Aug. 3] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 943

7. If by resignation, death, incapacity, or otherwise the seat of
   any member shall be or become vacant, or if any member absents
   himself, without reasonable cause, from three consecutive meetings
   of the Board, the Governor-General shall have power to appoint
   any other person to be a member of the Board in his stead.

8. The Board shall prepare and submit at an annual meeting
   to be held in the month of April in each year a report of the
   proceedings of the Board for the previous year ending on the thirty-
   first day of March, together with a statement of the receipts and
   expenditure of the Board for such year. A copy of every such report
   and statement, certified by the Chairman to be correct, shall be sent
   to the Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation as soon as possible
   after each annual meeting.

9. The Board shall control the said reserve in accordance with
   the provisions of the said Act and of the regulations made thereunder.

SCHEDULE

RUAPEKAPEKA PA SCENIC RESERVE.—NORTH AUCKLAND LAND
DISTRICT

PORTION of Section 32, Ruapekapeka Parish: Area, 1 acre 0 roods
9 perches, more or less.

Also portion of Huiarau Block: Area, 5 acres 2 roods
19 perches, more or less.

Situated in Block I, Hukerenui Survey District. (Auckland
plan 16831, blue.)

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 28th day of July, 1944.

C. F. SKINNER,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

(L. and S. 590.)

Appointments, Promotions, and Relinquishments of Temporary Rank
of Officers on Active Service with the 2nd New Zealand Expe-
ditionary Force (Middle East)

Army Department,
Wellington, 26th July, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
confirm the following appointments, promotions, and relin-
quishments of temporary rank of officers on active service with
the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Middle East), vide
List No. 147, dated 9th June, 1944 :—

PROMOTIONS

N.Z. Artillery

The undermentioned Captains (temp. Majors) to be Majors :—

G. P. Hanna. R. H. Dyson.

Dated 28th March, 1944.

N.Z. Infantry

2nd Lieutenant L. E. Smylie to be Lieutenant. Dated 10th
April, 1944.

N.Z. Medical Corps

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (temp. Lieutenants)
(Quartermasters) to be Lieutenants :—

A. D. Fergusson. E. B. Gilberd.

Dated 6th June, 1944.

GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK

N.Z. Armoured Corps

Lieutenant D. A. Caughley to be temp. Captain. Dated 25th
May, 1944.

N.Z. Artillery

Lieutenant J. D. Atkinson to be temp. Captain. Dated 16th
April, 1944.

N.Z. Signals

Lieutenant L. A. F. Rollet to be temp. Captain. Dated 22nd
May, 1944.

N.Z. Infantry

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be temp. Captains :—

K. Dixon. Dated 24th February, 1944.
P. B. Were. Dated 25th May, 1944.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be temp. Lieu-
tenants :—

J. G. Elmes. Dated 24th April, 1944.
R. B. Grumitt. Dated 29th April, 1944.
W. G. Norris. Dated 3rd May, 1944.

N.Z. Dental Corps

Captain E. P. Pickerill to be temp. Major. Dated 30th May,
1944.

TEMPORARY RANK RELINQUISHED

N.Z. Armoured Corps

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) G. S. Kavanagh relinquishes the
temporary rank of Captain. Dated 23rd May, 1944.

N.Z. Artillery

Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) A. E. Lambourn, D.S.O., E.D.,
relinquishes the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 29th
May, 1944.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) R. M. Smith relinquishes the tem-
porary rank of Captain. Dated 5th June, 1944.

N.Z. Engineers

Captain (temp. Major) D. U. White relinquishes the temporary
rank of Major. Dated 19th April, 1944.

N.Z. Signals

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) L. A. F. Rollet relinquishes the
temporary rank of Captain. Dated 29th May, 1944.

N.Z. Infantry

The undermentioned Majors (temp. Lieutenant-Colonels) relin-
quish the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel :—

E. E. Richards. Dated 28th May, 1944.
J. R. J. Connolly. Dated 3rd June, 1944.

Captain (temp. Major) P. G. Monk relinquishes the temporary
rank of Major. Dated 3rd May, 1944.

The undermentioned Lieutenants (temp. Captains) relinquish
the temporary rank of Captain :—

K. Dixon. Dated 5th May, 1944.
K. W. Clark. Dated 26th May, 1944.
D. B. Beard, M.C. Dated 4th June, 1944.

N.Z. Medical Corps

Captain (temp. Major) T. H. Jagusch relinquishes the temporary
rank of Major. Dated 3rd May, 1944.

APPOINTMENTS TO COMMISSIONS

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants :—

513291 Leslie Neil Marshall, N.Z.O.C. Dated 30th May, 1944.
16673 Jack Kenneth Austad, N.Z.A.C.
60800 Arthur Stanley Taylor, N.Z.A.
61097 David James Sinclair, N.Z.A.
14790 George Carson, N.Z.E.M.E. Dated 3rd June, 1944.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Promotions and Relinquishments of Temporary Rank of Officers on
Active Service with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
(Middle East)

Army Department,
Wellington, 26th July, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
confirm the following promotions and relinquishments of
temporary rank of officers on active service with the 2nd New
Zealand Expeditionary Force (Middle East), vide List No. 148,
dated 16th June, 1944 :—

PROMOTIONS

Commands and Staff

Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Colonel) E. T. Pleasants, D.S.O.,
M.C., N.Z. Armoured Corps, to be Colonel. Dated 12th June, 1944.

N.Z. Armoured Corps

The undermentioned Majors (temp. Lieutenant-Colonels) to
be Lieutenant-Colonels :—

J. B. Ferguson, D.S.O., M.C. H. A. Purcell.

Dated 10th June, 1944.

N.Z. Artillery

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains :—

C. C. MacDonald. T. R. C. Overton.

Dated 30th April, 1944.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :—

J. C. Bates. R. G. Bell.
G. E. Cook (since dead). W. P. Maxwell.
F. L. Mitchell. N. S. Sutherland.
R. G. J. Tregurtha. P. A. Buddle.

Dated 14th May, 1944.

T. Vaughan. Dated 6th June, 1944.

W. F. Reid. A. T. Colpman. A. B. Gordon.
R. E. G. Sessions. W. Roberts. H. T. Webb.

Dated 12th June, 1944.

N.Z. Infantry

The undermentioned Majors (temp. Lieutenant-Colonels) to be
Lieutenant-Colonels :—

A. E. B. Burge. R. L. Hutchens. R. R. T. Young.

Dated 10th June, 1944.

Captain (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) C. B. Barrowclough to be
Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel). Dated 27th April, 1944.

The undermentioned Captains to be Majors :—

Captain (temp. Major) G. V. Turnbull.
F. C. Preston.
Captain (temp. Major) A. R. McKinlay.

Dated 27th April, 1944.

R. F. Logan. Dated 6th June, 1944.