Aug. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2173

THE TARANAKI REGIMENT.

Captain and Quartermaster G. J. Morrall, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the North Auckland Regiment. Dated 1st June, 1939.

THE CANTERBURY REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) E.J. Hay, 1st Cadet Battalion, is transferred to the Otago Regiment. Dated 31st July, 1939.

THE NELSON, MARLBOROUGH, AND WEST COAST REGIMENT.

Honorary Major and Quartermaster G. R. Jamieson, V.D., 1st Battalion, is posted to the Retired List with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 20th July, 1939.

Harold George Williams to be Honorary Lieutenant and Quartermaster and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 21st July, 1939.

William Arthur Cornelius Smith to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) and is posted to the 1st Cadet Battalion. Dated 1st June, 1939.

THE OTAGO REGIMENT.

Lieutenant J. McCrae, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant, and is posted to the 1st Battalion, with seniority from 29th August, 1938, next below Lieutenant L. G. Smith. Dated 2nd August, 1939.

Lieutenant E. S. McLean, from the Reserve of Officers to be Lieutenant, and is posted to the 1st Battalion, with seniority from 29th August, 1938, next below Lieutenant E. G. Cooper. Dated 2nd August, 1939.

Lieutenant C. W. G. Cole, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant and is posted to the 1st Battalion, with seniority from 29th August, 1938, next below Lieutenant E. S. McLean. Dated 2nd August, 1939.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) D. E. Murray, 1st Cadet Battalion, is confirmed.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) E. J. Hay, from the Canterbury Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), with seniority from 1st December, 1938, and is posted to the 2nd Cadet Battalion. Dated 31st July, 1939.

THE SOUTHLAND REGIMENT.

Lieutenant-Colonel E. F. Selby, M.C., V.D., from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 1st June, 1939.

Major T. Mathews, 1st Battalion, is posted to the Retired List with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 3rd August, 1939.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS.

Major N. M. Pryde, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Major, and is attached to the Hauraki Regiment. Dated 2nd August, 1939.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

William Milne Duncan to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster and is posted to the 1st Field Ambulance. Dated 31st July, 1939.

Bruce Macfarlane Hay, M.B., Ch.B., to be Lieutenant and is posted to the 1st Field Ambulance. Dated 28th July, 1939.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.

The Hawke's Bay Regiment.

Major E. J. J. Welch, V.D., is posted to the Retired List with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 24th July, 1939.

Lieutenant E. S. West is posted to the Retired List with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 27th July, 1939.

N.Z. Medical Corps.

Captain J. D. Marks, M.C., M.B., is posted to the Retired List with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 3rd August, 1939.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Member of the Remount Committee for the Bay of Islands Service District appointed.--(Notice No. Ag. 3675).

PURSUANT to regulation 2 of the Remounts Subsidy Regulations, 1938, I, William Lee Martin, Minister of Agriculture, hereby appoint

Herbert Howarth Mountain, Esquire,

to be a member of the Remount Committee for the Bay of Islands Service District, vice Herman Theodore Atkinson, Esquire, resigned.

Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of August, 1939.

W. LEE MARTIN, Minister of Agriculture.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrat-General's Office,
Wellington, 15th August, 1939.

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.
Frederick Rodney Musson .. Waimangaroa.
Francis Xavier O'Neill .. Granity (at Millerton).*

*BIRTHS and DEATHS only.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 16th August, 1939.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service:

Alick Thompson,

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris, at Kawhia, as from the 28th day of July, 1939.

James Phillips Richmond,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Runanga, as from the 26th day of July, 1939.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Portion of Northern-Waiapu Consolidation Scheme confirmed.

In the matter of section 161 of the Native Land Act, 1931, and of an application for consolidation of interests in Tikitiki 1& 8 and other blocks.

NOTICE is hereby given that a scheme of consolidation in part, dated the 25th day of May, 1937, dealing with Tikitiki 1& 7 (part) and other blocks as set out in the said scheme, having been prepared by the Native Land Court in accordance with the above-mentioned Act, and submitted under the seal of the said Court to the Native Minister for approval, I, Henry Greathead Rex Mason, acting for the Native Minister, being satisfied that the scheme so submitted is just and equitable and is in the public interest, do hereby confirm the portion of the said scheme of consolidation which was so submitted on the 25th day of May, 1937.

Dated this 11th day of August, 1939.

H. G. R. MASON,
For the Native Minister.

Appointment of Customs Examining-place at Auckland.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 9th August, 1939.

HENRY GREATHEAD REX MASON, acting for the Minister of Customs, in exercise of the powers vested in me for this purpose by the Customs Act, 1913, do, by this Warrant, hereby appoint the undermentioned building at the Port of Auckland to be a place for the examination by the Customs of goods subject to the control of the Customs, viz.:-- The wooden building known as the Trans-Tasman Air Base Administration Building erected on land leased from the Auckland Harbour Board measuring approximately 175 ft. by 141 ft., situated on the Eastern Reclamation at the northern end of Chaytor Street adjacent to the aircraft-mooring site at Mechanics Bay, Waitemata Harbour.

H. G. R. MASON,
For the Minister of Customs.