Air Department,
Wellington, 4th March, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following ante-date of seniority and transfer of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force :—

REGULAR AIR FORCE
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH
Ante-date of Seniority
Secretarial Division—
The seniority of the undermentioned officer is ante-dated for pay purposes to 10th October, 1945 :—
70357 Flying Officer (temp.) George Thomas BEBAN. Dated 11th October, 1948.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Transfers
70135 Flight Lieutenant Henry Darcy COPPERSMITH is transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I. Dated 7th March, 1949.
1220 Flight Lieutenant Frederick John ADAMS is transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I. Dated 3rd March, 1949.
F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Officers of the Police Force Appointed
Police Department,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1949.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint Inspector James McIntyre to be a Superintendent in the New Zealand Police Force, the appointment to take effect on and from 1st March, 1949.
P. FRASER, Minister in Charge of Police Department.

Trustee of Savings-bank Appointed
The Treasury,
Wellington, 7th March, 1949.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint George Rowley to be a Trustee of the Hokitika Savings-bank.
W. NASH, Minister of Finance.

Stipendiary Magistrates Resign
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1949.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by Felix Hector Levien, Esquire, and Henry Wilfred Bundle, Esquire of their appointments as Stipendiary Magistrates as from the 30th June, 1949.
H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Stipendiary Magistrates Appointed
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 8th March, 1949.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint Frederic McCarthy, Esquire, Selwyn Stanley Preston, Esquire, and John Gray Warrington, Esquire, to be Stipendiary Magistrates to exercise criminal and civil jurisdiction within New Zealand.
H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Coroner Appointed
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1949.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint Hercules Colquhoun, Esquire, of Oamaru, to be a Coroner for the Dominion of New Zealand.
H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Members of Assessment Court for Farm-land List for Borough of Stratford Appointed
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 8th March, 1949.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in terms of section 10 of the Urban Farm Land Rating Act, 1932, to appoint— Brian Edgar Richmond, Esquire, Farmer, of Wharehuia, to be a member of the Assessment Court for the Borough of Stratford ; and also to appoint— John Bangham Richards, Esquire, Land Valuer, of Stratford, on the recommendation of the Stratford Borough Council, to be a member of the said Assessment Court.
W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 103/2/53).

Members of the Omarama Rabbit Board Appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4616)
Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 3rd March, 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 2nd day of March, 1949— Robert Arthur Aubrey, Walter Preston Cameron, Arthur Frederick Thomas Munro, Bernard Noel Thomas, and Henry John Wardell to be members of the Omarama Rabbit Board.
EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Member of the Omarama Rabbit Board Appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4617)
PURSUANT to section 37 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, the Minister of Agriculture doth hereby appoint Alfred Riley Murdoch, being an Inspector appointed under Part I of the said Act, to be a member of the Omarama Rabbit Board.
Dated at Wellington, this 3rd day of March, 1949.
EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Members of the Wanaka Rabbit Board Appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4618)
Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 3rd March, 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 2nd day of March, 1949— David Charles Aubrey, Frederick William Blair, Elijah Charleton Ewing, Lindsay Ralph Morris, and Willis Alan Scaife to be members of the Wanaka Rabbit Board.
EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Member of the Wanaka Rabbit Board Appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4619)
PURSUANT to section 37 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, the Minister of Agriculture doth hereby appoint Edgar Howat being an Inspector appointed under Part I of the said Act, to be a member of the Wanaka Rabbit Board.
Dated at Wellington, this 3rd day of March, 1949.
EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Members of the Otekaike Rabbit Board Appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4625)
Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 4th March, 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 4th day of March, 1949— James Cyril Hille Chapman, John Grant, Thomas McGimpsey, Raymond George Smith, and George Thomas Watson to be members of the Otekaike Rabbit Board.
EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.