JULY 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1107

Reader, &c., House of Representatives, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 29th June, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
ALEXANDER FRANCIS LOWE, Esq.,
to be Reader of the House of Representatives, and to be Clerk of Bills and Papers of the said House. Appointment to date from the 28th June, 1898.

J. CARROLL.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 29th June, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
JAMES TAYLOR
to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Dunedin.

J. CARROLL.

Clerk of Courts, &c., appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 6th July, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
Constable JOHN TIMOTHY FOLEY
to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s and Warden’s Courts and Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrar at Collingwood, from the 1st day of July instant, vice Constable S. J. Dew, transferred.

T. THOMPSON.

Member of Wanganui River Trust appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 30th June, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pursuance of section 2 of “The Wanganui River Trust Act, 1891,” to appoint
THOMAS DICK CUMMINS
to be a member of the Wanganui River Trust, vice John Tiffin Stewart, resigned.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Appointment in the Department of Lands and Survey.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 5th July, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
HENRY TRENT
to be Receiver of Land Revenue for the Land District of Nelson, as from the 1st July, 1898.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th July, 1898.

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

East Taieri Rifle Volunteers.
Peter McLaurin to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 22nd June, 1898.

College Rifle Volunteers (Wellington).
Alfred de Bathe Brandon to be Captain.
Date of commission, 3rd June, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th June, 1898.

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

Civil Service Rifle Volunteers (Wellington).
David Philip James to be Surgeon-Captain. Commission to date from the 6th June, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th July, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under clause 39, (1), “The Defence Act, 1886,” the services of the
Auckland Rifle Volunteers (Auckland),
Acceptance to date from the 21st April, 1898 ;
Wanganui Guards Rifle Volunteers (Wanganui),
Acceptance to date from the 25th June, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th June, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the
Napier Naval Artillery Volunteers
being disbanded as from the 15th October, 1897 ; and also to approve of the transfer of
Captain FREDERICK GEORGE SMITH and
Lieutenant JOHN CAUGHLEY
from the above-named corps to the Wellington District Reserve Corps, under paragraphs 94 and 97, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, and with effect from the 15th October, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th June, 1898.

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

Wellington City Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Henry Graham Snodgrass. Date of resignation, 9th June, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Formation of Infantry Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th July, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under paragraphs 211 and 213, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of the formation of the under-mentioned Volunteer corps in the Auckland District into an infantry battalion, under the designation of the “1st Battalion, Auckland Rifle Volunteers,” with effect from the 20th day of May, 1898, and with headquarters at Auckland :—

A Company—Victoria Rifle Volunteers ;
B “ Avondale Rifle Volunteers ;
C “ College Rifle Volunteers ;
D “ No. 1 Company, New Zealand Native Rifle Volunteers ;
E “ No. 2 Company, New Zealand Native Rifle Volunteers ;
F “ Auckland Rifle Volunteers ;
G “ No. 3 Company, New Zealand Native Rifle Volunteers ;
H “ No. 2 Company, Victoria Rifle Volunteers ;

and to appoint

Major THOMAS LEITH MURRAY, Honorary Unattached List, New Zealand Volunteers,
to the command of the battalion, with his present rank ;

Captain CHARLES THOMAS MAJOR, College Rifle Volunteers,
to be Adjutant ;

Honorary Lieutenant GEORGE JONATHAN DORMER, Victoria Rifle Volunteers,
to be Pay- and Quarter-master ;

Brigade-Surgeon Lieut.-Colonel FREDERICK WILLIAM EDMUND DAWSON, Victoria Rifle Volunteers, and
Surgeon-Captain FREDERICK WILLIAM ROBERT JOHN KING, College Rifle Volunteers,
to be Medical Officers.

Commissions to date from the 20th day of May, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.