Aug. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2583

Percy Robert Chapman to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.), No, 8 Company, vice 2nd Lieutenant Milnes, on active service. Dated 17th July, 1916.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

The notice published in New Zealand Gazette of 29th October, 1914, relative to the appointment of Captain Joseph Livingstone Fraser-Hurst, the words “from the Reserve of Officers, 4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles,” should be inserted after this officer’s name.

The undermentioned to be Captains :—
James Alexander Macdonell, M.B., M.S., Aberd. Dated 14th March, 1916.
Thomas Fletcher Telford, M.D., D.P.H. Dated 4th July, 1916.
Edwin Claude Hayes, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond. Dated 17th July, 1916.
Theodore Grant Gray, M.B., Ch.B., Aberd. Dated 1st August, 1916.

The undermentioned to be (temporary) Captains :—
David Hastings Young, M.B., M.S., Edin. Dated 14th July, 1916.
George Geils Kenny, M.B., C.M., Glas. Dated 15th July, 1916.

New Zealand Dental Corps.

Torrance Parkinson Cuddie to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 7th July, 1916.

New Zealand Veterinary Corps.

The undermentioned to be Captains :—
Richard Harold Meade, M.R.C.V.S., Lond. Dated 1st July, 1916.
William Christopher Barry, M.R.C.V.S. Dated 4th July, 1916.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.

The undermentioned Chaplains to the Forces (4th Class) to be Chaplains, 3rd Class :—
The Venerable Archdeacon John Attwood Jacob. Dated 1st January, 1916.
The Reverend Frederick William Boys. Dated 27th June, 1916.
The Reverend Simeon George Griffith to be Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class. Dated 12th July, 1916.

New Zealand Army Nursing Service.

Nora Leslie Hughes to be Staff Nurse. Dated 31st May, 1916.

Unattached List (b).

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :—
Oliver Sidney Ellis. Dated 31st May, 1915.
Henry White Oak Slater. Dated 23rd August, 1915.
Arthur Reginald Bushell to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), General List. Dated 10th February, 1915.

Sergeant-major Bruce Hutton to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 15th July, 1916.

Arthur Ernest Turner to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 14th July, 1916.

Robert Carnachan to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.), vice 2nd Lieutenant Cheeseman, on active service. Dated 17th July, 1916.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 75, of 6th July, 1916, relative to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Percy Wallace Sampson relinquishing his appointment as Supply Officer, Wellington Docks, and is temporarily retained on the strength, dated 6th June, 1916, is cancelled. With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 25, of 2nd March, 1916, the appointment of Sergeant-major Percy Wallace Sampson as 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), General List, as Supply Officer, Wellington Docks, lapses, he having ceased to be employed in that capacity. Dated 6th June, 1916.

With reference to the notification published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 143, of 16th December, 1915, relative to the appointment of Harry Bruce Lethbridge and Charles George Morton Boyce, for “2nd Lieutenants (on probation)” read “2nd Lieutenants (temp.).”

Memorandum.

Honorary Lieutenant Alexander Mitchell Wighton (Reserve of Officers) is transferred from Ship’s Quartermaster H.M.N.Z. Transport “Waihora” to Ship’s Quartermaster H.M.N.Z. Transport “Waitemata,” with the rank of Lieutenant, and with effect from the 11th July, 1916.

Lieutenant Forbes Herbert Anderson, New Zealand Army Service Corps, proceeds on active service, with seniority in the Expeditionary Force, as from the 12th February, 1916.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Promotions of Officers of the New Zealand Motor Service Corps.

Wellington, 31st July, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the promotions of the undermentioned officers :—

New Zealand Forces Motor Service Corps.

Captain William Beauchamp-Platts to be Major. Dated 16th June, 1916.

Major William Beauchamp-Platts to be Staff Officer. Dated 16th June, 1916.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains. Dated 16th June, 1916 :—
Allen Owen Bishop.
Dudley Kettle.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be temporary Captains. Dated 16th June, 1916 :—
Charles Edward Aldridge.
William Pryor.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Authorizing the Laying-off of Trout Street, in the Town of Motu Extension No. 3, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 25th July, 1916.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of the Land Act, 1908, I hereby authorize the laying-off of Trout Street, in the Town of Motu Extension No. 3, Hawke’s Bay Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

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

Authorizing the Laying-off of Lake and Bonnett Roads and Short Street, in the Town of Kaitaia Extension No. 6, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 19th July, 1916.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of the Land Act, 1908, I hereby authorize the laying-off of Lake and Bonnett Roads and Short Street, in the Town of Kaitaia Extension No. 6, Auckland Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99ft.

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

Notice of Intention to take Land in Blocks IX, X, XIII, and XIV, Waihou Survey District, for the more Effective Carrying-out of Drainage and other Works in the Hauraki Plains and for the Better Disposal of Crown Land in that District.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, and the Hauraki Plains Act, 1908, to take land described in the Schedule hereto for the more effective carrying-out of drainage and other works authorized by the latter Act, and for the better disposal of Crown land in that district. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Kerepehi, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land required to be taken :—
100 acres, being Waikaka “B” Block, Blocks IX, X, XIII, and XIV.
85 acres 1 rood, being Waikaka “A 2” Block, Blocks IX and XIII.

Situated in Waihou Survey District (S.O. 18984).
In the Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 40436, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon edged red.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 31st day of July, 1916.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.