APRIL 19. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1335

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Cyril Robert Nichols. Dated 16th March, 1917.
2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Arthur Charles Manfred Parkinson. Dated 29th March, 1917.
2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Frederick Stanley Ramson. Dated 29th March, 1917.
2nd Lieutenant (on probation) William David Hayward. Dated 29th March, 1917.
2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Frederick Bowler. Dated 29th March, 1917.
2nd Lieutenant (on probation) John Alexander Colquhoun. Dated 29th March, 1917.
2nd Lieutenant (on probation) John Shand Lomas. Dated 29th March, 1917.
2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Claude Browning. Dated 29th March, 1917.
2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Alfred Kingsley Drew. Dated 29th March, 1917.
2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Ernest Percival Fenton. Dated 29th March, 1917.
2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Herbert Edward Sturge. Dated 29th March, 1917.
2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Charles Randell Morris. Dated 29th March, 1917.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.), vice officers on active service:—
William James Holder, vice Lieutenant Millard. Dated 14th March, 1917.
Joseph Fletcher. Dated 14th March, 1917.
George Barber, vice Lieutenant King. Dated 14th March, 1917.
Gordon Kerr Hamilton. Dated 25th March, 1917.
Thomas Frank Blomfield, vice Lieutenant Booth. Dated 29th March, 1917.
George Victor Rogers, vice 2nd Lieutenant Forgie. Dated 29th March, 1917.
Arthur Gordon Eady, vice 2nd Lieutenant Sneddon. Dated 29th March, 1917.

GENERAL LIST.

Battery Sergeant-major Alexander Smith Milne, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 26th July, 1915.

Lieutenant Alexander Smith Milne is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, and absorbed, with his original rank and seniority—viz., 2nd Lieutenant, as from 26th July, 1915. Dated 6th April, 1915.

Sergeant Herbert John Miller, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1st March, 1916.

2nd Lieutenant Herbert John Miller is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, and absorbed, with his original rank and seniority—viz., 2nd Lieutenant, as from 1st March, 1916. Dated 16th April, 1917.

Company Sergeant-major Reginald Victor Albert Knox, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 22nd July, 1916.

2nd Lieutenant Reginald Victor Albert Knox is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, and absorbed, with his original rank and seniority—viz., 2nd Lieutenant, as from 22nd July, 1916. Dated 18th April, 1917.

Sergeant Edward Wastney, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 26th August, 1916.

2nd Lieutenant Edward Wastney is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, and absorbed, with his original rank and seniority—viz., 2nd Lieutenant, as from 26th August, 1916. Dated 18th April, 1917.

Lieutenant Kenneth Struthers Williams is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, and absorbed, with his original rank and seniority—viz., 2nd Lieutenant, as from 1st October, 1915, vide New Zealand Gazette No. 115, of 7th October, 1915. Dated 18th April, 1917.

MEMORANDA.

2nd Lieutenant Hugh Godfrey Wake, Unattached List (b), is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant whilst holding the appointment of District Attesting Officer to a Medical Board. Dated 22nd January, 1917.

Lieutenant Charles White Mellor, Reserve of Officers, is granted the temporary rank of Captain whilst holding the appointment of District Attesting Officer to a Medical Board. Dated 25th January, 1917.

Lieutenant (temp.) Percy Edward Baldwin, Unattached List (b), is granted the temporary rank of Captain whilst holding the appointment of Military Representative to a Military Service Board. Dated 8th November, 1916.

Lieutenant S. L. P. Free, New Zealand Forces Motor Service Corps, is granted the temporary rank of Captain whilst holding the appointment of Military Representative to a Military Service Board. Dated 8th November, 1916.

Frank Cowlshaw is granted the temporary rank of Captain whilst holding the appointment of Military Representative to a Military Service Board. Dated 30th January, 1917.

Sergeant R. L. Spratt (late N.Z. Expeditionary Force) is granted the temporary rank of Captain whilst holding the appointment of Military Representative to a Military Service Board. Dated 28th January, 1917.

J. S. Barrett is granted the temporary rank of Captain whilst holding the appointment of Military Representative to a Military Service Board. Dated 5th February, 1917.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 11th April, 1917.

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

Captain RICHARD JAMES DERROM, 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own),

he having a total rank and commissioned service to the 28th February, 1917, entitling him thereto of twenty years two hundred and forty-seven days.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Acceptance of Defence Rifle Club.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 10th April, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under section 43 (1) and (2) of the Defence Act, 1909, the services of

THE HERETAUNGA LEGION OF FRONTIERSMEN DEFENCE RIFLE CLUB,

with headquarters at Hastings, Wellington Military District. Date of acceptance, 11th April, 1917.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

By-law of the Spreydon Borough Council confirmed under the By-laws Act, 1910.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 18th April, 1917.

THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed copy of by-laws made by the Spreydon Borough Council on the 21st day of February, 1917.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.

In pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm the above-written by-laws, and declare that the same came into force on the 5th day of March, 1917.

Dated this 18th day of April, 1917.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Date of Election to fill Extraordinary Vacancy in Tauranga Fire Board by Fire-insurance Companies.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th April, 1917.

PURSUANT to the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, and the rules made thereunder, I, George Warren Russell, Minister of Internal Affairs, being the Minister charged with the administration of the said Act, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the 25th day of April, 1917, to be the day for holding an election of one member of the Tauranga Fire Board by the fire-insurance companies concerned, such election being held to fill the extraordinary vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. H. S. Malcolm.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.