JULY 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2177

Requisitions for Service.

725. In peace time requisitions for the services of New Zealand Forces Motor Reserve Officers will be forwarded direct by O.C. Districts to the Quartermaster-General, Headquarters, New Zealand Defence Forces, Wellington.

Conditions of Service.

726. (a.) Gentlemen accepting commissions in the New Zealand Forces Motor Reserve must possess a thoroughly efficient motor-car and a good practical knowledge of it. They will be required to perform seven days’ duty annually (consecutively or otherwise as required, or as fourteen half-days) if called upon. Their duties will be entirely in connection with the Headquarters and District Staffs of the Defence Forces. Officers will be asked to perform duty as far as possible in the neighbourhood in which they reside.

(b.) Officers of the New Zealand Forces Motor Reserve must be between the ages of twenty-one and fifty-nine inclusive. They will be placed on the Retired List at the age of sixty.

Eligibility for Appointment.

727. Commissioned officers of the Permanent Forces, Territorial Force, Senior Cadets, and compulsory members of Rifle Clubs will not be eligible for appointment to the corps. Reserve officers and members of Rifle Clubs over the age-limit for service with the Territorial Force will, however, be eligible.

Dress.

728. The uniform to be worn will be as laid down in the New Zealand Dress Regulations. Officers must provide themselves with Service Dress only, the provision of other uniform being optional.

Absence from New Zealand.

729. Officers who will be absent from New Zealand or in any way prevented from performing their duties must inform the Officer Commanding the District to that effect, in writing.

Pay.

730. Officers shall receive the following rates of pay applicable to Territorial Officers of their rank, when called upon for duty, but only half these rates if called out for a half-day’s tour of duty (see para. 731), viz. :-

Lieutenant-Colonel, at the rate of 15s. per diem.
Major, ” 12s. ”
Captain, ” 10s. ”
Lieutenant, ” 8s. ”

Allowance for Use of Cars.

731. (1.) Allowances will be granted to officers as follows in connection with their employment on duty in peace time :-

Class “A,” cars of not less than 20 horse-power and 26 cwt. in weight, having seating capacity for four persons (including driver), 40s. per diem.

Class “B,” cars of under 20 horse-power or under 26 cwt. in weight, having seating capacity for four persons (including driver), 37s. 6d. per diem.

Class “C,” cars of not less than 10 horse-power having seating capacity for one or two persons in addition to driver, 30s. per diem.

(2.) An officer may also be called out for a half-day’s tour of duty, when half the above rates only will be paid. A half-day’s tour of duty will not exceed five hours.

(3.) This allowance must cover all expenses, including wear and tear, cost of petrol and lubricating oil, cost of repairs, ferry tolls, &c. Days on which out and home journeys only are performed do not count for the daily allowance unless the total mileage for these journeys exceeds twenty-five miles, when an extra day’s pay (para. 730) will be paid.

Precedence.

732. Officers of the New Zealand Forces Motor Reserve take precedence as follows: (1) For the purposes of command, with their unit only; (2) for purposes other than command, according to the date of their seniority in the Territorial Force.

Discipline.

733. Officers of the New Zealand Forces Motor Reserve will be subject to the regulations relating to discipline which are in force for the Territorial Force.

Forms.

734. All claims for payments, authorization of payments, and reports of duty performed must be forwarded, on the special forms authorized by the Officer Commanding the District, direct to the Permanent Staff Officer administering the corps, at Headquarters, Wellington, who will, if satisfied that they are correct, forward them to the Quartermaster-General for approval.

Examination.

735. There will be no examination for promotion in connection with the Motor Reserve, and first appointments will be recommended by the General Officer Commanding, New Zealand Military Forces, in ranks suitable to the ages of applicants. Promotions will be subsequently made in the Motor Reserve as vacancies in the establishment of the various ranks occur.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Appointment of a Board under the Kaitangata Relief Fund Transfer Act, 1892.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the second section of the Kaitangata Relief Fund Transfer Act, 1892, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby nominate and appoint

Hon. J. R. SINCLAIR, M.L.C.,
J. F. ARNOLD, Esq., J.P., and
JAMES FITZGERALD, Esq., M.B., C.M.,

to be members of the Board for the purposes of the Kaitangata Relief Fund Transfer Act, 1892.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this tenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Mines.

Defining Districts under the Public Health Act, 1908.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred on me by section six of the Public Health Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby divide New Zealand into the seven health districts defined in the Schedule hereto; and do hereby declare that the names of such districts shall be those specified in the Schedule hereto, and that the boundaries of the said districts shall respectively extend to and include all counties and boroughs, town and road districts geographically contained within such districts as specified in the said Schedule, together with all the islands adjacent thereto.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND DISTRICT.

Comprising the Counties of Mangonui, Whangaroa, Hokianga, Bay of Islands, Hobson, Whangarei, Otamatea, Rodney, Waimate, Great Barrier, Eden, Manakau, Franklin, Coromandel, Thames, Ohinemuri, Waikato, Raglan, Waipa, Piako, Matamata, Tauranga, Rotorua, Whakatane, Opotiki, East Taupo, West Taupo, Kawhia, Awakino, Waitomo, Ohura, and Kaitieki.

HAWKE’S BAY DISTRICT.

Comprising the Counties of Waiapu, Cook, Waikohu, Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay, Waipawa, Waipukurau, Dannevirke, Pata-ngata, Woodville, and Weber.

WELLINGTON DISTRICT.

Comprising the Counties of Clifton, Taranaki, Egmont, Stratford, Whangamomona, Eltham, Hawera, Waimate West, Patea, Waitotara, Wanganui, Waimarino, Rangitikei, Kiwi-tea, Pohangina, Oruaw, Manawatu, Kairanga, Horowhenua, Pahiatua, Akitio, Eketahuna, Mauriceville, Castlepoint, Masterton, Wairarapa South, Featherston, Hutt, and Makara.

MARLBOROUGH-NELSON DISTRICT.

Comprising the Counties of Sounds, Marlborough, Waimea, Takaka, Awatere, Co ingwood, Buller, and Murchison.