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3. The said Council shall control the said reserve in accordance with the provisions of the said Act and of the regulations made thereunder.

SCHEDULE.

URURAKAU SCENIC RESERVE.

ALL that area in the Nelson Land District, containing by admeasurement 2,000 acres, more or less, being Sections 1 and 2, Block I, and Sections 3 and 7, Block IV, Maungatapu Survey District.

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

D. H. GUTHRIE,
For Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

Amending Financial Instructions and Allowance Regulations for New Zealand Military Forces.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority conferred on me by the Defence Act, 1909, and its amendments, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby amend, in the manner and to the extent set forth in the Schedule hereto, the regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces made on the twentieth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen; and I do hereby declare that such amendment shall take effect as from the fourth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.

SCHEDULE.

FINANCIAL INSTRUCTIONS AND ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS FOR THE NEW ZEALAND MILITARY FORCES.

PARAGRAPH 83 is hereby amended by deleting “8s. 9d.”—the daily rate of regimental pay for a bombardier of the Royal New Zealand Artillery—and substituting therefor “9s.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this twentieth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, in the presence of—

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Amending Financial Instructions and Allowance Regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority conferred on me by the Defence Act, 1909, and its amendments, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby amend a regulation made under that Act, and shown in the Schedule hereto; and I do hereby declare that such amendment shall take effect as from the first day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.

SCHEDULE.

FINANCIAL INSTRUCTIONS AND ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS FOR THE NEW ZEALAND MILITARY FORCES.

PARAGRAPH 140 is hereby amended by substituting “2½d.” for “2d.” in the case of the mileage fee payable for a motor-bicycle.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this twentieth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, in the presence of—

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Officer authorized to convene Courts-martial and to confirm Findings and Sentences thereof.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by section thirteen of the Defence Amendment Act, 1912, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby authorize the undermentioned officer to convene general or district courts-martial for the trial under that Act of such persons subject to military law as are for the time being under or within the territorial limits of his command; and empower such officer to confirm the findings and sentences of general or district courts-martial, whether passed before or after the issue of this Warrant:—

Colonel GEORGE JOHN SMITH, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (Commander, Canterbury Infantry Brigade).

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this twentieth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, in the presence of—

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Resignation of Minister of Lands.

Private Secretary’s Office, Government House,
Wellington, 27th February, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by

The Right Hon. W. F. MASSEY, P.C.,

of his office of Minister of Lands.

By command.

GAVIN M. HAMILTON,
Private Secretary.

Minister appointed.

Private Secretary’s Office, Government House,
Wellington, 27th February, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

The Hon. DAVID HENRY GUTHRIE

to be Minister of Lands.

By command.

GAVIN M. HAMILTON,
Private Secretary.

Resignations of Vice-Consuls of Russia at Wellington and Auckland accepted.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 20th February, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that the Consul-General of Russia at Melbourne has accepted the resignations of

U. F. McCABE, Esq.,

as Vice-Consul of Russia at Wellington; and

J. PATERSON, Esq.,

as Vice-Consul of Russia at Auckland.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Member of Waihou Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 20th February, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 41 of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint

FREDERICK WILLIAM WILD

to be a member of the Waihou Domain Board, in the place of Frederick Trevanion Rowe, resigned.

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

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 25th February, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

CECIL JOHN HEWLETT

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wallace, vice A. E. Dobbie.

THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Justice.

Licensing Officer under Arms Act, 1908, appointed.

Police Department,
Wellington, 21st February, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Constable ERNEST MANLEY,

of the New Zealand Police Force, to be a Licensing Officer under the Arms Act, 1908.

THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Justice.