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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

In the North Dunedin Rifle Volunteers.
Robert Pollock to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 8th July, 1874.

In the Bruce Rifle Volunteers.
Thomas Nutsford to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 21st August, 1874.

In the Waikouaiti Rifle Volunteers.
Bury Dasent to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 6th July, 1874.

In the No. 1 Company, Clutha Rifle Volunteers.
John Crawford Anderson to be Captain. Date of
commission, 15th November, 1873.
Ensign Donald McInlay to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 15th November, 1873.
James Smaill to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 15th November, 1873.

In the No. 2 Company, Clutha Rifle Volunteers.
John McNeil to be Captain. Date of commission,
4th December, 1873.
James Sanderson to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 4th December, 1873.

In the Queenstown Rifle Volunteers.
Michael John Malaghan to be Captain. Date of
commission, 25th March, 1873.
John Scott Worthington to be Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 25th March, 1873.
Denis Powell to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 25th March, 1873.
Charles Scott to be Honorary Assistant-Surgeon.
Date of commission, 25th March, 1873.

In the Invercargill Rifle Volunteers.
Ensign Neil Ferguson to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 20th April, 1874.
David Macrorie to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 20th April, 1874.

In the Port Chalmers Naval Volunteers.
Lieutenant William Goldie to be Captain. Date of
commission, 29th May, 1873.
Sub-Lieutenant John Bosworth Taylor to be Lieu-
tenant. Date of commission, 29th May, 1873.
George Wilson to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 29th May, 1873.

In the Queenstown Rifle Volunteer Cadets.
Herbert Patrick Macklin to be Honorary Captain.
Date of commission, 8th August, 1874.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
held by the under-mentioned officers, viz.,-
Captain C. McKirdy, Wellington Scottish Rifle
Volunteers.
Lieutenant W. Conyers, Invercargill Artillery
Volunteers.
Ensign J. F. Schmidt, Riverton Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant J. H. Wright, No. 3 Company,
Pukekohe Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant W. Popplewell, Bruce Rifle Volun-
teers.
Honorary Captain H. T. Rowe, Thames Engineer
Volunteer Cadets.
Honorary Lieutenant J. H. Swales, Thames En-
gineer Volunteer Cadets.
Honorary Lieutenant H. Pearce, Sir George Grey
Rifle Volunteer Cadets.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
disband the under-mentioned Corps, at their
own request, viz.,-
The Wairarapa Cavalry Volunteers,
The Greytown Cavalry Volunteers,
The Taita Rifle Volunteers,
The Porirua Rifle Volunteers, and
The Sir George Grey Rifle Volunteers.

The under-mentioned gentlemen have therefore
ceased to hold the rank of officers in the Volunteer
Force; their commissions having, under the pro-
visions of "The Volunteer Act, 1865," lapsed:-
William Hodgson Donald, Esq., late Captain,
Wairarapa Cavalry Volunteers ;
James Edward Ind Boys, Esq., late Captain,
Greytown Cavalry Volunteers;
Nathaniel Valentine, Esq., late Captain, Sir
George Grey Rifle Volunteers;
Robert Greathead, Esq., late Lieutenant, Grey-
town Cavalry Volunteers;
William Read Welch, Esq., late Lieutenant,
Taita Rifle Volunteers;
Frank Greer, Esq., late Lieutenant, Porirua
Rifle Volunteers;
Samuel John Tocker, Esq., late Lieutenant, Sir
George Grey Rifle Volunteers;
Bernard Gallagher, Esq., late Cornet, Greytown
Cavalry Volunteers;
William Miller, Esq., late Cornet, Wairarapa
Cavalry Volunteers;
William Buick, Esq., late Sub-Lieutenant, Sir
George Grey Rifle Volunteers.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Armed Constabulary Officers appointed.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to make the under-mentioned appointments in
the Armed Constabulary Force :-
Captain Gilbert Mair (New Zealand Militia) to be
Sub-Inspector, 1st Class. Date of commission,
1st October, 1874.
Lieutenant Herbert Fitzwilliam Way (New Zea-
land Militia) to be Sub-Inspector, 2nd Class.
Date of commission, 1st October, 1874.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Member of Medical Board under "Military Pensions

Act, 1866," appointed.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint
JULIUS DECIMUS TRIPE, Esq.,
to be a Member of the Medical Board constituted
15th October, 1866, under "The Military Pensions
Act, 1866."

DONALD MCLEAN.

Appointment of Interpreter suspended.

Native Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
suspend the appointment of
S. M. BAKER, Esq.,
as Interpreter under "The Native Land Act, 1873,"
for six months from the 5th October, 1874.

DONALD MCLEAN.