Aug. 18.]

C. O. Lillie, M.B.
E. M. Wyllie, M.C., M.B.
J. M. Hyde, M.B.
W. G. Borrie, M.B.
L. H. Whetter, M.B.
C. A. R. Davies, M.B.

The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve of Officers, with the rank of Captain. Dated 5th August, 1921:—

Captains (temp.)—
G. B. Sweet, M.B.
J. H. Will, M.B.
W. R. Wade, M.B.
W. Allan, M.B.
F. Slater, M.B.
V. D. Griffin, L.R.C.S. Edin.
E. M. Litchfield, M.R.C.S. Eng.
W. Watt, M.B.
E. H. Williams, M.B.
R. S. Stephenson, M.B.
R. C. McDiarmid, M.B.
R. E. Paterson, M.B.
S. H. Arthur, M.B.
H. Barraclough, M.B.
E. J. Moore, F.R.C.S. Ire.
A. H. E. Wall, M.R.C.S.
T. N. Usher, L.R.C.P. Edin.
E. E. Brown, M.B.
S. L. Green, M.R.C.S.
R. G. S. Orbell, M.C., M.D.
C. L. Nedwill, M.B.

Lieutenants (late Captains, N.Z.E.F.) with rank of Captain—
B. F. Aldred, M.B.
G. W. Matthews.
F. M. Spencer.

Lieutenant (temp.) (late Captain, N.Z.E.F.) H. R. Gibson, M.B., with rank of Captain.

Lieutenant (temp.) (late Captain, N.Z.E.F.) W. F. Currie, with rank of Captain.

Lieutenant W. D. Fitzgerald.

Lieutenant (late Captain, N.Z.E.F.) D. G. Matheson is posted to the Retired List, with rank of Captain. Dated 5th August, 1921.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).

Northern Command.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) W. J. Davidson lapses. Dated 30th July, 1921.

Southern Command.

The seniority of 2nd Lieutenant W. W. Horwell is antedated to 29th January, 1918.

The commission granted 2nd Lieutenant G. G. Lockwood is cancelled, under the provisions of section 5 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909. Dated 3rd August, 1921.

Lieutenant [Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] H. Campbell, M.C., is transferred to the Canterbury Regiment, with rank of Captain. Dated 5th August, 1921.

2nd Lieutenant G. B. Baker, D.C.M., M.M., is transferred to the 1st (Canterbury) Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry). Dated 3rd August, 1921.

2nd Lieutenant L. W. Killoh is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b). Dated 1st August, 1921.

R. H. RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Special Order made by the Omaka Road Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 12th August, 1921.

OMAKA ROAD BOARD.

Special Order authorizing Loan of £1,000.

In pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by section 16 (a) of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, and of all other Acts and powers it in that behalf enabling (an Order in Council in pursuance of section 11 of the Finance Act, 1921, having been obtained authorizing the Board to borrow), the Omaka Road Board resolves by way of special order as follows:—

I. That the Board proceed to raise a loan of one thousand pounds (£1,000) for the purpose of reimbursing the Board’s General Account, such sum representing the amount paid by the Board in redeeming debentures issued by the Board in respect of the Board’s contribution for the erection of a new hospital by the Wairau Hospital and Charitable Aid Board.

2. That the said loan be called “The Omaka Road Board Redemption Loan of £1,000, 1921.”

3. That the currency of the said loan shall be for a period of thirty-six and one-half (36½) years, commencing on the 1st day of June, 1921, and maturing on the 1st day of December, 1957.

4. That the interest on the said loan shall be at the rate of five pounds fifteen shillings (£5 15s.) per centum per annum, and be payable half-yearly on the 1st days of December and June in each year.

5. That the form of security for the payment of principal and interest on the said loan shall be two (2) debentures of five hundred pounds (£500) each, and relative coupons in a form in conformity with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

6. That the Board doth hereby appropriate and pledge as security for the repayment of the said loan, and the interest and sinking fund and other charges thereon, the special rate of one fifty-fourth of a penny (1/54d.) in the pound sterling on the rateable value (on the basis of the capital value) of all rateable property in the Omaka Road Board District.

7. That the principal and interest shall be payable at the Bank of New Zealand, Wellington.

The common seal of the Inhabitants of the Omaka Road Board District was hereto affixed at the office of and pursuant to a resolution of the Omaka Road Board, in the presence of—

DONALD McCALLUM, Chairman.
O. THOMAS, Secretary.

We hereby certify that the foregoing special order, raising a special loan of £1,000 for the purpose of reimbursing the Board’s General Account, such sum representing the amount paid by the Board in redeeming debentures issued by the Board in respect of the Board’s contribution for the erection of a new hospital by the Wairau Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, was duly passed at a special meeting of the Omaka Road Board held on the 9th day of June, 1921, and confirmed at a subsequent meeting held on the 14th day of July, 1921, such subsequent meeting being held not sooner than the 28th day after such special meeting and not later than the 56th day after such special meeting; and that public notice of the time and place fixed for such subsequent meeting and of such special order was duly given once in each of the four weeks immediately preceding the date of such subsequent meeting—namely, in the Marlborough Express newspaper published at Blenheim on the following dates, 10th, 17th, and 24th June, and 1st July.

DONALD McCALLUM, Chairman.
O. THOMAS, Secretary.

By-laws of the Town District of Manaia confirmed under the By-laws Act, 1910.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 10th August, 1921.

THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed copy of the by-laws made by the Manaia Town Board on the 3rd day of March, 1921.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.

In pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm the within-written by-laws, and declare that the same came into force on the 1st day of April, 1921.

Dated this 10th day of August, 1921.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Amending Regulations relating to the Examination of Engineers in the Mercantile Marine.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 10th August, 1921.

WHEREAS by Warrant dated the 13th day of June, 1914, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 58, of the 18th day of the same month, regulations were made for the conduct of examinations of engineers:

And whereas by Warrant dated the 5th day of December, 1918, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 163, of the 12th day of December, 1918, the regulations for the conduct of examinations of engineers were amended:

And whereas it is desired to further amend regulation No. 4 in the manner hereinafter described:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in me by the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf, I do hereby revoke the said regulation No. 4 of the hereinbefore-recited regulations, and do make the following regu-

J. R. Wells, M.B.
T. Julian, M.D.
A. E. Gladstone, B.A.
W. M. Shand, M.B.
P. F. McEvedy, M.B.

T. Stuart, M.D.
W. F. Browne, M.B.
J. F. Bennett, M.B.
D. H. Young, M.B.
G. G. Kenny, M.B.
R. S. Trotter, M.D.

P. L. Foote, M.R.C.S.
R.C.Staples-Brown, M.B.E.
A. Robertson, M.D.
J. T. W. Wilkin, M.B.
M. G. Louisson, M.B.

S. A. Moore, M.B.
D. McD.Wilson, M.C., M.B.
T. G. McKellar, M.S.
F. A. Bett, M.B.
E. N. Drier, M.D.
J. Walls, M.R.C.S. Eng.

F. O. MacGibbon, M.R.C.S. Eng.
A. Hertz, M.D.
W. A. Fairclough, M.B.