APRIL 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 659

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th April, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned appointment, under paragraph 63, Volunteer Regulations, 1895:—

Wellington Guards Volunteers.

John Duthie, jun., to be Captain. Date of commission, 31st March, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th April, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned appointments, under paragraph 63, Volunteer Regulations, 1895:—

Hastings Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Bethel Charles Ware to be Captain. Date of commission, 25th March, 1898.

Te Aroha Rifle Volunteers.

Frederick William Wild to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 16th March, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th April, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned appointment:—

Te Aroha Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant William Eugene Whiteley to be Captain. Commission to date from the 1st December, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.

Permanent Militia Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th April, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned appointments:—

New Zealand Permanent Militia.

Probationary Military Cadet Herbert Edward Pilkington to be Lieutenant. Commission to date from the 1st April, 1898.

Probationary Military Cadet William Patrick Wall to be Lieutenant. Commission to date from the 2nd April, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th April, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to accept, under section 39 (1), “The Defence Act, 1886,” the services of the

Coromandel Rifle Volunteers (Auckland).

Acceptance to date from the 28th February, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Designation of Volunteer Corps changed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th April, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to approve of the designation of the

F Battery, New Zealand Regiment Artillery Volunteers,

being changed to the

Napier Guards Rifle Volunteers,

with its present seniority in the New Zealand Volunteer Force, and with effect from the 15th March, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th April, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the under-mentioned officer:—

Hawera Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Thomas Harcourt Ambrose Valentine. Date of resignation, 5th March, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officer transferred to District Reserve Corps.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th April, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to approve, under paragraphs 94 and 97, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of the transfer of

Captain ARNOLD CHARLES LEWIS

from the Hastings Rifle Volunteers to the Wellington District Reserve Corps, on resigning the command of the first-mentioned corps, and with effect from the 16th March, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Name of Officer removed from Unattached Active List, New Zealand Volunteers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th April, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to approve of the name of

Lieutenant ARNOLD CHARLES LEWIS

being removed from off the list of Lieutenants on the Unattached Active List, New Zealand Volunteers, and with effect from the 16th March, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteers dismissed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th April, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to approve, under sections 46 and 50, “The Defence Act, 1886,” of the dismissal of the under-mentioned members of the Nelson Coast Guard Rifle Volunteers from the New Zealand Volunteer Force, for having, at Nelson, on the evening of Wednesday, the 9th day of March, 1898, wilfully disobeyed the lawful command of their superior officer whilst doing military duty with the said corps, by persistently refusing to fall in upon parade of such Volunteer corps when ordered so to do by their superior officers:—

No. 171, Sergeant Frederick William Dykes,
No. 235, John Earl Sherwood,
No. 263, Acting-Sergeant Ernest Alfred Wood,
No. 87, Corporal Samuel James Friend,
No. 223, Private Robert George Carter,
No. 317, Mark Coles,
No. 319, Ernest George Emms,
No. 275, Arthur Nelson,
No. 320, Walter Sowman,
No. 307, Thomas Gibson Tibble,
No. 302, Frank Harford,
No. 262, Harry S. Ernst Sherwood,
No. 281, David McGavin,
No. 321, Robert Thomas Simpson,
No. 304, Sydney William Tebay,
No. 318, Samuel Joseph Talbot,
No. 310, William John Holmes,
No. 279, Charles Sutley Sherwood,
No. 316, Arthur Henry Bradley,
No. 311, Nelson Carnell.

Dismissals to date from the 9th day of March, 1898, and to be for a period of three years.

T. THOMPSON.

Designation of Volunteer Corps changed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th April, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to approve of the designation of the

Devonport Garrison Artillery Volunteers (Auckland)

being changed to the

Devonport Coast Guard Artillery Volunteers,

with effect from the 10th February, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th April, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to accept, under clause 39 (1), “The Defence Act, 1886,” the services of the under-mentioned Rifle Volunteer Corps, and in the order of seniority named:—

Waipawa Rifle Volunteers, \ Wellington District.
Dannevirke Rifle Volunteers,}

Acceptance to date from the 16th April, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.