Oct. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2279

Official Visitor under the Mental Defectives Act, 1911, within
the Provincial District of Westland appointed.

Mental Hospitals Department,
Wellington, 25th October, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
Mrs. Ellen Fane
to be an Official Visitor under the Mental Defectives Act,
1911, within the Provincial District of Westland.
P. FRASER,
Minister in Charge of Mental Hospitals.

Consul of Italy at Wellington appointed.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 25th October, 1938.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be
notified that His Majesty's Exequatur empowering
Signor Benedetto D'Acunzo
to act as Consul of Italy at Wellington for the Dominion
of New Zealand and Western Samoa has been issued.
W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 68/46.)

Consul of Brazil at Wellington appointed.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 25th October, 1938.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be
notified that His Majesty's Exequatur empowering
Charles Archibald Lawrance Treadwell, Esquire,
to act as Consul of Brazil at Wellington has been issued.
W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 68/5.)

Rangers under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22,
appointed.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 25th October, 1938.
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.
Ropata, Hector .. Taiaroa Head .. Otago.
Marshall, Frederick John .. Wanganui .. Wanganui.
W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 46/15/31.)

Appointment in the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy.
Navy Office,
Wellington, 25th October, 1938.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve of the following appointment in the New
Zealand Division of the Royal Navy:-
Lieutenant Peter Barthrop North Lewis, Royal Navy,
to H.M.S. “Philomel,” additional, to date 13th
October, 1938, and for H.M.S. “Wakakura,” in com-
mand and as Officer Instructor of Royal Naval
Volunteer Reserve Divisions, vice Phibbs from date of
joining.
FRANK LANGSTONE,
For the Minister of Defence.

Promotion in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand
Division).
Navy Office,
Wellington, 25th October, 1938.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve of the following promotion in the Royal
Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand Division):-
Sub-Lieutenant John David Keay to the rank of Lieu-
tenant, R.N.V.R. (N.Z.D.), to date 27th September,
1938.
FRANK LANGSTONE,
For the Minister of Defence.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.
Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 25th October, 1938.

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.
John Duncan Kerr .. .. Palmerston North.
Leonard Henry Whittaker .. .. Wainui.
Philip Henley Lewis .. .. Weber.
John Thomas Boyle .. .. Heriot.
Albert Ernest Frederick Pierson .. Ross.
Cyril Sydney Shirley .. .. Halcombe.
Leonard Charles Simmonds .. .. Geraldine.
Claude Withell Carter .. .. Little River.
Thomas Hugh Grant .. .. Kawhia.
John Sylva Macdonald .. .. Napier.
Walter Leslie Scott .. .. Auckland (at Taka-
puna).*
Robert Pollock Taylor .. .. Fortrose.

• Births and Deaths only.
  G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.
Office of the Public Service Commissioners,
Wellington, 25th October, 1938.
THE Public Service Commissioners have made the
following appointments in the Public Service:-
Rakaherea Woodbine Pomare,
to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Health Act, 1920,
as from the 17th day of October, 1938.
Clifford Keith Branigan,
to be a Ranger for the purposes of the Animals Protection and
Game Act, 1921–22, for the Otago Acclimatization District,
as from the 19th day of October, 1938.
G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.
Wellington, 20th October, 1938.
THE following notice, received from the Mayor, Morrins-
ville Borough Council, is published in accordance with
the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926.
W. NASH, Minister of Finance.
BOROUGH OF MORRINSVILLE.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926,
I hereby give notice that a poll of ratepayers of Morrinsville
was taken on the 5th day of October, 1938, on the proposal
of the Borough of Morrinsville to borrow the sum of £9,000
for the purpose of carrying out improvements to the water-
supply, including erection of reservoir, installation of booster-
pump, and additional reticulation, purchase of land, and
incidental expenses.
The number of votes recorded for and against the proposal
were as follows :-
Votes.
Votes recorded for the proposal .. .. 152
Votes recorded against the proposal .. 26
I therefore declare that the foregoing proposal was carried.
W. HETHERINGTON, Mayor.

Prohibition of Issue of Money-orders and Transmission of
Postal Correspondence.
THE Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand
having reasonable ground for supposing that the person
whose name and address are shown in the Schedule hereunder
is engaged in promoting or carrying out a lottery or scheme of
chance, it is hereby ordered under section 32 of the Post
and Telegraph Act, 1928, that no money-order in favour of the
said person shall be issued and that no postal packet addressed
to the said person (either by her own or any fictitious or
assumed name) or directed to the address mentioned in the
Schedule hereunder without a name shall be registered or
forwarded by the post-office of New Zealand.
SCHEDULE.
Mrs. M. Stevens, “Kyana,” Duke Street, Sandy Bay,
Tasmania.
Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of October, 1938.
F. JONES, Postmaster-General.