JUNE 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1191

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th June, 1900.

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

No. 2 Company, Waikato Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Eugene Horace Cabot Aubin to be Captain.
James George Berry to be Lieutenant.

Wellington Naval Artillery Volunteers.
Lieutenant Ernest Tancred Dillon Bell to be Lieutenant-Commanding.

Petone Naval Artillery Volunteers.
John Sanders Fairchild to be Lieutenant.
James Osborne Lilly to be Lieutenant.

Star Boating Club Submarine Mining Volunteers.
William Morris Tyers to be Captain.

Temuka Rifle Volunteers.
Geoffrey Nelson Fielden to be Lieutenant.

Ashburton Rifle Volunteers.
Arthur Clarke to be Lieutenant.

Greymouth Rifle Volunteers.
Julius Adolf Lutz to be Lieutenant. Commission to date from the 1st December, 1897.

Hastings Rifle Volunteers.
John Augustus Fraser to be Captain.
Walter Russell Russell to be Lieutenant.

The latter officer’s commission dates from the 13th March, 1900.

No. 1 Company, New Zealand Native Rifle Volunteers.
George Bertram Hutton to be Captain.

No. 2 Company, Victoria Rifle Volunteers.
John Isaac Knight to be Lieutenant.

Geraldine Rifle Volunteers.
Ernest Edward Tasker to be Lieutenant.

Hampden Rifle Volunteers.
David Edward Lefevre to be Lieutenant.

• Palmerston South Rifle Volunteers.
Duncan Rankin to be Lieutenant.
Robert Mathison Robertson to be Lieutenant.

Except where otherwise stated, the commissions of all the above officers date from the 7th March, 1900.
J. G. WARD,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th June, 1900.

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

Auckland Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Richard Percival Kinlock to be Honorary Veterinary Surgeon. Commission to date from the 28th March, 1900.
J. G. WARD,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th June, 1900.

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

East Coast Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
George John Winter to be Captain.
John Henry Colebourne to be Lieutenant.

Commissions to date from the 28th February, 1900.
J. G. WARD,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th June, 1900.

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

Wellington Highland Rifle Volunteers.
Charles Daines Mackintosh to be Captain. Commission to date from the 23rd May, 1900.
J. G. WARD,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th June, 1900.

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

Otago Hussar Volunteers.
Frederick Freeman to be Lieutenant.
James Thomas Prain to be Lieutenant.

Bruce Rifle Volunteers.
John Belt McClymont to be Lieutenant.

Commissions to date from the 7th March, 1900.
J. G. WARD,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th June, 1900.

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

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.
John Craig to be Surgeon-Captain. Commission to date from the 28th February, 1900.
Frederick de Lisle to be Surgeon-Captain. Commission to date from the 19th May, 1900.
Andrew Stenhouse to be Surgeon-Captain. Commission to date from the 26th May, 1900.

J. G. WARD,
For Minister of Defence.

Additional Trustees appointed to Volunteer Drill-shed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th June, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act 1888 Amendment Act, 1890,” of the appointment of

Major ALFRED DE BATHE BRANDON, 1st Battalion, Wellington Rifle Volunteers;
Captain WILLIAM GRIEVE DUTHIE, Wellington City Rifle Volunteers; and
Captain WILLIAM HAROLD SEFTON MOORHOUSE, D Battery, Artillery Volunteers,

as additional trustees to the Wellington Volunteer Drill-shed. Appointments to date from the 15th day of June, 1900.

J. G. WARD,
For Minister of Defence.

Trustees appointed to Volunteer Drill-shed, relieving other Trustees.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th June, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act 1888 Amendment Act, 1890,” of the appointment of

Lieut.-Colonel THOMAS WILLIAM PORTER, New Zealand Militia;
Lieut.-Colonel JOHN PATON WATT, V.D., 2nd Battalion Wellington (West Coast) Rifle Volunteers;
Lieut.-Colonel JOE REGINALD SOMMERVILLE, V.D., Wellington Battalion of Mounted Rifle Volunteers; and
Captain ROBERT HUGHES, Wanganui Rifle Volunteers,

as Trustees of the Wanganui Volunteer Drillshed; relieving Captain George Hutchison, Unattached Active List, New Zealand Volunteers; and William Henry Clapham, Charles Holmes Borlase, and James Thain, now out of the Volunteer Force.

Appointments to date from the 18th June, 1900.
J. G. WARD,
For Minister of Defence.

Designation of a Volunteer Corps changed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th June, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the designation of the “Devonport Naval Artillery Volunteers” being changed, to the “Devonport Naval Submarine Miner Volunteers,” with the seniority of the first-mentioned corps in the New Zealand Volunteer Force, and with effect from the 25th May, 1900.
J. G. WARD,
For Minister of Defence.