Oct. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3349

Members of Millerton Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 20th October, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 41 of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM HENDERSON McINTYRE and
JAMES HUTTON

to be members of the Millerton Domain Board, in the places of Charles Mountfort Lindop and George Lawn, who have resigned.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Resignation of Member of Christchurch Domain Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 20th October, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that the resignation of

HENRY GEORGE ELL, M.P.,

a member of the Christchurch Domain Board has been accepted by His Excellency the Governor.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Chairmen of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 19th October, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ERNEST WILLIAM BURTON, Esq., S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Committee for the District of Marsden, vice E. Page, Esq., S.M. ;

FREDERICK JAMES BURGESS, Esq., S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Committee for the District of Kaipara, vice E. Page, Esq., S.M. ; and

EDWARD PAGE, Esq., S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Committee for the District of Thames, vice F. J. Burgess, Esq., S.M.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Justice.

Deputy Registrars of Births and Deaths appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 25th October, 1916.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons have been appointed to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Births and Deaths for the places set respectively opposite their names, viz. :

Name. Place.
DAISY EDITH BUCHANAN .. New Brighton.
WILLIAM JOSEPH SERGISON Sumner.

W. W. COOK,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1916.—Notice No. 29.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 25th October, 1916.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information :

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend FREDERICK ALFRED CRAWSHAW.

W. W. COOK,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 23rd October, 1916.

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

9TH (WELLINGTON EAST COAST) MOUNTED RIFLES.
Lieutenant Henry Beresford Maunsell is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and absorbed into the establishment, with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 16th October, 1916.

NEW ZEALAND FIELD ARTILLERY.
The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Percy Cecil Hurst is confirmed.

CORPS OF NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS.
Mounted Signal Troops.
The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Edwin Roland Guinness is confirmed.

4TH (OTAGO) REGIMENT.
2nd Lieutenant Harold Vernon Tregear is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and absorbed into the establishment. Dated 27th July, 1916.

5TH (WELLINGTON) REGIMENT.
Corporal Henry Samuel McDougall Sanson to be 2nd Lieutenant (supernumerary to establishment). Dated 20th September, 1916.

NEW ZEALAND FORCES MOTOR SERVICE CORPS.
The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) are confirmed :

Benjamin Herbert Andrew.
Charles Frederick Bennett.
James Marsden Caughey.
Eliot Rypinski Davis.
Charlton Greenway Dawson.
Albert Fuller Ellis.
James Whitson Jack.
Herbert Charles Stoddart.
Gideon Lawrence Taylor.

NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL CORPS.
Captain John Patrick Daunt Leahy is granted the temporary rank of Major during the period of the war. Dated 6th October, 1916.
Captain Kenneth Edwin Tapper, M.B., is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and absorbed. Dated 21st October, 1916.
Lieutenant Stuart Scoular, M.B., Ch.M., N.Z., to be Captain while employed with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 4th October, 1916.

NEW ZEALAND VETERINARY CORPS.
Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Reid Young, M.R.C.V.S., is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and absorbed. Dated 28th August, 1916.

NEW ZEALAND CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.
The Reverend Robert Langlands Walker resigns his commission. Dated 25th September, 1916.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).
The notice published in New Zealand Gazette dated 20th April, 1916, relative to the resignation of Captain Thomas Carr, v.d., is cancelled.
Captain Thomas Carr, v.d., is posted to the Retired List, under provisions of paragraph 126, General Regulations, 1913, and is granted the honorary rank of Major, with permission to wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 16th March, 1916.
2nd Lieutenant David Te Rau Ngakau Lewis to be Lieutenant. Dated 18th September, 1916.
Sergeant-major Frederick J. Mackintosh is granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant while employed as Officer in Charge of Camp Records, Featherston. Dated 31st May, 1916.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Special Order made by the Franklin County Council merging Pokeno Road District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 18th October, 1916.

THE following special order, made by the Franklin County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Counties Amendment Act, 1913.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

SPECIAL ORDER.

In exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 31 of the Counties Act, 1908, the Franklin County Council, on the