Vice-Consul of the United States of America in Wellington appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 17th June, 1940.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that His Majesty's Exequatur empowering John Evarts Horner, Esquire, to act as Vice-Consul of the United States of America in Wellington has been issued.
W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 68/11.)

Revocation of Appointment as Ranger under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 11th June, 1940.

IN exercise of the powers vested in him by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand doth hereby revoke the appointment of Arthur Lionel Hammond as a ranger under the said Act for the Auckland Acclimatization District.
W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 46/15/3.)

The Waterfront Control Commission Emergency Regulations 1940.-Appointment of Wellington Waterfront Controller.

IN pursuance of the powers in that behalf conferred upon me by the Waterfront Control Commission Emergency Regulations 1940, I, Patrick Charles Webb, Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint Charles Christopher Vanden Bergh to be the Waterfront Controller for the Port of Wellington.
Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of June, 1940.
P. C. WEBB, Minister of Labour.

Officers ceasing to be Seconded with Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve that the undermentioned officers cease to be seconded to the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force:

5TH FIELD REGIMENT, N.Z. ARTILLERY.
Captain F. C. Rawle. Dated 13th May, 1940.

6TH FIELD REGIMENT, N.Z. ARTILLERY.
Captain N. Le C. Squires. Dated 29th March, 1940.
Lieutenant T. A. Turner. Dated 29th February, 1940.
Lieutenant G. H. Strange. Dated 2nd April, 1940.
Lieutenant M. S. Purser. Dated 13th May, 1940.

7TH ANTI-TANK REGIMENT, N.Z. ARTILLERY.
Lieutenant F. I. Graham. Dated 16th February, 1940.

6TH FIELD COMPANY, N.Z. ENGINEERS.
Captain E. I. Hubbard. Dated 27th March, 1940.

18TH (AUCKLAND) BATTALION.
Lieutenant J. N. Thomson. Dated 24th May, 1940.

23RD (CANTERBURY-Otago) BATTALION.
Captain A. Le G. Campbell. Dated 2nd May, 1940.

26TH (CANTERBURY-Otago) BATTALION.
2nd Lieutenant G. B. N. Pearson. Dated 10th February, 1940.

27TH (MACHINE-GUN) BATTALION.
Lieutenant W. G. Bassett. Dated 13th March, 1940.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.
Lieutenant W. M. Duncan. Dated 11th March, 1940.
F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Army Department,
Wellington, 12th June, 1940.

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

N.Z. PERMANENT STAFF.
The undermentioned to be Lieutenants and Quartermasters.
Dated 21st May, 1940:-
W.O. I (Staff Sergeant-Major) G. W. O'Sullivan.
W.O. I (Staff Sergeant-Major) W. L. Glanville.
W.O. I (Staff Sergeant-Major) J. J. Fitzgerald.
W.O. I (Staff Sergeant-Major) C. H. Kidman, M.M.
The undermentioned to be temporary Lieutenants and Quartermasters.
Dated 21st May, 1940:-
W.O. I (Staff Sergeant-Major) W. Bates, D.C.M.
W.O. I (Staff Sergeant-Major) A. Brant.
W.O. I (Staff Sergeant-Major) J. Ryan.
W.O. I (Staff Sergeant-Major) J. G. Milne.
W.O. I (Staff Sergeant-Major) A. Mathieson.
W.O. I (Staff Sergeant-Major) J. J. McLeary.
W.O. I (Staff Sergeant-Major) T. B. Dale.
W.O. I (Staff Sergeant-Major) G. C. Andrews, D.C.M.
W.O. I (Staff Sergeant-Major) W. L. Stewart.
W.O. II (Staff Sergeant-Major) H. D. Hunt.
W.O. II (Staff Sergeant-Major) A. Holmes.

REGIMENT OF ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY.
The undermentioned to be temporary Lieutenants and Quartermasters.
Dated 21st May, 1940:-
W.O. I (Regimental Sergeant-Major) J. F. Callagher.
W.O. I (Regimental Sergeant-Major) J. P. O'Connor.
W.O. I (Regimental Sergeant-Major) F. A. Wetherall.

N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF.
Kirkby Harry Wilson (late Imperial Army) to be Lieutenant and is appointed Instructor, Signal Wing, Army School of Instruction, Trentham. Dated 3rd February, 1940.
Lieutenant H. E. Goldsbro, M.N.Z.I.E., is granted the temporary rank of Captain while employed as District Engineer Works Officer, Northern Military District, and Adjutant, 1st Field Company, Corps of N.Z. Engineers.
Dated 10th May, 1940.

REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.
Robert Mason Foreman to be 2nd Lieutenant (temporary), with seniority next below 2nd Lieutenant (temporary) O. J. Cooke, and is posted to the 1st Field Battery.
Dated 15th April, 1940.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temporary) and are posted to the 2nd Medium Battery.
Dated 14th May, 1940:-
Charles Trevor Pugh, B.E.
Alick Nelson Hayes.

N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS.
Lieutenant J. C. McIntosh, M.Sc., Central District Signal Company, is granted the temporary rank of Captain.
Dated 2nd May, 1940.
2nd Lieutenant R. L. Goldfinch, B.Sc., Southern District Signal Company, to be Lieutenant.
Dated 1st April, 1940.

THE AUCKLAND REGIMENT (COUNTESS OF RANFURLY'S OWN).
Captain C. R. Bach, 2nd Cadet Battalion, is transferred to The Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington's Own).
Dated 30th May, 1940.
Captain W. H. Fortune, 1st Battalion, is granted the temporary rank of Major.
Dated 1st June, 1940.

THE HAURAKI REGIMENT.
Captain L. Clark ceases to be posted to the 2nd Cadet Battalion, and is posted to the 1st Battalion, with seniority from 22nd May, 1940.
Dated 3rd June, 1940.

THE NORTH AUCKLAND REGIMENT.
Duncan MacIntyre to be 2nd Lieutenant (temporary), and is posted to the 1st Battalion.
Dated 16th December, 1939.