MarLBorouGH ACCLiMATIZATION DISTRICT
(As described in New Zealand Gazette No. 17 of 12th March, 1925,
at page 751.)

1. Season: Noon on lst June to noon on 3lst August, 1945
   (inclusive).
2. License fee: £2.
3. Officers authorized to issue trappers' licenses: Chief Post-
   master, Blenheim; Postmaster, Rai Valley.
   NELSON ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
   (As described in New Zealand Gazette No. 17 of 12th March, 1925,
   at page 751.)
4. Season: Noon on lst June to noon on 3lst August, 1945
   (inclusive).
5. License fee: £2.
6. Officers authorized to issue trappers' licenses: Chief Post-
   master, Nelson; Postmasters, Takaka and Reefton.
   OTAGO ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
   (As described in New Zealand Gazette No. 17 of lst March, 1925,
   at page 751.)
7. Season: Noon on lst May to noon on 3lst August, 1945
   (inclusive).
8. License fee: £2.
9. Officers authorized to issue trappers' licenses: Chief Post-
   master, Dunedin; Postmasters, Milton, Clinton, Owaka, Tahakopa,
   Romahapa, Tapanui, Wyndham, and Waikaia.
   SOUTHLAND ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
   (As described in New Zealand Gazette No. 62 of 9th August, 1934,
   at page 2451.)
10. Season: Noon on lst May to noon on 3lst August, 1945
    (inclusive).
11. License fee: £2.
12. Officers authorized to issue trappers' licenses: Chief Post-
    master, Invercargill; Postmasters, Awarua Plains, Balfour, Dipton,
    Gore, Lumsden, Mataura, Nightcaps, Orawia, Orepuki, Otautau,
    Riversdale, Riverton, Wairio, Winton, Woodlands, and Half-moon
    Bay.
    WAIPU ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
    (As described in New Zealand Gazette No. 17 of 12th March, 1925,
    at page 753, excepting the County of Uawa, which is included
    in the Second Schedule to the Opossum Regulations 1934.)
13. Season: Noon on lst July to noon on lst October, 1945
    (inclusive).
14. License fee: £2.
15. Officer authorized to issue trappers' licenses: Postmaster,
    Tolaga Bay.
    WESTLAND ACCLiMATIZATION DISTRICT
    (As described in New Zealand Gazette No. 17 of 12th March, 1925,
    at page 754.)
16. Season: Noon on lst June to noon on 15th September, 1945
    (inclusive).
17. License fee: £2.
18. Officers authorized to issue trappers' licenses: Postmasters,
    Hokitika and Kumara.
    C. A. JEFFERY, Clerk of the Executive Council.
    (I A. 49/1)
    Officers authorized to take and receive Statutory Declarations
    C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General
    Pursuant to the authority conferred upon me by the three-
    hundred-and-first section of the Justices of the Peace Act,
    1927, I, Cyril Louis Norton Newall, the Governor-General of the
    Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that the
    persons whose names are set out in the Schedule hereto, being
    officers in the service of the Crown holding the offices stated opposite
    their names respectively in the said Schedule, are authorized to
    take and receive statutory declarations under the three-hundred-
    and-first section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927.
    SCHEDULE
    Commander Frank Edward Taylor, D.S.C., V.D., R.N.Z.N.V.R.,
    Commanding Officer, H.M.N.Z.S. "Cook."
    Acting-Commander Gordon Bridson, D.S.O., D.S.C., V.D.,
    R.N.Z.N.V.R., Naval Officer-in-Charge, Lyttelton.
    Lieutenant-Commander John Henry Seelye, V.D., R.N.Z.N.V.R.,
    Naval Officer-in-Charge, Dunedin.
    As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
    this 4th day of May, 1945.
    H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.
    Appointment in the Royal New Zealand Navy
    Navy Office,
    Wellington, 24th April, 1945.
    His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
    approve the following appointment in the Royal New Zea-
    land Navy:-
    Lieutenant-Commander Phillip George Connolly, D.S.C., V.D.
    M.P., R.N.Z.N.V.R., placed on the Retired List of Officers of the
    Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve (age) in the rank of
    Commander, with permission to wear the prescribed uniform, to
    date 14th November, 1944.
    F. JONES, Minister of Defence.
    Appointments, Promotions, and Relinquishments of Temporary and
    Acting Rank of Officers on Active Service with the 2nd New
    Zealand Expeditionary Force (Middle East)
    Army Department,
    Wellington, 3rd May, 1945.
    His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to con-
    firm the following appointments, promotions, and relin-
    quishments of temporary and acting rank of officers on active
    service with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Middle
    East), vide List No. 187, dated 23rd March, 1945:
    PROMOTIONS
    N.Z. Armoured Corps
    The undermentioned Captains to be Majors:-
    W. H. Ryan. J. F. Moodie, M.C.
    Dated 8th March, 1945.
    N.Z. Artillery
    The undermentioned Lieutenants (Acting Captains) to be
    Captains:-
    L. A. Hughan A. L. Graham.
    Dated 1st January, 1945.
    Lieutenant I. G. Scott (prisoner of war) to be Captain. Dated
    14th August, 1944.
    The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:-
    G. Solomon. A. J. Champion.
    Dated 1st March, 1945.
    N.Z. Signals
    Captain E. J. Wilton to be Major. Dated 9th March, 1945.
    Lieutenant (temp. Captain) L. A. F. Rollet to be Captain.
    Dated 15th January, 1945.
    N.Z. Infantry
    Captain (temp. Major) C. W. Taylor to be Major. Dated
    11th March, 1945.
    N.Z. Army Service Corps
    The undermentioned Lieutenants (temp. Captains) to be
    Captains:-
    C. Denham. H. W. Boyce. A. M. Crawford.
    Dated 2nd February, 1945.
    N.Z. Medical Corps
    Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) E. Y. Comrie to be Lieu-
    tenant-Colonel. Dated 1st January, 1945.
    2nd Lieutenant D. H. Adamson (Quartermaster) to be Lieu-
    tenant. Dated 1st March, 1945.
    N.Z. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
    Junior Commander M. King, M.B.E., to be Senior Commander.
    Dated 8th February, 1945.
    GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK
    N.Z. Armoured Corps
    The undermentioned Majors to be temp. Lieutenant-Colonels :-
    A. M. Everist, D.S.O. H. A. Robinson, M.C.
    Dated 17th March, 1945.
    The undermentioned Captains to be temp. Majors:-
    S. J. Wright, E.D. Dated 15th February, 1945.
    D. A. Caughley. C. K. Saxton.
    Dated 12th March, 1945.
    The undermentioned Lieutenants to be temp. Captains:-
    C. P. Crespin. R. F. White.
    W. Heptinstall. F. H. Childs.
    Dated 15th February, 1945.
    C. G. Brown. Dated 25th February, 1945.
    E. J. Davidson. Dated 12th March, 1945.
    W. H. Fowler. Dated 14th March, 1945.
    2nd Lieutenant J. C. Clough to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated
    1st February, 1945.