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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 50

2nd Lieutenant G. H. Chittock, 2nd C Battalion, is transferred to the Otago Regiment. Dated 2nd July, 1927.
The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation), 2nd C Battalion, are confirmed :—
C. A. Hill.
T. M. McDonald.

N.Z. AIR FORCE.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) O. Warnock is transferred to the Wellington West Coast Regiment. Dated 4th July, 1927.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS.
Central Depot.

Captain J. McC. Power, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Captain. Dated 29th June, 1927.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Major F. N. Harvey is posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 28th June, 1927.
Bertram Ernest Wright, M.B., to be Captain, and is attached for duty with the Central Depot, N.Z.M.C. Dated 28th June, 1927.
Edward Gordon Joseph, M.B., to be Lieutenant, and is attached for duty with the Central Depot, N.Z.M.C. Dated 28th June, 1927.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Reverend M. A. R. Pratt, Chaplain, 3rd Class, is transferred from R.D. 6 to R.D. 10. Dated 1st July, 1927.
The Reverend M. A. R. Pratt, Chaplain, 3rd Class, is transferred to the Reserve List, Class II, R.D. 10. Dated 1st July, 1927.
The Reverend E. D. Patchett, Chaplain, 4th Class, Reserve List, Class II, is transferred from R.D. 10 to R.D. 5. Dated 4th July, 1927.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.
6th N.Z. Mounted Rifles (Manawatu).

The undermentioned are posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain their rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 30th June, 1927.
Lieutenant-Colonel A. F. Batchelar.
Lieutenant R. H. Buchanan, M.C.
2nd Lieutenant S. H. Roberts.
2nd Lieutenant D. H. Strachan.

The Wellington Regiment.

Lieutenant-Colonel G. T. Hall, C.M.G., C.B., is posted to the Retired List, with the rank of Colonel, with permission to wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 27th June, 1927.

The Taranaki Regiment.

Lieutenant G. A. A. Barton, M.C., is posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 25th June, 1927.
2nd Lieutenant E. R. Coutts resigns his commission. Dated 4th July, 1927.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Dismissal from the Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 5th July, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the dismissal of the undermentioned soldier of the Territorial Force from the New Zealand Defence Forces, under section 6 (b), Defence Act, 1909, he having been convicted by the Civil power :—
No. 11/A/1713 Private R. J. Sutherland, 1st Battalion, Otago Regiment. Dated 27th June, 1927.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Officiating Ministers for 1927.—Notice No. 24.

Registrar-General’s Office.
Wellington, 12th July, 1927.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information :—
The Church of the Province of New Zealand commonly called the Church of England.
The Reverend David Sydney Evans.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Mining Privilege struck off the Register.—Notice under the Mining Act, 1926.

Warden’s Office,
Collingwood, 29th June, 1927.

NOTICE is hereby given, in accordance with the provisions of section 188 (4) of the Mining Act, 1926, that the mining privilege mentioned in the Schedule hereto has this day been struck off the Register.
C. JOSS, Mining Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

LICENSE No. 10/23. Dated 25th October, 1923. Nature of privilege : Mineral license. Locality : Pakawau. Licensee : William Charles Braddock.

Land Surveyors’ Examination, September, 1927, Australia and New Zealand.

The Surveyors Board of New Zealand,
Wellington, 11th July, 1927.

IT is hereby notified, for general information, that the Surveyors Board, in conjunction with the Australian Surveyors Boards will conduct an examination of candidates for licenses to survey, commencing at 10 a.m. on Monday, 26th September, 1927, at Wellington.
Candidates are notified that their applications, on the proper form, must reach the Secretary of the Board not later than Thursday, 15th September, and that the examination fee of £1 1s. must be paid at the same time to the Secretary, from whom examination regulations, application forms, and other particulars may be obtained. Candidates desiring to sit in other centres than Wellington must forward a double fee of £2 2s. ; only those completing may do this.
At this examination, candidates sitting for the first time will be accepted, as well as those completing former sittings.

M. CROMPTON-SMITH,
Secretary, Surveyors Board.
Government Buildings, Wellington.

Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.—Declaration by the Assistant Registrar dissolving a Society.

I, HAROLD BEANLAND WALTON, Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it has been made to appear to me that the Waihi Spiritualists Society (Incorporated) is no longer carrying on its operations, the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved in pursuance of section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.
Dated at Auckland, this 7th day of July, 1927,

H. B. WALTON,
Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.—Declaration by the Assistant Registrar dissolving a Society.

I, HAROLD BEANLAND WALTON, Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it has been made to appear to me that the Matamata Orphans Club (Incorporated) is no longer carrying on its operations, the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved in pursuance of section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.
Dated at Auckland, this 7th day of July, 1927.

H. B. WALTON,
Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

Lease of Native Land by Public Tender.

WRITTEN tenders will be received at the office of the Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board at Gisborne up to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, 3rd August, 1927, for a lease of the land called Paeroa 2π 2c Block, containing 13 acres 3 roods 2 perches, situated in the County of Wairoa. The lease will be for a term of fifteen years commencing on the 10th day of August, 1927, with right of renewal for a further term of fifteen years, and with right of compensation for improvements not exceeding £5 per acre at the end of either term. The rental for the first term shall be the rental tendered, but shall not be less than an upset rental of £5 per annum. The rental for the second term shall be 5 per cent. of the then Government unimproved value, but not less than the rental for the first term.
Each tender must be enclosed in a sealed envelope marked on the outside “ Tender for lease of Paeroa 2π 2c ” ; and must be addressed to the Registrar, Native Land Court, Gisborne. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

JOHN HARVEY, Registrar.