MAY 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1617

Registrars of Births and Deaths of Maoris appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 14th May, 1913.
IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons have been appointed Registrars of Births and Deaths of Maoris at the places set respectively opposite their names, viz. :—

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 14th May, 1913.
IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons have been appointed to be the Deputies of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the district set respectively opposite their names, viz. :—

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, and Resignations of New Zealand Staff and Territorial Force Officers.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 12th May, 1913.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, transfers, and resignations of the undermentioned Staff and Territorial Force Officers :—

Staff.
Captain Arthur Cecil Temperley, the Norfolk Regiment, attached to the Imperial General Staff, is granted the temporary rank of Major while employed as a General Staff Officer. Dated 25th April, 1913.

Queen Alexandra's 2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles.
Captain Walter Francis Klingender resigns his commission. Dated 14th February, 1913.

5th Mounted Rifles (Otago Hussars).
George Marshall Don to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), supernumerary to the establishment. Dated 21st April, 1913.

11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles.
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 9th April, 1913 :—
Olaf Percival Johnson.
Frederick Patience, to complete establishment.

12th (Otago) Mounted Rifles.
Sergeant Allan Cross Finlayson to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 10th April, 1913.

New Zealand Field Artillery.
Lieutenant Matthew Henry Oram, from the New Zealand Garrison Artillery, to be Lieutenant. Dated 28th April, 1913.

New Zealand Garrison Artillery.
Captain Arthur Grenville Hume to be Major. Dated 12th February, 1913.
Lieutenant Charles Henry Matthews to be Captain, vice Hume, promoted. Dated 12th February, 1913.
Lieutenant Matthew Henry Oram is transferred to the New Zealand Field Artillery. Dated 28th April, 1913.
2nd Lieutenant Edward Wardell Pearce to be Lieutenant, vice Oram, transferred. Dated 28th April, 1913.
2nd Lieutenant Robert Gordon Slyfield resigns his commission. Dated 31st March, 1913.
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 11th April, 1913 :—
Werner Eugene Langguth.
Frank Stanley Robinson.

Corps of New Zealand Engineers.
Lieutenant Frank Hadfield Statham, from the Unattached List (b), to be Lieutenant. Dated 12th May, 1913.

3rd (Auckland) Regiment ("Countess of Ranfurly's Own").
Lieutenant Reginald Cheyne Berkeley is dismissed from the Defence Forces, under section 5 (a), Part I, of the Defence Act, 1909, for absence from the Dominion without leave. Dated 12th May, 1913.

6th (Hauraki) Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant George Finch Miller is dismissed from the Defence Forces, under section 5 (a), Part I, of the Defence Act, 1909, for absence from without leave. Dated 12th May, 1913.

7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment.
The date of the promotion of Lieutenant John Robert Cade to the rank of Captain, also 2nd Lieutenants Frank Kingdon Turnbull and William Peachey Aldridge to the rank of Lieutenant, is 14th September, 1912, and not 11th January, 1913, as shown in New Zealand Gazette of the 30th January, 1913.

9th (Wellington East Coast) Regiment.
Major William Simm is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 9th April, 1913.

13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment.
Clifford Clapcott Barclay to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 12th May, 1913.

New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps. (North Island Battalion.)
Captain Arthur Marshall (North Island Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 19th April, 1913.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation). Dated 12th May, 1913 :—
Charles Joseph Walton Lockie.
James Macmorran.
James Chivers.

New Zealand Medical Corps.
Major George Edward Gabites, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Major. Dated 12th May, 1913.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation). Dated 12th May, 1913 :—
Aubrey Vincent Short.
Wilfred Stanley Wallis.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.
The Reverend Philip John Cocks, Chaplain (4th Class), to be Chaplain (3rd Class). Dated 23rd March, 1913.
The Reverend David Davidson Rodger, Chaplain (4th Class), resigns his commission. Dated 3rd March, 1913.

Unattached List (b). (Senior Cadets.)
Lieutenant Frank Hadfield Statham is transferred to the Corps of New Zealand Engineers. Dated 12th May, 1913.
Lieutenant James Donald resigns his commission. Dated 26th February, 1913.
The undermentioned are appointed 2nd Lieutenants (on probation), for service with the Senior Cadets, under the provisions of paragraph 88 (b), General Regulations, 1911. Dated 12th May, 1913 :—
George Thomas Kellaway.
William Henry Burgess.
Vernon Cranley Bosselmann.
Cecil Wilfrid Quilliam.
Jack Leslie Prussing.
Herbert Andrew Lewis.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Appointment of a Clerical Cadet.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 6th May, 1913.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

LEONARD ALFRED DOUGLAS BEARD

to be a Clerical Cadet in the Department of Defence. Date of appointment, 31st March, 1913.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Acting Minister of Defence.