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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 48

Flight Lieutenant Bruce Alexander McKenzie, 23 March
1976.
Flight Lieutenant Eric Paul Brasted, M.B., CH.B., D.C.H.(LOND.),
23 February 1976.
Flight Lieutenant Harley Wesley Spragg, M.A.(HONS.), 9
March 1976.
Flight Lieutenant Theodore Cyril Moreton, 7 February 1976.
Flight Lieutenant (temp. Squadron Leader) Allen White
Ellis, B.A., DIP.ED., 24 January 1976.
Flight Lieutenant Robert Winston Horne, M.A., M.N.Z.PS.S.,
5 February 1976.
Flight Lieutenant James Leonard Talbot, M.B., CH.B., 13
January 1976.
Flying Officer Arnold Divers, D.F.M., F.C.A.N.Z., 15 March
1976.
Flying Officer Clifford Frederick Bryan, 5 January 1976.
Flying Officer Reginald Walter Mitchell, 15 March 1976.
Flying Officer Keith Joshua Jones, 4 March 1976.
Pilot Officer David Leslie Marsden, B.A., 16 March 1976.
Dated at Wellington this 9th day of April 1976.
ALLAN McCREADY, Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Honorary Consul-General for the Philippines
at Auckland

His Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified
that the appointment of
Mr Joseph L. Wilson, O.B.E., J.P.
as Honorary Consul-General for the Philippines, at Auckland,
has been provisionally recognised.
Dated at Wellington this 20th day of April 1976.
B. E. TALBOYS, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
(P.M. 61/319/3)

Member of Pests Destruction Council Appointed (No. 1427
Ag. 21257)

Pursuant to section 4 of the Agricultural Pests Destruction
Act 1967, I hereby appoint
Dougal Malcolm McIntosh (on the nomination of the North
Island Pest Destruction Boards Association)
to be a member of the Agricultural Pests Destruction Council,
for the residue of Mr G. G. Wilson's term, expiring on 31
March 1978.
Dated at Wellington this 21st day of April 1976.
DUNCAN MACINTYRE,
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Warrant of Appointment of Commission of Inquiry under
Section 55 (1) of the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1955

I, Venn Spearman Young, Minister of Forests, acting pursuant
to the powers vested in me by section 55 (1) of the Forest
and Rural Fires Act 1955, hereby appoint
Alick Lindsay Poole, Esquire, Commander of the Most
Excellent Order of the British Empire, of Wellington.
Frank Albert Hardy, Esquire, Queen's Fire Service Medal,
of Wellington, and
John Ure, Esquire, Distinguished Service Cross, of Rotorua,
to hold an inquiry into and to report upon the following
matters arising from or related to the fire occurring in State
Forest No. 2 in the Hanmer district on about the 22nd and
23rd days of March 1976:
(a) the circumstances of the fire;
(b) the conduct of the fire fighting;
(c) the effectiveness of fire prevention measures prior to
the fire;
(d) such other matters as appear to the Commission to be
relevant to any of the foregoing;
(e) generally to inquire into, report upon and make recom-
mendations concerning the safeguards adopted in
control burn operations used to establish or re-
establish exotic State forests.
And whereas, pursuant to section 55 (2) of the Forest and
Rural Fires Act 1955, the said Alick Lindsay Poole, Frank
Albert Hardy, and John Ure, holding such inquiry are for
the purposes thereof deemed to be a commission of inquiry
under the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908, then I do hereby
further appoint the said Alick Lindsay Poole to be Chairman
of the said commission of inquiry.
Signed at Wellington this 14th day of April 1976.
VENN YOUNG, Minister of Forests.

Kaweka State Forest Park Advisory Committee

Pursuant to regulations 3 (2) (b) and 6 of the State Forest
Park Regulations 1969, I hereby appoint
Mavis Melville Davidson, and
William Robert Whittle
to be members of the Kaweka State Forest Park Advisory
Committee for a term of five years from 1 April 1976.
Dated at Wellington this 9th day of April 1976.
VENN YOUNG, Minister of Forests.

Appointment of Honorary Consul for Finland at Dunedin

His Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified
that the appointment of
Mr John Keith Skinner
as Honorary Consul for Finland at Dunedin, with jurisdiction
over the Provinces of Otago and Southland as well as Stewart
Island, has been provisionally recognised.
Dated at Wellington this 9th day of April 1976.
B. E. TALBOYS, Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Member of the Coal Mining Districts Welfare and Research
Council Appointed

Pursuant to section 16 (1) (e) of the Coal Mines Amend-
ment Act 1953, the Minister of Mines for New Zealand hereby
appoints
Walter Charles Morris
to be a member of the Coal Mining Districts' Welfare and
Research Council.
Dated at Wellington this 14th day of April 1976.
E. S. F. HOLLAND, Minister of Mines.

Members of the Carter Observatory Board Appointed

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint, pursuant to the Carter Observatory Act 1938, the
following persons to be members of the Carter Observatory
Board for the terms set out against their respective names:
William Pilliet Pringle, LL.B., until 31 December 1976;
John Frederick Harper, M.SC.(N.Z.), PH.D.(CANTERBURY),
until 31 December 1977;
Robert Philip Gough, F.N.Z.I.S., until 31 December 1978;
David Kear, B.SC.(LONDON), A.R.S.M.(LONDON), PH.D.(LONDON),
until 31 December 1979;
Robert Leslie Archibald, Esquire, until 31 December 1977;
John Bullamore Mackie, E.D., M.SC., B.E.(N.Z.), A.O.S.M.,
F.G.S.(LONDON), F.N.Z.I.S., F.R.A.N.Z., M.N.Z.I.E., A.M.I.M.M.
(LONDON), until 31 December 1978;
P. J. Edwards, B.SC.(HONS.), PH.D.(UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA),
until 31 December 1980; and
M. A. Shellock, A.C.A., A.C.I.S., J.P., until 31 December 1980.
Dated at Wellington this 30th day of March 1976.
L. W. GANDAR, Minister of Science and Technology.

Reappointment of Member to the New Zealand Meat
Producers' Board (No. 1428 Ag. 2410)

Notice is hereby given by direction of the Minister of
Agriculture and Fisheries that, pursuant to section 2 of
the Meat Export Control Act 1921-22, His Excellency the
Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint
Arthur Crichton Wright
to be a member of the New Zealand Meat Producers Board
for a term of three years from 1 April 1976.
Dated at Wellington this 15th day of April 1976.
L. K. BENNETT,
for Director-General of Agriculture and Fisheries.