SEPT. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3061

Official Visitor, Nelson Mental Hospital, appointed.

Wellington, 19th September, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS EDWARDS

to be an Official Visitor under the Mental Defectives Act, 1911, within the Provincial District of Nelson.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister in Charge of Mental Hospitals.

Inspector under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, appointed.—Notice No. 1845.

Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce.
Wellington, 15th September, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE CUTTS

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, for the Borough of Onehunga, the appointment to date as from the 1st September, 1916.

W. D. S. MACDONALD,
Minister of Agriculture and of Industries and Commerce.

Deputy Resident Commissioner of Rarotonga appointed.

Cook Islands Department,
Wellington, 18th September, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HUGH FRASER AYSON, Esq.,

to be Deputy Resident Commissioner of Rarotonga.

M. POMARE,
Minister for the Cook Islands.

Hemp Grader appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 12th September, 1916.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service:—

WILLIAM JAMES SCOLLAY,

to be a Hemp Grader for the purposes of the Products Export Act, 1908, as from the 23rd August, 1916.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 18th September, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the New Zealand Staff Corps and Territorial Force:—

New Zealand Staff Corps.

Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Digby Edward Cardale is granted the temporary rank of Major whilst doing duty as Mounted Instructor, Expeditionary Force Training Camp, and with effect from 2nd September, 1916.

1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry).

The undermentioned Captains to be Majors, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 3rd July, 1916:—

Percy Morland Acton-Adams.
Frederick Gorton.
Herbert Clarence Hurst.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 3rd July, 1916:—

John Coe.
Donald Sinclair Murchison.
William Deans.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 3rd July, 1916:—

Alexander Deans.
Thomas Cooper Jebson, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913.
Arthur John Ware Birdling, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913.

11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles.

Captain Charles Reginald Ernest Mackesy to be Major, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 26th August, 1916.

Lieutenant Alexander Robert Neilson to be Captain, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 28th August, 1916.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 28th August, 1916:—

James Sydney Paton.
Charles Frederick Smedley.

New Zealand Garrison Artillery.

Captain Percival Beaumont Greenhough is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, with his original rank and seniority, and absorbed into the establishment. Dated 10th August, 1916.

Lieutenant William Robert Golden to be Captain (Auckland Garrison Artillery Division). Dated 4th September, 1916.

Corps of New Zealand Engineers.

The appointment of Lieutenant (on probation) Arthur Gifford Williams (New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps) is confirmed.

5th (Wellington) Regiment.

Sergeant Archibald Thomas Bacon to be 2nd Lieutenant (supernumerary to establishment). Dated 5th September, 1916.

6th (Hauraki) Regiment.

Lieutenant Edwin Edwards to be Captain, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 28th August, 1916.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 28th August, 1916:—

Wynne Peyton Gray.
Alexander Milliken.
James Robert Bodley, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913.
Robert Henry Daldy, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913.
Eric Ainslie Porritt.
William Raymond McCormick.

11th Regiment (Taranaki) Rifles.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 38, of the 6th April, relative to Captain William Eugene Stafford Furby being struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and absorbed into the establishment, dated 18th March, 1916, is cancelled.

15th (North Auckland) Regiment.

The undermentioned Captains to be Majors. Dated 4th September, 1916:—

Alexander Main.
Samuel Wilfrid Turley.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 4th September, 1916:—

Claude Spencer White.
Ernest Astley Harding.

New Zealand Forces Motor Service Corps.

(Motor-car Section.)

Major John Mounsey resigns his appointment as District Senior Officer, Wellington Section. Dated 30th August, 1916.

Major George Barkentin Bullock to be District Senior Officer, Wellington Section. Dated 30th August, 1916.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

John Campbell MacDiarmid, M.B., Ch.B., Edin., to be Captain. Dated 27th July, 1916.

New Zealand Dental Corps.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 38, of the 6th April, 1916, relative to the promotion of Lieutenant John Hunter Strauchon, this should read “temporary Captain,” and not “Captain” as therein stated.

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