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extinguishing the antecedent liability of that Council under
the Local Bodies' Finance Act, 1921–22 :
And whereas the proceedings in connection with the said
loan were irregular, in that public notice of the special order
authorizing the raising of the loan, although given four
times, was not given once in each of the four weeks immediately preceding the day on which the meeting was held
for the purpose of confirming the resolution to make that
special order, as required by section ninety-nine of the
Counties Act, 1920:
And whereas it appears that the ratepayers of the district
have not been misled by such irregularity as aforesaid, and
it is expedient to validate the same:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of
the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise
of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section
one hundred and eleven of the Local Bodies' Loans Act,
1913, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order
and declare that the proceedings in connection with the said
loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though
the said public notice had been correctly given, and that the
validity of the proceedings in connection with the said loan
shall not be called in question by reason only of the irregularity
aforesaid.

F. D. THOMSON.
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Black Swan to cease to be Native Game in County of Chatham
Islands.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
PURSUANT to the powers vested in me by the Animals
Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, John Rushworth,
Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New
Zealand, do hereby declare that from and after the date
hereof black swan shall, within the County of Chatham Islands,
comprising the islands known as the Chatham Islands, cease
to be included in the Third Schedule of the said Animals
Protection and Game Act.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 22nd day of September, 1922.
WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Regulations for the Military Forces of New Zealand amended.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred on me by the Defence Act, 1909, and its
amendments, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby amend,
in the manner and to the extent set forth in the Schedule
hereto, the regulations for the Military Forces of New Zealand made on the twenty-second day of December, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and published in the New
Zealand Gazette of the twenty-third day of January, one
thousand nine hundred and fourteen ; and I do hereby declare
that the amendments hereby made shall come into force as
from the date of publication thereof in the Gazette.
SCHEDULE.
REGULATIONS FOR THE MILITARY FORCES OF NEW ZEALAND,
1913.
Section XIII.—Rifle Clubs.
PARAGRAPHS 602 to 656A (inclusive), as amended or made by
notices published in Gazette dated 18th June, 1914, 12th
October, 1916, 21st December, 1916, and 30th January, 1919,
are hereby revoked and the following substituted :
602. Rifle clubs may be established in such localities as may
be authorized by the Governor-General of the Dominion.
603. Each application to form a rifle club must be made
to the Staff Officer in Charge Regimental District, and signed
by not less than twenty men who are bona fide residents in
the locality in which it is desired the club should be formed,
and who are all within the ages of eighteen and fifty-five
years inclusive.
604. The members of a rifle club will be divided into two
classes, viz. :—
Class “ A” : Members between the ages of eighteen and
forty who are medically fit for general service.
Class “ B” : All other members.
605. Should at any time the strength of a rifle club fall
below twenty members, such club may be disbanded by the
Governor-General.
606. Each rifle club will be administered by a president
elected by the members of the club. The president, or in
his absence a deputy appointed on his behalf, will be responsible for the maintenance of good order and discipline amongst

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the members of the club and for the proper carrying-out of
all safety precautions, orders, and regulations for rifle practice
as laid down for the New Zealand Military Forces. In cases
where a section of a rifle club is located at such a distance
from the headquarters of the club that rifle practice has to
be carried out by the members of that section on a separate
rifle range, a deputy president will be appointed to perform
similar duties to the president as regards his section.
607. Rifles, when available, will be sold by the Defence
Department to members of rifle clubs at such reduced rates
as may be authorized by the Minister of Defence, and under
conditions governing the sale of rifles as laid down in the
Arms Act, 1920.
608. Small-arm ammunition will be supplied by the Defence
Department to rifle clubs in such quantities and at
such reduced rates as the Minister of Defence may authorize,
the rates ruling for each year being published for general
information in each month of January.
609. Twelve railway passes per annum will, where necessary, be issued to each member of a rifle club in Class “ A ”
to proceed by rail to the nearest rifle range for practice.
610. Members of rifle clubs will, in a national emergency,
be mobilized with the class of the Reserve to which they
belong, and will be required to serve in the New Zealand
Territorial Force.
611. A nominal roll of the members of each rifle club,
showing their ages, together with a return on Army Form
N.Z. No. 83/3, will be forwarded to the Staff Officer in
Charge Regimental District on 31st March annually.
612. All correspondence between rifle clubs and the Defence
Department will be submitted through the Staff Officer in
Charge Regimental District concerned, who will be responsible for the administration of rifle clubs in his district.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 21st day of September, 1922.
R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Inspector of Scenic Reserve appointed.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by
section four of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, I,
John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the
Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON GEORGE
to be an Inspector under the said Act in respect to the
scenic reserve described in the Schedule hereto.
SCHEDULE.
SILVERSTREAM SCENIC RESERVE.—WELLINGTON LAND
DISTRICT.
PART Section 209, Hutt District, Block IV, Belmont Survey
District : Area, 60 acres 3 roods 20 perches.
Also parts of Sections 269 and 270, Hutt District, Block IV,
Belmont Survey District : Area, 104 acres 3 roods 27 perches.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 26th day of September, 1922.
D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

Notice of Change of the Purpose of a Portion of a Reserve in
the Otago Land District.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
WHEREAS by section six of the Public Reserves and
Domains Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as “the
said Act”), the Governor-General is empowered, in the case
of any public reserve vested in His Majesty or the Governor-General for any of the purposes comprised in Class II of the
Second Schedule to the said Act, to change the purpose for
which such reserve was set apart to any other purpose :
And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto
forms portion of a reserve duly set apart for a resting-place
for stock, being a purpose within Class II of the Second
Schedule to the said Act, and it is expedient to change, as
hereinafter provided, the purpose of the reservation over the
said land :
Now, therefore, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe,
Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do
hereby, in pursuance of the powers conferred on me by
section six of the said Act as aforesaid, declare that the
purpose of the reservation over the land described in the
Schedule hereto is hereby changed from a resting-place for
stock to a site for a post and telegraph office. And I do
hereby further declare that this notice is issued subject to
the provisions of section seven of the said Act, and shall take
effect according to the provisions of that section,