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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 79

Medical Officer, Nelson Lunatic Asylum, appointed.

Lunacy Department,
Wellington, 10th September, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM JAMES MACKIE, Esq., M.D., Univ. Brux.; L.R.C.S., Irel., &c.,

to be Medical Officer of the Lunatic Asylum at Nelson as from the 1st instant, vice Dr. A. G. Talbot, resigned.

W. C. WALKER.

Resignation of Trustee of Wainui (Canterbury) Cemetery accepted.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 11th September, 1900.

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

ASHTON WACHSMANN

as a Trustee of the Wainui (Canterbury) Public Cemetery.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Additional Members of Local Military Examination Board appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th September, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointment of

Captain JOHN LILLIE GILLIES, Timaru City Rifle Volunteers, and

Captain JOHN TURNBULL MURRAY HAYHURST, South Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

as additional members of the Local Board for the Canterbury District for the Examination of Candidates for Commissions in the New Zealand Defence Forces.

Appointments to date from the 30th August, 1900.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th September, 1900.

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

Wellington Highland Rifle Volunteers.

The Reverend William Shirer to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 23rd May, 1900.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th September, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned appointments under amended paragraph 72, Volunteer Regulations:—

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.

Ebenezer Teichelmann to be Surgeon-Captain. Commission to date from the 5th February, 1900.

Percival Robert Cook to be Surgeon-Captain. Date of commission, 14th July, 1900.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th September, 1900.

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

Amuri Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Frederick Lance to be Honorary Veterinary Surgeon. Commission to date from the 7th August, 1900.

R. J. SEDDON.

Battalion Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th September, 1900.

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

1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Volunteers, “Countess of Ranfurly’s Own.”

Lieutenant Nigel Ivan Markham, Newton Rifle Volunteers, to be Lieutenant and Adjutant. Commission to date from the 3rd September, 1900.

R. J. SEDDON.

Officer appointed to the Temporary Command of the Nelson Militia and Volunteer District.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th September, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointment of

Captain GEORGE CECIL BURLEIGH WOLFE,

late Royal Marine Light Infantry, to the temporary command of the Nelson Militia and Volunteer District.

Appointment to date from the 5th September, 1900.

R. J. SEDDON.

Acceptance of an Honorary Corps as an Active Corps.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th September, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that the Kaikoura Mounted Rifle Volunteers, which were accepted by His Excellency on the 6th June, 1900, as an honorary corps, with effect from the 28th October, 1899, may now be deemed to be an active corps with its present seniority in the New Zealand Volunteer Force, and with effect from the 5th September, 1900.

R. J. SEDDON.

Award of the Imperial Volunteer Officers’ Decoration.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th September, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under the Royal Warrant dated 25th July, 1892, of the award of the Imperial Volunteer Officers’ Decoration to

Lieutenant WILLIAM HENRY LUCAS,

Hauraki Rifle Volunteers, he having a total broken efficient commissioned and rank service, counting towards the decoration, to the 15th August, 1900, of twenty years one hundred and fifty-four days.

R. J. SEDDON.

Award of the Imperial Volunteer Officers’ Decoration.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th September, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under the Royal Warrant of the 25th July, 1892, of the award of the Imperial Volunteer Officers’ Decoration to

Captain GEORGE HOWIE,

Wairoa Mounted Rifle Volunteers, he having a total efficient commissioned and rank service, counting towards the decoration, to the 31st August, 1900, of twenty years fifty-one days.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Officer transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th September, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the transfer of

Honorary Chaplain the Rev. HENRY DEWSBURY MAJOR

from the College Rifle Volunteers, Auckland, to the No. 1 Company, Waikato Mounted Rifle Volunteers, with effect from the 9th July, 1900.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th September, 1900.

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

Te Aroha Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Samuel Francis Scott.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th September, 1900.

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

No. 2 Company, Waikato Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Joseph Hodgson. Resignation to date from the 18th August, 1900.

R. J. SEDDON.