Aug. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2763

Auckland Battalion.

(To be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 5th May, 1915.)
Regimental Sergeant-major (W.O.) Robert Mooney, New Zealand Permanent Staff, vice Lieutenant Frederick Hugh Dobson, killed in action.
Sergeant Stuart Graham Templeton Reid, 3rd (Auckland) Company, vice Lieutenant Herbert George Richardson, killed in action.
Sergeant Richard Frederick Ward, 16th (Waikato) Company, vice Lieutenant William Evelyn Francisi di Delle-Flower, killed in action.
Sergeant John William Fletcher, 15th (North Auckland) Company, vice 2nd Lieutenant Harold Gordon Allen, killed in action.

Canterbury Battalion.

Major Albert Edward Loach (2nd in Command) to be Lieutenant-Colonel, and to command the Battalion, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas McBean Stewart, killed in action. Dated 25th April, 1915.
Major Charles Henry Jeffries Brown, New Zealand Staff Corps, to be 2nd in Command of the Battalion, and is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel while commanding the Battalion, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Loach, wounded. Dated 5th May, 1915.
Captain Charles William Edward Cribb, 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Company to be Major, and to command the 2nd (South Canterbury) Company, vice Major David Grant, killed in action. Dated 25th April, 1915.
Lieutenant Vincent Gordon Jervis, New Zealand Staff Corps, to be Captain, vice Cribb promoted. Dated 5th May, 1915.

(To be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 5th May, 1915.)
Sergeant-major Jack Beaumont Le Motte, New Zealand Permanent Staff, vice Jervis promoted.
Sergeant-major Charles Constantine Massey, vice Lieutenant Harry Herbert Ffitch, killed in action.
Sergeant Eric Mountjoy Burnard, vice Lieutenant William Godfray Skelton, reported missing.
Company Quartermaster-Sergeant Alan Wilson Duncan, vice 2nd Lieutenant Clifford Clapcott Barclay, severely wounded.

Otago Battalion.

Captain Geoffrey Samuel Smith, 14th (South Otago) Company, to be Major and to command the 4th (Otago) Company, vice Major Richard Price, killed in action. Dated 3rd May, 1915.
Lieutenant William Ivan Kirke Jennings, New Zealand Staff Corps, to be Captain in the 14th (South Otago) Company, vice Captain Geoffrey Samuel Smith, promoted. Dated 3rd May, 1915.
Lieutenant John Llewellyn Saunders, 4th (Otago) Company, to be Captain, vice Captain Arthur Vivian Spedding, killed in action. Dated 3rd May, 1915.
Captain John Llewellyn Saunders, 4th (Otago) Company, to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant John Stewart Reid, killed in action. Dated 3rd May, 1915.

(To be Lieutenants.)
Sergeant John McPherson, 4th (Otago) Company, vice Lieutenant William Ivan Kirke Jennings, promoted. Dated 5th May, 1915.
Sergeant Walter Keith Dougall, 14th (South Otago) Company, vice Lieutenant John Llewellyn Saunders, promoted. Dated 5th May, 1915.
Sergeant Alexander Smith Falconer, 10th (North Otago) Company, vice Lieutenant James George Cowan, killed in action. Dated 5th May, 1915.
Sergeant Thomas Archibald Clark, 10th (North Otago) Company, vice Lieutenant John Stewart Reid, killed in action. Dated 5th May, 1915.
Sergeant Thomas Fitzpatrick, 10th (North Otago) Company, supernumerary to establishment, vice Lieutenant Richard Ewen Egglestone, missing, believed killed. Dated 5th May, 1915.

Wellington Battalion.

Major George Thompson Hall, New Zealand Army Service Corps, is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel while employed as Officer Commanding Base Details. Dated 20th May, 1915.

(To be 2nd Lieutenants.)
Corporal James Hawthorne Gray, 7th (Wellington West Coast) Company, vice Lieutenant Lawrence William Albert Hugo, killed in action. Dated 5th May, 1915.
Private Allan Henry Preston, 9th (Hawke’s Bay) Company, vice Lieutenant Edmund Robinson Wilson, killed in action. Dated 5th May, 1915.
Sergeant Henry Masterton Clark, New Zealand Engineers, vice 2nd Lieutenant Sydney William Paine, killed in action. Dated 23rd May, 1915.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Special Order made by the Akaroa and Wainui Road Board, County of Akaroa.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 29th July, 1915.

THE following special order, made by the Akaroa and Wainui Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Road Boards Act, 1908.

F. H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

AKAROA AND WAINUI ROAD BOARD.

Special Order.

In exercise of the powers conferred on it by the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, the Akaroa and Wainui Road Board hereby resolves and declares by way of special order that the plants mentioned in the Schedule hereto (being plants mentioned in the Third Schedule to the said Act as extended from time to time by the Governor in Council) are noxious weeds within the district of the Akaroa and Wainui Road Board.

Schedule.

Gorse, broom, fox-glove, ox-eye daisy, hemlock, and fennel.

G. H. O’CALLAGHAN,
Clerk to the Board.

I hereby certify that the above special order was passed at a special meeting of the Akaroa and Wainui Road Board on the 12th day of June, 1915, and confirmed at an ordinary meeting on the 10th day of July, 1915.

G. H. O’CALLAGHAN,
Clerk to the Board.

Special Order made by the Opotiki County Council altering Ridings and fixing Representation.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 4th August, 1915.

THE following special order, made by the Opotiki County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Counties Act, 1908.

F. H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs

NOTICE OF SPECIAL ORDER.

Notice is hereby given that at a special meeting of the Opotiki County Council held on Saturday, the 28th day of March, 1914, the following resolution was passed, and was duly confirmed at the ordinary meeting of the Council held on Friday, the 15th day of May, 1914.

That, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 23 of the Counties Act, 1908, the Opotiki County Council resolves, by way of special order, as follows :—

1. The present division of the Opotiki County into six ridings is revoked, and in lieu thereof the said county shall be divided into six new ridings, to be called respectively Coast Riding, Otara Riding, Waioeka Riding, Upper Waioeka Riding, Waiotahi Riding, and Ohiwa Riding, which said ridings are respectively described in the Schedule hereto.
2. The said Opotiki County Council shall consist of twelve members, who shall be elected as follows :—
   (a.) The electors of the Coast Riding, Upper Waioeka Riding, and Ohiwa Riding shall each elect one Councillor ;
   (b.) The electors of the Waiotahi Riding shall elect two Councillors ;
   (c.) The electors of the Otara Riding shall elect three Councillors ; and
   (d.) The electors of the Waioeka Riding shall elect four Councillors.
3. The alteration hereby made shall take effect on and after the 22nd day of July, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

1. Coast Riding.

All that area bounded commencing at the mouth of the Whangaparaoa River near Cape Runaway by the Whangaparaoa River and a line running generally in a southerly direction, which said river and line form the boundary-line between the Opotiki and Waiapu Counties, to the part where the said boundary is intersected by the Ruatahanga Stream ; and thence towards the south by the Ruatahanga and Te Kahika Streams to the Motu River ; thence generally towards the east by the said Motu River and to the point on the said river where the boundary between the blocks of land known as the Kapuarangi and Takaputahi Blocks meets the Motu