Mar. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 649

Lieutenant John Edward Makgill, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant (temporary), vice Lieutenant Rudduck, with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 10th November, 1915.

Lieutenant Richard Walter Johns, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant (temporary), vice Lieutenant Palmer, with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 10th November, 1915.

Lieutenant Hugh McColl Holden, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant (temporary), vice Lieutenant Haeata, with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 14th January, 1916.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (supernumerary to establishment). Dated 14th January, 1916.
Sergeant Alexander Augustus Swaffield.
Sergeant William Charles Henry Stevens.

Quartermaster-Sergeant William Shakespeare Dalton to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), supernumerary to establishment. Dated 14th January, 1916.

9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles.
Lieutenant Eric Hamilton Beamish to be Captain. Dated 21st December, 1915.

New Zealand Field Artillery.
Lieutenant Henry Augustus Swarbrick to be Captain. Dated 17th August, 1915.

Corps of New Zealand Engineers.—New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps.
Honorary 2nd Lieutenant William Robinson Henry Clarke to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (Wireless Troop). Dated 20th January, 1916.

4th (Otago) Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant Vernon Augustus Norrish is transferred to the 14th (South Otago) Regiment. Dated 12th January, 1916.

6th (Hauraki) Regiment.
The commission granted Captain William Smeaton Clark is cancelled, under the provisions of section 5 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909. Dated 22nd January, 1916.

11th Regiment (Taranaki) Rifles.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenant (temporary) during the absence of officers with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force:—
William Robert Johns, vice Lieutenant Gilbert. Dated 17th January, 1916.

12th (Nelson) Regiment.
Gordon James Waters Boundy to be 2nd Lieutenant (temporary), vice Lieutenant Starnes, with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 9th December, 1915.

14th (South Otago) Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant Vernon Augustus Norrish, from the 4th (Otago) Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 12th January, 1916.

15th (North Auckland) Regiment.
Lieutenant Ernest Holmes Blundell to be Captain. Dated 17th August, 1915.
Cyril Vernon Grant to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 24th January, 1916.

New Zealand Forces Motor Service Corps (Motor-boat Section).
(Canterbury.)
The undermentioned to be Lieutenants. Dated 29th July, 1915.
James Campbell Hay.
William J. Holmes.
Charles Monck.
James Hines.
Thomas Ball.

(Otago.)
Edward Knewstubb to be Captain. Dated 29th July, 1915.
The undermentioned to be Lieutenants. Dated 29th July, 1915.
James Johnston.
William Alexander Henderson Garden.
Charles William Sundstrum.
Alexander Coleman.
Charles Speight.
William Robert Waters.

New Zealand Medical Corps.
The undermentioned to be Captains:—
Francis Dewsbury Pinfold, M.B., Ch.B., N.Z. Dated 11th January, 1916.

Arthur Anderson Martin, M.D., F.R.C.S. Dated 17th January, 1916.
Captain Arthur Anderson Martin, M.D., F.R.C.S., is granted the temporary rank of Major. Dated 1st February, 1916.

Rex Carrington Brewster to be temporary Captain while employed overseas during the period of the war. Dated 15th January, 1916.

George Huntly Wood, M.B., B.S., to be temporary Captain. Dated 25th January, 1916.

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants:—
Ernest Charles Winstone. Dated 26th October, 1915.
John McGhie, M.B., Ch.B., Glas. Dated 8th January, 1916.

Ernest Charles Winstone to be temporary Captain. Dated 26th October, 1915.

Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Ernest Charles Winstone is transferred to the New Zealand Dental Service Corps. Dated 7th November, 1915.

Captain (Dental Surgeon) Peter Gulland Hume, having returned from active service, is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, with effect from 24th December, 1915.

The undermentioned Lieutenants (temporary Captains) are transferred to the New Zealand Dental Service Corps. Dated 7th November, 1915.
Douglas Maunsell Beere.
Raymond Alfred Dearsly.
John Ballam Don.
John Sanders Fairchild.
Bertram Sibbald Finn.
Donald Benjamin Green.
Arthur Lunan Logan.
William Mackenzie.
Ernest Herbert Rawson.
Francis Parnell Tymons.
Peter Gulland Hume.
Ernest Prideaux Pridham.

The undermentioned Lieutenants are transferred to the New Zealand Dental Service Corps. Dated 7th November, 1915.
Charles Kay Ward.
Reginald Rossiter Arthur.
John Hunter Strauchon.
John Martin Ryan.
Richard James King.
Leonard Harry Potton.

New Zealand Dental Service Corps.
The undermentioned Lieutenants (temporary Captains) from the New Zealand Medical Corps to be Lieutenants (temporary Captains). Dated 7th November, 1915.
Douglas Maunsell Beere.
Raymond Alfred Dearsly.
John Ballam Don.
John Sanders Fairchild.
Bertram Sibbald Finn.
Donald Benjamin Green.
Arthur Lunan Logan.
William Mackenzie.
Ernest Herbert Rawson.
Francis Parnell Tymons.
Peter Gulland Hume.
Ernest Prideaux Pridham.

Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Ernest Charles Winstone, from the New Zealand Medical Corps, to be an Executive Officer with the rank of Lieutenant (temporary Captain). Dated 7th November, 1915.

The undermentioned to be Executive Officers with the rank of Lieutenant:—
William Richmond Hursthouse. Dated 12th November, 1915.
Robert Dickson Elliott. Dated 15th November, 1915.
Raynor Colin Bell. Dated 1st December, 1915.
Douglas Vernon Donaldson. Dated 1st December, 1915.
Frank Normanton Fussell. Dated 8th December, 1915.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be temporary Captains:—
William Richmond Hursthouse. Dated 1st December, 1915.
Robert Dickson Elliott. Dated 8th December, 1915.

The undermentioned Lieutenants from the New Zealand Medical Corps to be Lieutenants. Dated 7th November, 1915.
Charles Kay Ward.
Reginald Rossiter Arthur.
John Hunter Strauchon.
John Martin Ryan.
Richard James King.
Leonard Harry Potton.