Mar. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1039

New Zealand Field Artillery.
Captain Alfred Augustus Grace to be Major. Dated 26th February, 1912.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 26th February, 1912 :—
Erima Harry Northcroft.
Robert Cameron Galbraith.
Greville Lancelot Ewen.
Walter Leigh Titchener.

2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment.
Sergeant Alfred James Jones to be 2nd Lieutenant, to complete establishment. Dated 26th February, 1912.

3rd (Auckland) Regiment (“Countess of Ranfurly’s Own”).
Lieutenant William Henderson Gibb to be Captain. Dated 26th February, 1912.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :—
George Neville Hill, vice Oliphant, resigned. Dated 8th January, 1912.
Lyonel George Ashton, vice Gibb, promoted. Dated 26th February, 1912.
2nd Lieutenant James Gresson Hatrick is transferred to the Unattached List, for service with the Senior Cadets. Dated 26th February, 1912.

5th Regiment (Wellington Rifles).
Lieutenant Stephen Glanville Cowles resigns his commission. Dated 9th February, 1912.
Lieutenant John Lawrence Short is transferred to the 16th (Waikato) Regiment. Dated 26th February, 1912.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :—
Charles Kimbell Gasquoine, vice Cowles, resigned. Dated 9th February, 1912.
James Ferdinand Groom Roberts, vice Short, transferred. Dated 26th February, 1912.
Lieutenant Frederick Groom Roberts to be Quartermaster. Dated 26th February, 1912.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 26th February, 1912 :—
Colour-Sergeant Leo Sigismund Cimino.
Leonard Maughan Liardet, Esq.
Colour-Sergeant Eustice Dupius Henchman Stocker.
Sergeant Herman Frederick Augustus Wollerman.

6th (Hauraki) Regiment.
Lieutenant Alexander James Mirrielees to be Captain, to complete establishment. Dated 27th November, 1911.
Edward Vincent Daldy, Esq., to be 2nd Lieutenant, supernumerary to the establishment. Dated 26th February, 1912.

7th Regiment (Wellington West Coast Rifles).
Lieutenant Charles Leonard Harris is transferred to the Unattached List, for service with the Senior Cadets. Dated 26th February, 1912.

9th Regiment (Wellington East Coast Rifles).
Sir William Russell Russell to be Honorary Colonel. Dated 26th February, 1912

14th Regiment (South Otago Rifles).
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 26th February, 1912 :—
Leslie James Smith, Esq.
Colour-Sergeant James Beattie.

15th (North Auckland) Regiment.
Captain James Preston Stevenson to be Major. Dated 27th February, 1912.

The notice published in New Zealand Gazette dated 18th January, 1912, promoting Lieutenant William Procter to the rank of Captain, is cancelled.

16th (Waikato) Regiment.
Captain Roy William Cumming to be Major. Dated 27th February, 1912.
Lieutenant John Lawrence Short, from the 5th Regiment (Wellington Rifles), to be Captain, to complete establishment. Dated 26th February, 1912.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 26th February, 1912 :—
Robert Douglas Gilmer.
John Wyndham Hopkins.
Francis William Strong.

New Zealand Veterinary Corps.
Thomas Gordon Lilico, Esq., M.R.C.V.S., Eng., to be Captain. Dated 5th February, 1904.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.
The undermentioned to be Chaplains to the Forces, 4th Class. Dated 26th February, 1912 :—
The Reverend Hubert Cornelius Rhamn Cuzens Blathwayt.
The Reverend George Craig Cruickshank.
The Reverend George Frank Petrie.
The Reverend Robert Henry Blair.
The Reverend William Thomas Currie.
The Reverend Peter Calder Durward.
The Reverend George Miller.
The Reverend Frederick James Tylee.
The Reverend James Samuel Ponder.
The Reverend Alexander Watson.

Unattached List.
(Senior Cadets.)

The undermentioned officers resign their commissions :—
Captain Isaac Edward Newton. Dated 19th February, 1912.
Lieutenant Robert Horatio Waddington Hanson. Dated 13th February, 1912.

The undermentioned Territorial officers are transferred for service with the Senior Cadets, under the provisions of paragraph 88 (b), General Regulations, 1911 :—
Lieutenant Charles Leonard Harris, from 7th Regiment (Wellington West Coast Rifles), to be Captain. Dated 26th February, 1912.
2nd Lieutenant James Gresson Hatrick, from 3rd (Auckland Regiment (“Countess of Ranfurly’s Own”), to be 2nd Lieutenant.

The undermentioned gentlemen are appointed for service with the Senior Cadets, under the provisions of paragraph 88 (b), General Regulations, 1911. Dated 26th February, 1912 :—

2nd Lieutenants.
John William Andrews, Esq.
James Dobson Campbell, Esq.
Charles Dalby Carter, Esq.
Philip Brunskill Cooke, Esq.
John Macgregor Craig, Esq.
William Thomas Garth, Esq.
Walter Henry Olsen, Esq.
Arthur Augustus Potter, Esq.
Francis William Roydhouse, Esq.
Kossuth Skoglund, Esq.
Joseph Holdsworth Smith, Esq.
Nesbit Colin Sneddon, Esq.
Trevor Ernest Tovey, Esq.
Henry Thomas William Vear, Esq.
Alfred James Veart, Esq.
Ernest Spencer Willott, Esq.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Officers appointed.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office, Wellington, 5th March, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments in the Post and Telegraph Department.

J. CARROLL,
For Postmaster-General