Mar. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 363

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(In the absence of the Minister of Justice.)

Inspectors of State Forests appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
(State Forests and Agricultural Branch,)
Wellington, 17th March, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned officers to be Inspectors of State Forests, under section 12 of “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885,” namely:—

Stephenson Percy Smith, Assistant Surveyor-General, Auckland.

Thomas Humphreys, Chief Surveyor, Taranaki.

Horace Baker, Chief Surveyor, Hawke's Bay.

John William Allman Marchant, Chief Surveyor, Wellington.

John Samuel Browning, Chief Surveyor, Nelson.

Gerhard Mueller, Chief Surveyor, Westland.

Henry Gosling Clark, Chief Surveyor, Blenheim.

John Holland Baker, Chief Surveyor, Christchurch.

Charles William Adams, Chief Surveyor, Dunedin.

John Spence, Chief Surveyor, Invercargill.

J. BALLANCE,
Commissioner of State Forests.

Auditor of Education Accounts appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 16th March, 1886.

PURSUANT to section 44 of “The Education Act, 1877,” His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM ALEXANDER SPENCE, Esq.,

to audit the accounts of the Education Board of the District of Westland, and the accounts of the Education Commissioners of Grey.

ROBERT STOUT.

Major in the New Zealand Volunteer Force appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the under-mentioned promotion and appointment:—

Captain Frank Garner, F Battery of Artillery, to be Major in the New Zealand Volunteer Force, and to command the Hawke's Bay Volunteer Districts.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officers appointed and promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th March, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the under-mentioned appointments and promotions:—

2nd Battalion Otago Rifles.

Captain John Andrew, East Taieri Rifle Volunteers, to be Major. Date of commission, 2nd March, 1886.

1st Battalion Wellington Rifles.

Captain William Henry Quick, New Zealand Militia, to be Captain and Adjutant. Date of commission, 2nd March, 1886.

Wairoa Light Horse.

Arthur Grey Hesilrige Buckby to be Honorary Surgeon.

Christchurch City Guards.

Charles Beeston Massey to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 5th March, 1886.

Christ's College Rifle Volunteers.

George Harper to be Captain. Date of commission, 5th March, 1886.

J. BALLANCE.

Services of Country Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th March, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the services of

The Inangahua Rifle Volunteers

as a Country Corps, instead of an Honorary Corps as notified in New Zealand Gazette No. 51, of 3rd September, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.

Designation of Cadet Corps altered.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th March, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to alter the designation of the Waitaki High School Rifle Cadet Volunteers to

The Waitaki High School Naval Artillery Cadet Volunteers.

J. BALLANCE.

New Zealand Regiment Artillery Volunteers formed into Brigades.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th March, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to form the Batteries of the New Zealand Regiment of Artillery into Brigades, as under:—

1st (North Island) Brigade.

A or Auckland Battery.

D or Wellington Battery.

F or Napier Battery.

J or Gisborne Battery.

O or Parnell Battery (Garrison Artillery).

2nd (South Island) Brigade.

B or Dunedin Battery.

C or Timaru Battery.

E or Christchurch Battery.

H or Nelson Battery.

I or Oamaru Battery.

G or Invercargill Battery.

L or Port Chalmers Battery.

N or Lyttelton Battery.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th March, 1886.

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

B Battery of Artillery.

Lieutenant Thomas Fordyce. Date of resignation, 19th December, 1885.

Dunedin City Guards.

Lieutenant Thomas Black. Date of resignation, 26th February, 1886.

Ashburton Guards.

Lieutenant William Hickley Grundy. Date of resignation, 23rd February, 1886.

J. BALLANCE.