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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 56

3rd Cadet Battalion—
Major A. W. Short.
Lieutenants—
J. D. Baybutt.
H. M. McMurtrie.
L. W. C. Biddle.
H. R. Heward.
K. D. Anderson.
R. Smallfield.

2nd Lieutenant—
A. G. Coulam.

The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b). Dated 14th July, 1931:—
Major A. H. Wright, v.d., 1st Battalion, R.D. 7.
Captain C. V. Thomason, 1st Battalion, R.D. 3.

The Waikato Regiment.
Leslie Ohio Mercer Brown to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), and is posted to the 1st C Battalion. Dated 8th July, 1931.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment.
Captain (temp. Major) J. E. H. Mewett, O.B.E., M.C., 4th C Battalion, to be Major. Dated 9th July, 1931.
Captain H. W. Kerr, 3rd C Battalion, to be Major. Dated 9th July, 1931.

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment.
Lieutenant M. C. Fairbrother ceases to be posted to the 3rd C Battalion, and is seconded for service with the Department of External Affairs for duty in Samoa. Dated 10th July, 1931.

The Canterbury Regiment.
Lieutenant F. L. Simson, 4th C Battalion, to be Captain. Dated 13th July, 1931.
2nd Lieutenant L. B. Ballantyne ceases to be posted to the 3rd C Battalion, and is attached to the Wellington East Coast Mounted Rifles. Dated 11th July, 1931.

The Southland Regiment.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants, and are posted to the 1st Battalion:—
Robert Donald McEwan. Dated 12th June, 1931.
John Keith Robbie. Dated 13th June, 1931.
Alexander Daniel Smillie. Dated 14th June, 1931.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.
N.Z. Corps of Signals.
Lieutenant G. T. Kellaway, M.C., is posted to the Retired List, with the rank of Captain, and with permission to wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 9th July, 1931.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 21st July, 1931.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the services of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club, under section 43, Defence Act, 1909:—
Rangitikei Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Bulls. Dated 25th June, 1931.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Authorized Officer for the Purpose of Stamping Opossum-skins and receiving Royalty thereon under Provisions of the Opossum Regulations, 1930.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Opossum Regulations, 1930, made under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, Patrick John Kelleher, Under-Secretary of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the undermentioned person to be an authorized officer for the purpose of stamping opossum-skins and receiving royalty thereon within the Acclimatization District specified below.

P. J. KELLEHER, Under-Secretary.

AUCKLAND Acclimatization District. Officer: R. E. Craig, Position and Address: Acting Custodian, Government Buildings, Auckland.

Dated this 27th day of July, 1931.
(I.A. 25/16/27.)

Notice respecting Proposed Abolition of the Lochiel River District, County of Southland.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1931.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, under the River Boards Act, 1908, and its amendments, praying that the Lochiel River District may be abolished. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed abolition which they desire to lodge within one month from the first publication of this notice, such objections or petitions to be addressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

P. A. DE LA PERRELLE,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 19/63/27.)

Notice respecting proposed Alteration of Boundaries, City of Christchurch.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1931.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, praying that the area described in the Schedule hereto may be excluded from the County of Waimairi and included in the City of Christchurch. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed alteration of boundaries which they desire to lodge, within one month from the first publication of this notice, such objections or petitions to be addressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE COUNTY OF WAIMAIRI AND INCLUDED IN THE CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, bounded by a line commencing at a point on the boundary of the City of Christchurch, being the intersection of the south-western boundary of Rural Section 1048, with the north-western boundary of Lot 25, deposit plan 6279, and proceeding thence north-easterly along the north-western boundary of the said Lot 25, and Lots 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, and 18 of the said deposit plan 6279, and the production thereof to a point on the north-eastern boundary of Lot 1, deposit plan 6313; thence south-easterly along the north-eastern boundary of the said Lot 1, deposit plan 6313, and the production thereof to a point on the boundary of the City of Christchurch on the southern side of McFadden’s Road; thence returning south-westerly and north-westerly along the southern side of McFadden’s Road, the north-eastern side of Rutland Street, and the said south-western boundary of Rural Section 1048, to the point of commencement.

P. A. DE LA PERRELLE,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 19/1/240.)

Hauraki Plains Drainage Area.—Notice of Intention to make and levy Rates.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1931.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is intended, pursuant to the Hauraki Plains Act, 1926, to make and levy, on the unimproved value of all land within the district constituted under the said Act, the general rates to meet maintenance costs for the period 1st April, 1931, to 31st March, 1932, as described in the Schedule hereto.

The amount of such rates will be payable in one sum on the 14th August, 1931.

The valuation roll of the district is open for inspection at the office of the Collector of Rates, Chief Drainage Engineer’s Office, 5 Law Court Buildings, High Street, Auckland, and a copy of same may be inspected at the office of the Chief Drainage Engineer, at Kerepeehi, at all times at which those offices are open for the transaction of public business.

SCHEDULE.

Class A: On the unimproved value of all land classified as Class A by the Appraiser appointed under the said Act, three pence and fifty-two one-hundredths of a penny (3·52d.) in the pound.

Class B: On the unimproved value of all lands so classified as Class B, two pence and one-hundredth of a penny (2·01d.) in the pound.

Class C: On the unimproved value of all lands so classified as Class C, one half-penny (0·5d.) in the pound.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 15/13/154.)