Formation of Additional Territorial Regiments.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th March, 1911.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with section 6 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909, of the formation of one additional regiment of mounted rifles in the Otago Military District, to be designated the 12th (Otago) Mounted Rifles, with headquarters at Balclutha; and two regiments of infantry in the Auckland Military District, to be designated the 15th (North Auckland) and the 16th (Waikato) Regiments, with headquarters at Whangarei and Hamilton respectively; and with effect from 17th March, 1911.

GEO. FOW LDS, Acting Minister of Defence.

Services of a Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th March, 1911.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under section 43 (1) and (2) of the Defence Act, 1909, the services of

The Wainui Defence Rifle Club,
with headquarters at Herbertville, Hawke's Bay, Wellington Military District. Date of acceptance, 30th March, 1911.

GEO. FOW LDS, Acting Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th March, 1911.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

Captain WILLIAM HENRY CLAPHAM, Retired List,
he having a total service to 21st September, 1910 (date of transfer to Retired List), entitling him thereto of twenty-eight years two hundred and nineteen days.

GEO. FOW LDS, Acting Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th March, 1911.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

Major AUGUSTUS WILLIAM JONES, No. 1 Company, New Zealand Engineers,
he having a total service to 10th March, 1911, entitling him thereto of twenty years and fifty-nine days.

GEO. FOW LDS, Acting Minister of Defence.

Notice suspending Operation of Section 2 of Counties Amendment Act, 1910, in County of Marlborough.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 29th March, 1911.

PURSUANT to subsection (9) of section 2 of the Counties Amendment Act, 1910, His Excellency the Governor in Council directs it to be notified that the operation of section 2 of the said Counties Amendment Act, 1910, is suspended for a period not exceeding twelve months after the 1st day of April, 1911, in the County of Marlborough.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Results of Election of Members of Fire Boards by Fire-insurance Companies.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 30th March, 1911.

THE following results of the election of members of Fire Boards by fire-insurance companies have been reported to the Minister of Internal Affairs, and are notified in accordance with the rules made under the Fire Brigades Act, 1908.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Dannevirke Fire Board—
Thomas Percy Bayntun Ching, vice C. Pearce, resigned.

Masterton Fire Board—
Charles Robert Smith, vice C. Pearce, resigned.

Petone Fire Board—
Charles Robert Smith, vice C. Pearce, resigned.

Hawera Fire Board—
Harry Stocker, vice H. F. J. Tewsley, resigned.

Celebration of St. George's Day.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1911.

THE Government offices throughout the Dominion will be closed on Monday, the 24th April, 1911, in celebration of St. George's Day.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Special Order made by the Whangamarino Road Board, County of Waikato.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 31st March, 1911.

THE following special order, made by the Whangamarino Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Road Boards Act, 1908.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

WHANGAMARINO ROAD BOARD.
Special Order.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908, and the New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act, 1909, the Whangamarino Road Board hereby resolves as follows:
That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £4,300, authorized to be raised by the Whangamarino Road Board, under the above-mentioned Acts, for the purpose of forming, earthwork, bridging, metalling portions of roads, and paying off bank overdraft (£500), the Whangamarino Road Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of 3d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Waerenga Subdivision Special Rating District, with the exception of Sections Nos. 481, 499A, 480, 390, 391, 477A, 476, 398, 429, 428; and that such special rate shall be an annual recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the 1st day of August in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of thirty-six years and a half, or until the loan is fully paid off.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly passed in accordance with the Road Boards Act, 1908.

THOMAS LOFTUS, Clerk.

Special Order made by the Motueka Harbour Board.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 1st April, 1911.

THE following special order, made by the Motueka Harbour Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908.

J. A. MILLAR,
Acting Minister of Finance.