JUNE 16] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1375

The Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps, New Zealand Division—
Major I. C. Macphail, from the Retired List, to be Major, with
seniority from 26th June, 1948. Dated 1st May, 1949.
Captain S. V. Fernandez, from the Retired List, to be Captain,
with seniority from 24th January, 1946. Dated 1st May, 1949.
Captain N. S. Triggs, from the Reserve of Officers, Supple-
mentary List, to be Captain, with seniority from 7th September,
1946. Dated 1st May, 1949.
Temp. Captain B. B. Teviotdale, from the Reserve of Officers,
Supplementary List, to be Captain, with seniority from 16th
November, 1948. Dated 1st May, 1949.
Lieutenant R. W. W. Green, from the Retired List, to be
Lieutenant, with seniority from 11th November, 1946. Dated 1st
May, 1949.
Lieutenant L. A. Cropp, from the Reserve of Officers, Supple-
mentary List, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 22nd January,
1948. Dated 1st May, 1949.
Lieutenant W. J. R. Edinton, from the Retired List, to be
Lieutenant, with seniority from 21st February, 1948. Dated 1st
May, 1949.
Lieutenant A. K. Catran, from the Reserve of Officers, Supple-
mentary List, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 29th October,
1948. Dated 1st May, 1949.
2nd Lieutenant G. G. J. Hall, from the Reserve of Officers,
Supplementary List, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 1st
May, 1949. Dated 1st May, 1949.
Captain E. J. F. Kennedy, D.C.M., is posted to the Retired
List. Dated 24th May, 1949.

The Royal N.Z. Chaplains Department—
The Rev. W. A. Mills, Chaplain, 4th Class (temp. Chaplain,
3rd Class), Methodist, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary
List, to be Chaplain, 3rd Class, with seniority from 26th August,
1944. Dated 12th May, 1949.

General List—

The Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps—
Lieutenant D. G. Coldwell, from the Retired List, to be
Lieutenant, with seniority from 8th June, 1947. Dated 1st May,
1949.

Supplementary List—

Captain E. M. Finlayson is posted to the Retired List.  Dated
25th January, 1949.

OFFICER CEASING TO BE SECONDED TO THE 2ND NEW ZEALAND
EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

Major H. D. Harvey, and is reported to the N.Z. Regular Force
with the rank of Major and Quartermaster, with seniority from
28th May, 1944.  Dated 5th May, 1949.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Vice-Consul of United States of America at Wellington Provisionally Recognized

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 1st June, 1949.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the appointment
of

James Poore Osbourn, Esquire,

as Vice-Consul of the United States of America at Wellington, in
place of Mr. Herbert Lyda, has been provisionally recognized.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

Appointment of Interpreters Under the Maori Land Act, 1931

Department of Maori Affairs,
Wellington, 3rd June, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
authorize

Tipi Kaa, of Rangitukia, East Coast,
Tuterangikurei Kainamu, of Gisborne,
Andrew Heke Paapu, of Auckland, and
Mahuika Waerea, of Wairoa,

to act as Interpreters of the First Grade under the provisions of
the Maori Land Act, 1931, and the regulations made thereunder.

P. FRASER, Minister of Maori Affairs.

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 13th day of June, 1949.

SCHEDULE

HAWKES BAY ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
David James Fleming.

F. HACKETT, Minister of Marine.

Appointment of Member, Government Railways Appeal Board

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred
upon me by section 9 of the Government Railways Amendment
Act, 1927, I, Robert Semple, Minister of Railways, do hereby appoint
as a member of the Government Railways Appeal Board, James
Loft, a member of the Railways Department at Wellington, to hold
office for a term of nine months from and including the 1st day of
July, 1949.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Railways.

Member of the New Zealand Poultry Board Appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4682)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 10th June, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in
pursuance of subsection (1) of section 65 of the Statutes
Amendment Act, 1946, to appoint, on the 3rd day of June, 1949

John Wood McGlinchy, Esquire,

to be a member of and one of the representatives of the New Zealand
Government on the New Zealand Poultry Board established under
the Poultry-runs Registration Act, 1933.

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Members of the Northern Hawkes Bay Rabbit Board Appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4683)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 10th June, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in
pursuance of section 56 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928,
to appoint on the 4th day of June, 1949—

Leslie Edward Harris, and
William Hartree, junior

to be members of the Northern Hawkes Bay Rabbit Board, vice
Alexander Cockburn and Hugh Edward Crosse, resigned.

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Appointment of Members of the Nelson Raspberry Marketing Committee

PURSUANT to Regulation 3 (b) of the Nelson Raspberry
Marketing Regulations 1940, made under the Marketing Act,
1936, and the Agriculture (Emergency Powers) Act, 1934, the
Minister of Marketing doth hereby appoint—

*Northern Ward*
Donald Irving Llewellin,
Alexander William Ryder,

*Southern Ward*
Percy William Quayle Fargher,
Owen Douglas Griffiths,

to be members of the Nelson Raspberry Marketing Committee
established under the said regulations.

Dated at Wellington, this 14th day of June, 1949.

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Marketing.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., Appointed

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 13th June, 1949.

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

Arthur James Bannister

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for
the District of Winton, on and from the 30th day of May, 1949.

Alan Hartley Rae Gannaway

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for
the District of Norsewood, on and from the 11th day of April, 1949.

Albert Edward Hynes

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for
the District of Gisborne and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths
of Maoris at Gisborne, on and from the 13th day of June, 1949.

Lionel Peter Gavin

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 13th day of June, 1949.

Harold Wiggins

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for
the District of Matamata and Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths
of Maoris at Matamata, on and from the 26th day of May, 1949.

Raymond Humphrey Taylor

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Poroporo, on and
from the 24th day of May, 1949.

P, H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.