Mar. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 729

SCHEDULE.

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

Prohibiting all Alienation of certain Native Land other than Alienation in favour of the Crown.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 15th day of March, 1926.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

ON the recommendation of the Native Land Purchase Board, referred to in section three hundred and sixty-three of the Native Land Act, 1909, and in exercise of the power in this behalf conferred upon him by that section, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby prohibit, for the period of one year from the date of this Order in Council, all alienation of the Native land specified in the Schedule hereto other than alienation in favour of the Crown.

SCHEDULE.

TARAMARAMA SURVEY DISTRICT.

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

Regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces amended.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority conferred on me by the Defence Act, 1909, and its amendments, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, 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, 1913, and I do hereby declare that the amendments hereby made shall take effect as from date of publication thereof in the Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

1. PARAGRAPHS 96 to 103 inclusive are hereby revoked.

2. The following new paragraph is hereby made:—
   “109. (a.) Promotion to complete establishment will, unless otherwise specified, be by selection. In all cases where a promotion will entail the supersession of one or more officers the recommendation will specify the reasons for the supersession, and must be accompanied by a certificate that any officer who would be superseded has been notified.”

3. Paragraph 110 is hereby revoked, and the following substituted:—
   “110. Officers who hold a Staff College certificate will be exempt from all examinations for promotion up to the rank of Major.”

4. After paragraph 110 add the following new paragraphs:—
   “110A. No promotion shall be granted to any officer on retiring or on transfer to the Reserve, but officers on retirement who are posted to the Retired List will be posted with the highest substantive rank held by them during any period of their service.
   “110B. The G.O.C. may recommend that temporary or acting rank be granted to officers who are called upon to perform duties of a rank or appointment higher than their substantive rank. Unless otherwise specially provided for, such temporary or acting rank shall be automatically relinquished from the date on which the officer ceases to perform the duties of the higher rank or appointment.”

5. Paragraph 111 is hereby revoked, and the following substituted:—
   “111. An officer whose turn for promotion occurs whilst he is on active service, or whilst medically unfit by reason of wounds or disease contracted on active service, may be provisionally promoted, subject to passing the promotion examination at the first available opportunity; or may be promoted without examination, if he is holding at the time his turn comes for promotion and has held the higher rank in the field for a period of six months.”

6. Paragraphs 113, 115, and 117 are hereby revoked, and the following substituted:—
   “113. Promotion of officers of the Territorial Force will be governed by establishment. In the case of Infantry regiments which have Cadet battalions attached such establishment will be the regimental establishment plus the establishment laid down for Cadet battalions.
   “113A. No officer below the rank of Lieut.-Colonel will, except under special authority from the G.O.C., be promoted until he has served for periods as set out below, has attended a course of instruction of six continuous days and gained a satisfactory report thereat, and has passed the qualifying examination:—
   “Lieutenant: After two years’ efficient service as 2nd Lieutenant.
   “Captain: After three years’ efficient service as Lieutenant.
   “Major: After five years’ efficient service as Captain.
   “113B. Qualification at an approved voluntary course of the same duration will count for the purpose of paragraph 113A.
   “113C. Promotion to the rank of Lieut.-Colonel and Colonel will be by selection as required, irrespective of the length of service in the next lower rank.
   “113D. An officer of a Territorial Force unit seconded for active service overseas with any other unit may be promoted in his turn without examination, in the unit from which he has been seconded.
   “113E. Quartermasters may be promoted without examination, subject to a favourable recommendation by the Commanding Officer, on completing length of service as follows:—
   “To Captain: After six years’ commissioned service.
   “To Major: After twelve years’ commissioned service.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 18th day of February, 1926.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.