Aug. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2933

Captain M. B. M. Tweed, from No. 2 N.Z. General Hospital, to N.Z. Convalescent Hospital.
Captain J. D. Marks, M.B., from N.Z. Base Depot, to N.Z. Division.
Captain A. N. McKelvey, from N.Z. Rifle Brigade Reserve Depot, to N.Z. Base Depot.
Captain S. H. Ward, from No. 3 N.Z. Field Ambulance, to be R.M.O., 1st Battalion, N.Z. Rifle Brigade.
Captain R. H. Baxter, M.C., from R.M.O., 1st Battalion, N.Z. Rifle Brigade, to No. 1 N.Z. Field Ambulance.
Captain R. J. Rogers, F.R.C.S., from N.Z. Wing XXII Corps Reinforcement Camp, to be R.M.O., 2nd N.Z. Entrenching Battalion.
Captain L. H. Whetter, M.B., from No. 2 N.Z. Field Ambulance, to No. 3 N.Z. Field Ambulance.
Captain T. A. Milroy, Reinforcement Officer, from N.Z. to No. 3 N.Z. General Hospital.
Captain S. C. Allen, M.B., Reinforcement Officer, from N.Z. to No. 2 N.Z. General Hospital.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.

The undermentioned are seconded for duty in Egypt:—
22/109, Sister C. Condick.
22/76, Sister E. Hodges, A.R.R.C.
22/85, Sister S. L. Nicoll.
22/89, Sister E. M. Stokes.
22/97, Sister M. Alleyne.
22/163, Sister E. R. Rhind.
22/231, Staff Nurse S. M. V. Fogelin.
22/240, Staff Nurse L. Harper.
22/246, Staff Nurse G. Leipst.
22/247, Staff Nurse E. M. Lewis.
22/141, Staff Nurse V. McCoch-Smith.
22/267, Staff Nurse L. Trumble, A.R.R.C.
22/174, Staff Nurse E. A. Wilson.

22/397, Staff Nurse N. Slater is seconded for duty to New Zealand. Dated 30th May, 1918.

N.Z. DENTAL CORPS.

Captain J. M. Turner is seconded for duty at Queen’s Hospital, Sidcup, vice Major J. N. Rishworth, appointed Deputy Director of Dental Services, N.Z.E.F. Dated 23rd May, 1918.

Captain L. H. Potton is seconded for duty to New Zealand. Dated 30th May, 1918.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Rev. J. E. Lopdell is placed on the N.Z. Roll. Dated 30th May, 1918.

Adjutant J. S. Bladin is seconded for duty to New Zealand. Dated 30th May, 1918.

The undermentioned postings of Chaplains have been approved:—

The Reverend M. Mullineaux, from N.Z. Wing XXII Corps Reinforcement Camp, to 2nd N.Z. Entrenching Battalion.

The Reverend T. B. Segrief, from 1st Battalion, Wellington Regiment, to 3rd N.Z. Entrenching Battalion.

The Reverend E. E. Malden, from 4th N.Z. Infantry (Reserve) Brigade, to N.Z. Rifle Brigade Reserve Depot.

The Reverend H. C. Money, from sick, to N.Z. Command Depot.

The Reverend C. A. Mallett, from N.Z. Rifle Brigade Reserve Depot to N.Z. Base Depot.

N.Z. ARMY PAY CORPS.

22658, Staff Q.M.S. E. Stewart to be Lieutenant, and is seconded for duty with Audit Section, N.Z.E.F. Administrative Headquarters. Dated 27th May, 1918.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 6th August, 1918.

IT is hereby notified, in accordance with section 107 of the Counties Act, 1908, that so much of the by-law made by the Ohinemuri County Council on the 18th day of July, 1918, and sealed on the same day, as appoints the several sums to be paid to the Ohinemuri County funds for the licensing of vehicles plying for hire has this day been approved by His Excellency the Governor-General.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs

Notifying Land in the Nelson Land District subject to the Land for Settlements Act, 1908.

Office of Board of Land Purchase Commissioners,
Wellington, 10th August, 1918.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and its amendments, I hereby notify that the undermentioned Crown land, being the land known as the Spittal Settlement, which has been acquired under the said Acts, is subject to the said Acts as from the 10th April, 1918.

SCHEDULE.

SPITTAL SETTLEMENT.

ALL that area in the Nelson Land District, containing by admeasurement 54 acres 3 roods 24 perches, more or less, being Section 44, Square 11, Block III, Takaka Survey District.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands

Russia.—Certificate under the Trading with the Enemy (Occupied Territory) Proclamation, dated 16th February, 1915.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 13th August, 1918.

THE appended extract from the London Gazette of 10th May, 1918, is published for general information.

ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Minister of Customs.

War Office, 9th May, 1918.

I, GEORGE KYNASTON COCKERILL, C.B., a Brigadier-General in His Majesty’s Army, being a person authorized by a Secretary of State to give certificates under paragraph 3 of the Trading with the Enemy (Occupied Territory) Proclamation, 1915, hereby certify that the following territory in Russia may be regarded as territory in hostile occupation:—

Estonia.
Livonia.
Courland.
Kovno.
Vilna.
Bialystok.
Vitebsk.
Poland.
Grodno.
Pskov.
Minsk.
Volhynia.
Mogilov.
Tchernigov.

Poltava.
Podolia.
Kiev.
Kharkov.
Orel.
Kurak.
Bessarabia.
Kholm.
Kherson.
Ekaterinoslav.
Taurida (including Crimea).
Ardahan.
Kars.
Batum.

GEORGE KYNASTON COCKERILL,
Brigadier-General.

Exportation of Neatsfoot Oil.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 14th August, 1918.

IT is notified for general information that particulars obtained by the Government indicate that there is available for exportation a quantity of neatsfoot oil amounting to approximately 2,000 gallons.

Applications for permission to export such oil to British or Allied destinations will accordingly be considered if received by the Comptroller of Customs, Wellington, not later than the 31st instant.

Applications should, if possible, state the name of the exporting ship and of the proposed consignee.

ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Minister of Customs.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 14th August, 1918.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Otamatea County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Acting Minister of Finance.