2296

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 64

Hugh Sutherland Valentine, Esq., of Mercer, Co. Manukau.
George Alexander Watt, Esq., of Moawhango, Co. Hawke's Bay.
Rufus William Wheeler, Esq., of Palmerston South, Co. Waihemo.
Frank Wilkinson, Esq., of Caversham, Dunedin.
Abraham Williams, Esq., of Granity, Co. Buller.
Alfred Williams, Esq., of Christchurch.
John Wilson, Esq., of Sefton, Co. Ashley.
George Robert Nicol Wright, Esq., of Wellington.

A. L. HERDMAN.

Officer for the Purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed.
Marine Department,
Wellington, 16th July, 1912.
HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 79 of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed JAMES LEONARD ENSOR, of Stoneyhurst, North Canterbury, to be an Officer for the purposes of Part II of that Act.

F. M. B. FISHER.

Clerical Cadet appointed.
Public Works Department,
Wellington, 24th July, 1912.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint REUBEN HAROLD NICHOLLS to be a Clerical Cadet in the Public Works Department, as from the 4th April, 1912.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

Architectural Cadet appointed.
Public Works Department,
Wellington, 24th July, 1912.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint CHARLES ERIC JAMES PRICE to be an Architectural Cadet in the Public Works Department, as from 2nd May, 1912.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

Officer dismissed.
Post and Telegraph Department, General Post Office, Wellington, 15th July, 1912.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to dismiss from the public service EDMUND NELSON BAIGENT, lately a Telegraph Message-boy in the Post and Telegraph Department at Longburn.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Postmaster-General.

Appointments, Resignations, and Transfers of New Zealand Staff Corps and Territorial Force Officers.
Department of Defence, Wellington, 16th July, 1912.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of the undermentioned New Zealand Staff Corps and Territorial Force Officers:—

New Zealand Staff Corps.
Lieutenant Claude Frederick Thornton (Captain, Reserve of Officers, Wiltshire Regiment), resigns his commission. Dated 5th July, 1912.

4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles.
Vincent James Innes, Esq., to be 2nd Lieutenant, supernumerary to the establishment. Dated 1st July, 1912.

7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles.
Captain Donald Bruce McKenzie to be Major. Dated 2nd July, 1912.
Lieutenant William Stewart Reid resigns his commission. Dated 2nd May, 1912.

10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles.
George Marmaduke Vavasour, Esq., to be 2nd Lieutenant, supernumerary to the establishment. Dated 1st July, 1912.

11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles.
The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains :— William Ernest Randolph Mackesy, vice McMillan, resigned. Dated 1st May, 1912.
John Butterill Ariell, vice Coates, transferred. Dated 15th May, 1912.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 1st May, 1912 :— John William Hoskin, vice Mackesy, promoted.
Hugh Shields McCarroll, vice Ariell, promoted.
Charles Reginald Ernest Mackesy to complete establishment.

New Zealand Field Artillery.
Major William Harold Moorhouse, Reserve of Officers, to be Lieut.-Colonel, and to command a brigade. Dated 26th June, 1912.
Major Thomas Chalmer, Reserve of Officers, to be Lieut.-Colonel, and to command a brigade. Dated 26th June, 1912.
2nd Lieutenant Frederic Howard Barnes to be Lieutenant, to complete establishment. Dated 19th June, 1912.

New Zealand Garrison Artillery.
Corporal Robert Wakelin Dunn to be 2nd Lieutenant, to complete establishment. Dated 1st July, 1912.

2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment.
Lieutenant Robert Meechan resigns his commission. Dated 30th April, 1912.

4th Regiment (Otago Rifles).
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 24th April, 1912 :— Stanton Cedric Hicks, vice Gallaway, resigned.
John Stuart Reid, to complete establishment.

7th Regiment (Wellington West Coast Rifles).
Captain Thomas Benjamin Slipper is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 17th May, 1912.

9th Regiment (Wellington East Coast Rifles).
2nd Lieutenant Thomas Casserley, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant (1st Battalion). Dated 1st July, 1912.

14th Regiment (South Otago Rifles).
Lieutenant Robert Lorimer McLatchie is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 27th May, 1912.
2nd Lieutenant Alexander Hoggans to be Lieutenant, vice Colquhoun, promoted. Dated 19th March, 1912.

16th (Waikato) Regiment.
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 23rd March, 1912 :— William George Pountney, vice Jeffries, promoted.
William James Shepherd, vice Hanna, resigned.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.
The Reverend James Wrigley to be Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class. Dated 1st July, 1912.

Unattached List (b).
(Senior Cadets.)
Lieutenant William Edward Rhodes to be Captain. Dated 18th November, 1911.
2nd Lieutenant Thomas Casserley is transferred to the 9th Regiment (Wellington East Coast Rifles). Dated 1st July, 1912.

The undermentioned Defence Cadet officer is transferred for service with the Senior Cadets, under the provisions of paragraph 88 (b), General Regulations, 1911 :— Captain Aby Raymond Ryder. Dated 25th April, 1910.

The undermentioned are appointed for service with the Senior Cadets, under the provisions of paragraph 88 (b), General Regulations, 1911 :— 2nd Lieutenant James Donald Burgess. Dated 12th May, 1912.
Jack Horneman. Dated 1st July, 1912.
David Cecil Armstrong. Dated 1st July, 1912.
Lindsay Merritt Inglis. Dated 1st July, 1912.
James Niven. Dated 1st July, 1912.
Hugh Johnston. Dated 1st July, 1912.
Charles Henry Booth. Dated 1st July, 1912.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.