May 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1675

Regulation 96. Staff.—The instructional staff will be,—
(a.) General Instructional Staff.—Officers and non-commissioned officers for instruction who are from time to time attached to headquarters.
(b.) District Instructional Staff.—Officers and non-commissioned officers on the staff of each military district.
(c.) Extra or special officers attached from time to time to either (a) or (b).

Regulation 97. Formation of Classes; General Instructional Classes.—The Chief of the General Staff shall make arrangements with the officers commanding districts for these classes, for the higher instruction of officers and non-commissioned officers, being held at suitable places and on dates to suit local requirements.

For officers,—
A Class: Headquarters corps.
B Class: Outlying corps.

For non-commissioned officers,—
C Class: Headquarters corps.
D Class: Outlying corps.

District Instructional Staff Classes.—These classes will be arranged by officers commanding districts at places and on dates to suit local requirements.

Allowances.—Free railway passes and passages will be granted to those attending both general and district staff classes.

Regulation 98. Course.—The course of instruction will be made to correspond with the syllabus contained in these regulations. Instruction in schemes for mobilisation will also be given, and will be considered to be part of the course.

Regulation 99. Correspondence.—All correspondence in connection with instructional classes shall be addressed to officers commanding districts.

Regulation 100. Application.—Ample notification will be given as to place and dates of classes. Officers and non-commissioned officers intending to be present must send in their names to the officer commanding the district at least one week before the date fixed for the commencement of the classes.

Regulation 103. Drills towards Capitation.—Officers and non-commissioned officers attending instructional classes will be allowed to count towards capitation any drills or parades which may have been held while they are absent attending these classes.

(3.) The following amendments of regulations are hereby made:—

Regulation 101 is hereby amended by revoking the words “and on recommendation of the Officer Commanding the School.”

Regulation 236, (1), is hereby amended by revoking the word “Minister,” and substituting in lieu thereof the words “Officer Commanding the Permanent Force.”

(4.) The following new regulation is added after Regulation 273:—

Regulation 273A. On the recommendation of the O.C. P.F. the Adjutant-General may, on good cause being shown to his satisfaction, reduce a non-commissioned officer, or dismiss a member, of the Permanent Force.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

ROBERT McNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

[D. 07/628.]
[D. 07/1322.]

Hokianga River and its Tributaries, Auckland Land District, notified under “The Timber-floating Act, 1884.”

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PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the second section of “The Timber-floating Act, 1884,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that the undermentioned river and its tributary streams and branches may be used under license for the purposes of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

The Hokianga River and its branches or tributary streams, situated in Hokianga and Bay of Islands Counties.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Trustees for the Rakauroa Public Cemetery appointed.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the sixth section of “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the several persons whose names are specified in the first column of the Schedule hereto to be Trustees to provide for the maintenance and care of the public cemetery specified in the second column of the said Schedule.

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SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, containing by admeasurement 9 acres 3 roods 15 perches, more or less, being Section No. 1A (formerly part of Original Section No. 1), Block III, Ngatapa Survey District. Bounded towards the north by a public road; towards the east by Section No. 1, Block III, Ngatapa Survey District; towards the south-east by the Waihuka Stream; towards the south by Section No. 1 aforesaid; and towards the west by Section No. 7, Block XV, Motu Survey District: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 52739/5, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red. |

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

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Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 25th May, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to be Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:—

Name. District.
PATRICK McKEOWN .. .. Kawakawa.
ALFRED KINGSLEY DREW .. .. Sanson.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

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Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 25th May, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:—

Name. District.
FRANCIS EDWARD BERNDTSON .. .. Cheviot.
ALBERT ERNEST MOORE .. .. Mahurangi.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.