JAN. 7.]\n\nTHE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 43\n\nAuditor under the Friendly Societies Act. 1909, licensed.\n\nFriendly Societies Registry Office,\nWellington, 17th December, 1914.\nIN pursuance of the 10th section of the Friendly Societies\nAct, 1909, His Excellency the Governor has been\npleased to license\nFREDERICK WILKINSON,\nof Dunedin, to act as a Public Auditor under the Friendly\nSocieties Act, 1909.\nF. M. B. FISHER,\nMinister in Charge.\nInspector, Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce Department,\nappointed.\nOffice of Public Service Commissioner,\nWellington, 23rd December, 1914.\nTHE Public Service Commissioner has made the fol-\nlowing appointment in the Public Service :—\nCHARLES BERRIDGE\nto be an Inspector for the purposes of the Orchard and\nGarden Diseases Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of Decem-\nber, 1914.\nP. VERSCHAFFELT,\nActing Secretary.\nRegistrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages appointed.\nOffice of Public Service Commissioner,\nWellington, 21st December, 1914.\nTHE Public Service Commissioner has made the fol-\nlowing appointment in the Public Service :—\nDOUGLAS LLEWELLYN HATTON\nto be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the\nDistrict of Ormondville, as from 21st December, 1914.\nP. VERSCHAFFELT,\nActing Secretary.\nRegistrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages appointed.\nOffice of Public Service Commissioner,\nWellington, 23rd December, 1914.\nTHE Public Service Commissioner has made the fol-\nlowing appointment in the Public Service :—\nCHARLES ERNEST JONES\nto be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the\nDistrict of Oxford, as from the 23rd December, 1914.\nP. VERSCHAFFELT,\nActing Secretary.\nAppointments, Promotions, Transfers, and Resignations of\nOfficers of the New Zealand Staff Corps, Royal New Zealand\nArtillery, and Territorial Force.\nDepartment of Defence,\nWellington, 23rd December, 1914.\nHIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to\napprove of the appointments, promotions, transfers,\nand resignations of the undermentioned officers of the New\nZealand Staff Corps, Royal New Zealand Artillery, and\nTerritorial Force :—\nNew Zealand Staff Corps.\nThe undermentioned Staff Cadets (Royal Australian\nMilitary College) to be Lieutenants. Dated 17th November,\n1914 :—\nEdward Talbot Rowllings.\nDaniel Eric Bremner.\nArthur Hugh Carrington.\nRoyal New Zealand Artillery.\nMajor (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) John Edward Hume, in\naddition to his duties as Officer Commanding Depot and\nthe Auckland Military District, to be Inspector of New\nZealand Garrison Artillery (temporarily). Dated 1st\nDecember, 1914.\nThe undermentioned Staff Cadets (Royal Australian\nMilitary College) to be Lieutenants. Dated 17th November,\n1914 :—\nOtira Opie.\nWilliam George Stevens.\n1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry).\n(Captain George Edward Rhodes, from Reserve of Officers, to\nbe Captain. Dated 29th October, 1914.\n4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles.\nSergeant Ensie Owen Austin to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated\n19th October, 1914.\n6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles.\nThe undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation).\nDated 23rd October, 1914 :—\nHenry Lynne.\nThomas Charles Atkinson Hislop.\n9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles.\nLieutenant William Charles Page (Reserve of Officers) is\ntransferred to the New Zealand Army Service Corps.\nDated 27th October, 1914.\nNew Zealand Field Artillery.\nCaptain (temporary Major) Alexander Fowler Roberts (Wel-\nlington Field Artillery Brigade) to be Inspector of Field\nArtillery (temporarily). Dated 1st December, 1914.\nCaptain William Henry Jones, from Reserve of Officers, 9th\n(Hawke’s Bay) Regiment, to be Captain, under the pro-\nvisions of paragraph 335 (subparagraph 2), General Regula-\ntions, 1913. Dated 9th October, 1914.\nThe appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants\n(on probation) are confirmed :—\nFrederick William Reed.\nGordon Harris Forsyth.\nHenry Augustus Swarbrick.\nThe undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants.\nDated 10th August, 1914 :—\nFrederick William Reed.\nGordon Harris Forsyth.\nThe undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on proba-\ntion :—\nBattery Sergeant-major Edwin James Phillips (F Battery),\nsupernumerary to establishment. Dated 27th October,\n1914.\nSergeant-major James Gordon Jeffery (B Battery), super-\nnumerary to establishment. Dated 21st November,\n1914.\nNew Zealand Garrison Artillery.\nLieutenant Donald William Bodle, from Reserve of Officers,\nto be Lieutenant (Auckland Garrison Division). Dated\n11th November, 1914.\n1st (Canterbury) Regiment.\nLieutenant Harry Herbert Ffitch to be Captain. Dated 17th\nFebruary, 1914.\n2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment.\nLieutenant-Major Howard Rauru Jones, from the Unattached\nList (b), to be Lieutenant. Dated 8th September, 1914.\n3rd (Auckland) Regiment (“Countess of Ranfurly’s Own”).\nSergeant Alfred Richard Merrington to be 2nd Lieutenant,\nsupernumerary to establishment. Dated 16th November,\n1914.\nSergeant Norman Stephenson Davies to be 2nd Lieutenant\n(on probation), Coast Defence Detachment, supernumerary\nto establishment. Dated 10th November, 1914.\n4th (Otago) Regiment.\nThe commission granted 2nd Lieutenant Robert Metcalfe\nis cancelled under paragraph 133 (1), General Regulations,\n1914. Dated 20th November, 1913.\n5th (Wellington) Regiment.\nMajor William Simm, from Reserve of Officers, 9th (Hawke’s\nBay) Regiment, to be Major, supernumerary to establish-\nment. Dated 8th October, 1914.\n6th (Hauraki) Regiment.\n2nd Lieutenant Eric Ainslie Porritt, from the Unattached List\n(b), to be 2nd Lieutenant, supernumerary to establishment.\nDated 16th November, 1914.\n7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment.\nMajor William Hugh McLean (Junior Cadets) to be Captain.\nDated 14th September, 1914.\nSergeant Piriwi Rota Tahiwi to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob-\nation). Dated 14th September, 1914.