✨ Military Regulations and Appointments




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 155

  1. The term of service for each Volunteer to
    be one year from the day he is sworn in,
    provided always that if any Volunteer shall go
    to reside out of the district, he shall, if he
    desire, be discharged from further service as a
    Volunteer.

  2. Every Volunteer shall attend to be trained
    and exercised at such time and place as shall
    be fixed by the Governer, or by such person or
    persons, as he may, from time to time, authorise
    in that behalf. Provided always that no
    Volunteer shall be compelled to attend to be
    trained or exercised more than one hundred and
    sixty-eight hours in any one year.

  3. All Officers of companies will be ap-
    pointed by the Governor, and names for that
    purpose are to be submitted to him for his ap-
    proval by the company to which they are pro-
    posed to be appointed, and all Sergeants and
    Corporals must be examined, and passed as
    competent, by the Adjutant, before they will
    be appointed.

  4. All rolls, documents, and correspondence
    shall be kept at the office of the Adjutant, and
    shall be open at all times during office hours for
    the inspection and information of the Officers of
    the company to which they relate.

  5. All orders and communications from the
    Governor, or Government of the Colony shall
    be transmitted to, and given out by the
    Adjutant.

  6. Every Volunteer who shall absent himself
    during any part of the time appointed for
    training or exercise and shall not account for
    such absence to the satisfaction of the Ad-
    jutant and the Captain of his Company, shall
    forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding one
    pound for every day on which he shall be so
    absent.

  7. If any Arms, Accoutrements, Ammu-
    nition, or other Government property shall be
    injured, destroyed, or expended, by being used
    except on service, the Volunteer in whose
    charge such Arms, Accoutrements, or Ammu-
    nition, or other property were at the time, shall
    pay a sum not exceeding the value of the
    same respectively.

  8. Every Volunteer whoshall appear at drill
    without the appointed Arms, Accoutrements
    and Dress, or any part thereof, or with the
    same in a dirty or neglected state, shall pay a
    sum, not exceeding ten shillings for every such
    offence.

  9. Every Volunteer who shall be guilty of
    inattention, or carelessness, or who shall misbe-
    have himself at drill in any manner, not before
    specified, shall pay a sum not exceeding twenty
    shillings, nor less than five shillings, for every
    such offence.

  10. All such fines shall be fixed by the Cap-
    tain and Adjutant, and shall be paid to the Ad-
    jutant on demand, and if not so paid they may be
    recovered in a summary way by him, on behalf
    of the Government, in any Resident Magis-
    trate's Court in the Colony.

  11. Volunteers enrolled under these Regu-
    lations shall be subject to the provisions con-
    tained in the following Clauses of the Militia
    Act, 1858, namely, Sections 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 18,
    19, 20, 21, (except the proviso thereto) 22, 23,
    (except when assembled for the purpose of
    being trained and exercised only) and 24.
    F. G. STEWARD,
    Clerk of Executive Council.

Private Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 28th June, 1859.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
HENRY ARTHUR SCOTT
to be Captain of the Volunteer Corps of
Canterbury Rifles.

By his Excellency's command,
F. G. STEWARD,
Private Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 6th July, 1859.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint the following persons
to be, on and from the first day of October next,
Registrars under "The Marriage Act, 1854,"
and "The Marriage Act Amendment Act,
1858," for the Districts set opposite their respec-
tive names, as those Districts are severally des-
cribed in a Proclamation bearing date the 6th
July, 1859.

Mongonui, William Bertram White
Bay of Islands-Robert Clapham Barstow
Hokianga-Rev. Henry H. Lawry
Kaipara-Rev. William Gittos
Wangarei-John Stewart Rust
Waipu-Harcourt R. Aubrey
Mangawai-Robert Skeen
Mahurangi-Carlton Hollis James Hill
Auckland-John Boyle Bennett
Thames-James Preece
Drury-Joseph Middlemas
Raglan-Walter Harsant
Kawhia-Robert Schultz
Rangiawhia-Henry Ireland
Tauranga Carl Sylvius Volkner
Turanga (Poverty Bay) - Herbert Samuel
Wardell
New Plymouth-Samuel Popham King
Wellington-John Elisha Smith
Wanganui-David Stark Durie
Ahuriri-Edward Catchpool
Wairarapa-Holmes Crayne
Aorere-Henry Godfrey Gouland
Takaka-James Tilby
Motueka-Alexander Le Grand Campbell
Nelson-John Poynter
Wairau-Stephen Lunn Muller
Awatere-Philip McRae
Amuri-Edward Jas. Lee
Mount Grey-Thomas Upfill Wilson
Kaiapoi-Joseph Ashe Day
Christchurch-Alfred Chas. Barker
Ashburton-Edward Chapman
Timaru-Belfield Woollcombe
Lyttelton-William Donald
Akaroa--Daniel Watkins
Dunedin-John Gillies
Waitangi-Rev. John Albert Fenton
Taieri-John Hislop
Invercargill-John Blacklock



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πŸ›‘οΈ Regulations for accepting Volunteers in Christchurch Militia District (Continued) (continued from previous page)

πŸ›‘οΈ Defence & Military
28 June 1859
Volunteer service, training, fines, Militia Act 1858, company officers, discharge provisions
  • F. G. Steward, Clerk of Executive Council

πŸ›‘οΈ Appointment of Captain of the Volunteer Corps of Canterbury Rifles

πŸ›‘οΈ Defence & Military
28 June 1859
Captain appointment, Canterbury Rifles, Volunteer Corps
  • Henry Arthur Scott, Appointed Captain of Volunteer Corps

  • F. G. Steward, Private Secretary

πŸ›οΈ Appointments of District Registrars under Marriage Acts

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
6 July 1859
Marriage Act 1854, Registrar appointments, District registration, Civil records
39 names identified
  • William Bertram White, Appointed Registrar for Mongonui
  • Robert Clapham Barstow, Appointed Registrar for Bay of Islands
  • Henry H. Lawry (Reverend), Appointed Registrar for Hokianga
  • William Gittos (Reverend), Appointed Registrar for Kaipara
  • John Stewart Rust, Appointed Registrar for Wangarei
  • Harcourt R. Aubrey, Appointed Registrar for Waipu
  • Robert Skeen, Appointed Registrar for Mangawai
  • Carlton Hollis James Hill, Appointed Registrar for Mahurangi
  • John Boyle Bennett, Appointed Registrar for Auckland
  • James Preece, Appointed Registrar for Thames
  • Joseph Middlemas, Appointed Registrar for Drury
  • Walter Harsant, Appointed Registrar for Raglan
  • Robert Schultz, Appointed Registrar for Kawhia
  • Henry Ireland, Appointed Registrar for Rangiawhia
  • Carl Sylvius Volkner, Appointed Registrar for Tauranga
  • Herbert Samuel Wardell, Appointed Registrar for Turanga (Poverty Bay)
  • Samuel Popham King, Appointed Registrar for New Plymouth
  • John Elisha Smith, Appointed Registrar for Wellington
  • David Stark Durie, Appointed Registrar for Wanganui
  • Edward Catchpool, Appointed Registrar for Ahuriri
  • Holmes Crayne, Appointed Registrar for Wairarapa
  • Henry Godfrey Gouland, Appointed Registrar for Aorere
  • James Tilby, Appointed Registrar for Takaka
  • Alexander Le Grand Campbell, Appointed Registrar for Motueka
  • John Poynter, Appointed Registrar for Nelson
  • Stephen Lunn Muller, Appointed Registrar for Wairau
  • Philip McRae, Appointed Registrar for Awatere
  • Edward Jas. Lee, Appointed Registrar for Amuri
  • Thomas Upfill Wilson, Appointed Registrar for Mount Grey
  • Joseph Ashe Day, Appointed Registrar for Kaiapoi
  • Alfred Chas. Barker, Appointed Registrar for Christchurch
  • Edward Chapman, Appointed Registrar for Ashburton
  • Belfield Woollcombe, Appointed Registrar for Timaru
  • William Donald, Appointed Registrar for Lyttelton
  • Daniel Watkins, Appointed Registrar for Akaroa
  • John Gillies, Appointed Registrar for Dunedin
  • John Albert Fenton (Reverend), Appointed Registrar for Waitangi
  • John Hislop, Appointed Registrar for Taieri
  • John Blacklock, Appointed Registrar for Invercargill