12. The particulars which shall be obtained from Natives shall be as follows:

(1) Name:
(2) Sex:
(3) Age:
(4) Racial origin:
(5) Birthplace:
(6) Name of village or district where living at the census:
(7) Occupation:
(8) Religion:
(9) Ability to read or write in (a) English or (b) the Native language of the island in which he abode on the night of the census.

13. If any person, whether European or Native, objects to stating his religion, an entry or statement of objection shall be sufficient for the purpose of the census.

14. Every officer appointed for the purpose of the census is authorized to ask such questions and conduct such inquiries as are necessary to obtain or to verify the particulars set out in Regulations 10 and 12 hereof.

15. In any case in which the prescription of particulars hereinbefore contained is insufficient completely to indicate the nature of the information to be furnished a Resident Commissioner or Resident Agent shall have power to direct by means of instructions contained in a census schedule or sub-enumeration book the precise nature of the particulars required.

16. Any person who neglects or refuses to furnish any census schedule as aforesaid or to answer any questions lawfully put to him for the purposes of the census, or who knowingly makes any statement or gives any answer untrue in any material particular required by these regulations shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of £50.

17. Any person who without lawful authority destroys, mutilates, or defaces a census schedule or other census document of record shall be liable to a fine of £50.

18. Any officer appointed to any duty in connection with the census or any other person who divulges or makes use of any information obtained pursuant to these regulations except as required for the preparation of statistics from the data obtained at the census shall be liable to a fine of £50.

19. Any person who hinders or obstructs any officer in pursuance of his duty under these regulations shall be liable to a fine of £10.

20. The Government Statistician appointed under the Census and Statistics Act, 1926, and a Resident Commissioner appointed under the Cook Islands Act, 1915, may prepare from the data obtained at the census such statistics as may be required for their respective purposes and may publish such statistics with any comments thereon which are deemed necessary or advisable.

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

Members of Island Council of Niue appointed

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section sixty-five of the Cook Islands Act, 1915, and by an Order in Council of the twenty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, providing for the constitution of Island Councils in the Cook Islands, I, Cyril Louis Norton Newall, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby revoke the appointments as members of the Island Council of Niue of—

Talima, of Tuapa, with effect on the sixth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five;
Ikihagai, of Liku, with effect on the thirty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five;
Galiki, of Hakupu, with effect on the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five;

and I do hereby nominate and appoint the following persons as members of the said Island Council of Niue, to hold office during my pleasure, that is to say—

Lagigie, of Tuapa, with effect on the seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five;
Ahotala, of Hakupu, with effect on the fourteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 14th day of September, 1945.

P. FRASER,
Minister of Island Territories.

Appointment of Analysts for the Purposes of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1908

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General

Pursuant to the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1908, I, Cyril Louis Norton Newall, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint—

Marcus Rattray Fitchett,
Walter Gilmour,
Charles Ernest Hercus,
John Oubridge Mercer,
Arthur Bushby Pearson,
Thomas Henry Pullar, and
Kenneth Frank McNeill Uttley

to be Analysts for the purposes of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1908.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 20th day of September, 1945.

A. H. NORDBMEYER, Minister of Health.

Appointment in the Royal New Zealand Navy

Navy Office, Wellington, 10th September, 1945.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointment in the Royal New Zealand Navy:

Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander Cecil Arthur Pittar, M.B., B.S. (Syd.), F.R.A.C.S. (Opt.), D.O.M.S. (Eng.), R.N.Z.N.V.R., appointed on demobilization as Honorary Consulting Ophthalmic Surgeon to the Royal New Zealand Navy, vice Captain W. A. Fairclough, M.B., Ch.B., N.Z.M.C., to date 26th August, 1945.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointment in the Royal New Zealand Navy

Navy Office, Wellington, 11th September, 1945.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve (under the terms of the Naval Defence Act, 1913, clause 5) the promotion of Lieutenant-Commander (S) Herbert Russell Sleeman, M.B.E., Royal New Zealand Navy, to the rank of Commander (S), Royal New Zealand Navy, to date 15th August, 1945, and to continue in his present appointment as Assistant Naval Secretary and Controller of Finance and Stores.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Promotions and Relinquishment of Temporary Rank of Officers on Active Service with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Army Department, Wellington, 25th September, 1945.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to confirm the following promotions and relinquishment of temporary rank of officers on active service with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Middle East), vide List No. 210, dated 17th August, 1945:

PROMOTIONS

N.Z. Infantry

Captain G. B. C. Pleasants to be Major, with seniority from 31st May, 1945, and pay and allowances from 2nd August, 1945.

The undermentioned Lieutenants (temp. Captains) to be Captains:

C. M. MacKenzie. Dated 30th April, 1945.
R. J. Applegarth. Dated 31st May, 1945.

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants:

2nd Lieutenant A. L. Turner. Dated 3rd August, 1945.
2nd Lieutenant (temp. Captain) N. D. Cullen, and retains the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 17th August, 1945.

2nd Lieutenants (temp. Lieutenants):

R. L. Paterson. W. D. Williams. Dated 6th August, 1945.
W. G. McClymont. Dated 13th August, 1945.

N.Z. Army Service Corps

2nd Lieutenant K. M. Nicholson to be Lieutenant. Dated 17th July, 1945.

N.Z. Medical Corps

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) (Quartermaster) K. D. Gillespie to be Captain. Dated 14th November, 1944.

GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK

N.Z. Armoured Corps

2nd Lieutenant A. H. M. Maurice to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 5th August, 1945.

N.Z. Artillery

Major E. G. Lewis, M.B.E., to be temp. Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 14th August, 1945.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be temp. Captains:

A. G. Gardner. Dated 11th July, 1945.
J. A. Crawley. Dated 28th July, 1945.

2nd Lieutenant E. W. Griffiths to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 25th July, 1945.

N.Z. Signals

Lieutenant C. W. Carter to be temp. Captain. Dated 1st August, 1945.

N.Z. Infantry

The undermentioned Captains to be temp. Majors:

R. J. Mason. Dated 9th April, 1945.
F. B. Weeks. Dated 9th August, 1945.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) H. R. Cameron to be temp. Major. Dated 24th July, 1945.

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) P. S. Powell to be temp. Captain. Dated 24th July, 1945.