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 reserves in accordance with the provisions of the said Act and of the regulations made thereunder.

SCHEDULE

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—MANGINANGINA SCENIC RESERVES

SECTION 37, Block XV, Kaeo Survey District : Area, 228 acres 3 roods 13 perches, more or less.

Also Section 38, Block XV, Kaeo Survey District : Area, 19 acres 2 roods 34 2 perches, more or less.

Also Section 39, Block XV, Kaeo Survey District : Area, 3 roods 6 perches, more or less.

As the same are delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 4/750, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 12th day of February, 1944.

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

(L. and S. 4/750.)

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

Army Department, Wellington, 12th February, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to confirm the following appointments, promotions, and relinquishments of temporary rank of officers on active service with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Middle East), vide List No. 126:—

PROMOTIONS

N.Z. Artillery

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains :—

J. H. Young. Dated 11th June, 1943.

K. J. Mawson. Dated 31st July, 1943.

N.Z. Corps of Signals

Captain (temp. Major) C. A. Borman to be Major. Dated 11th October, 1943.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :—

J. F. Broadmore. N. G. H. Browne. A. D. Moran. Dated 17th October, 1943.

N.Z. Infantry

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :—

R. T. Pleasants. Dated 23rd October, 1943.

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) H. J. Bramwell, D.C.M. Dated 24th October, 1943.

N.Z. Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

2nd Lieutenant W. H. D. Carpenter to be Lieutenant. Dated 10th October, 1943.

N.Z. Chaplains Department

Rev. O. R. Marlow, Chaplain, 4th Class, to be Chaplain, 3rd Class. Dated 21st October, 1943.

N.Z. Audit Branch

The undermentioned Hon. Lieutenants to be Hon. Captains :—

R. L. McEwen. R. J. Campagnolo. Dated 8th June, 1943.

Hon. 2nd Lieutenant W. G. Hill to be Hon. Lieutenant. Dated 8th September, 1943.

GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK

N.Z. Artillery

Lieutenant N. M. Nash to be temp. Captain. Dated 3rd June, 1943.

N.Z. Corps of Signals

Captain N. R. Ingle to be temp. Major. Dated 11th October, 1943.

N.Z. Infantry

Captain M. Handyside to be temp. Major. Dated 23rd September, 1943.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be temp. Captains :—

W. D. P. Wordley. Dated 11th September, 1943.

W. C. Wylie. Dated 5th October, 1943.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be temp. Lieutenants :—

G. Low. R. G. Gilbert. Dated 1st October, 1943.

D. W. C. Jones. Dated 21st October, 1943.

TEMPORARY RANK RELINQUISHED

N.Z. Infantry

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) H. R. Gilberd relinquishes the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 11th November, 1943.

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) E. M. Hay relinquishes the temporary rank of Lieutenant. Dated 29th September, 1943.

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) J. A. Bevin relinquishes the temporary rank of Lieutenant, and assumes the acting rank of Lieutenant. Dated 8th November, 1943.

N.Z. Dental Corps

Captain (temp. Major) E. G. Thompson relinquishes the temporary rank of Major. Dated 18th August, 1943.

APPOINTMENTS TO COMMISSIONS

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants :—

20188 Donald Stocker Boyd, N.Z. Artillery.

28994 Brian Vaughan Cooper, N.Z. Artillery.

63559 Charles Vaughan Gallagher, N.Z. Artillery.

21087 Harold Raymond Hoare, M.M., N.Z. Artillery.

23659 Kenneth Ernest Keaney, N.Z. Artillery.

28865 Ewen Matthew Morrison, N.Z. Artillery.

596 Jack Desmond Ritch, N.Z. Artillery.

1991 Ewen Trevor Simpson, N.Z. Artillery.

2884 Kenneth Samuel Turner, N.Z. Artillery.

14435 Clem Hollies, N.Z. Infantry.

22764 Vincent Robert Sexton, N.Z. Infantry.

10654 Carson Walker Welsh, M.M., N.Z. Infantry.

35559 Earl Kitchener Cross, N.Z. Infantry.

26285 Alan Richard McElwain, N.Z. Infantry.

14786 Nelson Payne Ball, N.Z. Infantry.

65446 Percival Francis, N.Z. Infantry.

6102 Ivan Graham Harris, N.Z. Infantry.

7888 Hubert Arthur Crispin, N.Z. Infantry.

15101 Leslie Joseph Kearney, M.M., N.Z. Infantry.

6885 Carlyle Winston Gower, N.Z. Infantry.

Dated 16th October, 1943.

23165 John Gordon Ewing Carr, N.Z. Ordnance Corps.

41798 Thomas Dale Clifford, N.Z. Army Service Corps.

35225 Grahame Wootton Clarke, N.Z. Ordnance Corps.

41876 James Stafford Osborne, N.Z. Army Service Corps.

41693 Thomas Ewen McPherson, N.Z. Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.

45417 Bruce Pounsett, M.M., N.Z. Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.

42327 Robert William Millis, N.Z. Army Service Corps.

21071 Harold Clement Burton, N.Z. Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.

16258 James Craig Sinclair, N.Z. Army Service Corps.

Dated 23rd October, 1943.

564736 Alec Leslie Haslam, N.Z. Infantry. Dated 12th November, 1943.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Army Department, Wellington, 12th February, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to confirm the following appointments, promotions, and relinquishments of temporary rank of officers on active service with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Middle East), vide List No. 127 :—

PROMOTIONS

N.Z. Engineers

Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Colonel) F. M. H. Hanson, D.S.O., O.B.E., M.M., to be Colonel. Dated 17th September, 1943.

N.Z. Corps of Signals

Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) R. L. C. Grant to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 4th June, 1943.

2nd Lieutenant S. N. McKenzie to be Lieutenant. Dated 24th October, 1943.

N.Z. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

Subaltern M. A. Neely to be Junior Commander. Dated 2nd November, 1943.

GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK

N.Z. Armoured Corps

Lieutenant W. H. Wilson to be temp. Captain. Dated 1st October, 1943.

N.Z. Artillery

Captain G. P. Hanna to be temp. Major. Dated 1st November, 1943.

N.Z. Infantry

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be temp. Captains :—

K. W. Clarke. Dated 1st September, 1943.

J. I. D. Fraser. A. B. Kerr. Dated 23rd October, 1943.

2nd Lieutenant H. B. Hay to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 2nd September, 1943.

N.Z. Medical Corps

Captain D. McK. Dickson to be temp. Major. Dated 18th September, 1943.