May 16.]

Capitains—
G. E. Archey, O.B.E. (Retired List).
W. S. T. Colbeck (late N.Z.E.F.).
L. R. Cutforth (Retired List).
W. F. Fowlds, M.C. (late N.Z.E.F.).
J. N. Hines, M.C. (Retired List).
S. D. Rice, M.M. (Retired List).

Lieutenants—
L. J. Armstrong, D.C.M. (Retired List).
S.A. Carr (late 3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles).
A. L. Caughey (late N.Z.E.F.).
H. S. M. Hartle (late 1st (Canterbury) Regiment).
F. R. O'Gorman, M.C. (late N.Z.E.F.).
L. J. Rowe, M.C. (late N.Z.E.F.).
H. H. Shaw (late N.Z. Forces Motor-Service Corps).
H. V. B. Speight (late N.Z.E.F.).

2nd Lieutenants—
J. F. Callanan (late N.Z.E.F.).
G. Gilchrist (Retired List).
C. McManus (late The North Auckland Regiment).
A. W. M. Ohlson, D.C.M. (late N.Z.E.F.).
H. W. Price, D.C.M. (Retired List).
F. J. Sherwood (Retired List).
A. M. Smith (late 6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles).
G. H. Stephens (Retired List).

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Members of the Kokonga-Tiroiti Rabbit Board elected.—(Notice No. Ag. 3739.)
Office of the Minister of Agriculture,
Wellington, 14th May, 1940.
NOTICE has been received under the hand of the Returning Officer for the purpose of the first election of members of the Kokonga-Tiroiti Rabbit Board established under the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, that
John Andrew,
Murdock Cameron,
Alfred Carey,
Donald Meldrun Mathewson, and
John Lawrence Mathewson
have been duly elected as members of the said Board.
FRANK LANGSTONE,
For the Minister of Agriculture.

Member of the Kokonga-Tiroiti Rabbit Board appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 3740.)

PURSUANT to section 37 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, I, Frank Langstone, acting for the Minister of Agriculture, hereby appoint
George Herbert Stewart,
being an Inspector appointed under Part I of the said Act, to be a member of the Kokonga-Tiroiti Rabbit Board established under the said Act.
Dated at Wellington, this 14th day of May, 1940.
FRANK LANGSTONE,
For the Minister of Agriculture.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.
Registrar General’s Office,
Wellington, 10th May, 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 Matthew Edward McGifford to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Kaitangata, on and from the 5th April, 1940.
G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.
Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 10th May, 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 Thomas Matthew Heffernan to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Ormondville, on and from the 2nd May, 1940.
G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Member of Hawke’s Bay Land Board reappointed.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 15th May, 1940.
NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has, pursuant to section 49 of the Land Act, 1924, been pleased to reappoint David Eddy to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Hawke’s Bay for a further term of two years from the 1st June, 1940.
THOS. POUND, Assistant Under-Secretary. (L. and S. 22/748/2.)

Appointments in the Public Service.
Office of the Public Service Commissioner, Wellington, 15th May, 1940.
THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service:—Vernon John Lee, to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Te Teko, as from the 10th day of April, 1940.
Herbert Fisher Alen, to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Tolaga Bay, as from the 11th day of April, 1940.
G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Establishment of a Boys’ Hostel.—Child Welfare Act, 1925.
IT is hereby notified that in pursuance of section 7 of the Child Welfare Act, 1925, premises situated at 44 Allendale Road, Mount Albert, Auckland, are deemed to be established as an institution within the meaning of the said Act, under the name of the Boys’ Hostel, Auckland.
Dated at Wellington, this 30th day of April, 1940.
P. FRASER, Minister of Education.

Authorizing the Laying-off of Roads of Less Width than 66ft.
WHEREAS in the opinion of the Minister of Lands it is inexpedient, by reason of the fact that the land shown upon the plan of Town of Tahunanui Extension No. 2, affecting parts Sections 84 and 85, Subdivision South, Block III, Waimea Survey District, is intended to be used wholly for residential purposes, that the proposed roads shown thereon as Waitemate Street, Taieri Street, Rongotai Road, Inchbonnie Street, Omaka Road, and Arawata Road should be of widths of 66 ft.: Now, therefore, I, Frank Langstone, Minister of Lands, do hereby, in pursuance of the power conferred upon me by section 17, subsection (1) of the Land Act, 1924, and of every other power me thereunto enabling, authorize the laying-off of the proposed roads of a width of not less than 50 ft.: Provided always that it shall not be lawful for any person to erect or cause to be erected any building at a less distance than 33 ft. from the middle of such roads.
Given under my hand, this 6th day of May, 1940.
FRANK LANGSTONE, Minister of Lands. (L. and S. 25/469.)