MAR. 23] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

7. Sub-Lieutenant (Sp.) to Lieutenant (Sp.), R.N.Z.N.V.R.
   (a) Attained the age of twenty-one and a half years (twenty-two years prior to 1st September, 1943);
   (b) Performed one year's service in the confirmed rank of Sub-Lieutenant (Sp).

8. Sub-Lieutenant (E) to Lieutenant (E), R.N.Z.N.V.R., for Maintenance Duties
   (a) Attained the age of twenty-one and a half years (twenty-two years prior to 1st September, 1943);
   (b) Performed one year's service in the confirmed rank of Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (E), R.N.Z.N.V.R.

9. R.N.Z.N.V.R. Officers Qualified as Pilot or Observer and R.N.Z.N.V.R. (A) Officers
   (a) Attained the age of twenty-one and a half years (twenty-two years prior to 1st September, 1943);
   (b) Completed not less than twelve months' service as Pilot or Observer in a First- or Second-line Squadron in the confirmed rank of Acting Sub-Lieutenant or above.

10. R.N.Z.N.V.R. Officers Qualified as Pilot or Observer and R.N.Z.N.V.R. (A) Officers Medically Unfit for Flying Duties and Air Branch Officers Commissioned for Ground Duties
    R.N.Z.N.V.R. and R.N.Z.N.V.R. (A) Officers qualified as Pilot or Observer who become permanently unfit for flying duties and R.N.Z.N.V.R. (A) Officers granted commissions for ground duties (other than Air Engineer officers) may be recommended for accelerated promotion to Lieutenant provided that they—
    (a) Have attained the age of twenty-one and a half years (twenty-two years prior to 1st September, 1943);
    (b) Have performed one year's service in the rank of Sub-Lieutenant or Sub-Lieutenant (A), including acting and probationary time.

The footnote to the rules for promotion of Air Branch officers—Sub-Lieutenant (A) to Lieutenant (A) in Schedule A, under which, in certain circumstances, officers can obtain promotion to Lieutenant (A) before the age of twenty-two years and twenty-one and a half years—is not affected by this Schedule.

The foregoing rules came into force in the Royal New Zealand Navy on 1st May, 1943, except the minimum age requirement where indicated.

C. A. JEFFERY, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Declaring Lake Murihiku in the Southland Acclimatization District to be a Sanctuary

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General

IN pursuance of the powers conferred on me by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, I, Cyril Louis Norton Newall, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare the area described in the Schedule hereto to be a sanctuary for the purposes of the said Act.

SCHEDULE

ALL that area in the Southland Land District situated in Block XVII, Invercargill Hundred, being the lake known as Lake Murihiku.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 16th day of March, 1944.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 52/113.)

Appointments and Promotions of Officers of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Pacific

Army Department,
Wellington, 21st March, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to confirm the following appointments and promotions of officers of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Pacific, vide List No. 24:

2ND N.Z. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE IN PACIFIC PROMOTIONS
N.Z. Infantry

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:

R. F. Chappell. D. H. Beamish.
J. Sherwin. W. M. Mitchell.
Dated 4th March, 1944.

N.Z. Army Service Corps

Captain J. F. B. Wilson to be Major. Dated 1st March, 1944.
2nd Lieutenant W. H. Hall to be Lieutenant. Dated 18th January, 1944.

N.Z. Ordnance Corps

2nd Lieutenant F. J. E. Black to be Lieutenant. Dated 10th February, 1944.

APPOINTMENTS TO COMMISSIONS

N.Z. Ordnance Corps

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants:

800337 Stanley James Harvey. Dated 29th January, 1944.
241038 Cyril Duncan McRae. Dated 31st January, 1944.

MEMORANDA

N.Z. Infantry

Lieutenant R. H. Cameron, on summary conviction under the Army Act, section 47, was ordered to take rank and precedence in his Corps and in the Army as if his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant bore date the 30th November, 1943. Dated 25th February, 1944.

Lieutenant K. E. Traynor, on summary conviction under the Army Act, section 47, was ordered to take rank and precedence in his Corps and in the Army as if his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant bore date the 26th January, 1944. Dated 25th February, 1944.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, Relinquishments of Commissions, Resignations, and Retirements of Officers of the New Zealand Military Forces.

Army Department,
Wellington, 21st March, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, relinquishments of commissions, resignations, and retirements of officers of the New Zealand Military Forces:

N.Z. PERMANENT STAFF

The undermentioned temp. Lieutenants and Quartermasters to be temp. Captains and Quartermasters:

L. R. Stichbury. Dated 1st February, 1944.
A. E. M. Lawrence. Dated 9th March, 1944.

N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF

Temp. Lieutenant J. Richards to be temp. Captain whilst holding the appointment of Senior Instructor at a School. Dated 1st February, 1944.

Temp. Lieutenant W. Bentley relinquishes his commission on relinquishing the appointment of Adjutant-Quartermaster of a Home Guard Battalion. Dated 10th September, 1942.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) J. T. Shaw, The North Auckland Regiment, to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 4th March, 1944.

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant J. J. McLean relinquishes his commission on relinquishing the appointment of Adjutant-Quartermaster of a Home Guard Battalion. Dated 10th August, 1943.

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant F. W. Brooker to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 5th March, 1944.

N.Z. ARMY PAY CORPS

Hon. Captain L. G. Turner relinquishes his commission on relinquishing the appointment of a Paymaster. Dated 22nd November, 1942.

TERRITORIAL FORCE

N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS

Temp. Captain C. S. Morris, M.C., to be temp. Major whilst holding the appointment of Chief Instructor at a School. Dated 1st February, 1944.

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant W. J. Stewart to be temp. Captain, whilst holding the appointment of Senior Instructor at a School. Dated 1st February, 1944.

The Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant J. A. Thatcher relinquishes his commission on appointment to a commission in the Royal N.Z. Air Force. Dated 5th February, 1944.

N.Z. ARTILLERY

Temp. Captain J. F. Cook, from The Wellington East Coast Mounted Rifles, to be temp. Lieutenant, with seniority from 3rd October, 1943. Dated 3rd October, 1943.

Temp. Lieutenant W. W. Thomson relinquishes his commission on appointment to the Royal N.Z. Navy. Dated 2nd February, 1944.

The undermentioned relinquish their commissions on appointment to commissions in the Royal N.Z. Air Force:

Temp. Lieutenant T. J. Caldwell.

Temp. 2nd Lieutenants—

R. J. Gilmore. J. C. A. Fastier.
Dated 5th February, 1944.

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant G. T. Wakelin resigns his commission on appointment to a commission in the Royal N.Z. Air Force. Dated 4th March, 1944.

N.Z. INFANTRY

The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own)

Temp. Lieutenant J. H. Elliott resigns his commission on appointment to a commission in the Royal N.Z. Air Force. Dated 4th March, 1944.

The Waikato Regiment

Temp. Captain A. G. Simms is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain. Dated 11th March, 1944.

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant N. J. Holden to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 1st September, 1943.