Dec. 1.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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to within about thirty chains of section, balance at present unformed. The section comprises rather steep country, covered with a heavy forest of rata, rimu, tawa, tawhero, hinau, totara, miro, rewarewa, &c., and a dense undergrowth of raurekau, kotukutuku, rangiora, makomako, supplejacks, pongas, &c. Soil of good quality, on papa and sandstone; well watered.

Ohura County.—Pouatu Survey District.

Section 4,* Block IV: Area, 1,111 acres; capital value, £1,390; half-yearly rent, £27 16s.

Situated at the junction of the Ohura and Tangarakau Roads, the Ohura Road being the main road from Stratford to Ongarue. Access from Whangamomona Railway-station, about twenty-three miles distant, by dray-road. The railway will shortly be opened to Tahora, about twelve miles distant. At present the Public Works train runs to Huri-moana, about fourteen miles from the section. The section comprises some easy country, with small flats on the Tangarakau Road, running back to high steep country. Good homestead-sites are obtainable. Along the Ohura Road the country is steep, and a little easier towards the eastern corner. The forest is very heavy on the flats, and varies from heavy mixed to birch on the steep country, comprising rimu, kahikatea, matai, tawa, hinau, rata, tawhero, birch, rewarewa, &c., and a dense undergrowth of raurekau, mahoe, supplejacks, kaiwiri, kiekie, &c. Soil of fair quality, on sandstone and papa formation; well watered. Elevation, 630 ft. to 1,390 ft.

Ohura County.—Pouatu and Waro Survey Districts.

Section 5,* Block IV: Area, 1,052 acres; capital value, £1,580; half-yearly rent, £31 12s.

Section 3,* Block XVI: Area, 1,373 acres 2 roods; capital value, £2,070; half-yearly rent, £41 8s.

Situated on the Tangarakau Road one mile to two miles and a half from the main Ohura-Stratford Road. Access from Whangamomona Railway-station, twenty-four miles to twenty-five miles and a half distant—twenty-three miles dray-road, balance unformed. The nearest post-office is at Tatu, about ten miles distant. The sections comprise easy country, with small flats on the front, rising by terraces and steep ridges to high ridges at the back. Heavy forest, principally tawa, with rimu, kahikatea, matai, miro, hinau, rata, rewarewa, &c. Dense undergrowth of mahoe, kaiwiri, raurekau, houhou, patate, angeange, supplejacks, tree ferns, kiekie, &c. Soil is of fair quality, on sandstone and papa formation; well watered. Elevation, 650 ft. to 1,960 ft. above sea-level.

• National endowment.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of November, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

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

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Amendments to Regulations governing the Appointment, Promotion, and Gradation of Members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

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LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority conferred on me by the Defence Act, 1909, its amendments, and the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces Act, 1915, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby amend, in the manner set forth in the Schedule hereto, the regulations published in the New Zealand Gazette of the seventh day of September, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, governing the appointment, promotion, and gradation of members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

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SCHEDULE.

1. PARAGRAPH 12 is hereby cancelled, and the following regulation substituted:—

2. Promotions made in New Zealand since the departure of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, in the ordinary course of promotions in the various home units, will not take effect in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

3. The last sentence in paragraph 15 is cancelled, and the following regulation substituted:—

If, after thirty days, he has performed the duty satisfactorily, he may be recommended for the grant of temporary higher rank, or temporary appointment, to fill the vacancy, dating from the expiration of the above thirty days.

3. Paragraphs 33, 34, and 35 are hereby cancelled, and the following regulations substituted:—

4. (a.) Officers Commanding Units will forward through the usual channels, to the G.O.C., N.Z.E.F., a short report on each officer in their command, as soon as he has completed three months’ service in same. Such report to be on the officer’s fitness for his present rank and for promotion to the next senior rank.

(b.) Every officer evacuated will be boarded as soon as possible after evacuation. Any officer declared by the Board to be unlikely to be fit for service in the field within three months from date of being boarded will be placed on a list to be called the “N.Z. Roll,” and will be sent to New Zealand by the first New Zealand transport available after he is fit to travel.

(c.) No evacuated officer shall receive promotion, should a vacancy in his unit occur, if either the report mentioned on paragraph (a) is unsatisfactory or once his name has been placed on the “N.Z. Roll.”

(d.) Once an officer’s name has been placed on the “N.Z. Roll,” no subsequent vacancy in his unit shall be allowed to defer his departure for New Zealand.

(e.) All officers whose names are placed on the “N.Z. Roll” shall be forthwith seconded from their units, but shall not be struck off the strength of the N.Z.E.F. unless and until they receive their discharge.

(f.) On arrival in New Zealand, officers will report to Headquarters, who will decide whether they are to return to the Front with reinforcements, or to be employed in some other military capacity, or to be discharged from the N.Z.E.F.

(g.) No officer shall be discharged from the N.Z.E.F. outside of New Zealand, except under special circumstances and by the order of the G.O.C., N.Z.E.F.

34. If an officer who has been struck off the strength of the N.Z.E.F. or has been placed on the “N.Z. Roll” returns to the Expeditionary Force in the field, and if, in the opinion of the G.O.C., N.Z.E.F., there are special reasons “in the interests of the service” that he should be promoted, and he is so promoted, he shall be placed in that higher rank in the order he would have been had he not been so struck off the strength, the date of such promotion being antedated accordingly.

35. If, however, he is not so promoted, he will be posted with the rank and seniority he held at the time of his being struck off the strength of the N.Z.E.F., or being placed on the “N.Z. Roll,” as the case may be.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-second day of November, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, in the presence of—

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

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Amendment to Regulations for New Zealand Military Forces, 1913.—Chaplains.

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LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority conferred on me by the Defence Act, 1909, and its amendments, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby amend, in the manner set forth in the Schedule hereto, the Regulations for the Military Forces of New Zealand, made on the twenty-second day of December, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen; and I do hereby declare that such amendments shall have effect as from the date of publication thereof in the Gazette.

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SCHEDULE.

SECTION VIII.—TRAINING AND EDUCATION.

Chaplains.

1. AFTER paragraph 440 add—

440A. The Senior Chaplain of each denomination in each of the military districts will be the Chaplain in the district shown highest of his denomination in the New Zealand Chaplains Department, irrespective of grade. He will recommend to the Officer Commanding District appointments, transfers, promotions, resignations, and retirements of Chaplains; also the supply of Chaplains for duty at camps.

440B. The Senior Chaplain of each denomination in New Zealand will be whichever District Chaplain, referred to in the preceding paragraph, is the senior in the New Zealand Chaplains Department.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-second day of November, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, in the presence of—

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.