Nov. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3851

As the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 1911/1896, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this twenty-first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.

J. G. WARD,
For Minister of Mines.

Registrars of Births, &c., appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 26th November, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned persons to be Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, and Vaccination Inspectors, for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz. :

Name. District.
JOHN WILLIAM KENNEDY .. .. .. Okarito.
MISS DALIA MCATAMNEY .. .. .. Hamilton’s.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Collector of Rates appointed for Rangataiki Land Drainage District.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th November, 1818.

NOTICE is hereby given that I have, in terms of the Rangataiki Land Drainage Act, 1910, and the regulations thereunder, appointed

WILLIAM STEWART HARDY

to be Collector of Rates for the Rangataiki Land Drainage District.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Collector of Rates appointed for the District constituted under the Hauraki Plains Act, 1908.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th November, 1918.

NOTICE is hereby given that I have, in terms of the Hauraki Plains Act, 1908, and the Rating Act, 1908, appointed

WILLIAM STEWART HARDY

to be Collector of Rates for the district constituted by the first mentioned Act.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 26th November, 1918.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons have been appointed to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz. :

Name. District.
MISS MARIA IRIS HUTCHISON .. .. *Blackball.
JOHN BERNARD SHEAHAN .. .. .. Inglewood.
JOHN PETTY ALDRIDGE .. .. .. Taihape.
CHARLES ELLIOTT WORSLEY .. .. .. Tirau.

• Births and deaths only.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General

Registrar of Electors appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 26th November, 1918.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service :

FRANK MITCHELL

to be the Registrar of Electors for the Electoral District of Rotorua, for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of November, 1918.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Registrar of Births, &c., appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 26th November, 1918.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service :

FREDERICK LANCELOT ANDREWES

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, for the district of Murchison, as from the 31st October, 1918.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the Territorial Force, and the reposting of officers from the N.Z. Expeditionary Force to the Territorial Force.

APPOINTMENTS.

Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Relf Pearless (D.), M.R.C.S. Eng., N.Z. Medical Corps, relinquishes the appointment as member of a Special District Medical Board. Dated 22nd October, 1918.

Honorary Lieutenant (temp.) Kenneth Elton Shorney, N.Z. Army Pay Corps, is appointed Command Paymaster (temp.), Otago Military District, and is granted the temporary rank of Captain whilst so employed. Dated 7th November, 1918.

PROMOTIONS, RESIGNATIONS, AND TRANSFERS.

COMMANDS AND STAFF.

Lieutenant-Colonel William James Strong (D.), Coast Defence Commander, Otago, to be Colonel. Dated 18th September, 1918.

N.Z. ARMY PAY DEPARTMENT.

Lieutenant (temp.) Henry Featherston Griffin relinquishes the appointment of Command Paymaster (temp.), Otago Military District, and the temporary rank of Lieutenant whilst so employed. Dated 6th November, 1918.

5TH MOUNTED RIFLES (OTAGO HUSSARS).

Captain James Alexander Miller to be Major, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 14th November, 1917.

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) Edgar Thomson Shand to be Lieutenant. Dated 1st October, 1918.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

N.Z. Post and Telegraph Corps (South Island).

Honorary Lieutenant and Quartermaster William Richard Wakelin to be Captain, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 23rd October, 1918.

8TH (SOUTHLAND) REGIMENT.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants :

Company Sergeant-Major Arnold Ewart William McDonald. Dated 1st October, 1918.

Sergeant Robert Campbell. Dated 10th October, 1918.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS.

Captain William Wilson McKinney, No. 7 Company, is transferred to No. 9 Company. Dated 22nd October, 1918.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Cyril Strickland, M.B., to be Captain (temp.). Dated 10th October, 1918.

Charles Stewart Murray, M.B., to be Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 14th October, 1918.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

Charles Wilcox Bear (Salvation Army), Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class (temp.), to be Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class. Dated 17th October, 1918.

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

The Reverend William David Stuart Ogden. Dated 19th October, 1918.

The Reverend John Thomas Taylor. Dated 30th October, 1918.