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James Alexander Daniel Hopkirk, M.C. Dated 27th
June, 1919.
William Francis Tracey, M.C. Dated 22nd June, 1919.
Frank Allsopp. Dated 25th June, 1919.
William Forrest Fowlds, M.C. Dated 30th June, 1919.
Ernest Frank Selby, M.C. Dated 26th June, 1919.
Philip Brunskill Cooke, M.C. Dated 17th July, 1919.
George McLean Wilford. Dated 14th June, 1919.
Francis Dominick Gaffaney. Dated 27th June, 1919.
Daniel Myers Eckhoff. Dated 26th June, 1919.
Patrick Augustine Ardagh, D.S.O., M.C., M.B. Dated
12th June, 1919.
Henry Arthur Bluett Davies, L.R.C.P. (Edin.). Dated
23rd May, 1919.
William John Barclay, M.D. Dated 7th February, 1917.

Lieutenants.

Lionel Herbert Leonard McLean. Dated 27th June,
1919.
Nelson Dalzell. Dated 22nd June, 1919.
Guy Neville Bramley. Dated 20th June, 1919.
Ian Percy Grant. Dated 27th June, 1919.
Kenneth John Mackenzie. Dated 22nd June, 1919.
Charles Vernon Mark. Dated 27th June, 1919.
Ernest Reginald Pountney. Dated 7th June, 1919.
Arthur Geoffrey Davis. Dated 27th June, 1919.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon Johnston. Dated 27th June,
1919.
James Alfred Toon. Dated 27th June, 1919.
Walter Hulbert. Dated 27th June, 1919.
Alfred Barnes Gibbons. Dated 18th July, 1919.
Robert Love. Dated 28th June, 1919.
George Herbert Boles. Dated 27th June, 1919.
James Watt Fraser. Dated 26th June, 1919.
Benjamin West. Dated 7th June, 1919.
Leo Cyril Ryan. Dated 13th June, 1919.
Brian Lynch Dignan, D.C.M. Dated 21st June, 1919.
Cecil George Haselden Robinson, M.C. Dated 27th June,
1919.
Henry Huru Pohio. Dated 28th June, 1919.
Erling Zeisler, M.C. Dated 27th June, 1919.
Cyril Frederick Seaward, M.C. Dated 25th June, 1919.
Henry Thomas Bertie Drew. Dated 22nd May, 1919.
Victor George Parkin. Dated 10th July, 1919.
Alfred Owen Wilkinson. Dated 4th July, 1919.
Leslie May. Dated 24th June, 1919.
Ernest Marsden. Dated 25th June, 1919.
Henry Elliott Blennerhassett. Dated 25th June, 1919.
Henry Cedric Fenton. Dated 30th June, 1919.

N.Z. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants,
under the provisions of N.Z.E.F. Regulation 13:-
Henry Cedric Fenton, Unattached List (b), General List.
Dated 14th May, 1919.
Philip Henry George Bennett. Dated 17th June, 1919.
Lieutenant C. E. Wyett, N.Z. Dental Corps, on being struck
off the strength of the N.Z.E.F., relinquishes the rank of
Lieutenant. Dated 29th June, 1919.

SAMOAN GARRISON.

2nd Lieutenant James Edward Wallace to be Lieutenant.
Dated 1st September, 1918.

CORRIGENDA.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand
Gazette No. 35, of 20th March, 1919, relating to Captain
Frank Locke Hartnell, 11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles),
for the words "Dated 8th January, 1919," read "Dated
5th February, 1919."
With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand
Gazette No. 35, of 20th March, 1919, relating to 2nd Lieutenant Sydney Bragshaw Probert, N.Z. Rifle Brigade, for
the words "Dated 8th February, 1919," read "Dated
8th March, 1919."
With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand
Gazette No. 35, of 20th March, 1919, relating to 2nd Lieutenant George Alexander Wishart, Unattached List (b),
General List, for the words "Dated 12th January, 1919,"
read "Dated 9th February, 1919."
With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand
Gazette No. 147, of 7th November, 1918, relating to Captain
(temp.) Charles Benjamin Rossiter, F.R.C.S., Eng., N.Z.
Medical Corps, for the words "Dated 1st November, 1918,"
read "Dated 28th January, 1919."
With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand
Gazette No. 144, of 31st October, 1918, relating to Lieutenant Arthur Sagar Bailey, Unattached List (b), for the
words "Dated 30th September, 1918," read "Dated
8th October, 1918."

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MEMORANDUM.

Lieutenant Charles Theodore Gillespie, M.C., is struck off the
strength of the N.Z.E.F., and is absorbed into the Regiment
of Royal New Zealand Artillery with his original rank and
seniority, to date 25th June, 1919, and is appointed
Adjutant, Wellington Field Artillery Brigade, and retains
the rank of Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 26th June, 1919.

ERRATA.

The notices published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 35, of
20th March, 1919, relating to Lieutenant James Type
Dallinger, M.C., N.Z. Permanent Staff, are cancelled.
The notices published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 35, of
20th March, 1919, relating to Lieutenant-Colonel Roderick
MacKenzie Gunn, M.B., N.Z. Medical Corps, are cancelled.
The notices published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 135, of
3rd October, 1918, relating to 2nd Lieutenant Charles James
Melton Veale Clark, are cancelled.
With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand
Gazette No. 59, of 15th May, 1919, relating to Lieutenant
(temp.) Arthur Tyndall, for the words "Dated 14th April,
1919," read "Dated 12th May, 1919."

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Notice determining the Duties of General Officer in Charge of
Administration, New Zealand Military Forces.

1. HE will have personal charge of the administrative
   services and departments at General Headquarters.
2. He will supervise generally the administrative services
   of the Defence Department throughout the Dominion.
3. He will exercise his authority under the orders of the
   G.O.C., N.Z. Military Forces, but will correspond direct with
   the Minister on all administrative routine matters not involving questions of policy, which latter must be transmitted
   through the G.O.C.
4. He will be responsible to the Minister, and on his behalf
   will see-
   (a.) That the money voted by Parliament is not expended
   without due authority under the rules laid down by
   Parliament and by the Treasury;
   (b.) That the money voted is not diverted to purposes other
   than those contemplated by Parliament;
   (c.) That the sums allocated under the various items and
   subheads of the votes are not exceeded;
   (d.) That losses generally are not written off contrary to
   regulations.
5. He will obtain the approval of the Minister of Defence
   before authorizing expenditure in the following cases :-
   (a.) All items of expenditure not provided for in the annual
   appropriations voted by Parliament;
   (b.) All items of expenditure exceeding £250, although such
   items have already been provided for in the annual
   appropriations voted by Parliament.
6. The powers conferred on the G.O. in charge of administration to authorize the writing-off of losses will be limited
   to £20 in the case of cash, and £100 in cases of loss of stores,
   animals, and supplies, except where such losses are by fraud,
   suspected fraud, theft, arson, or gross carelessness, where the
   authority to write off must receive the sanction of the Minister
   of Defence.
7. He will represent the Department of Defence in all communications with the Audit and Treasury Departments, and
   will conduct all correspondence with heads of State Departments.
8. He will be responsible for compilation of the parliamentary estimates for the Defence Department; review of proposals for new expenditure and financial relations with other
   Departments.
9. He will submit to the Hon. Minister of Defence a monthly
   return giving full details of all expenditure.

Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of July, 1919.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Notice fixing the Closing-hours of Fruiters' and Greengrocers'
Shops in the Borough of Petone, under the Shops and Offices
Act, 1908.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority
of the occupiers of all the shops in each of the trades
of (1) fruiterer and (2) greengrocer in the Borough of Petone,
has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in
the borough shall be closed in the evening of working-days
as follows : On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays,
Fridays, and Saturdays at 11 p.m., with the exception that
in the months of June, July, August, and September in