Nov. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3309

8TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (NELSON).

2nd Lieutenant M. J. O’Brien, D.C.M., from the Reserve of Officers, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 10th November, 1926.

2nd Lieutenant O. C. Freeth (Retired List), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 10th November, 1926.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

2nd Lieutenant G. R. Powles (19th Medium Battery) is transferred to the 8th Field Battery, with seniority as from the 4th May, 1926.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own).

2nd. Lieutenant L. L. Robertson, M.M. (1st Battalion), to be Lieutenant. Dated 12th November, 1926.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) J. W. Bolton (2nd C. Battalion) is confirmed.

2nd Lieutenant J. W. Bolton (2nd C. Battalion) is transferred to the Taranaki Regiment. Dated 8th November, 1926.

The Hauraki Regiment.

James Farr to be 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Battalion. Dated 15th October, 1926.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment.

Lieutenant D. Malcolm, from the Canterbury Regiment, to be Lieutenant with seniority as from the 31st July, 1926, and is seconded for duty with the 1st C. Battalion. Dated 8th November, 1926.

The Taranaki Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant J. W. Bolton, from the Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own), to be 2nd Lieutenant with seniority as from the 11th August, 1924, and is seconded for duty with the 2nd C. Battalion. Dated 8th November, 1926.

The Canterbury Regiment.

Lieutenant D. Malcolm (2nd C. Battalion) is transferred to the Wellington West Coast Regiment. Dated 8th November, 1926.

Captain F. J. Coe (1st Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class II.(b), R.D. 10. Dated 10th November, 1926.

The Otago Regiment.

Captain P. W. G. Spiers, M.C., from the Reserve of Officers, to be Captain, 1st Battalion. Dated 12th October, 1926.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:—

C. L. King, 2nd C. Battalion. Dated 1st May, 1926.

E. G. W. Hay, 1st Battalion. Dated 3rd September, 1926.

C. R. Russ, 1st Battalion. Dated 3rd September, 1926.

The Southland Regiment.

Captain R. B. Caws, M.C., is posted to the Retired List under the provisions of G.O. 184/21, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 15th November, 1926.

Lieutenant H. K. Webb (1st C. Battalion) resigns his commission. Dated 10th November, 1926.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Lieut.-Colonel J. S. Elliott, v.d., M.D., relinquishes the appointment of Assistant Director of Medical Services, General Headquarters. Dated 11th November, 1926.

Captain (temp. Major) T. F. Corkill to be Major. Dated 4th November, 1926.

Captain E. A. Boxer is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Major under the provisions of G.O. 184/21, with permission to wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 9th November, 1926.

James Henry Beaumont to be Lieutenant and is attached for duty to the Central Depot, N.Z. Medical Corps. Dated 15th October, 1926.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.

Captain J. W. Smeaton is transferred from the Reserve of Officers, Otago Regiment, to the Reserve of Officers, Regiment of N.Z. Artillery, Class I (b), R.D. 10. Dated 10th November, 1926.

The undermentioned are posted to the Retired List under the provision of G.O. 184/21, with permission to retain their rank and wear the prescribed uniform:—

Captain A. H. Elmslie. Dated 3rd November, 1926.

Lieutenant J. E. Stokes. Dated 3rd November, 1926.

Lieutenant C. J. Harris. Dated 11th November, 1926.

2nd Lieutenant C. H. Tate. Dated 11th November, 1926.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Open Season for Red-deer Shooting, Southland Acclimatization District (excepting Stewart Island).

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, Richard Francis Bollard, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare the period from the 24th day of March, 1927, to the 31st day of May, 1927 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Southland Acclimatization District for the taking or killing of the following imported game—viz., red-deer stags and hinds—within that part of the said acclimatization district described in the First Schedule hereto, subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. LICENSES to take or kill red-deer stags and hinds may be issued by the Chief Postmaster at Invercargill on payment of a license fee of £4 4s., in the form prescribed in the Second Schedule hereto, and subject to the said Act and regulations thereunder and this notification. The number of such licenses to be issued by the said Chief Postmaster shall not exceed fifty. Provided that not more than one such license shall be issued to the same person.

2. Ball cartridge only to be used; provided that no metal-patched or metal-cased bullet shall be used for killing such deer.

3. No licensee shall allow any dog to accompany either himself or any attendant he may have with him.

4. Nothing herein contained shall extend to authorizing any person to sell any deer or portion thereof.

5. Regulations as to the use of marks of identification of deer-heads contained in section 6 of the regulations under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 7th February, 1924, page 437, shall be strictly adhered to by each licensee, who, in addition thereto, shall return all unused “tags” to the secretary of the Southland Acclimatization Society, Invercargill, immediately he has finished stalking for the season for which such “tags” have been issued, together with a statement of the number of deer shot.

6. Nothing in any license to take or kill red-deer stags and hinds shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill red-deer stags or hinds on lands actually and exclusively used by any registered acclimatization society for acclimatization purposes, or on any sanctuary or public domain, or on any land excepted from the operation of the notification declaring an open season for the district.

7. Nothing in this warrant shall apply to deer within the area described in the warrant dated 8th November, 1923, in which area protection is removed from deer.

8. Any person committing a breach of any of these conditions is liable, on conviction, to a fine of £20.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

All that area comprised within the Southland Acclimatization District, consisting of so much of the County of Southland as lies to the westward of the Mataura River, together with the counties of Fiord and Wallace.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

No. .

License to take or kill Imported Game (Deer).

, of , having this day paid the sum of £4 4s., is hereby authorized to take or kill red-deer stags and hinds within the Southland Acclimatization District (excepting Stewart Island), from the 24th day of March, 1927, to the 31st day of May, 1927 (both days inclusive), subject to the provisions of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, and all regulations and notifications affecting red-deer stags and hinds made thereunder and in force within the said district.

This license does not authorize the holder thereof to take or kill red-deer stags or hinds on lands actually and exclusively used by any registered acclimatization society for acclimatization purposes, or on any sanctuary or public domain, or on any land excepted from the operation of the notification declaring an open season for the district.

Dated at this day of , 1926.

…………, Chief Postmaster.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 22nd day of November, 1926.

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

Open Season for Deer (Wapiti) Shooting, Southland Acclimatization District (Fiordland National Park).

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, Richard Francis Bollard, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare the period from the 1st day of