Nov. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2561

Changes in the Organization of the N.Z. Military Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1937.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve, under sections 3 and 6 (a), Defence Act, 1909, of the following changes in the organization of the New Zealand Military Forces to take effect, except where otherwise stated, from the first day of September, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven:—

DISTRICTS RE-DESIGNATED.

The regulations constituting the Military Districts as set out in the New Zealand Gazette No. 55 of the 9th day of June, 1921, and subsequently amended, are hereby further amended by substituting the words “Military District” for the word “Command,” and substituting the word “Area” for the words “Regimental District,” wherever they occur.

HEADQUARTERS AND APPOINTMENTS RE-DESIGNATED.

The Headquarters and Appointments published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 87 of the 20th day of December, 1923, and subsequently amended, are hereby further amended as follows:—

“General Headquarters” to read “Army Headquarters”.
“General Officer Commanding” to read “Chief of the General Staff.”
“Aide-de-Camp to the General Officer Commanding” to read “Aide-de-Camp to the Chief of the General Staff.”
“Director of Military Training and Intelligence” to read “General Staff Officer, 1st Grade.”
“General Staff Officer (Intelligence)” to read “General Staff Officer 2nd Grade (Operations and Intelligence).”
“General Staff Officer (Training)” to read “General Staff Officer, 3rd Grade (Training).”

Add—
General Staff Officer, 3rd Grade (Signals).
General Staff Officer, 3rd Grade (Mechanization).

“Adjutant-General’s Staff” to read “Adjutant and Quartermaster-General’s Staff.”
“Adjutant-General” to read “Adjutant and Quartermaster-General.”
“Assistant Adjutant-General” to read “Deputy Adjutant-General.”

Delete—
“Staff Officer and Quartermaster, Medical Services.”
“Officer-in-Charge Personal Records, Permanent Forces,” to read “Staff Officer ‘A’ Duties.”

Delete—
“Quartermaster-General’s Staff.”
“Quartermaster-General.”

“Assistant Quartermaster-General” to read “Deputy Quartermaster-General.”
“Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General” to read “Staff Officer ‘Q’ Duties.”

Add—
“Chief Ordnance Officer.”
“Ordnance Officer.”
“Ordnance Officer, Provision.”
“Proof Officer.”

“Inspector of Ordnance Machinery” to read “Ordnance Mechanical Engineer.”

Add—
“Inspecting Ordnance Officer.”

“Officer-in-Charge, Army Service Corps,” to read “Director of Supplies and Transport.”

Add—
“Assistant Supply and Transport Officer.”

Delete—
“Air Services.”
“Director of Air Services.”

“Director of Artillery” to read “Commander, Royal N.Z. Artillery.”
“Staff Captain, Artillery,” to read “Staff Officer, Artillery.”

Add—
“Chief Engineer.”
“Staff Officer (Engineers).”

Delete—
“Financial Services.”
“Financial Adviser.”
“Director of Financial Services.”
“Accountant.”

Add—
“Deputy Judge-Advocate-General.”

“Command Headquarters” to read “Military District Headquarters.”

Delete—
“General Staff Officer, 3rd Grade.”
“Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General.”

“Command Ordnance Officer” to read “District Ordnance Officer.”
“Officer-in-Charge, Supplies and Transport,” to read “District Supply and Transport Officer.”

Add—
“District Artillery Officer.”

Delete—
“Financial Services.”
“Command Paymaster.”

“Deputy Judge-Advocate-General” to read “Legal Staff Officer.”

Add—
ARMY AND DISTRICT SCHOOLS OF INSTRUCTION.
“Commandant.”
“Instructor.”
“Adjutant and Quartermaster.”

AREA HEADQUARTERS.
“Area Staff Officer.”
“Area Officer.”
“Assistant Area Officer.”
“Adjutant of a Unit.”

NEW UNITS FORMED.
N.Z. Mounted Rifles.
1st Composite Mounted Rifles Regiment, with headquarters at Hamilton.
2nd Composite Mounted Rifles Regiment, with headquarters at Hawera.
3rd Composite Mounted Rifles Regiment, with headquarters at Christchurch.
4th Composite Mounted Rifles Regiment (motorized), with headquarters at Wellington.

Regiment of N.Z. Artillery.
22nd Anti-Aircraft Battery, with headquarters at Wellington.

N.Z. Infantry.
1st Composite Battalion, with headquarters at Hamilton.
2nd Composite Battalion, with headquarters at Napier.
3rd Composite Battalion, with headquarters at Dunedin.

CHANGE IN DESIGNATION.
18th Medium Battery (60 pr.) to be 18th Anti-Aircraft Battery. Dated 1st June, 1936.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Consul-General of the United States of America in Wellington appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1937.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that His Majesty’s Exequatur empowering Lowell C. Pinkerton, Esquire, to act as Consul-General of the United States of America in Wellington has been issued.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 1933/60/14.)

Rangers under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1937.

IT is hereby notified that in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 35 of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, the undermentioned persons have been appointed rangers under and for the purposes of that Act for the acclimatization districts mentioned:—

Name. Address. Acclimatization District.
Patterson, John .. Green Island .. Otago.
Pilbrow, Charles Reginald Glen Park .. Otago.
Fuller, Gordon Patrick Waitara .. Taranaki.
McCarthy, Archibald Thames .. Auckland.
Reynolds, Leonard John Reporoa .. Rotorua.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 1933/35/35.)