May 15] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 591

Name. District.
Waighth, John H. (jun.) .. .. .. Roxburgh.
Robson, William .. .. .. Middlemarch.
Hussey, Reverend Father Gerard T. .. Dunedin.
Paul, Sister Mary .. .. .. Dunedin.
Anderson, Doctor William A. .. .. .. Queenstown.
McQuillan, Henry .. .. .. Gore.
Rice, Stanley .. .. .. Wyndham.
Excell, Walter .. .. .. Ohai and Nightcaps.
Harris, Reverend J. H. .. .. .. Invercargill.
Brown, Mrs. Mary A. S. .. .. .. Invercargill.
McIvor, Alexander .. .. .. Riverton.
Robinson, Reverend K. A. .. .. .. Otautau.
Elder, Doctor Eric M. .. .. .. Tuatapere.
Stancombe, Mrs. Mary .. .. .. Tuatapere.
Hume, Reverend Fergus .. .. .. Lumsden.
Spencer, Thomas S. .. .. .. Bluff.

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

Appointment of Honorary Officers
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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 in the following Schedule to be Honorary Officers for the acclimatization districts shown in such Schedule for the purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908, such persons to hold office until the 31st March, 1950.

Dated at Wellington, this 9th day of May, 1947.

SCHEDULE

AUCKLAND ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
Clive H. Babbage. Noah Jonassen.
Alfred Hasshill Boswell-Browell. Robert Lee.
Charles Herbert Drysdale. Murray Pratt.
Stephen William Duder. George Augustus Reed.
Frank Harper. Walter Mitchell Ryan.
Kenneth Hunter. Victor George Alfred Scrimshaw.
Peter Raven Johnson. Edward Burtt Shelley.
James William Johnston. Trevor Campbell Thomson.
Gregory Gerald Kelly.

TAURANGA ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
Frederick Martin Autram. John Bower Prior.

ROTORUA ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
George Edelman. Kenneth William Payne.

HAWKE’S BAY ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
John Marshall.

WELLINGTON ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
Allan Lyne.

WESTLAND ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
William Robert Adamson. John Kearin Hogan.
Peter Robert Anderson. Arthur Muir.
Thomas Casey. Daniel Roberts.
Geoffrey George Henry Friend. Michael James Wilson.
Augustus Heveldt.

ASHBURTON ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
Malcolm Manson Orton.

SOUTH CANTERBURY ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
James Davidson. Charles Cuthbert Knight.
John De Lambert.

SOUTHLAND ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
Charles Leslie Wilson.

JAS. O’BRIEN, Minister of Marine.

Member of the Gisborne Land Board reappointed
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Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 13th July, 1947.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has, pursuant to section 49 of the Land Act, 1924, been pleased to reappoint

John Boyle

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Gisborne for a further term of three years from the 8th day of May, 1947.

D. M. GREIG, Under-Secretary.

(L. and S. 22/748/13.)

Appointments in the Public Service
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Office of the Public Service Commission,
Wellington, 13th May, 1947.

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

Alexander Bell

to be District Public Trustee for the District of Invercargill for the purposes of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1921–22, on and from the 24th day of March, 1947.

Norman Patrick Alcorn

to be Gas Examiner for the purposes of the Board of Trade (Gas) Regulations 1924, on and from the 6th day of May, 1947.

Ernest Leslie Egarr

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Hawera for the purposes of the Maori Births and Deaths Registration Regulations 1935, on and from the 28th day of March, 1947.

William Willis Hubbard

to be Registrar of Brands for the Manawatu and Oroua Branding District for the purposes of the Stock Act, 1908, on and from the 1st day of April, 1947.

Katherine Sophie Thom (Mrs.)

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Mohaka, on and from the 10th day of August, 1946.

Bruce Balharry Crowley

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Mohaka, on and from the 1st day of February, 1947.

Reginald Noel Silby

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Manaia, on and from the 10th day of March, 1947.

Eric Walter Abercrombie

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Whangarei, on and from the 25th day of March, 1947.

Basil Herbert Humphrey

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Dargaville, on and from the 1st day of April, 1947.

Henry Joseph Davern

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Rawene, on and from the 3rd day of April, 1947.

Francis Kenneth Markham

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Parapara, on and from the 9th day of April, 1947.

John Crosby

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Ongarue, on and from the 11th day of April, 1947.

Capel Hamilton Kent

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Westport, on and from the 15th day of April, 1947.

Robert Edward Kelly

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Dunedin, on and from the 1st day of May, 1947.

Clifton Ernest Shanks

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Kennedy’s Bay, on and from the 1st day of May, 1947.

George Edwin Mitchell

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Rangitikei, on and from the 1st day of May, 1947, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Marton, on and from the 1st day of May, 1947.

L. A. ATKINSON, Secretary.

Election of Members of Fire Boards by Insurance Companies
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Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 12th May, 1947.

PURSUANT to the Fire Brigades Act, 1926, and the rules made thereunder, it is hereby notified that an election by the insurance companies carrying on business in New Zealand of members of the undermentioned Fire Boards will be held on Friday, the 6th day of June, 1947, in the manner prescribed by the said Act and rules. The number of members to be elected in the case of the Auckland Metropolitan Fire Board and of the Dunedin Metropolitan Fire Board shall be four. In the case of Wanganui, Wellington, and Christchurch Fire Boards, the number shall be three, and in all others two members:—

Auckland Metropolitan Fire Board. New Plymouth Fire Board.
Balclutha Fire Board. Oamaru Fire Board.
Birkenhead Fire Board. Ohakune Fire Board.
Cambridge Fire Board. Opotiki Fire Board.
Carterton Fire Board. Otaki Fire Board.
Christchurch Fire Board. Pahiatua Fire Board.
Dannevirke Fire Board. Palmerston North Fire Board.
Dargaville Fire Board. Patea Fire Board.
Dunedin Metropolitan Fire Board. Petone Fire Board.
Eltham Fire Board. Port Chalmers Fire Board.
Feilding Fire Board. Pukekohe Fire Board.
Foxton Fire Board. Rotorua Fire Board.
Gisborne Fire Board. Stratford Fire Board.
Greymouth Fire Board. Taihape Fire Board.
Hamilton Fire Board. Taumarunui Fire Board.
Hastings Fire Board. Tauranga Fire Board.
Hawera Fire Board. Te Aroha Fire Board.
Hikurangi Fire Board. Te Awamutu Fire Board.
Hokitika Fire Board. Timaru Fire Board.
Invercargill Fire Board. Upper Hutt Fire Board.
Kaipoi Fire Board. Waihi Fire Board.
Kaitangata Fire Board. Waipukurau Fire Board.
Lawrence Fire Board. Wairoa Fire Board.
Levin Fire Board. Waitara Fire Board.
Lower Hutt Fire Board. Wanganui Fire Board.
Masterton Fire Board. Wellington Fire Board.
Milton Fire Board. Westport Fire Board.
Morrinsville Fire Board. Whakatane Fire Board.
Napier Fire Board. Whangarei Fire Board.
Nelson Fire Board. Woodville Fire Board.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 76/4/1.)