Captain C. B. K. de Castro, The Nelson-Marlborough Mounted Rifles, to be Captain, and is appointed Company Commander, No. 1 Training Battalion, Mobilization Camp, Burnham. Dated 10th June, 1940.

Captain N. C. Shepherd, The North Auckland Mounted Rifles, to be Lieutenant, and is appointed Adjutant, Training Battalion, Mobilization Camp, Papakura. Dated 26th March, 1940.

Captain F. R. Husband, N.Z. Corps of Signals (attached to the N.Z. Artillery) to be Captain, and is appointed Signals Instructor, Training Cadre, Mobilization Camp, Papakura. Dated 16th March, 1940.

Lieutenant Raymond William Norris, Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Lieutenant, and is appointed Adjutant, No. 2 Training Battalion, Mobilization Camp, Trentham. Dated 1st April, 1940.

Lieutenant A. C. Dickens relinquishes the appointment of Dental Officer, Mobilization Camp, Trentham, and is posted to Headquarters, Dental Section, Wellington. Dated 4th July, 1940.

Ivan Penrose to be Lieutenant, and is appointed M.T. Instructor, Training Cadre, Mobilization Camp, Burnham. Dated 29th June, 1940.

COMMAND.

Lieutenant-Colonel S. G. Scoular, A.D.C., from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, with seniority from Ist May, 1935, and is appointed to command the 3rd Field Regiment, N.Z. Artillery (temporarily), vice Lieutenant-Colonel R. E. Sleigh, seconded for duty with the 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force. Dated 1st June, 1940.

N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Lieutenant J. Redmond, 10th Heavy Regiment, to be Captain. Dated 18th June, 1940.

Ian Scott McCartney to be 2nd Lieutenant (temporary) and is posted to the lst Battery, 1st Field Regiment. Dated 15th April, 1940.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temporary) and are posted to the 2nd Field Company. Dated 20th June, 1940:

Allen James Hanna Hutchison, A.M.I.C.E., A.M.(N.Z.)I.E., B.Sc.

Lloyd Lindsay Hosking, B.E. (Civil), A.M.I.C.E. (Lond.), A.M.(N.Z.)I.E.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Gordon Alexander Irwin, M.B., Ch.B., to be Lieutenant, Central Military District (unattached). Dated 12th June, 1940.

Lieutenant G. A. Irwin, M.B., Ch.B., is seconded for duty with the Royal N.Z. Air Force. Dated 24th June, 1940.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Revocation of Fisheries Appointments.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 12th July, 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, revoked the appointment of David McDougall, of Ashburton, as an Officer for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act in respect of the Ashburton, North Canterbury, and South Canterbury Acclimatization Districts.

D. G. McMILLAN, Minister of Marine.

Auckland Acclimatization District.—Revocation of Fisheries Appointment.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 12th July, 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, revoked the appointment of John Henderson, of Northcote, as an Officer for the purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908, in respect of the Auckland Acclimatization District.

D. G. McMILLAN, Minister of Marine.

Revocation of Appointment as Inspector of Sea-fishing.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 4th July, 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, revoked the appointment of Tom Murray, of Te Hapua, Parenga, as an Inspector of Sea-fishing for the purposes of Part I of the first-mentioned Act.

D. G. McMILLAN, Minister of Marine.

Appointment of Inspector of Sea-fishing.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 3rd July, 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 Louis Davenport, of Dargaville, to be an Inspector of Sea-fishing for the purposes of Part I of the first-mentioned Act.

D. G. McMILLAN, Minister of Marine.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 9th July, 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 Hugh Grant to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Kawhia.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 9th July, 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 George Charles Powell to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Timaru.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

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

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service:— Harold Arnold Anderson, to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Matiere, as from the 21st day of June, 1940.

Thomas Hugh Grant, to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Kawhia, as from the 26th day of June, 1940.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Appointment of Deputy District Public Trustee.

NOTICE is hereby given that in pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by section 3 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1921–22, I, the Public Trustee of the Dominion of New Zealand, have appointed Ernest Slater Brialey of the Public Trust Office, Timaru, to be deputy of the District Public Trustee, Timaru, during the absence of such District Public Trustee from his headquarters from any cause, and all previous warrants appointing any deputy of the said District Public Trustee have been revoked.

Dated at Wellington, this 12th day of July, 1940.

E. O. HALES, Public Trustee.