May 24] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 575

Vice-Consul of the United States of America at Wellington
provisionally recognized

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 8th May, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified
that the appointment of

Normand William Redden, Esquire,

as Vice-Consul of the United States of America at Wellington
has been provisionally recognized.

W. NASH,
Acting Minister of External Affairs.

Inspectors of Clubs appointed

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1945.

IT is hereby notified that—

Charles Harley,
John James Sparks,
Angus Henderson,
Bruce Thompson,
Peter Munro,
William Carran,
Morris Ernest Lines,
John Southworth,
Denis Raymond Sugrue,
Andrew Johnston,
William George Bennett,
Alfred Cyril Davis,
Willis Spencer Brown, and
George Taylor

have been appointed, under the Licensing Act, 1908, to be Inspectors
of Clubs for the purpose of inspecting and reporting upon chartered
clubs as defined by the said Licensing Act, 1908.

F. JONES,
For the Minister of Internal Affairs.

Members of the Carter Observatory Board appointed

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research,
Wellington, 17th May, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General in Council has been
pleased, in accordance with section 5 of the Carter Obser-
vatory Act, 1938, to appoint—

Edwin Philip Norman, B.E., B.Sc., A.M.Inst.C.E.,
Martin Maxwell Fleming Luckie, LL.B.,
Myles Aylmer Fulton Barnett, Ph.D., M.Sc., F.Inst.P.,
Charles Guy Glossop Berry, Esquire,
David Charles Hamilton Florance, M.A., M.Sc.,
Charles Edward Adams, D.Sc., F.R.A.S., A.I.A. (Lond.),
Frederick Fisher Miles, M.A., and
Ernest Marsden, D.Sc., F.R.S.N.Z., C.B.E., M.C.,

to be members of the Carter Observatory Board for a period of two
years as from 1st January, 1945.

E. MARSDEN, Permanent Secretary.

Appointment of Officers for the Purposes of Part II of the Fisheries
Act, 1908

Marine Department,
Wellington, 14th May, 1945.

BY direction of the Hon. Minister of Marine 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

Cyril Ralph Moore, of Blenheim,

to be an officer for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned
Act in respect of the Marlborough Acclimatization District ;

Frederick Watson Grayburn, of Temuka,

to be an officer for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned
Act in respect of the South Canterbury Acclimatization District ;
and

James Henry McLeod, of Waihi,

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

B. W. MILLIER, Acting-Secretary.

Appointments in the Public Service

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1945.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following
appointments in the Public Service :—

Andrew John Costelloe

to be Food Controller for the purposes of the Foodstuffs Emergency
Regulations 1939, Sugar Controller for the purposes of the Sugar
Emergency Regulations 1939, and Rationing Controller for the
purposes of the Rationing Emergency Regulations 1942, on and
from the 24th day of April, 1945.

John Duncan Kerr

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Waikato
for the purposes of the Licensing Act, 1908, on and from the 1st day
of June, 1939.

George Eric Kay

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Ashburton
at Mayfield, on and from the 3rd day of August, 1944.

Daniel Lynch

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Tuatapere,
on and from the 11th day of April, 1945.

Alan Crawford

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the
District of Matamata, on and from the 20th day of April, 1945, and
Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Matamata, on and from
the 20th day of April, 1945.

Charles Winter Farrer

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the
District of Piopio, on and from the 24th day of April, 1945.

William Aston

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Paeroa,
on and from the 7th day of May, 1945.

Kenneth Hampton Fricker

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Te Kotukutuku,
on and from the 21st day of May, 1945.

L. A. ATKINSON, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1945.

IT is hereby notified that the following appointments have been
made :—

Maurice John Petersen

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths
for the District of Amuri, on and from the 10th day of April, 1945.

Nelson Henry Amos

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of
Auckland at Birkenhead, on and from the 3rd day of May, 1945.

Harry Marryat

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of
Christchurch at Sumner, on and from the 3rd day of May, 1945.

Norman Wesley Boyle

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for
the District of Huntly; on and from the 26th day of April, 1945.

Charles James Lyall

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for
the District of Seddon, on and from the 23rd day of April, 1945.

Leonard Lawrence Lafferty

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for
the District of Aria, on and from the 15th day of May, 1945.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

Date of Election by Fire-insurance Companies to fill Extraordinary
Vacancy on the Taumarunui Fire Board

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th May, 1945.

PURSUANT to the Fire Brigades Act, 1926, and the rules there-
under, the Minister charged with the administration of the
said Act doth appoint Thursday, the 31st May, 1945, to be the date
for holding the election of one member of the Taumarunui Fire
Board by the fire-insurance companies concerned, such election
being held to fill the extraordinary vacancy caused by the resignation
of Mr. D. T. A. Burt.

B. ROBERTS,
For the Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 76/4/32.)

Date of Election by Fire-insurance Companies to fill Extraordinary
Vacancy on the Te Awamutu Fire Board

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th May, 1945.

PURSUANT to the Fire Brigades Act, 1926, and the rules there-
under, the Minister charged with the administration of the
said Act doth appoint Thursday, the 31st May, 1945, to be the date
for holding the election of one member of the Te Awamutu
Fire Board by the fire-insurance companies concerned, such election
being held to fill the extraordinary vacancy caused by the resignation
of Mr. D. T. A. Burt.

B. ROBERTS,
For the Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 76/4/49.)