Dec. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2325

Volunteer Officers appointed.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th November, 1901.

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

South Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Gordon Parker Wood to be Lieutenant.

Geraldine Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Thomas James Maling to be Lieutenant.
Patrick Wood Hislop to be Lieutenant.

Commissions to date from the 4th September, 1901.

Amuri Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
The Reverend William Walmsley Sedgwick to be Honorary Chaplain. Commission to date from the 8th June, 1901.

Auckland Engineer Volunteers.
Charles Alfred Henry Tapper to be Lieutenant. Commission to date from the 5th December, 1900.

Waimate Rifle Volunteers.
Herbert Clifford Barclay to be Captain.

Ashburton Guards Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Edward Frank Nicholls to be Captain.

Commissions to date from the 21st October, 1901.

Queenstown Rifle Volunteers.
Ernest Charles William Porter to be Captain.
James Archibald Reid to be Lieutenant.

Tapanui Rifle Volunteers.
Robert Alexander Rodger to be Captain.

Owaka Rifle Volunteers.
Harry Allan to be Captain.

Alexandra South Rifle Volunteers.
Geoffrey Samuel Smith to be Captain.
William Lindsay to be Lieutenant.

Cromwell Rifle Volunteers.
Abel Warburton to be Lieutenant.

Commissions to date from the 4th September, 1901.

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.
William Crawfurd MacKnight to be Surgeon-Captain. Commission to date from the 9th October, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

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Volunteer Officers appointed.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th November, 1901.

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

Hunterville Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Julian Llewelyn Dove to be Captain.
William Meldrum to be Lieutenant.

H Battery, New Zealand Regiment, Artillery Volunteers.
Edward Kimble Madigan to be Lieutenant.

1st Westland Rifle Volunteers.
William Eli Johnston to be Lieutenant.

Blenheim Rifle Volunteers.
William Grey Hall Bailie to be Lieutenant.

The commissions of all the above officers to date from the 6th March, 1901.

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.
Charles Henry Wheeler to be Surgeon-Captain. Commission to date from the 12th October, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

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Volunteer Officers appointed.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th November, 1901.

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

Tauranga Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Horace Edwin Collett to be Lieutenant. Commission to date from the 29th November, 1900.

Opotiki Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
The Rev. Thomas Anson Cato to be Honorary Chaplain. Commission to date from the 23rd April, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers appointed.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th November, 1901.

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

Hawera Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Walter James Matthews to be Lieutenant. Commission to date from the 5th December, 1900.

Manawatu Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Robert John Munro to be Lieutenant. Commission to date from the 6th March, 1901.

East Coast Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Walter Hutchinson to be Lieutenant. Commission to date from the 6th March, 1901.

Stratford Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Henry Norman Liardet to be Lieutenant. Commission to date from the 5th December, 1900.

Opunake Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Ebenezar Maxwell to be Captain. Commission to date from the 5th December, 1900.

Manchester Rifle Volunteers.
George Joseph Harford to be Lieutenant. Commission to date from the 6th March, 1901.

Wanganui Highland Rifle Volunteers.
Ritchings Grant to be Lieutenant.
James McNaught to be Lieutenant.

Commissions to date from the 5th December, 1900.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

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Militia Officer promoted, and transferred to the Honorary Unattached List, New Zealand Volunteers.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th November, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Lieut.-Colonel HENRY GORDON,
New Zealand Militia, to be Colonel on the Honorary Unattached List, New Zealand Volunteers. Commission to date from the 22nd October, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

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Volunteer Officer promoted.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th November, 1901.

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

Christchurch City Guards Volunteers.
Lieutenant Frederick William Sandford to be Captain. Commission to date from the 3rd September, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

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Volunteer Officers resigned.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th November, 1901.

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

Christchurch City Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Thomas James Pemberton. Date of resignation, 15th October, 1901.

Canterbury Honorary Reserve Rifle Volunteers.
Captain Richard James Strauchan Harman. Date of resignation, 30th August, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

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New Zealand Militia Officer's Commission cancelled.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th November, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to cancel the commission granted to

PERCY CHARLES RUTHERFORD

as Captain in the New Zealand Militia, dated 6th April, 1901, and which was published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 41, of the 25th April, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.