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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

General Order constituting Military Districts and Sub-districts.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS under section four of “The Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), it is enacted, inter alia, that the Governor may from time to time by any General Order divide New Zealand into “military districts and subdistricts,” and define or alter the boundaries thereof:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby, in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the said Act, and for the purposes thereof, divide New Zealand into the several military districts and subdistricts thereof specified and described in the Schedule hereto, and do hereby order and declare that such military districts and subdistricts shall be known by the names set forth in the said Schedule, and that the boundaries thereof shall be the same as those of the electoral districts comprised therein, as constituted under “The Electoral Act, 1905.”

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND MILITARY DISTRICT.

Comprising the following electoral districts as subdistricts of the Auckland Military District: Auckland West, Auckland Central, Auckland East, Waitemata, Eden, Grey Lynn, Parnell, Manukau, Bay of Islands, Kaipara, Marsden, Franklin, Thames, Ohinemuri, Waikato, Tauranga, and Bay of Plenty.

WELLINGTON MILITARY DISTRICT.

Comprising the following electoral districts as subdistricts of the Wellington Military District: Wellington Suburbs, Wellington North, Wellington Central, Wellington East, Wellington South, Hutt, Otaki, Wairarapa, Masterton, Manawatu, Palmerston, Pahiatua, Rangitikei, Wanganui, Oroua, Waipawa, Taranaki, Egmont, Stratford, Patea, Taumarunui, Hawke’s Bay, Napier, and Gisborne.

NELSON MILITARY DISTRICT.

Comprising the following electoral districts as subdistricts of the Nelson Military District: Nelson, Motueka, Wairau, Buller, Grey, and Westland.

CANTERBURY MILITARY DISTRICT.

Comprising the following electoral districts as subdistricts of the Canterbury Military District: Christchurch North, Christchurch South, Christchurch East, Avon, Kaiapoi, Riccarton, Lyttelton, Ellesmere, Hurunui, Selwyn, Ashburton, Timaru, and Geraldine.

OTAGO MILITARY DISTRICT.

Comprising the following electoral districts as subdistricts of the Otago Military District: Dunedin North, Dunedin West, Dunedin Central, Dunedin South, Chalmers, Taieri, Bruce, Oamaru, Waitaki, Tuapeka, Wakatipu, Wallace, Mataura, Clutha, Awarua, and Invercargill.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-sixth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

ROBERT MCNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

D. 08/210.

General Regulations of Defence Forces of New Zealand amended.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by “The Defence Act, 1886,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby revoke Regulation 2 of the General Regulations of the Defence Forces of New Zealand, made on the eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the same date, and in lieu thereof do hereby make the regulation set out in the Schedule hereto. And I do hereby declare that such revocation shall take effect, and the regulation hereby made shall come into force, on the twenty-sixth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

SCHEDULE.

SUBDIVISION OF NEW ZEALAND INTO DISTRICTS.

2. For the purposes of military administration New Zealand is hereby divided into the following military districts:—

Auckland Military District.—Comprising the Electoral Districts of Auckland West, Auckland Central, Auckland East, Waitemata, Eden, Grey Lynn, Parnell, Manukau, Bay of Islands, Kaipara, Marsden, Franklin, Thames, Ohinemuri, Waikato, Tauranga, and Bay of Plenty, with headquarters at the City of Auckland.

Wellington Military District.—Comprising the Electoral Districts of Wellington Suburbs, Wellington North, Wellington Central, Wellington East, Wellington South, Hutt, Otaki, Wairarapa, Masterton, Manawatu, Palmerston, Pahiatua, Rangitikei, Wanganui, Oroua, Waipawa, Taranaki, Egmont, Stratford, Patea, Taumarunui, Hawke’s Bay, Napier, and Gisborne, with headquarters at the City of Wellington.

Nelson Military District.—Comprising the Electoral Districts of Nelson, Motueka, Wairau, Buller, Grey, and Westland, with headquarters at the City of Nelson.

Canterbury Military District.—Comprising the Electoral Districts of Christchurch North, Christchurch South, Christchurch East, Avon, Kaiapoi, Riccarton, Lyttelton, Ellesmere, Hurunui, Selwyn, Ashburton, Timaru, and Geraldine, with headquarters at the City of Christchurch.

Otago Military District.—Comprising the Electoral Districts of Dunedin North, Dunedin West, Dunedin Central, Dunedin South, Chalmers, Taieri, Bruce, Oamaru, Waitaki, Tuapeka, Wakatipu, Wallace, Mataura, Clutha, Awarua, and Invercargill, with headquarters at the City of Dunedin.

The term “electoral district” in reference to the said military districts means an electoral district as constituted under “The Electoral Act, 1905.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-sixth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

ROBERT MCNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

D. 08/210.

Appointment of Trustees of the Geraldine Volunteer Drill-shed and Parade-ground Reserve.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise and pursuance of the power and authority conferred by “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act, 1888,” “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Trustees Validation Act, 1890,” and the Defence Act Amendment Act, 1907 (hereinafter termed “the said Acts”), His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, doth hereby constitute and appoint

Lieutenant-Colonel WALTER MONTAGU-MOORE, V.D., Active List;

Lieutenant-Colonel KENNETH MACKENZIE, South Canterbury Battalion of Infantry Volunteers;

Captain WILLIAM FERGUS PATERSON, Geraldine Rifle Volunteers; and

Captain JOHN ROGERSON MONTGOMERY, Active List,

to be Trustees of all that area in the Canterbury Land District, being part of Reserve No. 1373, situate in the Township of Geraldine, containing 25 perches, more or less; bounded towards the north-west by Talbot Street, 146 links; towards the north-east by the north-eastern boundary of Reserve No. 1373, 95 links; towards the south-east by the south-eastern boundary of said reserve, 150 links; and towards the south-west by a line bearing 104° 5′ 26″, 125 links: also of all that area in the Canterbury Land District, being Reserve No. 2075, situate in the Township of Geraldine, containing 32 perches, more or less; bounded towards the north-west by Talbot Street, 450 links; towards the north by Reserve No. 421; towards the south-east by the continuation of the terrace forming the north-eastern and south-eastern boundaries of said reserve; and towards the south-west by Reserve No. 1373, 95 links: as the same are delineated on the plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Christchurch: together with all buildings erected thereon: to hold the said several premises for the purpose of maintaining a drill-shed and parade-ground for Volunteer purposes, and generally for the purposes of and with the powers conferred by the said Acts. And it is hereby declared that the said Trustees shall be incorporated under the name of “The Trustees of the Geraldine Volunteer Drill-shed and Parade-ground Reserve,” and that they shall take office as such Trustees on the twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

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

ROBERT MCNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

D. 08/721.