MAR. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 777

Clerk and Interpreter appointed, Native Department.

Native Department,
Wellington, 25th February, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY MATTHEW STOWELL

to be a Clerk and Interpreter in the Native Department, as from the 1st January, 1913.

W. H. HERRIES,
Native Minister.

Building Societies Act, 1908.—Revising Barrister appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 27th February, 1913.

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

ARCHIBALD WILLIAM BLAIR, Esq.,

as Revising Barrister under the Building Societies Act, 1908, for the District of Wellington.

A. L. HERDMAN,
Minister of Stamp Duties.

Clerks of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th February, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable HUGH HENRY BUTLER,

to be Clerk of the Magistrates’ and Warden’s Courts at Roxburgh, on and from the 23rd day of January, 1913, vice Constable J. D. Leece, transferred; and

Constable JOHN WILLIAM SLOANE ROBINSON,

to be Clerk of the Magistrates’ Court at Otorohanga, on and from the 25th day of February, 1913, vice Constable William Drummond, transferred.

A. L. HERDMAN,
Minister of Justice.

Sittings of Magistrate’s Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th February, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THE COURTHOUSE, TAKAKA,

to be a place wherein a Magistrate’s Court shall be held, in lieu of the Oddfellows’ Hall, Takaka, previously appointed.

A. L. HERDMAN,
Minister of Justice.

Appointment of Cadet.

Department of Tourist and Health Resorts,
Wellington, 26th February, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN WALTER MCKINNA

to be a Cadet in the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts; the appointment to date from the 10th February, 1913.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Minister of Tourist and Health Resorts.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 1st February, 1913.

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

1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry).
2nd Lieutenant Dennis Chapman resigns his commission. Dated 27th December, 1912.

3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles.
Captain John Potter to be Major. Dated 5th February, 1913.
The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains. Dated 5th February, 1913:—
Albert Edward Wilkinson, vice Jolly, promoted.
Maxwell Aldred, vice Potter, promoted.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 5th February, 1913:—
Walter Ernest Carter, vice Wilkinson, promoted.
Bertram Lush, vice Aldred, promoted.

The undermentioned Supernumerary 2nd Lieutenants are absorbed into the establishment:—
John Leslie Carter, vice Ellingham, promoted.
Osmond Henry, vice Carter, promoted.
Douglas Swanston Kidd, vice Lush, promoted.
Harry Cuthbert Northcroft, to complete establishment.
Lieutenant Hugh McColl Holden is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 8th December, 1912.

11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles.
Lieutenant Alexander Wallace to be Captain, to complete establishment. Dated 5th February, 1913.

New Zealand Field Artillery.
Quartermaster-Sergeant Duncan Eric Gardner to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 17th February, 1913.

New Zealand Garrison Artillery.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation), supernumerary to the establishment. Dated 21st December, 1912:—
Bombardier Richard Allen Hogan.
Frederick Rathborne Foster.

Supernumerary 2nd Lieutenant Frank Stanley Robinson is absorbed into the establishment, vice Kirker, promoted.

2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment.
The undermentioned officers resign their commissions:—
Captain Alfred Frank Boys. Dated 1st January, 1913.
Lieutenant Gerald Dighton Bailey. Dated 23rd January, 1913.

3rd (Auckland) Regiment (“Countess of Ranfurly’s Own”).
Lieutenant Francis William Strong (Coast Defence Detachment) to be Captain. Dated 5th February, 1913.
2nd Lieutenant John Murdoch McKenzie to be Lieutenant, to complete establishment. Dated 5th February, 1913.
2nd Lieutenant Colin Fraser resigns his commission. Dated 30th January, 1913.

Supernumerary 2nd Lieutenant George Harry Woolley is absorbed into the establishment, vice McKenzie, promoted.

10th (North Otago) Regiment.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation). Dated 17th February, 1913:—
William Evelyn Francise di Delle-Flower.
Colour-Sergeant John Branthwaite.

13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant George William Reginald Osborne resigns his commission. Dated 31st January, 1913.

14th (South Otago) Regiment.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation). Dated 7th February, 1913:—
Richard Leonard Paull.
John George Johnston.

15th (North Auckland) Regiment.
Captain Robert Horatio Roy Bayly to be Major. Dated 5th February, 1913.

16th (Waikato) Regiment.
Lieutenant John Wyndham Hopkins resigns his commission. Dated 27th January, 1913.

New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Russell Morris to be Director of Post and Telegraph Services, with the rank of Colonel, vice Robertson, transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 7th December, 1912.

New Zealand Medical Corps.
Captain Emile Dupont Aubin retires under the provisions of paragraph 118, General Regulations, 1911, with permission to retain his present rank and to wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 7th February, 1913.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.
The Reverend Isaac Amber Bernstein to be Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class. Dated 5th February, 1913.