MAR. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 753

Reappointment of Members of the Council of the Royal Society of New Zealand.

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research,
Wellington, 19th March, 1941.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint

Ernest Marsden, and
Eric Raymond Hudson

to be members of the Council of the Royal Society of New Zealand, as constituted by the Royal Society of New Zealand Act, 1933.

D. G. SULLIVAN,
Minister-in-Charge of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.

Appointment of Honorary Child Welfare Officers under the Child Welfare Act, 1925.

Education Department,
Wellington, 18th March, 1941.

IN pursuance of section 2 of the Child Welfare Act, 1925, I, Henry Greathead Rex Mason, Minister of Education, do hereby appoint the following persons as Honorary Child Welfare Officers for the purposes of the said Act for the period ending the 31st December, 1941 :—

Name. District.
Fairbrother, Basil K. . . . . . Otatau.
Wilson, Mrs. Lucinda H. . . . . Auckland.
Brown, Samuel H. . . . . . . . Waihi.
Pickering, Mrs. Beatrice E. . . Hastings.

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Education.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 25th March, 1941.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

John Hector Luxford, Esquire, S.M.,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wellington from 24th March, 1941, vice J. L. Stout, Esquire, S.M.

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

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

Marine Department,
Wellington, 6th March, 1941.

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

Charles Gordon McEwan, of Albertown,

to be an officer for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act in respect of the Otago Acclimatization District and the Lakes District Acclimatization District.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Marine.

Appointment of Inspector of Sea-fishing.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 24th March, 1941.

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

Duncan Kenneth Roderick McQuarrie, of Karamea,

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

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Marine.

Appointment of Inspector of Sea-fishing.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 6th March, 1941.

IT is 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

Henry Story Hutchinson, of Waikokopu,

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

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Marine.

Revocation of Fisheries Appointment.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 6th March, 1941.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has revoked the appointment of

Alfred Edward Lees, of Te Kohanga,

as an Inspector of Sea-fishing for the purposes of Part I of the Fisheries Act, 1908.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Marine.

Members of the Scott’s Gap - Otatau Rabbit Board elected.— (Notice No. Ag. 3817.)

Office of the Minister of Agriculture,
Wellington, 20th March, 1941.

NOTICE has been received under the hand of the Returning Officer for the purposes of the first election of members of the Scott’s Gap - Otatau Rabbit Board established by the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, that

Frank Fox Allan,
Frederick Ewart Anderson,
Frederick Charles Chilton,
George Crawford, and
John Frobarth Dunlop

have been duly elected as members of the said Board.

J. G. BARCLAY, Minister of Agriculture.

Members of the Pourakino Rabbit Board elected.— (Notice No. Ag. 3819.)

Office of the Minister of Agriculture,
Wellington, 20th March, 1941.

NOTICE has been received under the hand of the Returning Officer for the purposes of the first election of members of the Pourakino Rabbit Board established by the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, that

Stuart Joseph Barron,
George Carmichael,
George Arthur Collis,
Charles Coster, and
John Patrick Marnane

have been duly elected as members of the said Board.

J. G. BARCLAY, Minister of Agriculture.

Appointments of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Department,
Wellington, 20th March, 1941.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force :—

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Appointments.

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.). Dated 1st March, 1941 :—

Mervyn Charles Pryce Jones.
Donald Lewis Maunsell Martin.
Ellett Forbes Page.
Hilliard Ernest Boucher.
Sydney Ernest Scales.
Everest George Edmunds.
Lindsay Blair Renolds.
John Osbourne McFarlane.
Ross Stuart McHardy.
Richard Trevor Blewett.
Derek Hanmer Atkinson.
Ewen Alexander Campbell.
Alexander Douglas McMurtrie.
Andrew Graham Steele Paterson.
Wilbur Lange.
Greville Lloyd Hesketh.
Ranald Peter Bell.
Paul Middleton Brewer.
Warren Robert Martin.
Valentine Allport.
Ira Allison Sutherland.
Charles Albert Fountaine.
John Herbert Garland Cooke.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.