MAY 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1193

Cancellation of Appointment as Inspector of Sea-fishing.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 18th May, 1938.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has cancelled the appointment of

Harry Cecil Wheeler

as an Inspector of Sea-fishing for the purposes of Part I of the Fisheries Act, 1908.

P. FRASER, Minister of Marine.

District Inspector under the Mental Defectives Act, 1911, within the District of Otago appointed.

Mental Hospitals Department,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Mr. Charles Byers Barrowclough

to be a District Inspector under the Mental Defectives Act, 1911, within the District of Otago.

P. FRASER,
Minister in Charge of Mental Hospitals.

Public Auditor appointed under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act, 1908.

Head Office, Stamp Duties Office,
Wellington, 20th May, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Arthur Turner

a Public Auditor under section 19 of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act, 1908.

W. NASH, Minister of Stamp Duties.

Resignation of a Member of the Assessment Court for the Farm-land List for the Borough of Taumarunui.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation of

Arthur Edwin Congdon, Esquire,

as a member of the Assessment Court constituted under the Urban Farm Land Rating Act, 1932, for the Borough of Taumarunui.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 103/2/3.)

Member of Assessment Court for the Farm-land List for the Borough of Taumarunui appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 20th May, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in terms of section 10 of the Urban Farm Land Rating Act, 1932, to appoint

Rene Francois Beautrais, Esquire, Contractor and Farmer, Manunui,

to be a member of the Assessment Court for the Borough of Taumarunui, vice Arthur Edwin Congdon, Esquire, resigned.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 103/2/3.)

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

Navy Office,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1938.

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

Kenneth Howden Webb, Acting Leading Seaman, Official Number 5374, as Probationary Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.V.R. (N.Z.D.), to date 15th April, 1938.

W. E. PARRY,
For the Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Resignations, and Retirements of Officers of the N.Z. Military Forces.

Army Department,
Wellington, 17th May, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, transfers, resignations, and retirements of officers of the New Zealand Military Forces :—

STAFF.

Lieutenant A. R. Currie, B.E., N.Z. Staff Corps, relinquishes the appointment of Adjutant, 2nd Field Company, Corps of N.Z. Engineers, Wellington, and is appointed District Engineer Works Officer, Southern Military District, and Adjutant, 3rd Field Company, Corps of N.Z. Engineers, Christchurch. Dated, 4th May, 1938.

Lieutenant P. G. Monk, N.Z. Staff Corps, relinquishes the appointment of Adjutant, 3rd Field Company, Corps of N.Z. Engineers, Christchurch, and is appointed Adjutant, 2nd Field Company, Corps of N.Z. Engineers, Wellington. Dated 4th May, 1938.

N.Z. PERMANENT STAFF.

Hon. Lieutenant E. J. Browning is posted to the Retired List, with the rank of Captain, and with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 3rd May, 1938.

REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Captain C. F. Crosbie, 16th Light Battery, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), Area 11. Dated 24th November, 1937.

N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS.

Hon. Lieutenant (Quartermaster) H. P. V. Brown, Southern Depot, to be Hon. Captain (Quartermaster). Dated 1st April, 1936.

THE AUCKLAND REGIMENT (COUNTESS OF RANFURLY’S OWN.)

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) J. Pybus, 2nd Cadet Battalion, is confirmed.

THE HAURAKI REGIMENT.

Captain T. R. Birdsall, Regimental Depot, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b) Area 2. Dated 28th April, 1938.

THE WELLINGTON REGIMENT.

Lieutenant M. C. Fairbrother, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), Area 12. Dated 14th April, 1938.

THE WELLINGTON WEST COAST REGIMENT.

Lieutenant P. G. Stevens, 2nd Cadet Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), Area 6. Dated 28th April, 1938.

THE HAWKE’S BAY REGIMENT.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 30, dated 13th April, 1938, relative to the appointment of Raymond Hill to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), is hereby cancelled. Dated 7th April, 1938.

THE TARANAKI REGIMENT.

Captain E. E. Stevens, from the Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment, to be Captain, with seniority from 1st December, 1933, and is posted to the Regimental Depot. Dated 14th April, 1938.

Captain E. R. McKeon, 1st Cadet Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), Area 8. Dated 3rd May, 1938.

Lieutenant J. D. Roulston, 1st Cadet Battalion, resigns his commission. Dated 2nd May, 1938.

THE CANTERBURY REGIMENT.

Lieutenant W. Hughes, 4th Cadet Battalion, to be Captain. Dated 22nd April, 1938.

Lieutenant G. Guy, 3rd Cadet Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), Area 10. Dated 14th April, 1938.

Lieutenant A. R. Alexander, from the Southland Regiment, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 1st April, 1938, and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 22nd April, 1938.