Aug. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1609

Appointment in the Department of Lands and Survey.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY FRANCIS EDGECUMBE

to be an Assistant Surveyor in the Department of Lands and Survey.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Licensing Officer under “The Arms Act, 1880,” appointed.

Police Department,
Wellington, 5th August, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable JAMES HENRY,

of the New Zealand Police Force, to be a Licensing Officer under “The Arms Act, 1880.”

JAMES McGOWAN.

Clerk of Awards appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 6th August, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The DEPUTY REGISTRAR of the Supreme Court at Dunedin to be Clerk of Awards for the Otago and Southland Industrial District, in terms of “The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1900.”

R. J. SEDDON.
Minister of Labour.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st August, 1901.

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

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.

William Stephen Baird to be Surgeon-Captain. Commission to date from the 5th June, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1901.

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

Northern Wairoa Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

The Rev. Arthur James Beck to be Honorary Chaplain. Commission to date from 27th April, 1901.

Cust Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

The Rev. Arthur S. Fox to be Honorary Chaplain.

Marmaduke John Dixon to be Honorary Veterinary Surgeon.

Commissions to date from 1st June, 1901.

North Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

The Rev. Winter Blathwayte to be Honorary Chaplain. Commission to date from 9th June, 1901.

Horowhenua Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

The Rev. John Alexander McNickle to be Honorary Chaplain. Commission to date from 14th June, 1900.

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.

John Carmichael Smith to be Surgeon-Captain. Commission to date from 22nd February, 1901.

Stanley Arthur Lucas to be Surgeon-Captain. Commission to date from 24th May, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Medical Officers appointed to Pension Boards.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to direct that Pension Boards, consisting of the following medical officers, be constituted and appointed under clause 4 of “The Military Pensions Act, 1866” :—

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Auckland.

William Robert Close Erson, Esq., L.F.P., L.S.A., &c., Surgeon-Captain New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.

Edward D. M. Mackellar, Esq., M.D., M.S., &c.

Thomas Owen Williams, Esq., L.R.C.P., L.F.P., &c.

Canterbury.

Arthur Castriot De Renzi, Esq., M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A.L., &c., Surgeon-Captain New Zealand Militia.

Thomas Wyld Pairman, Esq., L.R.C.P.E., L.R.C.S.E., &c., Surgeon-Captain New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.

John Henry Deamer, Esq., B.M., M.S., &c.

Otago.

Harry Archibald De Lautour, Esq., M.R.C.S., &c., V.D., Brigade-Surgeon Lieut.-Colonel New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.

Millen Coughtrey, Esq., B.M., M.S., &c., Surgeon-Major New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.

William Brown, Esq., B.M., M.S., &c.

James Macpherson, Esq., B.M., M.S., &c.

Appointments to date from the 1st day of August, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1901.

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

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.

Joseph Ernest Rogers to be Surgeon-Captain. Commission to date from the 3rd May, 1901.

Murihiku Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

The Reverend James Johnston to be Honorary Chaplain. Commission to date from the 3rd May, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Services of a Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd August, 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 :—

Duntroon Rifle Volunteers,

with headquarters at Duntroon. Acceptance to date from the 15th May, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and transferred to District Reserve Corps.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st August, 1901.

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

Wairoa Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant James Riddell, jun., to be transferred to Volunteer District Reserve Corps (Wellington). To date from 1st June, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under paragraph 57, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of the following transfer :—

Lieutenant ROBERT WILLIAM SWINDLEY

to be transferred from Dunedin Naval Artillery Volunteers to Oamaru Rifle Volunteers. From 11th June, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.