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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Robert Stevens to be Lieutenant.
William Peattie to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 21st June, 1879.

No. 2 Company Taranaki Rifle Volunteers.
Captain Henry Lufkin Skeet (N.Z.M.) to be Captain.
Lieutenant Decimus Atkinson (N.Z.M.) to be
Lieutenant.
George Dye Draper to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 7th June, 1879.

No. 3 Company Taranaki Rifle Volunteers.
John Thomas Vaughan Kirby to be Captain.
Charles Gordon Ralph Gore to be Lieutenant.
Albert Cracroft Fookes to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 7th June, 1879.

No. 1 Company Hawera Rifle Volunteers.
James Livingstone to be Captain.
William Thomas Watts to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 7th June, 1879.
Horace R. Baker to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 30th June, 1879.

No. 2 Company Hawera Rifle Volunteers.
Coslett Johnson to be Captain.
William J. White to be Lieutenant.
James Davidson to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 30th June, 1879.

Manutahi (Taranaki) Rifle Volunteers.
Captain John Kelly (N.Z.M.) to be Captain.
Lieutenant John Richard Lawson (N.Z.M.) to be
Lieutenant.
Robert Wells to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 9th June, 1879.

Tikorangi Rifle Volunteers.
Captain John Henry Armstrong (N.Z.M.) to be
Captain.
George Jupp to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 9th June, 1879.

Oakura Rifle Volunteers.
Captain Francis Joseph Mace (N.Z.M.) to be Captain.
Lieutenant Charles James Messenger (N.Z.M.) to
be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 9th June, 1879.

No. 1 Company Carlyle Rifle Volunteers.
Charles Allan Wray to be Captain.
William Cowan to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 9th June, 1879.

No. 2 Company Carlyle Rifle Volunteers.
Edward Tregear to be Captain. Date of commission,
9th June, 1879.

Kent Road Rifle Volunteers.
Henry Spry Mathews to be Lieutenant.
George Henry Herbert to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 11th June, 1879.

Manutahi (Patea) Rifle Volunteers.
John George Ginger to be Captain. Date of com-
mission, 16th June, 1879.

Mangorei Rifle Volunteers.
Mathew Carrick to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 16th June, 1879.

Kaikaramea Rifle Volunteers.
William Stanley Ginger to be Captain. Date of
commission, 16th June, 1879.

Waitara West Rifle Volunteers.
Captain Mathew Jonas (N.Z.M.) to be Captain.
William Thomas Oxenham to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 18th June, 1879.

No. 3 Company Inglewood Rangers.
Alfred Trimble to be Captain.

Herbert Bloomer Curtis to be Lieutenant.
George Burrows to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 19th June, 1879.

No. 4 Company Inglewood Rangers.
George Newsham Curtis to be Captain. Date of
commission, 28th June, 1879.

Thames Naval Brigade.
Sub-Lieutenant Thomas Lawless to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 12th May, 1879.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Designation of Corps altered.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th July, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
alter the designation of the Oamaru Grammar
School Cadets to
The Oamaru High School Cadet Rifle Volunteers.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th July, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to disband the under-mentioned corps :-
Alfred Troop (Rangitikei) Cavalry Volunteers, at
their own request.
No. 2 Waiuku Rifle Volunteers.
Riverton Cadet Rifle Volunteers.

The commissions of the under-mentioned gentle-
men, as specified below, therefore lapse under "The
Volunteer Act, 1865:"-
John Stevens, late Captain, Alfred Troop.
Charles Bull, late Lieutenant, Alfred Troop.
David Scott, late Sub-Lieutenant, Alfred Troop.
F. M. Alexander, late Captain, No. 2 Waiuku
Rifle Volunteers.
Hugh Douglas, late Sub-Lieutenant, No. 2 Waiuku
Rifle Volunteers.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th July, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers:-

Hawera Light Horse.
Captain Isaac Bayly. Date of resignation, 14th
May, 1879.

Thames Rifle Rangers.
Lieutenant Scott Hunter. Date of resignation, 4th
June, 1879.

Thames Naval Brigade.
Sub-Lieutenant Charles Gordon Brown. Date of
resignation, 2nd June, 1879.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th July, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of the under-mentioned
Volunteer Corps :-
L Battery of Artillery (Port Chalmers). Date of
acceptance, 14th June, 1879.