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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 84

Justices of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th September, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE CRAIG, Esq., and
WILLIAM BANNERMAN CRAIG, Esq.,

both of Rarotonga, to be Justices of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Member of Auckland Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 13th September, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to reappoint

ROBERT THOMPSON

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Auckland, as from 25th September, 1901.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th September, 1901.

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

Winton Rifle Volunteers.

The Reverend William Charles Wood to be Honorary Chaplain. Commission to date from 10th May, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

New Zealand Militia Officer appointed and promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th September, 1901.

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

New Zealand Militia.

George Hector Fitzgerald Rolleston to be Lieutenant. Commission to date from 14th July, 1900.

New Zealand Militia.

Lieutenant George Hector Fitzgerald Rolleston to be Captain. Commission to date from 27th August, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

New Zealand Militia Officer promoted, and transferred from the Active List to the Unattached List.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th September, 1901.

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

Captain JOHN WHITNEY

to be transferred from the Active List, New Zealand Militia, to the Unattached List, New Zealand Militia, with rank of Major. Commission to date from the 27th July, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Corps attached to Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th September, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under paragraphs 211 and 213, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of the addition of the under-mentioned Rifle Volunteer Corps and Cycle Corps in Canterbury Military District to the “North Canterbury Battalion of Infantry Volunteers,” in the order in which they are set forth below, and with effect from 1st August, 1901:—

J Company — Canterbury Highland Rifle Volunteers (Christchurch).

L Company—Ellesmere Guards Rifle Volunteers (Doyles-ton).

M Company—Canterbury Native Rifle Volunteers (Christ-church).

Christchurch Volunteer Cycle Corps (Christchurch).

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Corps attached to Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th September, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under paragraphs 211 and 213, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of the addition of the under-mentioned Mounted Rifle Volunteer Corps in the Wellington Military District to the “No. 2 Battalion, Wellington (Wairarapa) Mounted Rifle Volunteers,” with effect from the 1st August, 1901:—

F Company, Masterton Mounted Rifle Volunteers (Masterton).

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Alteration to Rule 12 of “Rules for New Zealand Rifle Clubs.”

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th September, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned alteration in “The Rules for New Zealand Rifle Clubs,” as published in New Zealand Gazette No. 41, dated 25th April, 1901, page 952, paragraph 12, line 2:—

Delete the word “seventeen,” and substitute the word “seven” in lieu.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Services of a Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th September, 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:—

Feilding Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

with headquarters at Feilding. Date of acceptance, 27th July, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Mounted Rifle Battalions disbanded and re-formed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th September, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to disband, as from 31st July, 1901, the 1st Battalion North Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers, and the 2nd Battalion North Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers, and to approve, under Paragraphs 211 and 213, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of the under-mentioned corps in the Canterbury Military District being formed into two battalions of Mounted Rifle Volunteers, under the designations and with headquarters as set forth below, and with effect from 1st August, 1901:—

1st Battalion, North Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers (Headquarters, Christchurch).

A Company—Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry Volunteers (Christchurch).

B Company—Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers (Christchurch).

C Company—Ellesmere Mounted Rifle Volunteers (Leeston).

D Company—Malvern Mounted Rifle Volunteers (Waddington).

E Company—Waimakariri Mounted Rifle Volunteers (West Melton).

2nd Battalion, North Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers (Headquarters, Culverden).

A Company—Kaikoura Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

B “ Amuri Mounted Rifle Volunteers (Waiau).

C “ Cust Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

D “ North Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers (Tuahiwi).

E Company—Cheviot Mounted Rifle Volunteers (Mackenzie).

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th September, 1901.

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

THOMAS CARSTAIRS BERRY, Esq.,

of Ohingaiti, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

JAMES McGOWAN.