MAY 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1171

1st Battalion, North Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
A Company—Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry Volunteers (Christchurch).
B " Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers (Christchurch).
C " Ellesmere Mounted Rifle Volunteers (Leeston).
D " Waimakariri Mounted Rifle Volunteers (West Melton).
E " North Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers (Tuahiwi).
With headquarters at Culverden.

2nd Battalion, North Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
A Company—Kaikoura Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
B " Malvern Mounted Rifle Volunteers (Waddington).
C " Amuri Mounted Rifle Volunteers (Waiau).
D " Cust Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
E " Cheviot Mounted Rifle Volunteers (Mackenzie).
With headquarters at Christchurch.

1st Battalion, South Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
A Company—South Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers (Timaru).
B " Ashburton Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
C " Mackenzie Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
D " Studholme Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
E " Geraldine Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
With headquarters at Temuka.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th May, 1901.

H IS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to approve of the following resignations:—

Royal Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Francis Giles Hilton. Date of resignation, 1st March, 1901.

Wellington Volunteer Cycle Corps.
Lieutenant James Hector McKay. Date of resignation, 1st March, 1901.

Civil Service Rifle Volunteers, Wellington.
Captain John Matthew King. Date of resignation, 1st March, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th May, 1901.

H IS 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 corps:—

Colac Bay Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Colac Bay. Date of acceptance, 10th September, 1900.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Promotions and Transfers of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th April, 1901.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following transfers and promotions:—

Lieutenant CHARLES GEORGE FOSTER

to be transferred from Linwood Rifle Volunteers to Christchurch City Rifle Volunteers. From 26th November, 1900.

Lieutenant ROBERT A. R. OLDHAM

to be transferred from Wakatu Mounted Rifle Volunteers to the Motueka Mounted Rifle Volunteers. From 4th March, 1901.

Major JOHN ELLIS

to be transferred from the Active Unattached List, New Zealand Volunteers, to the Honorary Unattached List, New Zealand Volunteers, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. From 5th February, 1901.

1st Battalion, Otago Rifle Volunteers.
Major Edmund Robinson Smith to be promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel. Date of promotion, 15th October, 1900.

Gisborne Rifle Volunteers.
(Under Section 63A, Amended Volunteer Regulations, 1900.) Acting Captain John Warren to be Captain. Date of commission, 4th March, 1901.

Kaitangata Rifle Volunteers.
Captain James Rutherford to be transferred to District Reserve Corps. To date from 8th January, 1901.

Captain Commandant Gilbert Laing Meason to be transferred from the Unattached Active List, New Zealand Volunteers, to the Honorary Unattached List, New Zealand Volunteers. From the 18th March, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Mounted Rifle Volunteer Battalion disbanded and re-formed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th May, 1901.

H IS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to disband, as from the 30th day of April, 1901, the

Wellington Battalion of Mounted Rifle Volunteers,
approved by His Excellency on the 7th November, 1895; and also to approve, under Paragraphs 211 and 213, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of the formation of the under-mentioned corps in the Wellington Military District into four Battalions of Mounted Rifles under the several designations shown below, and with effect from the 1st day of May, 1901:—

No. 1 Battalion, Wellington (West Coast) Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
A Company—Alexandra Mounted Rifle Volunteers (Wanganui).
B " Wairoa Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
C " Hawera Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
D " Stratford Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
E " Opunake Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
F " Egmont Mounted Rifle Volunteers (Okato).
With headquarters at Wanganui.

No. 2 Battalion, Wellington (Wairarapa) Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
A Company—Heretaunga Mounted Rifle Volunteers (Wellington).
B " Wairarapa Mounted Rifle Volunteers (Papawai).
C " Pahiatua Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
D " South Wairarapa Mounted Rifle Volunteers (Carterton).
E " Ekatahuna Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
With headquarters at Wellington.

No. 3 Battalion, Wellington (Manawatu) Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
A Company—Manawatu Mounted Rifle Volunteers (Palmerston North).
B " Horowhenua Mounted Rifle Volunteers (Levin).
C " Otaki Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
D " Hunterville Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
With headquarters at Palmerston North.

No. 4 Battalion, Wellington (East Coast) Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
A Company—East Coast Mounted Rifle Volunteers (Gisborne).
B " Ruahine Mounted Rifle Volunteers (Dannevirke).
C " Hawke’s Bay Mounted Rifle Volunteers (Hastings).
D " Ahuriri Mounted Rifle Volunteers (Napier).
E " Huramua Mounted Rifle Volunteers (Wairoa).
With headquarters at Napier.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th May, 1901.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—