FEB. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 649

General Regulations of the Defence Forces amended.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the Defence Act, 1909, and
its amendments, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder,
Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New
Zealand, do hereby alter amended Regulation 2 of the
General Regulations of the Defence Forces of New Zea-
land, made on the twenty-sixth day of March, one thou-
sand nine hundred and eight, and published in the New
Zealand Gazette No. 24, of the second day of April, one
thousand nine hundred and eight, and in lieu thereof do
hereby make the regulation set forth in the Schedule here-
to. And I do hereby declare that such alteration shall take
effect and the regulation hereby made shall come into force
on the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred
and eleven.

SCHEDULE.

SUBDIVISION OF THE DOMINION OF NEW ZEALAND INTO
MILITARY DISTRICTS.

2. For the purposes of military organization and adminis-
   tration the Dominion of New Zealand is hereby subdivided
   into the following military districts :—

Auckland Military District.—Comprising the land dis-
trict of Auckland, with headquarters at the City of Auck-
land.

Wellington Military District.—Comprising the land dis-
tricts of Wellington, Hawke’s Bay, and Taranaki, with
headquarters at the City of Wellington.

Canterbury and Nelson Military District.—Comprising
the land districts of Canterbury, Nelson, and Westland,
and that portion of the land district of Marlborough lying
to the north and the south of the Clarence River, with
headquarters at the City of Christchurch.

Otago Military District.—Comprising the land districts
of Otago and Southland, with headquarters at the City of
Dunedin.

The term “land district” or “land districts,” in refer-
ence to the said military districts, means a “land district”
or “land districts” constituted under the Land Act, 1892.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this eighth day of February, one thousand nine
hundred and eleven.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 10th February, 1911.

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. :—

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Trustees of the Tumu-Kaituna Drainage District
appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 10th February, 1911.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in
terms of section 10 of the Land Drainage Act,
1908, to appoint

JAMES DUDSON,
JAMES PATERSON,
WALTER RIDDELL,
CHARLES FITZGERALD TUTHILL, and
HENRY ALBERT VERCOE

to be members of the Board of Trustees of the Tumu-
Kaituna Drainage District.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, licensed.

The Treasury, New Zealand,
Friendly Societies Office,
Wellington, 6th February, 1911.

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

CECIL TURNLEY COX,

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

Members of Waikaka Commonage Committee appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 7th February, 1911.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of
clause 3 of the rules and regulations for the
management of the Waikaka Commonage, been pleased to
approve of

MARTIN CURRAN,
WILLIAM HENRY LAMB, and
JAMES O’KANE (re-elected)

being members of the Waikaka Commonage Committee,
in the place of James O’Kane, John Milne, and William
Tweedie, who retired in accordance with the said regula-
tions; to act in conjunction with William Francis Ben-
netto, Boston Bell McEwan, Thomas Stark, and Joseph
Nicholson, previously appointed by His Excellency the
Governor.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Taranaki Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 11th February, 1911.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to re-
appoint

JOSEPH McCLUGGAGE

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of
Taranaki, as from the 7th day of March, 1911.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Cadet appointed in Department of Lands.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 11th February, 1911.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HAROLD PERCY FOUGERE

to be a Clerical Cadet in the Department of Lands, as
from the 10th day of June, 1910.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Inspector and Sub-Inspector of Police appointed.

Police Department,
Wellington, 13th February, 1911.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOHN O’DONOVAN to be an Inspector, and
BARTHOLOMEW SHEEHAN to be a Sub-Inspector

of the New Zealand Police Force; the appointments to
take effect from the 4th February, 1911.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Justice.