APRIL 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1287

Licensing Officer under the Arms Act, 1908, appointed.

Police Department,
Wellington, 12th April, 1911.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable GEORGE CLARK CLOUSTON,

of the New Zealand Police Force, to be a Licensing Officer under the Arms Act, 1908.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Justice.

Officers appointed to the New Zealand Staff Corps.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1911.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointment of the undermentioned officers to the New Zealand Staff Corps, with the rank of Lieutenant, and with effect from 17th March, 1911 :—

New Zealand Staff Corps.

Charles Henry Jeffries Brown.
William Charles Finnis.
Walter Harry Meddings.
Charles William Melvill.
Charles Eric Andrews.
Charles Guy Powles.
Wilson Cameron Morrison.
Robert Saxton Matthews.
Henry Charles Knutsford.
John Thomas Bosworth.
Donald Polson, D.S.O.
Francis Henry Lampen.
Claude Frederick Thornton.
Halbert Cecil Glendining.
Robert Nicholas Johnston Fraser.
Frank Hudson.
William Livingstone Hatchwell Burgess.
Alfred Bishop Morton.
George Augustus King.
William McGregor Turnbull.
Duncan Barrie Blair.
Francis Gustavus Hume.
Bruce Sommerville Hay.
Percy William Skelley.
Cecil Lyttelton Hawkins.
Henry Esau Avery.
Stephen Charles Phillips Nicholls.
Nathaniel William Benjamin Butler Thoms.
Harry McKellar White Richardson.
Harry Stuart Norton Robinson.
Victor Albert Kelsall.
John Robert Henderson.
Arthur Haitly Burn.
George Bertram Banks.
Hugh Bernard Wheeler.
Harold Lloyd de Forges Garland.
George William Braddell.
George Clarence Sykes Dyer.
Ferdinand August Wood.
Digby Edward Cardale.
Anthony Hormuzd Rassam.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Officer transferred from Active List to the New Zealand Staff Corps.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1911.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the transfer of

Lieutenant-Colonel FREDERICK WILLIAM ABBOTT, D.S.O.,

from the Active List to the New Zealand Staff Corps, with his present rank, and with effect from 1st April, 1911.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Judge Advocate-General, New Zealand Defence Forces.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1911.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointment of

JOHN RANKEN REED, Esq., Barrister at Law (Lieutenant-Colonel, Territorial Force),

as Judge Advocate-General to the New Zealand Defence Forces, and with effect from the 25th January, 1911.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Territorial Force Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1911.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the resignation of the commission held by the undermentioned officer :—

Reserve of Officers.

Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis John Joyce. Date of resignation, 6th March, 1911.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Territorial Force Officers promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1911.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the promotion of the undermentioned officers :—

Tauranga Mounted Rifles.

Lieutenant Alfred Francis Tunks to be Captain. Date of commission, 21st February, 1911.

Taranaki Rifles.

Lieutenant Walter Harold Fletcher to be Captain. Date of commission, 1st June, 1910.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Territorial Force Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1911.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointments :—

B Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery.

Norris Stephen Falla to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 7th September, 1910.

No. 1 Company, Canterbury Division, New Zealand Garrison Artillery.

Henry James Daltry to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 7th December, 1910.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

James Scott Jackson Stenhouse to be Captain. Date of commission, 8th March, 1911.

Wanganui Rifles.

Walter Tiffin Stewart to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 7th September, 1910.

Wanganui Guards Rifles.

Edward Percy Cox to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 1st June, 1910.

Taranaki Rifles.

Harry Wills to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 7th September, 1910.

Patea Rifles.

Frank Bowring Turner to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 1st June, 1910.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence.