2nd Lieutenant W. R. McCallum. Dated 15th December, 1921.
2nd Lieutenant T. C. Scott. Dated 15th December, 1921.
2nd Lieutenant A. Owen. Dated 15th December, 1921.
2nd Lieutenant T. N. Mitchell. Dated 15th December, 1921.
2nd Lieutenant W. H. McCorkindale. Dated 15th December, 1921.
2nd Lieutenant P. G. Tizard. Dated 15th December, 1921.
2nd Lieutenant J. W. Hinton. Dated 15th December, 1921.
2nd Lieutenant T. G. Moore. Dated 15th December, 1921.
2nd Lieutenant H. Ritchie. Dated 15th December, 1921.
2nd Lieutenant F. H. Clearwater. Dated 17th December, 1921.
2nd Lieutenant J. R. Simpson. Dated 17th December, 1921.
2nd Lieutenant A. L. Hibbs, D.C.M. Dated 19th December, 1921.
2nd Lieutenant W. Thomas. Dated 20th December, 1921.
2nd Lieutenant R. E. White. Dated 20th December, 1921.

MEMORANDA.
Lieutenant H. B. Leaper, late Unattached List $(b)$, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class $I \ (b)$, $(R.D.\ 11)$. Dated 20th December, 1921.
Lieutenant R. O. Buchanan, late Unattached List $(b)$, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I $(b)$, $(R.D.\ 11)$. Dated 20th December, 1921.
Lieutenant W. Crawford, late Unattached List $(b)$, is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instruction No. 56/1921. Dated 10th December, 1921.
R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Resignations, Retirements, &c., of Officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps and Territorial Force.
Department of Defence,
Wellington, 16th January, 1922.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, transfers, resignations, and retirements of the undermentioned officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps and Territorial Force.
N.Z. STAFF CORPS.
Major D. A. Hickey, D.S.O., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class II $(a)$, $(12\ R.D.)$. Dated 1st September, 1921.
Captain A. H. Burn is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I $(a)$, $(4\ R.D.)$. Dated 25th September, 1921.
N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES.
5th N.Z. Mounted Rifles Regiment (Otago).
Lieutenant H. M. Preston to be Captain. Dated 16th August, 1921.
N.Z. INFANTRY.
The Otago Regiment.
George Burns to be 2nd Lieutenant (5th C. Battalion). Dated 4th January, 1922.
Clarence James Brown to be 2nd Lieutenant (5th C. Battalion). Dated 4th January, 1922.
N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.
The undermentioned Chaplains, 4th Class, resign their commissions:
The Reverend J. Paterson. Dated 22nd December, 1921.
The Reverend F. L. Dignan. Dated 26th December, 1921.
The Reverend P. R. Paris. Dated 5th January, 1922.
The commissions granted the undermentioned Chaplains, 4th Class, are cancelled, under section 5 $(a)$ of the Defence Act, 1909:
The Reverend B. L. Quinn. Dated 30th November, 1921.
The Reverend W. J. Peoples. Dated 23rd December, 1921.
The Right Reverend Bishop M. J. Brodie, Chaplain, 4th Class, is transferred to the Reserve List, Class II $(b)$, $(10\ R.D.)$. Dated 23rd December, 1921.
The undermentioned Chaplains, 4th Class, retire, under the provisions of paragraph 127, General Regulations, 1913:
Dated 22nd December, 1921-
The Reverend P. C. Durward.
The Reverend J. D. Webster.
The Reverend W. Trotter.
The Reverend W. Beckett.
The Reverend A. C. Lawry.
The undermentioned Chaplains, 4th Class, are posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instruction No. 56/1921. Dated 23rd December, 1921:
The Reverend W. Ready.
The Reverend J. R. Sullivan.

The Reverend G. W. Christian, Chaplain, 2nd Class, is posted to the Retired List. Dated 23rd December, 1921.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.
Staff Nurse A. F. Smith is transferred to the Reserve List. Dated 14th January, 1922.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.
Northern Command.
2nd Lieutenant C. L. Cameron is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instruction No. 56/1921. Dated 1st July, 1921.
R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.
Wellington, 12th January, 1922.
THE following notices, received from the Mayor of the Council of the Borough of Picton, are published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.
W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.
BOROUGH OF PICTON.
Pursuant to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Picton taken on the 21st day of December, 1921, on the proposal of the Picton Borough Council to borrow the sum of £5,500 for the purpose of completing the sewerage in the No. 2 Special Drainage Area of the town, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 87, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 41; informal votes, 4.
I therefore declare the proposal to borrow the above-named sum to be carried.
Pursuant to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of ratepayers of the Borough of Picton taken on the 21st day of December, 1921, on the proposal of the said Council to borrow by way of special loan the sum of £2,000 for the purpose of making advances to owners requiring assistance to install the sewerage to their properties in the No. 2 Special Drainage Area; the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 90, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 38; informal votes, 4.
I therefore declare the proposal to borrow the above-named sum to be carried.
Dated this 22nd day of December, 1921.
GERARD J. RIDDELL, Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.
Wellington, 12th January, 1922.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Council of the County of Rangiora, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.
W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.
RANGIORA COUNTY COUNCIL.
Result of Poll.
Pursuant to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of ratepayers of the County of Rangiora taken on the 20th day of December, 1921, on the proposal of the Rangiora County Council to borrow the sum of £15,000 for the purpose of carrying out and paying for work of electrical reticulation, erecting mains, and providing all material and things necessary or incidental to supplying the Rangiora County with electrical power from Lake Coleridge, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 226, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 57.
I therefore declare the proposal carried.
Dated this 21st day of December, 1921.
FREDCK. HORRELL, Chairman of the County.

Notification of Deposit of New Rules, Hawke’s Bay Acclimatization Society.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 11th January, 1922.
IT is hereby notified that a copy of the new rules of the Hawke’s Bay Acclimatization Society has been deposited in this office, and has been approved by the Governor-General in Council, under the Animals Protection Act, 1908.
WM. DOWNIE STEWART, Minister of Internal Affairs.