Jan. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 55

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants, 3rd Composite Company, relinquish their commissions on appointment to a commission in the N.Z. Staff Corps. Dated llth December, 1939:

E. H. L. Maxwell.
D. C. Powrie.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Lieutenant S. B. Mackay, M.B., Ch.B., is appointed Medical Officer, Northern Military District School of Instruction, Narrow Neck. Dated 27th November, 1939.
Lieutenant S. B. Mackay, M.B., Ch.B., to be Captain. Dated lst December, 1939.
Patrick Alexander Harding Moore, M.B., Ch.B., to be Lieutenant, Central Military District (unattached). Dated 5th December, 1939.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Reverend J. Dennis, Chaplain, 4th Class (Methodist), to be Chaplain, 3rd Class. Dated 15th April, 1939.
The Reverend Frederick Herbert Carter to be Chaplain, 4th Class (Baptist), Area 5. Dated 20th December, 1939.
The Reverend Keith John Watson to be Chaplain, 4th Class (Presbyterian), Area 2. Dated 27th December, 1939.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.

Supplementary List.

The undermentioned officers are appointed to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List:

Dated 1st September, 1939:

Majors-
A. C. Elton (late Indian Army).
L. E. Hains, D.S.O. (late Canadian Military Forces).

Captains-
G. Birnie (Retired List).
J. L. Muir, M.C. (late Imperial Army).
J. Oliphant, M.C. (late Imperial Army).
R. Robertson (late Imperial Army).
M. V. Reeve-Smith (late Imperial Army).
R. E. Taylor, M.C. (late Australian Military Forces).
F. W. Voelcker (late Indian Army).
D. Wilson (late Imperial Army).
S. N. Ziman (late Indian Army).

Lieutenants-
G. Blewitt (late Imperial Army).
R. D. Boyes (late N.Z.E.F.).
O. P. Coleman (late N.Z.E.F.).
E. L. Moody (late Imperial Army).
R. Palmer (late Imperial Army).
C. B. Robertson (late Otago Mounted Rifles).
C. G. Stewart, M.C. (late N.Z.E.F.).

2nd Lieutenants-
H. F. Gilmore (late N.Z.E.F.).
C. J. Malloy (late Unattached List (b)).
G. A. Millwood (late Imperial Army).

Dated 11th December, 1939:

Major-
E. W. Cudden (Retired List).

Captains-
W. A. W. Gudgeon (late Australian Imperial Force).
G. F. Myers (Retired List).
W. H. Stark (late N.Z.E.F.).

Lieutenants-
T. E. Brown (late N.Z.E.F.).
A. G. S. Gibbs (late 10th (North Otago) Regiment).
W. M. Hocking (Retired List).
E. D. McRae (late N.Z.E.F.).
P. Nicol (Retired List).
M. F. O'Donoghue (Retired List).
F. L. Rees (Retired List).
J. H. Sinclair-Thompson (late Imperial Army).
A. H. Thomas (late Indian Army).
J. W. White (late Indian Army).

2nd Lieutenants-
S. C. Andrews (Retired List).
P. Buzzard (late Imperial Army).
W. N. Chilman (late N.Z.E.F.).
A. C. Harris (Retired List).
E. Laverty (Retired List).
H. B. Manttan (Retired List).
W. H. Pester (Retired List).
G. W. Scott (late N.Z.E.F.).
A. F. Thompson (Retired List).
L. F. Tisdall (late N.Z.E.F.).
C. J. Watkins (late Imperial Army).

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Member of the New Zealand Meat Producers' Board appointed- (Notice No. Ag. 3722.)

Office of Minister of Agriculture,
Wellington, 16th January, 1940.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint in terms of subsection 7 of section 2 of the Meat-Export Control Act, 1921--22,

Lachlan Maclean, Esquire,
to be a representative of the producers of meat for export on the New Zealand Meat Producers' Board established under the said Act, vice John Davies Wilder Ormond, resigned.

W. LEE MARTIN, Minister of Agriculture.

Appointment of Inspector under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, revoked.--(Notice No. Ag. 3723.)

Office of Minister of Agriculture,
Wellington, 16th January, 1940.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to revoke the appointment of William Fraser as an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, for the district under the control of the Kiwitea Rabbit Board.

W. LEE MARTIN, Minister of Agriculture.

Appointment of Inspectors under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928.-- (Notice No. Ag. 3724.)

Office of Minister of Agriculture,
Wellington, 16th January, 1940.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Lionel Grace Moran, and Edward Gordon Walker
to be Inspectors for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, for the district under the control of the Kiwitea Rabbit Board.

W. LEE MARTIN, Minister of Agriculture.

Member of Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 20th December, 1939.

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 appointment:

Hugh Blanshard Chambers
to be a member of the Te Puia Domain Board in place of Hugh Ward Chambers.

R. G. MACMORRAN, Under-Secretary for Lands.
(L. and S. l/672.)

Appointment in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner, Wellington, 17th January, 1940.

The Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service:

Francis Thomas Croft
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Hillgrove, as from the 20th day of December, 1939.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Declaring Area to be a Closely Populated Locality for the Purposes of the Motor-vehicles Amendment Act, 1936, Section 3.

In terms of section 3 of the Motor-vehicles Amendment Act, 1936, the Minister of Transport does hereby declare the area described in the Schedule hereto to be a closely populated locality for the purposes of the said section to the intent that a person driving any motor-vehicle on any road, street, or other place to which the public have access therein, shall be subject to the maximum speed-limit of thirty miles an hour fixed by the said section.