Oct. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2637

Official Visitor appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 7th October, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Miss Mabel Bowden Howard

to be an Official Visitor to the Addington Reformatory, Christchurch.

D. G. McMILLAN, Minister in Charge of Prisons.

Appointment of Officer under Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 2nd October, 1940.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1908, and of the Official Appointments and Documents Act, 1919, appointed

Sidney Frederick Richardson

to be an Officer for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act in respect of the Grey District Acclimatization District.

D. G. McMILLAN, Minister of Marine.

Members of Domain Boards appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 2nd October, 1940.

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

Gordon James Carlyle Bennett,

to be a member of the Beachlands Domain Board in place of William Fellows Grove, deceased.

Arthur Benjamin Capper,
Henry Richard Hawkes, and
Victor Samuel Rogers,

to be members of the Bucklands Beach Domain Board in place of James Gilmour, resigned, James Samuel Dickson and William Richard Holmes, deceased.

Alan Hugh McKenzie, and
Jack Arthur Chetham,

to be members of the One Tree Point Domain Board in place of Jack Newton and Alfred William Henry Pratt, resigned.

Robert Malcolm Craw,

to be a member of the Little Akaloa Domain Board in place of Robert Herriot, deceased.

William Hanmer Taylor,

to be a member of the Kohinui Domain Board in place of William Robert Taylor, deceased.

Archibald William Macphail, and
George Eric Mulcock,

to be members of the Wainui Domain Board in place of Cecil William Humm and Robert Alexander Horne Stewart, resigned.

Andrew James McFarlane,

to be a member of the Hunter Domain Board in place of Benjamin Cooke Shears, deceased.

John Cameron McLachlan,

to be a member of the Owaka Township Domain Board in place of John Duff, resigned.

James Alexander Stephen Gray,
Frederick Cohen Laidlaw, and
George Mearns,

to be members of the Brighton Domain Board in place of William Edward Jackson, Charles John Hobbs, and John Thornley, resigned.

Donald Weir,

to be a member of the Kokatahi Domain Board in place of Peter Jones, deceased.

R. G. MACMORRAN, Under-Secretary for Lands.

(L. and S. 1/875.)

Relinquishment of Appointment on the Staff of His Excellency the Governor-General.

Government House,
Wellington, 2nd October, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the relinquishment of the appointment of the following officer on his staff :-

Major Robert Fitzroy Hamilton Pascoe Stuart-French
11th Hussars,

on and from the 30th September, 1940.

(By command.)
D. E. FOUHY, Official Secretary.

Appointment in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 9th October, 1940.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service :-

Patrick John Brady,

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Takapau, as from the 4th day of September, 1940.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 9th October, 1940.

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

John Alexander Miller,

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, and the Stock Act, 1908, on and from the 3rd day of September, 1940.

George Allan Thomson,

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Stock Act, 1908, the Meat Act, 1939, and the Dairy Industry Act, 1908, on and from the 1st day of October, 1940.

William Terence Rudman

to be Clerk of the Magistrates’ Court at Putaruru for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928, and Maintenance Officer at the Magistrates’ Court at Putaruru for the purposes of the Destitute Persons Amendment Act, 1926, on and from the 1st day of October, 1940.

Constable James Leonard Brown

to be Bailiff of the Magistrates’ Court at Paeroa for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928, on and from the 19th day of September, 1940.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Notice under the National Savings Act, 1940, Section 4.

Wellington, 8th October, 1940.

IN terms of section 4 of the National Savings Act, 1940, I, Walter Nash, Minister of Finance, hereby prescribe that the first investment period shall run from the date of publication of this notice in the Gazette to the 30th June, 1941. The rate of interest to be paid on investments made during such investment period shall be 3 per cent.

Moneys invested during such investment period by deposit in an investment account shall be repayable on the 30th day of June, 1945.

National Savings Bonds issued during such investment period shall be repayable five years after the date of issue thereof.

W. NASH, Minister of Finance.

Notice under the National Savings Act, 1940, Section 5.

Wellington, 8th October, 1940.

IN terms of section 5 of the National Savings Act, 1940, I, Walter Nash, Minister of Finance, hereby authorize the trustees of the undermentioned savings-banks (being savings-banks constituted under the Savings-banks Act, 1908) to receive investments by way of deposits in investment accounts under the National Savings Act, 1940, during the investment period expiring on the 30th June, 1941 :-

Auckland Savings Bank.
New Plymouth Savings Bank.
Dunedin Savings Bank.
Invercargill Savings Bank.

W. NASH, Minister of Finance.