Mar. 10] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 705

Member of the Otekaike Rabbit Board Appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4626)

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 Otekaike Rabbit Board.

Dated at Wellington, this 4th day of March, 1949.

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Waterfront Industry Emergency Regulations 1946.—Appointment Chairman, Port Committee for the Port of New Plymouth

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

Gordon Walker Elliot

to be Chairman of the Port Committee for the Port of New Plymouth, vice Alexander Philip Neil resigned, for a term expiring on the 30th day of April, 1949.

Dated at Wellington, this 3rd day of March, 1949.

A. McLAGAN, Minister of Labour.

Appointment of Honorary Officers

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 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 7th day of March, 1949.

SCHEDULE

HAWKES BAY ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT

Ronald Lissette.

ASHBURTON ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT

Hugh William Bowden.

Albert Victor Fuller.

Andrew Sutherland.

Arthur Raymond Thomas.

F. HACKETT, Minister of Marine.

Appointment of Rationing Controller

PURSUANT to the Rationing Emergency Regulations 1942, the Minister of Supply hereby appoints

Leslie Raymond Morriss

of Wellington, to be the Rationing Controller.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of March, 1949.

A. H. NORDMEYER, Minister of Supply.

Appointment of Food Controller

PURSUANT to the Foodstuffs Emergency Regulations 1939, the Minister of Supply hereby appoints

Leslie Raymond Morriss

of Wellington, to be the Food Controller.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of March, 1949.

A. H. NORDMEYER, Minister of Supply.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court Appointed

OLIVER FRANCIS DIXON, Esquire, of Hobart, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Tasmania, has this day been appointed by the Right Honourable Sir Humphrey Francis O'Leary, K.C.M.G., Chief Justice of New Zealand, a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in the State of Tasmania under the 47th section of the Judicature Act, 1908, for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of March, 1949.

A. E. REYNOLDS, Registrar, Supreme Court.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., Appointed

Registrar-General’s Office,

Wellington, 7th March, 1949.

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

Edgar Alfred Sawyer

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Waipukurau, on and from the 1st day of March, 1949.

Ernest Arthur Gould

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Ashburton, on and from the 8th day of February, 1949.

Arthur Sydney Richards

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

Joseph Butler

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Ratana, on and from the 3rd day of March, 1949.

Thomas Andrew Creighton

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Mount Cook, on and from the 10th day of February, 1949.

Eileen Rosa (Miss)

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Matata, and Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Matata, on and from the 22nd day of February, 1949.

William Harker

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Waimangaroa, on and from the 10th day of February, 1949.

Catherine Elsie Climo (Miss)

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Ahaura, on and from the 1st day of February, 1949.

Leonard Harold Lovegrove

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Kohukohu, on and from the 24th day of February, 1949.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

Auditor Under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, Licensed

IN pursuance of section 10 of the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to license

Cecil Henry Battley, Esquire

of Auckland, to act as a Public Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909.

W. NASH,

Minister in Charge of Friendly Societies.

4-per-cent. New Zealand Government Stock and Stock Certificates Maturing on 15th May, 1952, with Option of Redemption on or after 15th May, 1949

I, WALTER NASH, Minister of Finance, in exercise of the option reserved to the Minister of Finance by section 15 of the New Zealand Debt Conversion Act, 1932–33, and in the prospectus dated the 4th day of March, 1933, hereby give notice to holders of the securities above mentioned that the said securities will be repaid at par on the 15th day of June, 1949, together with interest for the period 15th May to the 15th June, 1949. Interest on the securities will then cease.

Dated at Wellington, this 21st day of February, 1949.

W. NASH, Minister of Finance.

2½-per-cent. New Zealand Government Stock and Stock Certificates Maturing on 15th February, 1950, with Option of Redemption on or after 15th February, 1949

I, WALTER NASH, Minister of Finance, in exercise of the option reserved to the Minister of Finance in the prospectus dated the 28th day of August, 1944, hereby give notice to holders of the securities above mentioned that the said securities will be repaid at par on the 15th day of June, 1949, together with interest for the period 15th February to the 15th June, 1949. Interest on the securities will then cease.

Dated at Wellington, this 21st day of February, 1949.

W. NASH, Minister of Finance.