, 1937. John Brennan, to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Dunedin as from the 1st day of January, 1938. Alfred Allan Besley, to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Christchurch, as from the 1st day of January, 1938. William Willis Hubbard, Thomas Elder, to be Inspectors for the purposes of the Stock Act, 1908, as from the 12th day of January, 1938. David Masson Greig, to be Chief Surveyor for the Marlborough Land District for the purposes of the Land Act, 1924, as from the 1st day of January, 1938. Amending entry on page No. 18, New Zealand Gazette No. 1 of 13th January, 1938.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Result of Election of a Member of the Invercargill Fire Board by Fire-insurance Companies.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 19th January, 1938.

THE following result of the election of a member of the Invercargill Fire Board has been reported to the Minister of Internal Affairs, and is notified in accordance with the rules under the Fire Brigades Act, 1926:- Invercargill Fire Board-Mr. Andrew Sharp.

P. C. WEBB,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 76/4/46.)