Feb. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 497

Commissioner of Native Land Court appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 5th February, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CHARLES THOMAS HAROLD BROWN, Esq.,

of Wellington, to be a Commissioner of the Native Land Court, as from the 1st February, 1912.

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

Judge of High Court of Cook Islands appointed.

Cook Islands Administration,
Wellington, 7th February, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CHARLES EDWARD MACCORMICK, Esq.,

to be a Judge of the High Court of the Cook Islands.

J. CARROLL.

Caretaker of a Live-stock Quarantine-station appointed.—Notice No. 1577.

Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists,
Wellington, 7th February, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN CHRISTIE

(at present a temporary officer) to be a Caretaker of a Live-stock Quarantine-station in the Civil Service of the Government of New Zealand (Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists); the appointment to date from 27th January, 1912.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture and of Industries and Commerce.

Caretaker of a Birds’ Sanctuary appointed.—Notice No. 1578.

Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists,
Wellington, 7th February, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT NELSON

(at present a temporary officer) to be a Caretaker of a Birds’ Sanctuary in the Civil Service of the Government of New Zealand (Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists); the appointment to date from the 29th November, 1911.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Tourists and Health Resorts.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, Retirements, and Transfers of Territorial Force Officers.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 1st February, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, retirements, and transfers of the undermentioned Territorial Force Officers :—

9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles.

Norman Donald Cameron, Esq., to be 2nd Lieutenant, supernumerary to the establishment. Dated 15th January, 1912.

10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles.

Lieutenant Alexander John Gray resigns his commission. Dated 18th December, 1911.

12th (Otago) Mounted Rifles.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 15th January, 1912 :—

Sergeant-major George Hay.
Sergeant John French.
Sergeant Gordon Ross Mitchell.

2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment.

Honorary Captain and Quartermaster George Daniel Hollis Hefford to be Captain. Dated 16th March, 1910.

3rd (Auckland) Regiment (“Countess of Ranfurly’s Own”).

Lieutenant James Oliphant resigns his commission. Dated 8th January, 1912.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants, supernumerary to the establishment. Dated 15th January, 1912 :—

Corporal Wynne Peyton Gray.
Corporal Frederick Allen Hellaby.

The appointment of Quartermaster-Sergeant John Thomas Graham as 2nd Lieutenant, as notified in New Zealand Gazette dated 24th August, 1911, is cancelled.

Quartermaster-Sergeant John Thomas Graham to be Quartermaster, with the honorary rank of Lieutenant. Dated 2nd August, 1911.

Supernumerary 2nd Lieutenant Henry James Gillmore is absorbed into the establishment, vice Graham appointed Quartermaster.

5th Regiment (Wellington Rifles).

Major Charles Daines Mackintosh, t.d., retires under the provisions of paragraph 118, General Regulations, 1911, with the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and with permission to wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 15th January, 1912.

Octavius Ralph Featherston Johnston, Esq., to be Lieutenant. Dated 15th January, 1912.

9th Regiment (Wellington East Coast Rifles).

Lieutenant James Osburne-Lilly, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Captain. Dated 15th January, 1912.

John Daly, Esq., to be Lieutenant. Dated 15th January, 1912.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 15th January, 1912 :—

Colour-Sergeant Leonard Rudolph Nicholas.
Sergeant Augustus Bernard Paul Rosenfeldt.

12th (Nelson) Regiment.

Captain John Brown, Reserve of Officers, resigns his commission. Dated 11th December, 1911.

15th (North Auckland) Regiment.

James William Silcock, Esq., to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 15th January, 1912.

New Zealand Field Artillery.

Captain John Blight Andrew resigns his commission. Dated 12th December, 1911.

New Zealand Garrison Artillery.

Corporal William Howard Johnson, to be 2nd Lieutenant, supernumerary to the establishment. Dated 15th January, 1912.

Unattached List (Senior Cadets).

Lieutenant Percy William Miller resigns his commission. Dated 15th January, 1912.

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

Captain.

Charles Meredith, Esq. Dated 15th January, 1912.

Lieutenants.

James Pow, Esq. Dated 15th January, 1912.
James Rodman, Esq. Dated 15th January, 1912.
George Myers, Esq. Dated 15th January, 1912.
Ivan George Galloway, Esq. Dated 15th January, 1912.
Norman Facer, Esq. Dated 15th January, 1912.
George Arthur Stone, Esq. Dated 15th January, 1912.
John Gladstone Paterson, Esq. Dated 15th January, 1912.

2nd Lieutenant.

Allan Douglas Dawson, Esq. Dated 15th January, 1912.

J. CARROLL,
For Minister of Defence.