Special Infantry Battalions mobilized at Trentham Camp
designated “The Trentham Regiment” (The Earl of Liverpool’s Own).

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 19th May, 1915.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve
that the special infantry battalions now mobilizing
at Trentham Camp be designated “The Trentham Regiment”
(The Earl of Liverpool’s Own), and with effect from
lst May, 1915.
J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Colonel to the Trentham Regiment (The Earl of Liverpool's Own).
Department of Defence,
Wellington, 19th May, 1915.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve
of the appointment of
The Right Honourable ARTHUR WILLIAM DE BRITO SAVILE, Earl of Liverpool, G.C.M.G., M.V.O., Lieutenant-Colonel, 8th (City of London) Battalion, the London Regiment (Post Office Rifles), Reserve of Officers, the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own); Honorary Colonel, 11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles), as Colonel to the “Trentham Regiment” (The Earl of Liverpool's Own), New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and with effect from 1st May, 1915.
J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Aide-de-Camp to His Excellency the Right Honourable the Earl of Liverpool, G.C.M.G., M.V.O.
Department of Defence,
Wellington, 19th May, 1915.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve
of the following appointment. Dated 20th April, 1915:—
Unattached List (a).
George Justin Humphries Reid, Esquire, to be Lieutenant while holding the appointment as Aide-de-Camp to His Excellency the Right Honourable the Earl of Liverpool, G.C.M.G., M.V.O.
J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Officers of the New Zealand Medical Corps to No. 1 New Zealand Stationary Hospital (for Service Abroad).
Department of Defence,
Wellington, 19th May, 1915.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve
of the appointments of the undermentioned officers
of the New Zealand Medical Corps to the No. 1 New Zealand Stationary Hospital (for service abroad), with the ranks specified against their respective names, and with effect from
19th April, 1915 :—
Lieutenant-Colonel Donald Johnstone McGavin, M.D., F.R.C.S. Eng.
Major Hugh Thomas Dyke Acland, F.R.C.S. Eng.
Major David Storer Wylie, F.R.C.S. Eng.
Captain John Patrick Daunt Leahy, M.B., B.S.
Captain Eric Lachlan Marchant, F.R.C.S. Edin.
Captain Joseph Livingstone Frazer-Hurst, M.D.
Captain Thomas Duncan McGregor Stout, M.D., F.R.C.S. Eng.
Lieutenant (Quartermaster) David Nathan Isaacs.
J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Council of the County of Opotiki, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.
J. ALLEN,
Minister of Finance.

OPOITIKI COUNTY COUNCIL.
PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the County of Opotiki taken on Saturday, the 31st day of October, 1914, on the proposal of the Opotiki County Council to borrow the sum of £10,000 for the main roads and bridges particularly mentioned, and upon the terms set out in the public notice published in the East Coast Guardian newspaper on the 26th day of September, 1914, and the 1st, 8th, and 15th days of October, 1914, in accordance with the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 193, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 98; the number of informal votes was 3.
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
Dated at Opotiki this 7th day of November, 1914.
J. B. Gow,
Chairman of the Opotiki County.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.
The Treasury,
Wellington, 24th May, 1915.
J. ALLEN,
Minister of Finance.

KAWHIA COUNTY.
Notice of Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan.
In pursuance of section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, notice is hereby given that at a poll of the ratepayers of the County of Kawhia taken on the 12th day of May, 1915, on the proposal of the Kawhia County Council to borrow the sum of £1,100 for the extension of the wharf and shed at Kawhia, and the erection of a landing and shed on the Mahoe River, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 100, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 3.
I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.
Dated at Kawhia this 18th day of May, 1915.
WILLIAM J. SHAW,
Chairman, Kawhia County Council.

KAWHIA COUNTY.
Notice of Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan.
In pursuance of section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, notice is hereby given that at a poll of the ratepayers of the County of Kawhia taken on the 12th day of May, 1915, on the proposal of the Kawhia County Council to borrow the sum of £750 for the erection, fitting, and furnishing of Council Chambers at Kawhia, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 98, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 5.
I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.
Dated at Kawhia this 18th day of May, 1915.
WILLIAM J. SHAW,
Chairman, Kawhia County Council.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.
The Treasury,
Wellington, 26th May, 1915.
J. ALLEN,
Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF NEW PLYMOUTH.
PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of New Plymouth taken on the 21st day of May, 1915, on the proposal of the New Plymouth Borough Council to borrow by way of special loan the sum of £22,000, at a rate of interest not exceeding £5 per centum per annum, with a sinking fund of one-half per centum additional, the whole of the loan to be repayable on the 1st day of April, 1933, and to be for the following particular purposes:—

1. (a.) The sum of £20,800 to construct bridges and culverts, and form approaches thereto, and to form, metal, and generally improve the streets and footways of the borough.