Appointment of Honorary Fishery Officers

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 29 of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1946, I, James O'Brien, Minister of Marine, do hereby appoint the persons named hereunder to be Honorary Fishery Officers for the purposes of Part I of the Fisheries Act, 1908, to hold office until the 31st day of March, 1950.

Dated at Wellington, this 26th day of March, 1947.

Alexander Winks Amon, of Bulls.
Edward Barling, of Himitangi Beach.
Eric Charles Baynon, of Blenheim.
Norman Cuthbert Berndtson, of Milford Sound.
George Adam Blackwell, of Great Barrier Island.
Thomas Bowden, of Waiheke Island.
Joseph Walsh Brown, of Auckland.
George Carey, of Whakatane.
Philip Ray Chandler, of Tangimoana.
Gordon Eveling Chapman, of Eastbourne.
William Herman Cliffe, of Dargaville.
Henry James Coleman, of Waiterere Beach.
Reginald Sutton Cooper, of Great Barrier Island.
Frederick David, of Taitapu.
Ernest Walter Ralph Davidson, of Goose Bay.
Ernest Duncan, of Invercargill.
Robert James Fleming, of Whangarei.
William MacKenzie Fraser, of Whangarei.
Percy Fry, of Christchurch.
Alexander John Hatfield, of Waiwera.
Arthur Heberley, of Oyster Bay.
James Cyril Henley, of Birkenhead.
Samuel Hewitt, of French Bay.
Charles Herbert Hood, of Waiterere Beach.
Percy Douglas Hope, of French Pass.
Hipirioana Hotere, of Mitimiti Beach.
Henry Story Hutchinson, of Waikokopu.
Selwyn Joseph Le Roy, of Great Barrier Island.
Donald Macleod, of Doctor's Point.
Hoone Makimerini, of Levin.
William Manson, of Pukeuri Junction.
James Alexander McLean, of Dargaville.
John James Miller, of Inglewood.
Arthur Herbert Neild, of Dargaville.
Vivian Tamatehura Nicholls, of Koputauaki.
Ole Elias Olsen, of Dargaville.
Malcolm Manson Orton, of Ashburton.
Ernest Edward Osborn, of Nelson.
Nolan Bayden Oxnam, of Wataroa.
Louis Wellington Parore, of Dargaville.
Sydney William Paton, of Donnelly's Crossing.
Frederick Walter Pellett, of Timaru.
Wharengaio Pio, of Bowentown.
Urikora Pirika, of Koputauaki.
Harry Potts, of Dargaville.
Keremata Purukamu, of Katikati.
Alan Sanderson, of Totara North.
Gilbert Sanford, of Rakino Island.
Edward Searle, of Dargaville.
Herbert Carrol Seccombe, of Mahurangi Heads.
Anton Oliver Sorensen, of Ohope.
Harold Travis Twiss, of Dargaville.
Robert Davidson Veitch, of Owaka.
Frederick Stanley Wainhouse, of Noises Islands.
Franklin Henry Walker, of Te Kopuru.
Archibald Hume Watt, of Te Kao.
Benjamin Westhead, of Waiuku.
Rewi Wikiriwhi, of Maketu.
James Hotham Wyatt, of Miti tai.
Arthur Kenneth Young, of Thames.

JAS. O'BRIEN, Minister of Marine.

Official Visitor appointed

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 1st April, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint Mrs. Elizabeth Ray Wynn to be an Official Visitor to the Women's Division of the Auckland Prison.

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

Waterfront Industry Emergency Regulations 1946.-Appointment of Chairman and Member of Nelson Port Committee

PURSUANT to the Waterfront Industry Emergency Regulations 1946, the Minister of Labour doth hereby appoint-

John Harband Brunt to be Chairman of the Port Committee for the Port of Nelson, vice Harry Milner; and
William Henry Parr to be a member of the Port Committee for the Port of Nelson, vice Terence Montimer McKewen.

Dated at Wellington, this 26th day of March, 1947.

A. McLAGAN, Minister of Labour.

Waterfront Industry Emergency Regulations 1946.-Appointment of Member of Greymouth Port Committee

PURSUANT to the Waterfront Industry Emergency Regulations 1946, the Minister of Labour doth hereby appoint Frank McEnaney to be a member of the Port Committee for the Port of Greymouth, vice Ernest Hillman.

Dated at Wellington, this 26th day of March, 1947.

A. McLAGAN, Minister of Labour.

Member of the Southland Land Board appointed

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 31st March, 1947.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has, pursuant to section 47 of the Land Act, 1924, been pleased to appoint George Mathias Kevern to be a member of the Land Board of the Southland Land District for a term of three years as from the 13th March, 1947.

D. M. GREIG, Under-Secretary for Lands.

(L. and S. 22/748/10.)

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 1st April, 1947.

IT is hereby notified that the following appointments have been made :- Robert Gordon Brown to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Ohakune, on and from the 7th day of March, 1947. James Colvin Anderson to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Malvern, on and from the 17th day of March, 1947. Charles Frederick Lundy to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Hawera, on and from the 28th day of March, 1947. Annie Valiant (Miss) to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Mangapai, on and from the 17th day of February, 1947. Charles Donald Fenwick Webb to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Blackstone, on and from the 19th day of March, 1947.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service

Office of the Public Service Commission,
Wellington, 31st March, 1947.

THE Public Service Commission has made the following appointments in the Public Service :- Alan Murray Macleod to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Stock Act, 1908, Inspector for the purposes of the Dairy Industry Act, 1908, Inspector for the purposes of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, and Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, on and from the lst day of February, 1947. Walter Parker to be Registrar at Christchurch of the Supreme Court of New Zealand and Sheriff for the District of Canterbury for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, and Registrar and Marshal at Christ-church of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in respect of its jurisdiction as a Colonial Court of Admiralty under the Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act, 1890, on and from the 24th day of March, 1947. Dafydd Strachan Evans to be Assistant Commissioner of Stamp Duties, Assistant Registrar of Companies, Registrar of Building Societies, Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies at Blenheim, District Land Registrar and Examiner of Titles for the Land Registration District of Marlborough pursuant to the provisions of section 4 of the Land Transfer Act, 1915, and Registrar of Deeds for the Land Registration District of Marlborough pursuant to the provisions of section 6 of the Deeds Registration Act, 1908, on and from the 7th day of March, 1947. Alan Ross Collier to be Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Auckland Central for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, and its amend-ments, and Returning Officer for the Licensing District of Auckland for the purposes of the Licensing Act, 1908, and its amendments, on and from the 15th day of January, 1947. Herman Henry Osmers to be Returning Officer for the Licensing District of Onehunga for the purposes of the Licensing Act, 1908, and its amendments, on and from the 15th day of January, 1947.