JULY 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2397

The commission granted Lieutenant William Edward Burley
is cancelled, under the provisions of section 5 (a) of the
Defence Act, 1909. Dated 27th June, 1919.

OFFICERS STRUCK OFF STRENGTH OF N.Z.
EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

The undermentioned are struck off the strength of the
N.Z. Expeditionary Force, with effect from the dates men-
tioned :—
Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) Robert Oswald Chesney,
p.s.c., g. Dated 28th May, 1919.
Captain Andrew Dunbar Sloane. Dated 14th July, 1919.
Lieutenant Charles Quartley. Dated 12th June, 1919.
Lieutenant Percy Harold Morey. Dated 27th June, 1919.
2nd Lieutenant Harry Yeo. Dated 27th June, 1919.
The Reverend Eric Dudley Rice, Chaplain to the Forces,
4th Class. Dated 27th June, 1919.

OFFICERS FROM N.Z. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
REPORTED TO PERMANENT AND TERRITORIAL
FORCES.

The undermentioned, struck off the strength of the N.Z.
Expeditionary Force, are reposted to their respective units
as under :—

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.

Major Robert Oswald Chesney, p.s.c., g., and retains the
temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel until further notice.
Dated 28th May, 1919.

N.Z. PERMANENT STAFF.

Staff Sergeant-Major (late Lieutenant, N.Z.E.F.) Charles
Quartley, and retains the rank of Lieutenant (temp.) until
further notice. Dated 12th June, 1919.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

N.Z. Railway Battalions (South Island).

Lieutenant Percy Harold Morey. Dated 27th June, 1919.

5TH (WELLINGTON) REGIMENT.

Captain Andrew Dunbar Sloane. Dated 14th July, 1919.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Reverend Eric Dudley Rice, Chaplain to the Forces,
4th Class. Dated 27th June, 1919.

UNATTACHED LIST, GENERAL LIST.

Harry Yeo (late 2nd Lieutenant, N.Z.E.F.) to be 2nd Lieu-
tenant. Dated 27th January, 1919.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS (TEMPORARY).

The undermentioned are struck off the strength of the
N.Z. Expeditionary Force, and posted to the Reserve of
Officers (temporary) :—
Captain Gerald Cawte. Dated 30th April, 1919.
Captain James William Smeaton. Dated 6th June,
1919.
Captain Stuart Scoular, M.B. Dated 25th April, 1919.
Lieutenant James Douglas Hutchison. Dated 25th May,
1919.
Lieutenant Stanley Frederick Brailsford. Dated 13th
May, 1919.

N.Z. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

2nd Lieutenant Henry Baxter Speight to be Lieutenant,
under the provisions of paragraph 13, N.Z.E.F. Regula-
tions. Dated 3rd July, 1919.

MEMORANDUM.

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) Arthur James Ridler is
struck off the strength of the N.Z.E.F., dated 2nd June,
1919, and is posted to the Unattached List, General List,
to date 5th April, 1918, and is appointed Staff Officer to
the General Officer in Charge Administration, with the
temporary rank of Lieutenant whilst so employed. Dated
3rd June, 1919.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Special Regulations for Deer-shooting, Wellington.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals
Protection Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito
Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the
Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby make the following
regulations prescribing the conditions under which certain
red-deer may be destroyed in the following parts of the
Wellington Acclimatization District, namely :—
All that area commencing at the Onoke Lake, thence
northward along the west side of the Wairarapa Lake to
Featherston, thence along the railway-line to Eketahuna,
thence eastward in a direct line to the sea at Castlepoint,
thence northward along the coast to the Waimata River,
thence in a direct line westward to Mangatainoka, thence
westward to Palmerston North, thence along the railway-
line to Paekakariki, thence south-east to the sea at Petone,
thence along the coast to the point of commencement at the
Onoke Lake.
Also all that area within a line commencing at the mouth
of the Kawhatau River, thence westward along the river to
its source at the summit of the Ruahine Ranges, thence
northward to Motopuha, thence westward to Te Rotoiti,
thence southward to Moawhango, thence to the point of
commencement at the mouth of the Kawhatau River.
Also the Counties of Featherston and Wairarapa South,
excepting therefrom all that part of the said counties lying
to the westward of the Wellington-Napier Railway line,
and excepting also all that area of land in the Huangarua
Survey District, being Sections 29 to 41 (inclusive), 59, 71,
72, 75, 79, 83, 90, 93, 97, 98, and part of Sections 70, 74,
78, 82, 86, 89, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 87, and 84 (in the occupa-
tion of Mr. John Martin and Mr. Featherston Johnston,
and known as the Puruatanga Estate or Station).

REGULATIONS.

1. NOTWITHSTANDING anything contained in the regulations
   made under the Animals Protection Act, 1908, the secretary
   of the Wellington Acclimatization Society at Wellington, or
   any person or persons duly authorized in writing by such
   secretary, may, during the period hereinafter mentioned,
   kill within the said areas red-deer of either sex and of any
   age which in the opinion of the said secretary or of the said
   authorized persons should be destroyed either by reason of
   age, deformity, or other physical imperfection.
2. Such deer may be destroyed as aforesaid from the
   date hereof until the 30th September, 1919.
3. A return shall be furnished to the Minister of Internal
   Affairs by the said secretary within one calendar month
   after the expiry of the aforesaid period, and such return
   shall state the number and sexes of all red-deer so destroyed
   as aforesaid, the dates, and name of the person by whom
   and the locality in which the deer were destroyed.
4. Nothing herein contained shall extend to authorizing
   any person to sell any deer or portion thereof.
5. Any person who commits a breach of any of the pro-
   visions of these regulations shall be liable to a penalty not
   exceeding £20.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this twelfth day of July, one thousand
nine hundred and nineteen.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice respecting Proposed Town District, Kaikohe, County of
Bay of Islands.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 16th July, 1919.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented
to His Excellency the Governor-General, under the
Town Boards Act, 1908, praying that the area described in
the Schedule hereto may be constituted a town district under
the said Act, by name the Town District of Kaikohe. All
persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written
objections to or petitions against the constitution of the said
town district which they desire to lodge, within one month
from the first publication of this notice, such objections or
petitions to be addressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF BOUNDARIES OF PROPOSED TOWN DISTRICT
OF KAIKOHE.

ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District, situated
in Block XV, Omapere Survey District, bounded, commencing
at the north-eastern corner of Taraire No. 1B 1c Block, to-
wards the north generally by the Mangamutu Stream to the
north-eastern boundary of Taraire No. 1F 1D Block; towards
the north-east generally by Taraire No. 2 Block, by the
Mangamutu Stream aforesaid, and the Wairoro River to the
boundary between Kohewhata Nos. 6 and 40 Blocks; towards