JUNE 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1973

Lieutenant Charles Kay Ward (Dental Surgeon) is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and is absorbed. Dated 5th May, 1915.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.
The Reverend Alexander Gow, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, resigns his commission. Dated 5th May, 1916.

Unattached List (b).
2nd Lieutenant Albert George Stanley to be Lieutenant. Dated 3rd April, 1916.

The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) are confirmed :—
Henry Banks.
Charles Norton Boult.
Harold Thomas Malcolm Fathers.
Sidney King.
Arthur Herbert Miles.
John Page.
Harold Herbert Parkinson.
Hugh Godfrey Wake.

Lieutenant Gilbert Walpole Coombe is seconded for service with the 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own), Coast Defence Detachment. Dated 14th April, 1916.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants are seconded for service with the 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own). Dated 31st March, 1916 :—
Matthew Prust Stewart.
Clifford Anderson Rowe.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) :—
Alan Clive Roberts. Dated 6th May, 1916.
William Stuart MacMorrin. Dated 27th April, 1916.
Edgar Frank Snell. Dated 17th May, 1916.

John Norman Millard to be 2nd Lieutenant (temporary), vice 2nd Lieutenant Mawson on active service. Dated 6th May, 1916.

Memorandum.
Captain Donald Simson is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force at his own request, with effect from 9th June, 1916.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces’ Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 7th June, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of a Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to Lieutenant Alfred Ernest Jaggs, Unattached List (b), he having a total service to the 8th May, 1916, entitling him thereto of twenty years and forty-one days.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Officers to the National Reserve.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 8th June, 1916.

THE appointments as hereunder are approved in accordance with section 3 (3) of the Defence Amendment Act, 1915, and paragraphs 6 (b) and (d) of the regulations made thereunder, as published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 30, of the 9th March, 1916, and with effect from 17th May, 1916 :—

THE NATIONAL RESERVE.

(1.) Appointments under paragraph 6 (b). To be District Commandants :—
Auckland : Alexander William Baragwanath, Esquire.
Canterbury : Captain John Joseph Dougall (Retired List).
Wellington : Lieutenant Colonel Arthur de Bathe Brandon (Retired List).
Otago : Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Stoneham (Retired List).
Marlborough (Sub-District) : Major Alfred Rogers, v.d. (Retired List).
Nelson and Westland (Sub-District) : Captain John Lewis Ching (Reserve of Officers).
Southland (Sub-District) : Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Henderson, v.d. (Retired List).

(2.) Appointment under paragraph 6 (d). To be Commander of the Railway Engineers Section :—
George Alexander Troup, Esquire.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Special Order made by the Moa Road Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 9th June, 1916.

THE following special order, made by the Moa Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Road Boards Act, 1908.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

MOA ROAD BOARD.

Special Order in re £2,700 Loan for Lepper Road South.

THAT, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, this Board is authorized, by consent of the ratepayers interested, to raise a loan of £2,700 for the purpose of forming and metalling Lepper Road South, such loan to be for a period of thirty-six years and a half, at the rate of £5 12s. 2d. per centum per annum;] to strike as security for such loan a special rate of 1¾d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Lepper Road South No. 3 Special-rating Area, comprising part Section 121, Sections 122, 123, 125, 126 in two subdivisions, 127 in four subdivisions, and 147, Block IV, Egmont Survey District, Sections 138, 143, 144, 145, and 146, Block III, Egmont Survey District, and Sections part 7, 8, 9 in two subdivisions, 10 in two subdivisions, 11, 12, 13, and 30, Block VII, Egmont Survey District, which are hereby constituted the Lepper Road South No. 3 Special-rating District; and to pay out of such loan the cost of raising it.

I certify that the above special order was duly passed in accordance with the Road Boards Act, 1908, at a special meeting of the Moa Road Board held on Saturday, 15th April, 1916, and confirmed at a subsequent monthly meeting of the Board held on Saturday, 20th May, 1916.

R. BUCKLEY,
Clerk to the Moa Road Board.

Notification of Deposit of Rules of Ashburton Acclimatization Society.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 12th June, 1916.

IT is hereby notified that a copy of the rules of the Ashburton Acclimatization Society has been duly deposited in this office, and has been approved by the Governor in Council, under the Animals Protection Act, 1908.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Alteration of Date of First Meeting, Mangawara Drainage District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 6th June, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Wednesday, the 21st June, 1916, at 12 o’clock noon, to be the time, and the Taupiri Hall, Taupiri, to be the place, at which the first meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Mangawara Drainage District shall be held, in lieu of Tuesday, the 6th day of June, previously appointed.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Result of Election of Member of River Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 12th June, 1916.

THE following result of election of a member of a River Board has been received from the returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of the River Boards Amendment Act, 1913.

J. HISLOP,
Under-Secretary.

South Waimakariri River Board, Counties of Waimairi, Paparua, Heathcote, Halswell, and Springs—
Alfred Selwyn Bruce, for Subdistrict of Heathcote.