and do declare that the said land shall be sold, occupied, or
leased under and subject to the provisions of the Land Act,
1924.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Waimarino County.—Manganui Survey District.
SECTIONS 13 and 14, Block XVI : Area, 201 acres. Capital
value, £201. Deposit on deferred payments, £11. Half-yearly
instalment on deferred payments, £6 3s. 6d. Renewable
lease : Half-yearly rent, £4 0s. 5d.

Situated on the right bank of the Makotuku Stream, with
a frontage to the Makotuku Valley Road. Access from
Horopito Railway-station, which is about two miles distant
by metalled dray-road. Practically level land, with the
exception of the Makara Stream banks. All the bush has
been milled. Soil comprises a light loam resting on clay and
shingle formation. Well watered by streams and springs.
Elevation, 2,360 ft.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 17th day of October, 1928.
A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Opening Land in Wellington Land District for Selection on
Renewable Lease.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred on me by the Land Act, 1924, I, General
Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the
Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the land
described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on
renewable lease on Monday, the nineteenth day of November,
one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, at the rental
mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that
the said land shall be leased under and subject to the pro-
visions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT._FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Waimarino County.—Makotuku Survey District.
National Endowment.
SECTION 35, Block III : Area 202 acres 1 rood 6 perches.
Capital value, £1,000. Half-yearly rent, £20.
(NOTE.—The capital value includes improvements, valued
at £200, comprising felling and grassing, and which belong to
the Crown.)

This section is situated in the Raetihi Block, with a frontage
to the Mangarewa Road. Access from Raetihi Railway-
station, which is about four miles and a half distant—two
miles and a half by Makotuku Road and remaining two miles
formed dray-road. Level land to easy rolling country,
suitable for dairying ; all milled, burned off, and sown down
in grass. A light loam soil resting on clay and papa formation.
Permanently watered by streams. Elevation, 1,800 ft. above
sea-level.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 17th day of October, 1928.
A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Authorizing the Waimarino County Council to sell Timber
upon Portion of a certain County Road in the Waimarino
County.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
vested in me by section one hundred and twenty-three
of the Public Works Act, 1908, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson,
Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand,
do hereby authorize the Waimarino County Council to sell
or contract to sell and remove timber upon the County Road,
adjoining part Section 3, Block II, Karioi Survey District:
As the said portion of road is more particularly delineated on
the plan marked P.W.D. 73402, deposited in the office of the
Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured
red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 12th day of October, 1928.
K. S. WILLIAMS, Minister of Public Works.
(P.W. 54/45.)

Regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces, 1927,
amended.—Amendments No. 14.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred on me by the Defence Act, 1909, and its amend-
ments, 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 the Dominion
of New Zealand, published in the New Zealand Gazette dated
the twenty-fifth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and
twenty-seven; and I do hereby declare that the amendments
hereby made shall take effect as from date of publication
thereof in the Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

REGULATIONS FOR THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE DOMINION
or NEW ZEALAND.

SECTION II.

Confidential Reports.

1. PARAGRAPH 81, line 3 : Delete the word “ sergeant ” and
   substitute “ bombardier or corporal.”

SECTION III.

Appointments to First Commissions in Territorial Force.

2. After paragraph 104, add—
   “ 104A. Certificates of Proficiency obtained in an Officers'
   Training Corps in any part of the British Empire, and in the
   same arm of the service to which the candidate is recommended
   for appointment, will be recognized as follows :
   (a) Holders of Certificate “ A ” will be eligible for appoint-
   ment to commissions as 2nd Lieutenants, without
   examination.
   (b) Holders of Certificate “ B ” will be eligible for appoint-
   ment to commissions as Lieutenants, without
   examination and without being required to attend
   a preliminary course of instruction, and will, in
   addition, be granted six months' antedate.”

3. After paragraph 114 add—
   “ 114A. Holders of Certificates “ A ” (Medical) or “ B ”
   (Medical), obtained in an Officers’ Training Corps in any part
   of the British Empire, or while serving in the Otago University
   Medical Company, N.Z.M.C., will be eligible for direct appoint-
   ment to commissions as Lieutenants in the N.Z. Medical
   Corps. On their appointment to commissions, officers
   holding such certificates will receive antedate in rank as
   follows :-
   Certificate “ A ” (Medical) . Three months.
   Certificate “ B ” (Medical) . Six months.”

SECTION VI.

Examination of Officers for Promotion, &c., N.Z. Territorial
Force.

4. Paragraph 386, line 2 : After “ Territorial Force ” add
   “ and for Certificates ‘ A ’ (Medical) and ‘ B ’ (Medical).”

SECTION VII.

MILITARY LAW.

5. Paragraph 425, line 4 : For the words “ of soldier ”
   substitute “ or soldier.”

Discipline in the New Zealand Permanent Forces.

6. Paragraph 454, subparagraph (b): Delete, and sub-
   stitute :-
   “ (b) If not of field rank, the powers of a Commanding
   Officer of a Unit, except that -
   (i) The maximum period of detention that he may
   award is hereby limited to seven days.
   (ii) The maximum deduction from ordinary pay is
   hereby limited to seven days.
   (iii) He may not award field punishment.”

SECTION X.

Flag Stations and Flags to be flown.

7. Paragraph 795 : Insert against each of the numerals
   in the table an extra sign thus “ $+$ ” and add the following
   footnote :-
   “ On stormy days a ‘storm’ flag (3 ft. by 1 ft. 6 in.)
   will be flown.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 15th day of October, 1928.
F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.