Lieutenant (temp. Major) Henry Peacock, N.Z. Staff Corps,
relinquishes the appointment of Camp Commandant,
Narrow Neck Camp, and is appointed Assistant Quarter-
master-General, Auckland Military District. Dated 21st
January, 1919.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Leslie Potter, N.Z. Staff Corps,
is appointed Area Officer, No. 1 Group, Auckland Military
District. Dated 3rd March, 1919.

Lieut.-Colonel Arthur Vere Bettington, C.M.G., Royal Air
Force, is appointed Air Force Adviser to the N.Z. Govern-
ment, and is granted the temporary rank of Colonel whilst
so employed. Dated 2nd February, 1919.

Major Alfred de Bathe Brandon, D.S.O., M.C., Royal Air
Force, is appointed Staff Officer to the Air Force Adviser.
Dated 2nd February, 1919.

Lieut.-Colonel Alexander Robertson Falconer, M.B., N.Z.
Medical Corps, relinquishes the appointment of Assistant
Director of Medical Services, Otago Military District.
Dated 1st April, 1919.

Lieut.-Colonel George Edward Gabites, M.B., N.Z. Medical
Corps, is appointed Assistant Director of Medical Services,
Otago Military District. Dated 1st April, 1919.

The Reverend Daniel Cross Bates, Chaplain to the Forces,
2nd Class, relinquishes his commission in the N.Z. Chaplains
Department on transfer to the Reserve of Officers, General
List, and is temporarily attached to the Department of the
Chief of the General Staff for Meteorological Research in
connection with air services, and is granted the honorary
rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 27th January, 1919.

Captain Frank Lawton Hindley, O.B.E., Reserve of Officers
(temp.), is appointed Deputy Director of Base Records.
Dated 4th March, 1919.

Major Albert Arthur Corrigan, 5th (Wellington) Regiment,
Reserve of Officers, relinquishes the appointment of Group
Commander, Group No. 5, Wellington Military District.
Dated 28th February, 1919.

Lieutenant (temp.) (temp. Captain) Charles Isbister, Un-
attached List (b), General List, relinquishes the appointment
of Supply Officer in N.Z. Expeditionary Force training
camps, and is attached for duty with the Branch of Director
of Supplies and Transport. Dated 18th February, 1919.

Lieutenant (temp.) James William Crampton, N.Z. Per-
manent Staff, vacates the appointment of Officer-in-Charge,
Military Detention Barracks, Wanganui, and is appointed
Area Officer, Group No. 20, Wellington Military District.
Dated 25th March, 1919.

2nd Lieutenant Justin Francis Huntly McCarthy, Unattached
List (b), General List, relinquishes the appointment of
Military Landing Officer, and Railway Transport Officer,
Otago Military District. Dated 31st March, 1919.

The undermentioned are appointed Vocational Officers :—
Captain William Arthur Greener Penlington, Unattached
List (b), Auckland Military District, and is granted the
temporary rank of Major whilst so employed. Dated
1st February, 1919.

Lieutenant Frederick William Moore, Reserve of Officers
(temp.), Canterbury Military District, and is granted
the temporary rank of Captain whilst so employed.
Dated 17th February, 1919.

Staff Sergeant-Major Harrison Wray, N.Z. Permanent
Staff, Wellington Military District, and is granted the
temporary rank of Lieutenant whilst so employed.
Dated 1st March, 1919.

Lieutenant Angus Gordon Macdonald, N.Z. Garrison Artillery,
Auckland G.A. Division, is granted the temporary rank of
Captain whilst so employed as Assistant Director of Sup-
plies and Transport, Canterbury Military District. Dated
1st March, 1919.

Lieutenant Robert Arthur Barstow, Unattached List (b),
relinquishes the appointment of Attesting Officer under the
Military Service Act, 1916. Dated 1st April, 1919.

PROMOTIONS, RESIGNATIONS, AND TRANSFERS.

1ST MOUNTED RIFLES (CANTERBURY YEOMANRY
CAVALRY).

Captain Henry Gillies Livingstone, from the lst (Canterbury)
Regiment (Coast Defence Detachment) to be Captain and
Adjutant. Dated 7th October, 1918.

3RD (AUCKLAND) MOUNTED RIFLES.

2nd Lieutenant John Charles Edgar Wyatt, from the Un-
attached List (b), General List, to be 2nd Lieutenant.
Dated 26th March, 1919.

4TH (WAIKATO) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant John Christopher Holland, from the N.Z. Army
Service Corps, to be Lieutenant. Dated 25th March, 1919.

7TH (SOUTHLAND) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieut.-Colonel Edmund Robert Bowler is transferred to the
Reserve of Officers. Dated 18th March, 1919.

N.Z. GARRISON ARTILLERY.

Auckland G.A. Division.

2nd Lieutenant William Adam Wilson to be Lieutenant,
under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations,
1913. Dated 20th September, 1918.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Alexander Imrie Farmer to be Lieu-
tenant (temp.). Dated 15th February, 1919.

Wellington G.A. Division.

Lieutenant Maurice Edward Denniston is transferred to the
Reserve of Officers. Dated 24th March, 1919.

Robert Wilson Lauchlan to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
Dated 15th February, 1919.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (temp.) resign their
commissions :—
Sidney Bree Williams Swiney. Dated 22nd March, 1919.
Cyril Hawthorn Mitchell. Dated 24th March, 1919.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.—DIVISIONAL SIGNAL
COMPANIES.

No. 1 Company (Auckland).

2nd Lieutenant Cyril Royston Guyton Bassett, V.C., from
the Unattached List (b), General List, to be 2nd Lieutenant.
Dated 24th March, 1919.

N.Z. RAILWAY BATTALIONS.

South Island.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Thomas
Ainsley Harwood is confirmed.

1ST (CANTERBURY) REGIMENT.

Coast Defence Detachment.

Captain Henry Gillies Livingstone is transferred to the 1st
Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry). Dated
7th October, 1918.

3RD (AUCKLAND) REGIMENT (COUNTESS OF RANFURLY'S OWN).

Coast Defence Detachment.

Captain William Edwin Cairn is transferred to the Reserve of
Officers. Dated 22nd March, 1919.

Lieutenant Alexander McRae Forbes, M.C., to be Captain,
under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations,
1913. Dated 22nd March, 1919.

4TH (OTAGO) REGIMENT.

Captain Lindsay Mackie Scott to be Major, under the provi-
sions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated
12th March, 1919.

The undermentioned to be Captains, under the provisions
of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913 :—
Lieutenant Gordon Hope Allan. Dated 5th November,
1918.

Lieutenant William Keith Hamilton. Dated 12th March,
1919.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :—
Joseph Longhurst Gregory. Dated 1st November, 1918.
Frank Fasnacht Bennett, under the provisions of para-
graph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 5th
November, 1918.

Gordon John McGhie, under the provisions of paragraph
111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 21st February,
1919.

5TH (WELLINGTON) REGIMENT.

Captain Charles Kimbell Gasquoine is transferred to the
Reserve of Officers. Dated 24th March, 1919.

Major Albert Arthur Corrigan, Reserve of Officers, ceases to
be attached for duty to the regiment, and is posted to the
Retired List with the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
Dated 28th February, 1919.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 24th
March, 1919 :—
Company Sergeant-Major Alton Cyril Weymouth Harding.
Company Sergeant-Major John Wilfred Ward.

Sergeant Ronald Kenneth Gordon.

Sergeant John Hoyes Powell.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 31, of
13th March, 1919, relating to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
Victor Albert Mills is cancelled.

6TH (HAURAKI) REGIMENT.

Captain Edwin Edwards to be Major, under the provisions
of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 28th
August, 1918.

Lieutenant Norman James Howie is transferred to the Reserve
of Officers.' Dated 22nd March, 1919.

17TH (RUAHINE) REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant Roy Gardner is transferred to the Unattached
List (b). Dated 22nd March, 1919.