Dec. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3643

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Rev. J. T. Macky, Chaplain, 3rd Class (Presbyterian),
is posted to the Retired List with permission to retain
his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 8th
November, 1940.

The Rev. E. Nicholls, Chaplain, 4th Class (Baptist),
is posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain
his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 4th
November, 1940.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.

Staff Nurse (Miss) M. J. Scott is granted the temporary
rank of Sister while employed at the Tronatham Camp
Hospital. Dated 15th October, 1940.

Miss Mary Margaret Mahoney to be Sister, and is granted
the temporary rank of Charge Sister while in charge
of the Camp Hospital, Tronatham. Dated 19th November,
1940.

The undermentioned to be Staff Nurses. Dated 24th
September, 1940:—
Miss Marion Preston-Thomas.
Miss Gyneth Harris Thompson.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Inspector of Sea-fishing.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 20th November, 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

Eric Charles Baynon, of Blenheim,

to be an Inspector of Sea-fishing for the purposes of Part I
of the first-mentioned Act.

D. G. McMILLAN, Minister of Marine.

Appointment of Officer for Purposes of Part II of the Fisheries
Act, 1908.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 29th November, 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

Malcolm Manson Orton, of Ashburton,

to be an Officer for the purposes of Part II of the first-
mentioned Act in respect of the North Canterbury Acclima-
tization District.

D. G. McMILLAN, Minister of Marine.

Visiting Justice appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

James Henry Collins, Esquire, J.P.,

to be a Visiting Justice to the Wellington Prison.

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

Visiting Justices appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

James Charles Greig, Esquire, J.P., and
Francis Whiteman, Esquire, J.P.,

to be Visiting Justices to the Wi Tako Prison, Trentham.

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

Official Visitor appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

John Read, Esquire, J.P.,

to be an Official Visitor to the Wellington Prison.

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

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 4th December, 1940.

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

Kenneth Hampton Fricker,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Awarua, as
from the 29th day of October, 1940.

Donald Francis John Melrose,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Whangape,
as from the 3rd day of September, 1940.

Selwyn Ronald Blake,

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at
Kaeo, as from the 19th day of November, 1940.

Graham Heymer Bennett,

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and
Deaths for the District of Mercury Bay, as from the 11th day
of November, 1940.

Lionel Edward Osborne Bullard,

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and
Deaths for the District of Opunake, and Registrar of Births
and Deaths of Maoris at Opunake, as from the 8th day of
November, 1940.

Alexander Semple,

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and
Deaths for the District of Waipawa, and Registrar of Births
and Deaths of Maoris at Waipawa, as from the 13th day of
November, 1940.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 4th December, 1940.

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

William Kerr Dallas,

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Apiaries Act,
1927, on and from the 1st day of September, 1940.

William Edward Brown,

to be District Land Registrar and Examiner of Titles for
the District of Taranaki pursuant to the provisions of
section 4 of the Land Transfer Act, 1915, Registrar of Deeds
for the District of Taranaki pursuant to the provisions of
section 6 of the Deeds Registration Act, 1908, and Assistant
Commissioner of Stamp Duties, Assistant Registrar of
Companies, Registrar of Building Societies, Registrar of
Industrial and Provident Societies, and Assistant Registrar
of Incorporated Societies at New Plymouth, on and from
the 3rd day of December, 1940.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1940.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
conferred on me by the Marriage Act, 1908, and the
Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1924, I, Gilbert Graham
Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar-General, do hereby appoint

Maurice Carson Jolly

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births
and Deaths for the District of Cromwell.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.