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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 84

Appointment of Crown Lands Ranger.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 19th October, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint
Mr. HAMILTON MORTON FITZHERBERT ADAIR
to be a Ranger of Crown Lands for the Land Dis-
trict of Canterbury.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Appointment of Crown Lands Ranger.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 19th October, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint
Mr. THOMAS GEORGE RICHARDSON
to be a Ranger of Crown Lands for the Land Dis-
trict of Wellington.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Land Board appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 19th October, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint
OSWALD CURTIS, Esq.,
to be a Member of the Land Board of Nelson.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Members of Land Board reappointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 19th October, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to reappoint
JOSHUA BIRD, Esq.,
to be a Member of the Land Board of Nelson, from
the 26th September, 1881; and
WILLIAM WASTNEY, Esq.,
to be a Member of the Land Board of Nelson, from
the 1st October, 1881.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th October, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to make the under-
mentioned appointments :-

Waimate Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Humphrey Bayly to be Lieutenant.
William Sutton to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 28th September, 1881.

B Battery of Artillery.
Lieutenant William Lambert to be Captain.
Second Lieutenant James Frederick Peake to be
Lieutenant.
Thomas Fordyce to be Second Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 21st September, 1881.

Kent Road Mangorei Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Henry Spry Mathews to be Captain.
William Paynter to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 18th March, 1881.

Waimate Rifle Volunteers.
Richard Wilson to be Lieutenant.
Sam Dixon to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 27th September, 1881.

Opunake Rifle Volunteers.
Alfred Harry Middleton to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 28th September, 1881.

Tikorangi Rifle Volunteers.
John Henry Armstrong to be Captain. Date of
commission, 7th October, 1881.

No. 2 Company Inglewood Rangers Rifle Volunteers.
John Coldwell to be Captain. Date of commission,
8th October, 1881.

New Plymouth Guards Rifle Volunteers.
Francis Peacock Corkhill to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 8th October, 1881.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th October, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to accept the resigna-
tion of the commissions held by the under-mentioned
officers:-

Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry Volunteers.
Lieutenant James Wilkin. Date of resignation, 12th
September, 1881.

I Battery of Artillery.
Captain Lewis Morton. Date of resignation, 3rd
October, 1881.

Bell Block Rifle Volunteers.
Captain Frederick Delacour-Cornwall. Date of re-
signation, 11th October, 1881.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th October, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to accept the services
of the under-mentioned Volunteer corps :-

The Tikorangi Rifle Volunteers.
The No. 2 Company Inglewood Rangers Rifle
Volunteers.
The New Plymouth Guards Rifle Volunteers.
Date of acceptance, 11th October, 1881.
The Christ's College Rifle Cadet Volunteers. Date
of acceptance, 19th September, 1881.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Designation of Cadet Corps altered.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th October, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to alter the designation
of the Invercargill Artillery Volunteer Cadets to
The Invercargill Central School Artillery Cadet
Volunteers.
WM. ROLLESTON.