MAR. 8.]

Lieutenant W. Moore is transferred to the Reserve of Officers,
Class II (b), R.D. 4. Dated 19th February, 1923.
The Wellington Regiment.
Lieutenant C. P. Crane to be Captain (5th C. Battalion).
Dated 14th February, 1923.
2nd Lieutenant N. R. Jacobsen to be Lieutenant (6th C.
Battalion). Dated 24th November, 1922.
2nd Lieutenant J. W. Bird to be Lieutenant (14th C.
Battalion). Dated 14th February, 1923.
2nd Lieutenant A. A. Thomson to be Lieutenant (5th C.
Battalion). Dated 14th February, 1923.
Humphrey Goring Dwyer to be Lieutenant (8th C. Battalion).
Dated 24th February, 1923.

The Canterbury Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant C. W. Foster to be Lieutenant (8th C.
Battalion). Dated 20th February, 1923.
2nd Lieutenant W. Foster to be Lieutenant (8th C. Battalion).
Dated 20th February, 1923.

The Otago Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant J. Dash to be Lieutenant (5th C. Battalion).
Dated 19th February, 1923.
2nd Lieutenant H. K. Sumpter to be Lieutenant (5th C.
Battalion). Dated 19th February, 1923.
Henry Leslie Calder to be 2nd Lieutenant (8th C. Battalion).
Dated 13th February, 1923.
Edward Boulton to be 2nd Lieutenant (1st Battalion). Dated
21st February, 1923.
Thomas Seton Norris to be 2nd Lieutenant (1st Battalion).
Dated 21st February, 1923.
Leslie Faulkner Smith to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation),
(1st Battalion). Dated 21st February, 1923.
Arthur Joseph Deaker to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation),
(7th C. Battalion). Dated 23rd February, 1923.
2nd Lieutenant J. Flannery (7th C. Battalion) is transferred
to the Reserve of Officers, Class l (b), R.D. 12. Dated
21st February, 1923.
N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS.
Northern Depot.
Lieutenant A. D. McLaren is transferred to the Reserve of
Officers, Class 1 (b), R.D. 1. Dated 19th February, 1923.
Southern Depot.
2nd Lieutenant J. Cruse resigns his commission. Dated 20th
February, 1923.
RESERVE OF OFFICERS.
Captain B. H. Parker resigns his commission. Dated 22nd
February, 1923.
R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.
Special Order made by the Coromandel County Council altering
Riding Boundaries and adjusting Representation.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 6th March, 1923.
THE following special order, made by the Coromandel
County Council, is published in accordance with the
provisions of the Counties Act, 1920.
Pursuant to section 100 of that Act, as amended by sec-
tion 3 of the Counties Amendment Act, 1921 22, I hereby
fix the 31st day of March, 1923, as th date from which the
special order shall take effect.
WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.
SPECIAL ORDER.
ALTERING RIDINGS AND ADJUSTING REPRESENTATION IN
COROMANDEL COUNTY.
In exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 23 of
the Counties Act, 1920, the Coromandel County Council
resolves, by way of special order, as follows :-

1. The present division of the County of Coromandel
   into three ridings is hereby altered to a division into six
   ridings, to be called respectively Colville Riding, Coromandel
   Riding, Kuaotunu Riding, Whangapoua Riding, Whenuakite
   Riding, and Whitianga Riding, which said ridings are respec-
   tively described in the Schedule hereto.
2. The Coromandel County Council shall consist of nine
   members, who shall be elected as follows :-
   Name of Riding.
   Number of Councillors
   to be elected for Riding
   by Electors of Riding.
   Colville .. .. .. .. Two.
   Coromandel .. .. .. Three.
   Kuaotunu .. .. .. One.
   Whangapoua .. .. .. One.
   Whenuakite .. .. .. One.
   Whitianga .. .. .. One.
3. The alteration hereby made shall take effect on a date
   to be fixed in that behalf by the Minister of Internal Affairs
   and notified in the Gazette.
   SCHEDULE.
   Colville Riding.
   All that area in the Auckland Land District, Coromandel
   County, commencing at Taihaperahi on the coast of Hauraki
   Gulf, bounded towards the west generally by the Hauraki
   Gulf; towards the north and east generally by the sea to the
   north boundary of the Parish of Wainuiototo ; towards the
   south, east, and south by the said Wainuiototo Parish and the
   north boundary of the Coromandel Survey District to the
   point of commencement.
   Coromandel Riding.
   All that area in the Auckland Land District, Coromandel
   County, commencing at Taihaperahi, bounded towards the
   north by the Colville Riding above described to the Parish of
   Wainuiototo; toward the east generally by said Wainuiototo
   Parish, Te Pungapunga No. 1 Block, across a road, again
   by the said Te Pungapunga No. 1, Hikutawatawa, Piripiri,
   Waitekuri, Te Ranga, by the said Waitekuri, Opitonui,
   across a road, by said Opitonui Blocks, by Sections 8, 7,
   Block XV, Coromandel Survey District, across a road, by
   said Section 7 and Section 11 of said Block XV, by Section 7,
   Block IV, Hastings Survey District, across a road, by said
   Section 7, by the south boundary of Waiparapara Block to
   and by the west boundary of Block IV, Hastings Survey
   District, to the south boundary of the Coromandel County;
   towards the south and west generally by the Coromandel
   County boundary to the point of commencement.
   Whangapoua Riding.
   All that area in the Auckland Land District, Coromandel
   County, commencing at the south-east corner of Colville
   Riding hereinbefore described, bounded towards the north
   generally by the sea, Whangapoua Harbour, and again by the
   sea to the north-east corner of Omaro Block; towards the
   east generally by the east boundary of the aforesaid Omaro
   Block, the Whangapoua Harbour, by the east boundaries of
   Otanguru, Opu, Owera Blocks, across a road, again by the
   east boundary of Owera Block, across a road, again by east
   boundary of said Owera Block and the east boundary of
   Section 18, Block XII, Coromandel Survey District, and
   across a road; towards the south generally by Sections 22,
   21, 27, Block XVI, Coromandel Survey District, and Sec-
   tion 4, Block XV of said survey district, the road forming
   the north boundary of Sections 5 and 7, Block XV aforesaid,
   and by Section 7 aforesaid; towards the west and north-
   west generally by the Coromandel and Colville Ridings herein-
   before described to the point of commencement.
   Kuaotunu Riding.
   All that area in the Auckland Land District, Coromandel
   County, commencing at the north-east corner of Omaro
   Block, bounded towards the north generally by the sea;
   towards the south-east generally by Mercury Bay to the
   Taputapu Creek; towards the south generally by the afore-
   said Taputapu Creek, part Weiti No. 1 Block, Sections 16, 24,
   again by 16 and 17, Block XII, Coromandel Survey District,
   to the Whangapoua Riding; towards the north-west and
   west generally by the Whangapoua Riding hereinbefore
   described to the point of commencement.
   Whitianga Riding.
   All that area in the Auckland Land District, Coromandel
   County, commencing at the northernmost corner of Section 7,
   Block XV, Coromandel Survey District, bounded towards
   the north generally by the Whangapoua and Kuaotunu
   Ridings hereinbefore described to Mercury Bay; towards
   the east generally by Mercury Bay and the Whitianga Harbour
   to a point the production of the south-east boundary of
   Ounuoroa Block; towards the south-east by a right line to
   and by the south-east boundary of Ounuoroa Block, by
   the north-east boundary of Section 11, Block V, Hastings
   Survey District, by the south-east boundaries of said Sec-
   tion 11 and Section 12 of said Block V, and the south-east
   boundary of Section 13, Block IX, Hastings Survey District,
   and that boundary produced to the south boundary of the
   Coromandel County; towards the south-west by the Coro-
   mandel County boundary; and towards the west generally
   by Coromandel Riding hereinbefore described to the point
   of commencement.
   Whenuakite Riding.
   All that area in the Auckland Land District, Coromandel
   County, commencing at the south-east corner of the Whiti-
   anga Riding at a point the production of the south-east