JUNE 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1867

Lieutenant William Henry Simpson, M.B., B.S., to be Captain while employed with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 24th April, 1916.

Alexander Duncan Shanks Whyte, M.B., B.S., to be Captain while employed with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 1st April, 1916.

Herbert Millar Hay, M.B., B.S., to be Captain while employed with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 1st April, 1916.

Edwin Claude Hayes, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond., to be Captain for war service while holding appointment as Superintendent of a Hospital in New Zealand. Dated 8th May, 1916.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.

The Reverend John Aldred Luxford, Chaplain to the Forces, 3rd Class, to be Chaplain, 2nd Class. Dated 12th April, 1916.

The Reverend John Aldred Luxford, Chaplain to the Forces, 2nd Class, to be Chaplain, 1st Class, and is retired under the provisions of paragraphs 126 and 127, General Regulations, 1913, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 12th April, 1916.

The undermentioned Chaplains, 4th Class, to be Chaplains, 3rd Class. Dated 12th April, 1916:—

The Reverend Angus MacDonald.

The Reverend Thomas Fielden Taylor.

Adjutant Alfred Greene (attached from Salvation Army), ranking as Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, to rank as Chaplain, 3rd Class. Dated 12th April, 1916.

The undermentioned to be Chaplains to the Forces, 4th Class:—

The Reverend Charles Palmer. Dated 21st March, 1916.

The Reverend Charles Hughlings Garland. Dated 3rd May, 1916.

The Reverend Albert Charles Lawry. Dated 3rd May, 1916.

The Reverend Eruera te Tuhi. Dated 8th May, 1916.

The Reverend David Bronlow Forde Carlisle, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, resigns his commission. Dated 29th April, 1916.

Unattached List (b).

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:—

Walter John King. Dated 27th February, 1914.

Charles John Hickson. Dated 13th March, 1916.

2nd Lieutenant Archibald Graham Valentine to be Lieutenant, under provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 16th January, 1916.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Herbert Carvosso is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant while employed as Supply Officer, Trentham Camp. Dated 1st May, 1916.

William John Logan to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 19th April, 1916.

The commission granted 2nd Lieutenant Norman Dennis Mahoney is cancelled under provisions of section 5 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909. Dated 29th April, 1916.

The commission granted 2nd Lieutenant Arthur Richard Bailey is cancelled under provisions of section 5 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909. Dated 29th April, 1916.

The commission granted 2nd Lieutenant William Richard Mulgan is cancelled under provisions of section 5 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909. Dated 29th April, 1916.

The commission granted 2nd Lieutenant Ronald Macmillan Algie is cancelled under provisions of section 5 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909. Dated 29th April, 1916.

New Zealand Expeditionary Force.—Maori Contingent.

2nd Lieutenant Hori McGregor is discharged from the New Zealand Expeditionary Force under the provisions of section 11 (1), Expeditionary Forces Act, 1915. Dated 13th April, 1916.

Memorandum.

Lieutenant George Finlay (Garrison Artillery Division, Wellington) is appointed for duty as Ship’s Quartermaster on H.M.N.Z. Transport “Mokoia,” with his present rank, vice Lieutenant R. Le Quesne, resigned. Dated 4th May, 1916.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 16th May, 1916.

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

Lieutenant-Colonel JOHN ARCHIBALD PAUL FREDRIC,
4th (Otago) Regiment,

he having a total rank and commissioned service to the 31st March, 1916, entitling him thereto of twenty-two years two hundred and forty days.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of a Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

Major CHARLES HELLIER DAVIS EVANS, Reserve of Officers, 9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles,

he having a total service to 14th April, 1916, entitling him thereto of twenty years and seventeen days.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Meritorious-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 16th May, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 12, Appendix IX, of the Regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces, 1913, of the award of the Meritorious-service Medal to

No. 821, Regimental Sergeant-major (W.O.) THOMAS JOHN GEORGE RUTLAND (deceased), Royal New Zealand Artillery.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 16th May, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of a Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

No. 45/21, Quartermaster-Sergeant WILLIAM THOMAS FACER, New Zealand Garrison Artillery,

he having a total service to the 31st March, 1916, entitling him thereto of twenty-one years two hundred and forty-four days.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Disbandment of a Defence Rifle Club.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 27th May, 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:—

The Lumsden Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Lumsden, Otago Military District. Date of disbandment, 27th May, 1916.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Approval of Fees for Licensing of Vehicles fixed by By-law.—Grey County Council.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 27th May, 1916.

IT is hereby notified, in accordance with section 107 of the Counties Act, 1908, that so much of the by-law made by the Grey County Council on the 22nd day of March, 1916, as appoints the several sums to be paid to the Grey County funds for the licensing of vehicles has this day been approved by His Excellency the Governor.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notification of Deposit of Rules of North Canterbury Acclimatization Society.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 29th May, 1916.

IT is hereby notified that a copy of the rules of the North Canterbury Acclimatization Society has been duly deposited in this office in accordance with section 51 of the Animals Protection Act, 1908, and has been approved by the Governor in Council. The said society is therefore deemed to be a duly registered Acclimatization Society under the Animals Protection Act, 1908.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs