THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

761

Promotion of Volunteer Officer.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th November, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned promotion, viz.,-

In the Christchurch Artillery Volunteers.

Second Lieutenant David Craig to be Captain.
Date of Commission, 26th September, 1874.

DANIEL POLLEN,
in the absence of Sir Donald McLean.

Honorary Captains of Cadet Corps to receive

Substantive Commissions.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th November, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
approve the under-mentioned gentlemen, now
holding commissions as Honorary Captains in the
Cadet Corps set opposite their respective names, to
receive substantive commissions, bearing the several
dates specified, in terms of the 86th section of the
Volunteer Regulations :-

Honorary Captain John Williams Wigzell, Nelson
Cadets, 1st December, 1866.
Honorary Captain Henry Edward Tuckey, Wel-
lington Grammar School Cadets, 31st October,
1870.
Honorary Captain Sylvester Coleman, Marton
Cadets, 10th April, 1871.
Honorary Captain Farquhar McRae, No. 1 Com-
pany, Auckland Grammar School Cadets, 15th
May, 1871.
Honorary Captain Charles Arthur Taylor, Sir
George Grey (Auckland) Cadets, 12th June,
1871.
Honorary Captain William Howard Holmes, Te
Aro School Cadets, 13th November, 1871.
Honorary Captain William Sanderson Fitzgerald,
Oamaru Cadets, 31st March, 1873.
Honorary Captain Samuel Neil, Wanganui Cadets,
19th April, 1873.
Honorary Captain Robert Johnston, Blenheim
Cadets, 17th November, 1873.
Honorary Captain Edwin Davy, Thames Scottish
Cadets, 4th March, 1874.
Honorary Captain George Freeman Martin, Stoke
(Nelson) Cadets, 20th June, 1874.
Honorary Captain James Ronaldson Thornton,
High School (Canterbury) Cadets, 10th July,
1874.

DANIEL POLLEN,
in the absence of Sir Donald McLean.

Volunteer Corps amalgamated.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th November, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
approve the amalgamation of
The Marton Rifle Volunteers,

with

The Royal (Rangitikei) Rifle Volunteers.

DANIEL POLLEN,
in the absence of Sir Donald McLean.

Cadet Corps accepted and disbanded.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th November, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of
The Wellington Artillery Volunteer Cadets.
Date of acceptance 5th November, 1874.

And to disband

The Otepopo Rifle Volunteer Cadets, and
The Egmont Rifle Volunteer Cadets.

The under-mentioned gentlemen have therefore
ceased to hold the rank of honorary officers, their
commissions having, under the provisions of "The
Volunteer Act, 1865," lapsed :-

Mr. M. D. King, late Honorary Captain, Egmont
Cadets.
Mr. W. H. Skinner, late Honorary Lieutenant,
Egmont Cadets.

DANIEL POLLEN,
in the absence of Sir Donald McLean.

Emigration Officer appointed.

Immigration Office,
Wellington, 10th November, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

CYRUS GOULTER, Esq.,
to be an Emigration Officer, under "The Passengers
Act, 1855."

H. A. ATKINSON.

Cadets in Immigration Offices appointed.

Immigration Office,
Wellington, 10th November, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WALTER SYKES,
to be a Cadet in the Immigration Office at Auckland ;
and

JAMES HENRY SMITH,
to be a Cadet in the Immigration Office at Christ-
church.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Appointments in Public Works Department.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 10th November, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the following appointments in the Public
Works Department.

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

CHARLES ARTHUR KNAPP, Computer, from 7th
March, 1872.
CHARLES WOOD, Draftsman, from 26th July, 1873,
WILLIAM MAXWELL VOWELL, Cadet, from 29th
April, 1874.
JOHN ALFRED OSBORNE GIBBES, Computer's As-
sistant, from 16th May, 1874.
CHARLES BARKER TURNER, Cadet, from 28th May,
1874.
EDWARD GIESEN, Clerk, from 1st June, 1874.
ERNEST GREGORY PILCHER, Junior Clerk, from
11th June, 1874.
GERALD FITZGERALD, Cadet, from 1st July, 1874.
EGBERT FEIST, Clerk, from 1st July, 1874.
ALFRED GEORGE BERTIE WILLOUGHBY, Clerk,
from 1st July, 1874
GEORGE MILLAR CAMERON, Record Clerk to En-
gineer-in-Chief, from 1st July, 1874.
EDMUND WINDER OTWAY, Engineer, from 1st July,
1874.
HENRY ALEXANDER WARREN, Clerk to Engineer-
in-Chief, from 21st July, 1874.
GILBERT LAING MEASON, Assistant Engineer, from
1st August, 1874.
WILLIAM CARRUTHERS, Assistant Engineer, from
1st August, 1874.