JUNE 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1317

Oamaru Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant William Frederick Cork. Resignation to date from 1st March, 1901.
Lieutenant William Hudson Scoon. Resignation to date from 5th March, 1901.

H Battery, New Zealand Regiment Artillery Volunteers.
Lieutenant Ernest Benjamin Fleming. Resignation to date from 2nd April, 1901.

Christ College Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Claude Horace Weston. Resignation to date from 30th April, 1901.

Bruce Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Alexander Johnstone. Resignation to date from 1st May, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer dismissed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd June, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under clause 50 of “The Defence Act, 1886,” of the dismissal from the New Zealand Volunteer Force of the under-mentioned man:—

Clive Rifle Volunteers.
No. 23, Private Alfred McGlashan, for “conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline,” on 14th January, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Services of a Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th June, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under clause 39, (1), “The Defence Act, 1886,” the services of the under-mentioned Volunteer corps:—

Wallace Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
With headquarters at Nightcaps. Date of acceptance, 13th April, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Acceptance of a Half-battalion Volunteer Band.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th June, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under paragraph 102, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of the formation of a Half-battalion Band, with headquarters at Blenheim. Acceptance of the above to date from 15th May, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Promotion, New Zealand Militia.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th June, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following promotion:—

New Zealand Militia.
Captain Edward Walter Clervaux Chaytor to be Major. Date of commission, 1st March, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Services of Cadet Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th June, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under paragraph 264, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, the services of the following Volunteer cadet corps:—

Gisborne Rifle Cadet Volunteers,
with headquarters at Gisborne; acceptance to date from 13th April, 1901.

Blenheim Rifle Cadet Volunteers,
with headquarters at Blenheim; acceptance to date from 13th April, 1901.

Eden Rifle Cadet Volunteers,
with headquarters at Mount Eden, Auckland; date of acceptance, 19th April, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

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Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th June, 1901.

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

J. G. WARD.

Special Order made by the Porangahau Road Board, County of Patangata.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 15th June, 1901.

THE following special order, made by the Porangahau Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

J. G. WARD.

PORANGAHAU ROAD BOARD.

Special Order.

In pursuance of the powers vested in them by “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” and “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” and the amendments thereto, the Porangahau Road Board do hereby resolve, “That for the purpose of providing interest on a loan of £1,200, about to be borrowed under ‘The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,’ a special rate, being an annually recurring rate of 1/16d. in the pound, be levied on all rateable property in the Porangahau Road District for the period of twenty-six years; such rate to be payable in one sum on the 1st day of December in each year.”

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly made by the Porangahau Road Board in conformity with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

R. EDGAR RUDMAN,
Clerk, Porangahau Road Board.

Porangahau, 10th June, 1901.

Virginian Deer, &c., turned at large in Nelson Acclimatisation Society’s District declared to be vested in Chairman of that Society.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th June, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that the Nelson Acclimatisation Society have turned at large a number of Virginian deer and Virginian quail in the Nelson District, and that the property in such deer and quail, and their offspring, is deemed to be absolutely vested in the Chairman of the said Nelson Acclimatisation Society for a period of three years from the date hereof, as provided by section 38 of “The Animals Protection Act, 1880.”

J. G. WARD.

Bonus for the Encouragement of the Manufacture of Condensed Milk in New Zealand.—Notice No. 644.

Department of Agriculture,
Head Office, Wellington, 17th June, 1901.

A BONUS for the encouragement of the manufacture of condensed milk in New Zealand is offered under the following conditions.