APRIL 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1133

Motor-boat Section, Canterbury.
Lieutenant Charles Monck to be Acting District Senior Officer during the absence of Lieutenant F. A. Anderson with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 13th March, 1916.

Unattached List (b).
Captain Thomas Carr, V.D., resigns his commission. Dated 16th March, 1916.
Sydney Edmund Dermot Neill to be temporary Captain during the period of the war. Dated 6th March, 1916.
2nd Lieutenant Claude McCarthy to be Lieutenant. Dated 28th January, 1916.
Arthur Alphonso Kenny to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 13th March, 1916.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.):—
James Fanning. Dated 10th March, 1916.
Louis Augustine Chapman. Dated 10th March, 1916.
Douglas Leslie McKay. Dated 10th March, 1916.
John Wallace Atkinson. Dated 13th March, 1916.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Rearrangement of Duties in connection with the Quartermaster-General (3) Branch of the Quartermaster-General to the Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 11th April, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following rearrangement of duties in connection with the Quartermaster-General (3) Branch of the Department of the Quartermaster-General to the Forces:—

Staff.
Honorary Major James O’Sullivan, Q.M.G. (3), attached N.Z. Staff Corps, relinquishes the appointment of Assistant Quartermaster-General at Headquarters, and is appointed Deputy Inspector, Equipment and Ordnance Stores, with his present rank, and with effect from the 10th April, 1916. Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Thomas McCristell, N.Z. Staff Corps, to be Director of Equipment and Ordnance Stores, Q.M.G. (3), at Headquarters, with the honorary rank of Major while so employed, vice Honorary Major James O’Sullivan, and with effect from 10th April, 1916.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Disbandment of a Defence Rifle Club.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 12th April, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the disbandment, under section 43 (1) and (2) and section 44 of the Defence Act, 1909, of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club:—

Neil Road Defence Rifle Club,
with headquarters at Matawai (Wellington Military District). Date of disbandment, 10th April, 1916.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Disbandment of a Defence Rifle Club.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 12th April, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the disbandment, under section 43 (1) and (2) and section 44 of the Defence Act, 1909, of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club:—

Nawa Defence Rifle Club,
with headquarters at Tolaga Bay, Wellington Military District. Date of disbandment, 10th April, 1916.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Disbandment of a Defence Rifle Club.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 12th April, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the disbandment, under section 43 (1) and (2) and section 44 of the Defence Act, 1909, of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club:—

Okato Defence Rifle Club,
with headquarters at Okato, Wellington Military District. Date of disbandment, 10th April, 1916.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 11th April, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of a Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration to

Colonel CHARLES JAMES COOPER, Commander, Lyttelton Coast Defence Troops,

he having a total commissioned service to the 23rd March 1916, entitling him thereto of twenty years and six days.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Disbandment of a Defence Rifle Club.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 12th April, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the disbandment, under section 43 (1) and (2) and section 44 of the Defence Act, 1909, of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club:—

Waipiro Bay Defence Rifle Club,
with headquarters at Waipiro Bay, Wellington Military District. Date of disbandment, 10th April, 1916.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 11th April, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of a Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration to

Captain ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER McWILLIAM, 10th (North Otago) Regiment,

he having a total rank and commissioned service to the 17th March, 1916, entitling him thereto of twenty-six years two hundred and seventy days.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Dismissal from the New Zealand Defence Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 12th April, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under section 6 (b) of the Defence Act, 1909, of the dismissal of

No. 56/57, Private ROBERT RICHARDS, 14th (South Otago) Regiment,

from the New Zealand Defence Forces, he having been convicted by the Civil power. Dated 23rd March, 1916.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Designation of the New Zealand Dental Service Corps changed to “New Zealand Dental Corps.”

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 12th April, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to abolish, under section 6 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909, the designation of the New Zealand Dental Service Corps, as published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 135, dated 25th November, 1915, and to approve that it be redesignated the “New Zealand Dental Corps.” Dated 24th February, 1916.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.