The Hon. T. Thompson, Minister of Defence, is in charge of this Department, the Hon. R. J. Seddon having ceased to hold the office at the recent redistribution of portfolios.

Colonel F. J. Fox (vide page 178) has retired from the position of Military Adviser to the Government, and has adopted station life in the South Island.

Lieut-Colonel Arthur Pole-Penton, who has recently arrived in New Zealand to take up the position of Military Adviser to the Government, has had a long experience as an officer of the Royal Artillery, and at the Royal Gun Factory at Woolwich.