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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

The undermentioned retire under the provisions of General Order No. 184/21, with permission to retain their rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 27th March, 1925.
Captain J. G. Campbell, M.B.
Captain G. Stuart-Moore, M.R.C.S., Eng.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The undermentioned Chaplains 4th Class to be Chaplains 3rd Class :—
The Reverend H. Clark, M.C. Dated 2nd March, 1925.
The Reverend J. L. Robinson. Dated 2nd March, 1925.
The Reverend F. S. Bartley. Dated 4th March, 1925.
The Reverend W. Walker. Dated 11th March, 1925.

The Reverend H. G. Gilbert, Chaplain 4th Class, is transferred to the Reserve List, Class I, R.D. 4. Dated 17th March, 1925.

The Reverend E. S. Wayne, Chaplain 3rd Class, is transferred to the Reserve List, Class II, R.D. 2. Dated 19th September, 1924.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.

Lieutenant R. C. Moore resigns his commission. Dated 24th March, 1925.

Lieutenant M. T. Jackman retires under the provisions of paragraphs 126 and 127, General Regulations, 1913, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 24th March, 1925.

W. NOSWORTHY, for Minister of Defence.

Schedule of Appointments on Staff of N.Z. Military Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following amendment to the Schedule of Appointments at General Headquarters and at Command Headquarters, as published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 20th December, 1923 :—

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS.

Adjutant-General’s Staff.

After “Assistant Director of Medical Services” insert—

New Designation. Abbreviation. Present Designation.
Staff Officer and S.O. & Q., M.S. Quartermaster, Medical
Quartermaster, Services.
Medical Services.

Dated 24th March, 1925.

W. NOSWORTHY, for Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Club disbanded.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the disbandment of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club, under section 43, Defence Act, 1909 :—

C. Squadron, Poverty Bay Legion of Frontiersmen Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Gisborne.

Dated 24th March, 1925.

W. NOSWORTHY, for Minister of Defence.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 2nd April, 1925.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Board of the Hutt Valley Electric-power District, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

F. H. D. BELL, for Minister of Finance.

HUTT VALLEY ELECTRIC-POWER BOARD.

Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the constituent districts of the Hutt Valley Electric-power district, comprising the Porirua Riding of the County of Makara and the Town District of Johnsonville, taken on the 18th day of March, 1925, on the proposal of the Hutt Valley Electric-power Board to borrow the sum of £40,000 for the purpose of distributing electrical energy in the aforesaid constituent districts, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 317; against the proposal was 9.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 27th day of March, 1925.

J. W. MCEWAN, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 2nd April, 1925.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Board of the Otaki River District, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

F. H. D. BELL, for Minister of Finance.

OTAKI RIVER BOARD.

Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Otaki River District taken on the 25th day of February, 1925, on the proposal of the Otaki River Board to raise a special loan of £9,000 for No. 4 Protective Works,—
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 45; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 33.

I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.

Dated this 23rd day of March, 1925.

GEO. H. HARPER, Chairman.

Result of Election of Trustees of a Drainage District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1925.

THE following result of an election of trustees of a drainage district has been received from the Returning Officer, and published in accordance with the provisions of the Land Drainage Act, 1908.

G. P. NEWTON,
Assistant Under-Secretary.

Waitoa Drainage District, Counties of Ohinemuri and Thames,—
G. W. Horn.
A. A. Wagstaff.
F. W. Walters.
D. F. Watson.
H. L. Wilton.

Notification of Approval of Rules, Waimarino Acclimatization Society.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 6th April, 1925.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 25 of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I hereby notify that copies of the rules made by the Waimarino Acclimatization Society on the 14th day of November, 1924, have been forwarded to me, and were approved on the 30th day of January, 1925.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

[Issued in substitution for notification signed “R Heaton Rhodes, for Minister of Internal Affairs,” dated 30th January, 1925, and gazetted on the 5th February, 1925.]

Special Order made by the Lower Mangapiko Drainage Board, subdividing District and fixing Representation.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 1st April, 1925.

THE following special order, made by the Lower Mangapiko Drainage Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Land Drainage Act, 1908, and amendments.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

LOWER MANGAPIKO DRAINAGE BOARD.

Special Order.

PASSED at special meeting of the Board held on 23rd January, 1925. Confirmed at a special meeting of the Board held on 26th February, 1925.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by section 16 of the Land Drainage Act, 1908, section 2 of the Land Drainage Amendment Act, 1920, and of every other power it thereto enabling, the Lower Mangapiko Drainage Board hereby resolves by way of special order as follows :—

1. On and after the 1st day of April, 1925, the Lower Mangapiko Drainage District shall be divided into three subdivisions, to be known as the Te Rahu Subdivision, the Mangapiko Subdivision, and the Paterangi Subdivision.