Feb. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 475

7th N.Z. Mounted Rifles (Wellington East Coast).
Major A. S. Wilder, D.S.O., M.C., to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 10th September, 1926.
Captain M. O. Grainger 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 30th January, 1927.

9th N.Z. Mounted Rifles (North Auckland).
Major H. C. Hemphill to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 25th November, 1926.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants:—
Michael Paul Studholme. Dated 18th January, 1927.
Frederick Herbert Poolman. Dated 21st January, 1927.
Ian Thornloe Robertson. Dated 21st January, 1927.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.
Lieutenant G. R. Cowie, 17th Medium Battery, to be Captain. Dated 10th September, 1926.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants:—
Onslow Norman Johnston, 3rd Field Battery. Dated 21st September, 1926.
William Stewart Wilson, 3rd Field Battery. Dated 24th September, 1926.
Roland Wallingford, 3rd Field Battery. Dated 29th September, 1926.
Ian Spencer Miller, 13th Coast Battery. Dated 24th December, 1926.
Ian Douglas Syminton, 13th Coast Battery. Dated 24th December, 1926.
James Herbert Hall-Kenney, 15th Coast Battery. Dated 27th January, 1927.
Brian Dudley Nicholson, 15th Coast Battery. Dated 27th January, 1927.
Harvey Geoffrey Thomas, 15th Coast Battery. Dated 27th January, 1927.
Archibald Ainslie, 17th Medium Battery. Dated 24th January, 1927.
Albert Ernest Lambourn, 17th Medium Battery. Dated 24th January, 1927.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.
The Hauraki Regiment.
Captain A. S. Hogg, 1st C Battalion, is transferred to the Southland Regiment. Dated 28th January, 1927.

The Waikato Regiment.
Hubert Dessiou Lash to be 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Battalion. Dated 20th January, 1927.

The Wellington Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant B. R. Ward is retired. Dated 1st February, 1927.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant R. J. Mayne, 2nd C Battalion, is transferred to the 3rd N.Z. Mounted Rifles (Auckland). Dated 18th January, 1927.
2nd Lieutenant R. Hynes, from the Hawke’s Bay Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority as from the 29th April, 1921, and is seconded for duty with the 1st C Battalion. Dated 26th January, 1927.
2nd Lieutenant C. F. McAllum, from the Hawke’s Bay Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, with seniority as from the 11th May, 1923.

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant C. F. McAllum, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Wellington West Coast Regiment. Dated 26th January, 1927.
2nd Lieutenant R. Hynes, 1st C Battalion, is transferred to the Wellington West Coast Regiment. Dated 26th January, 1927.
Captain A. Nielson, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class II (b), R.D. 7. Dated 31st January, 1927.

The Canterbury Regiment.
Lieutenant E. C. D. Withell, 1st Battalion, to be Captain. Dated 12th January, 1927.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants, and seconded for duty with the 4th C Battalion. Dated 28th January, 1927:—
Allan Dalby Coates.
Christopher Evelyn Fenwick.

The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment.
Major G. H. Gray, M.C., 1st Battalion, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 8th September, 1926.
Ronald John Malise Fowler to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), and is seconded for duty with the 1st C Battalion. Dated 28th January, 1927.

The Otago Regiment.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants, 1st Battalion. Dated 9th September, 1926:—
Ivan Patterson.
Norman Macdonald.
Robert Alan McGregor.
William Raymond Borrie.

The Southland Regiment.
Captain A. S. Hogg, from the Hauraki Regiment, to be Captain, with seniority as from the 3rd August, 1925, and is seconded for duty with the 1st C Battalion. Dated 28th January, 1927.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains. Dated 1st January, 1927:—
C. J. R. Price, 2nd C. Battalion.
A. C. Rowe, 1st Battalion.
J. G. Johnston, 1st C Battalion.

N.Z. AIR FORCE.
Charles Edward Blayney to be Captain. Dated 25th January, 1927.
Morton Alfred Seafield to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 25th January, 1927.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS.
Central Depot.
Alexander Cable Dickson to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 31st January, 1927.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.
Edward Cecil Brewis, M.B., to be Lieutenant, and is attached for duty to the 2nd Field Battery, Regiment of N.Z. Artillery. Dated 18th December, 1926.
John Arthur Wilkie Robertson, M.B., M.R.C.S. Eng., to be Lieutenant, and is attached for duty to the Northern Depot, N.Z. Medical Corps. Dated 4th January, 1927.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.
The Reverend R. B. Tinsley, Chaplain 4th Class, Reserve List, Class I, is transferred to the Reserve List, Class II, R.D. 10. Dated 28th January, 1927.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.
Sister K. M. Carter, from the Reserve List, to be Sister. Dated 25th January, 1927.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Varying Notification declaring an Open Season for Deer-shooting, Westland Acclimatization District (Haast, Wills, and Landsborough Valleys, South Westland).

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 vary the notification dated the 22nd day of November, 1926, declaring an open season for deer-shooting in the Westland Acclimatization District (Haast, Wills, and Landsborough Valleys, South Westland), and do hereby declare that the number of licenses which may be issued by the Chief Postmaster, Hokitika, shall not exceed twenty-four.
As witness my hand at Wellington this 16th day of February, 1927.

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

Open Season for Deer-shooting, Rotorua Acclimatization District (Waikaremoana Red-deer Herd Area).

IN pursuance 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 25th day of March, 1927, to the 25th day of April, 1927 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Rotorua 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 Postmistress at Waikaremoana, on payment of a license fee of £3, in the form prescribed in the Second Schedule hereto, and subject to the said Act and regulations thereunder and this notification: Provided that not more than one such license shall be issued to the same person.
2. No licensee shall allow any dog to accompany either himself or any attendant he may have with him.