FEB. 24] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 631

Appointment of Honorary Officer

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 29 of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1946, I, Frederick Hackett, Minister of Marine, do hereby appoint the person named in the following Schedule to be an Honorary Officer for the acclimatization district shown in such Schedule for the purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908, such person to hold office until the 31st March, 1950.

Dated at Wellington, this 22nd day of February, 1949.

SCHEDULE

NELSON ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT

Douglas Walter Wright.

F. HACKETT, Minister of Marine.

Members of the Ashburton Gorge Rabbit Board Appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4604)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 17th February, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of section 29 of the Rabbit Nuisance Amendment Act, 1947, to appoint, on the 10th day of February, 1949—

Robert Buick,
Samuel Murray Anderson Chaffey,
Charles Albert Arthur Chinnery,
Redmond Barry Neill, and
Alexander Thomas Urquhart

to be members of the Ashburton Gorge Rabbit Board.

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Member of the Ashburton Gorge Rabbit Board Appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4605)

PURSUANT to section 37 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, the Minister of Agriculture doth hereby appoint

James Gibson,

being an Inspector appointed under Part I of the said Act, to be a member of the Ashburton Gorge Rabbit Board.

Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of February, 1949.

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Additional Members of Domain Board Appointed

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General, in pursuance of section 46 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, has been pleased to increase the total number of members of the Murchison Domain Board from five to seven, and to appoint

Bertrand Charles Maurice Spiers and
Noall Charles Berryman

as the additional members thereby rendered necessary.

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

(L. and S. H.O. 1/277 ; D.O. 8/1.)

Members of Domain Boards Appointed

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 16th February, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to make the following appointments in pursuance of section 49 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928 :—

Gordon Stuart Fraser and
Geoffrey John Broker

to be members of the Patea Domain Board in place of John Nesbit Anderson, left the district, and Geoffrey John Brocker.

Matthew Robert Scott

to be a member of the Whenuanui Domain Board in place of George Andrew Scott, deceased.

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

(L. and S. 1/148).

Registrars of Marriages, &c., Appointed

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 21st February, 1949.

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

Frederick James Shearer

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Lower Hutt, on and from the 1st day of February, 1949.

Herbert Stanley Cooper

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Lower Hutt, on and from the 11th day of February, 1949.

Murray Robert Terry

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Wyndham, on and from the 7th day of February, 1949.

Peter Douglas Giggen Ayson

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Arrow, on and from the 7th day of February, 1949.

Albert Ernest Frederic Pierson

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Balfour, on and from the 27th day of January, 1949.

John Sylva MacDonald

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Hamilton and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Hamilton, on and from the 17th day of February, 1949.

Vera Francis (Miss)

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Duntron, on and from the 14th day of February, 1949.

Leonard Bertram Alexander Hoskin

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Mangaweka, on and from the 9th day of February, 1949.

Albert Edward Hynes

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Gisborne and Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Gisborne, on and from the 5th day of January, 1949.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service

Office of the Public Service Commission,
Wellington, 21st February, 1949.

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

Constable Francis Keith Harold Skerritt

to be Registrar of the Magistrates’ Court at Raetihi for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1947, and Maintenance Officer at Raetihi for the purposes of the Destitute Persons Amendment Act, 1926, on and from the 9th day of February, 1949.

Edward Allan Yardley

to be a Fishery Officer for the purposes of the Fisheries Act, 1908, on and from the 27th day of December, 1948.

Alan Wrigley

to be a Fishery Officer for the purposes of the Fisheries Act, 1908, on and from the 24th day of January, 1949.

Walter Albert Turner

to be a Fishery Officer for the purposes of the Fisheries Act, 1908, on and from the 13th day of January, 1949.

Frederick Ross Constable

to be a Fishery Officer for the purposes of the Fisheries Act, 1908, on and from the 5th day of January, 1949.

Alfred Ernest Reynolds

to be Registrar of the Court of Review at Wellington for the purposes of the Mortgagors and Lessees Rehabilitation Act, 1936, on and from the 11th day of June, 1945.

Roderick Henry Fenton

to be an Inspector of Scaffolding under the Scaffolding and Excavation Act, 1922, on and from the 15th day of February, 1949.

Albert John Bennetts

to be Registrar of the Magistrates’ Courts at Huntly and Cambridge for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1947, and Maintenance Officer at Cambridge for the purposes of the Destitute Persons Amendment Act, 1926, on and from the 1st day of January, 1949.

L. A. ATKINSON, Secretary.

Appointment of Member to Matamata District Bobby Calf Pool Committee

PURSUANT to the Bobby Calf Marketing Regulations 1947, notice has been received that—

Thomas Walter Thornton

has been duly appointed to be a member of the Matamata District Bobby Calf Pool Committee established by the said regulations, vice Arthur Mark Austin Wright, deceased.

Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of February, 1949.

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Marketing.