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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 49

Appointment of Justices under “The Native Districts Regulation Act, 1858.”

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
Major FREDERICK SWINDLEY and
THOMAS HOPE LEWIS, Esq., L.S.A.L., M.R.C.S.E.,
to be Justices, under “The Native Districts Regulation Act, 1858,” to recover and enforce penalties within or without the limits of the Rotorua District, appointed under the said Act.
WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Officers appointed, Southland Hussars.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned appointments in
The Southland Hussars,
from the dates specified :—
Frederick William Burwell to be Captain, from the 22nd December, 1880.
James Gardner to be Lieutenant, from the 17th June, 1880.
George Crosbie to be Lieutenant, from the 17th June, 1881.
Rev. Sydney Calvert Jackson Grime to be Honorary Chaplain, from the 14th January, 1882.
JOHN BRYCE.

Amalgamation of G and K Batteries of Artillery, and Appointment of Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the amalgamation of the G and K Batteries of Artillery, under the designation of the
G Battery, New Zealand Regiment of Artillery Volunteers,
and to appoint to the said battery the under-mentioned officers, who retain their commissions from the dates specified :—
Captain Henry Feldwick, late K Battery ; from the 19th February, 1879.
Second Lieutenant Mulliss Amos Ashendeau, late K Battery ; from the 24th September, 1879.
JOHN BRYCE.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the under-mentioned appointment :—
H Battery, New Zealand Regiment Artillery Volunteers.
Colonel Edmund Yeaman Walcott, late Bengal Staff Corps, to be Captain. Date of commission, 16th May, 1883.
JOHN BRYCE.

Volunteer Officer transferred to Unattached List.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th June, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve the under-mentioned Volunteer officer being transferred to the unattached list, with the rank of Major :—
Waikouaiti Rifle Volunteers
Captain Henry Orbell.
JOHN BRYCE.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th June, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the under-mentioned officer :—
Alexandra Cavalry Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant Daniel Thurston. Date of resignation, 2nd May, 1883.
JOHN BRYCE.

Formation of Southland Hussars into a Regiment cancelled.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to cancel the Gazette notice of the 14th December, 1880, published in Gazette No. 117, of the 16th December, 1880, forming the Southland Hussar Volunteers into a regiment.

The regimental commissions held by the under-mentioned gentlemen therefore lapse :—
John Chute Ellis, late Honorary Colonel.
Frederick William Burwell, late Major.
James Stewart Shanks, late Captain.
James Gardner, late Captain.
Alfred Tapper, late Lieutenant.
Miles Reginald Bree, late Lieutenant.
George Crosbie, late Lieutenant.
William Grant Forbes, late Sub-Lieutenant.
George Thomas Stockwell, late Honorary Surgeon.
George Alfred Lewis, late Honorary Assistant-Surgeon.
Rev. Sydney Calvert Jackson Grime, late Honorary Chaplain.
JOHN BRYCE.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to disband the under-mentioned Volunteer Corps :—
Taranaki Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
No. 1 Company Inglewood Rangers Rifle Volunteers.
No. 2 Company Inglewood Rangers Rifle Volunteers.
Bell Block Rifle Volunteers.
Opunake Rifle Volunteers.
Omata Rifle Volunteers.
Hawera Rifle Volunteers.

The under-mentioned gentlemen therefore cease to be officers in the Volunteer Force, their commissions having lapsed under the provisions of “The Volunteer Act, 1881 :”—
James Davidson, late Captain, Taranaki Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Henry Brown, late Captain, No. 1 Company Inglewood Rangers Rifle Volunteers.
George Hoby, late Captain, Bell Block Rifle Volunteers.
John Coldwell, late Captain, No. 2 Company Inglewood Rangers Rifle Volunteers.
James Caddy Davies, late Lieutenant, Taranaki Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Joseph Clarke Peach, late Lieutenant, No. 1 Company Inglewood Rangers Rifle Volunteers.
Samuel Rundle, late Lieutenant, Bell Block Rifle Volunteers.
Henry Jardine Crompton, late Lieutenant, Omata Rifle Volunteers.
Thomas Edward Hamerton, late Sub-Lieutenant, Taranaki Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Samuel Mathews, late Sub-Lieutenant, No. 1 Company Inglewood Rangers Rifle Volunteers.
Thomas Baynton Bennett, late Sub-Lieutenant, Bell Block Rifle Volunteers.
Herbert Curtis, late Sub-Lieutenant, No. 2 Company Inglewood Rangers Rifle Volunteers.
Patrick Joseph O’Neil O’Carroll, late Honorary Surgeon, Taranaki Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
George Pickering Richards, late Honorary Surgeon, Hawera Rifle Volunteers.
William Copeland Alexander, late Honorary Assistant-Surgeon, Opunake Rifle Volunteers.
Reverend Philip Walsh, late Honorary Chaplain, Taranaki Mounted Rifles.
JOHN BRYCE.

Appointment of Interpreter cancelled.

Native Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to cancel the appointment held by
FREDERICK WILLIAM RIEMENSCHNEIDER,
of Wellington, as a Licensed Interpreter.
JOHN BRYCE.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons, viz. :—

THOMAS DICK.