MAY 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1295

Rangers under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22,
appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 27th May, 1940.

IT is hereby notified that in pursuance and exercise of the
power and authority conferred by section 35 of the
Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, the under-
mentioned persons have been appointed rangers under and
for the purposes of that Act for the acclimatization districts
mentioned :-

Name. Address. Acclimatization
District.
Campbell, Daniel Mangamuka Bridge Bay of Islands.
McLennan
Whitelaw, James Russell .. Bay of Islands.
Scully, Michael Westport Buller.
Bernard
Langdon-Prime, Ian Napier .. Hawke’s Bay.
Hayes, Archibald Maungaturoto Hobson.
Eadie
Roigard, Robert Waitati Otago.
Marchant, Robert Mangonui Marigonui-
George Whangaroa.
Fry, Percy Stewart’s Gully North Canter-
bury.
Muir, Arthur Arahura Westland.
Johnson, George Will Whangarei Whangarei.
Parkin, Herbert Whangarei Whangarei.
Talford
Pickering, Frederick Whangarei Whangarei.
Russell
Walker, Norman Tanekaha Whangarei.
Arthur

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 46/15/31.)

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

Marine Department,
Wellington, 22nd May, 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

Arthur Muir, of Arahura,

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

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Marine.

Appointment of Inspector of Sea-fishing.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 21st May, 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

Vivian Tamatehura Nicholls,

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

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Marine.

Confirmations and Relinquishments of Officers of the Royal
New Zealand Air Force.

Air Department,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve of the following confirmations and
relinquishments, &c., of officers of the Royal New Zealand
Air Force :-

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Ante-date of Seniority.

The seniority of Flight Lieutenant William Vazie-Simons,
R.A.F., Retired List, is ante-dated to 4th September, 1937.
Dated 14th May, 1940.

The seniority of the undermentioned Pilot Officers is
ante-dated to the 18th January, 1940 :-

Pilot Officer George Robert Brabyn.
Pilot Officer Robert Maxwell McKay.
Pilot Officer Percival Guy Haig Newton.

Dated 29th April, 1940.

Confirmations and Promotions.

The undermentioned Acting Pilot Officers are confirmed
in their rank and granted the rank of Pilot Officer :-

John Henry Arkwright.

Dated 18th January, 1940.

Peter Robert McNab.

Dated 13th March, 1940.

George Milne Fitzwater.

William Oscar George Krogh.

Dated 10th April, 1940.

John Anderson Oldfield (Temporary Commission).

William Keith Patterson (Temporary Commission).

Dated 9th May, 1940.

Relinquishments.

The undermentioned R.N.Z.A.F. Officers relinquish their
commissions in the Royal New Zealand Air Force on being
granted Short Service Commissions as Pilot Officers in the
Royal Air Force :-

Pilot Officer Thomas Francis Gill.

Acting Pilot Officer Gilbert Meston Allcock.

Acting Pilot Officer William Ian Anstey.

Acting Pilot Officer David Walter Scaly Clark.

Acting Pilot Officer Vernon Allan Cunningham.

Acting Pilot Officer Victor Breton de la Terrelle.

Acting Pilot Officer William Alan Foster.

Acting Pilot Officer John Frederick Gavin.

Acting Pilot Officer James Chilton Francis Hayter.

Acting Pilot Officer Harold Laurence Oakley.

Acting Pilot Officer Basil William Peryman.

Acting Pilot Officer David Leatham Fritchard.

Acting Pilot Officer Reginald William Roots.

Acting Pilot Officer Arthur Kavhan Round.

Acting Pilot Officer Albert Edgar Wickham.

Dated 16th August, 1939.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, and Retirements of
Officers of the New Zealand Military Forces.

Army Department,
Wellington, 28th May, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
approve of the following appointments, promotions,
transfers, and retirements of officers of the New Zealand
Military Forces :-

STAFF.

Lieutenant-Colonel L. G. Goss, N.Z. Staff Corps, relinquishes
the appointment of General Staff Officer, 1st Grade
(Operations and Intelligence), A.H.Q., and is appointed
Personal Assistant to the Chief of the General Staff,
A.H.Q. Dated 20th May, 1940.

Lieutenant-Colonel A. E. Conway, N.Z. Staff Corps,
relinquishes the appointment of Director of Mobilization,
and is appointed Director of Military Training, A.H.Q.
Dated 20th May, 1940.

Major R. H. Quilliam, N.Z. Temporary Staff, relinquishes
the appointment of Assistant to the Director of Mobiliza-
tion, and is appointed Director of Mobilization, A.H.Q.;
and granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
while so employed. Dated 20th May, 1940.

Captain M. N. Wallace, N.Z. Temporary Staff, relinquishes
the appointment of Adjutant, Mobilization Camp,
Ngaraawahia, and is appointed Adjutant, 1st Battalion,
The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own),
and Assistant Area Officer, No. 1 Area, Auckland.
Dated 15th May, 1940.

Lieutenant W. R. K. Morrison, N.Z. Staff Corps, relin-
quishes the appointments of Adjutant, 1st Battalion,
The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own),
and Assistant Area Officer, No. 1 Area, and is appointed
General Staff Officer, 3rd Grade, Northern Military
District, Auckland. Dated 15th May, 1940.

Lieutenant W. S. McKinnon, B.Sc., Royal N.Z. Artillery,
returned from the United Kingdom on the 9th May,
1940, after undergoing a Gunnery Staff Course, ceases
to be seconded, and is attached to Army Headquarters,
Wellington, for special duty. Dated 9th May, 1940.