APRIL 17.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointment:

Hawke's Bay Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Davis Canning to be Lieutenant. Appointment to date from 4th September, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointment:

Union Rifle Volunteers.
Ralph Searle Chadwick to be Lieutenant. Appointment to date from 4th September, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointment:

Union Rifle Volunteers (Ormondville).
Joseph Chicken to be Captain. Appointment to date from 4th September, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointment:

Napier Rifle Volunteers.
John Graham to be Lieutenant. Appointment to date from 4th September, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointment:

Ruahine Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Ethelbert Alfred Ransom to be Lieutenant. Appointment to date from 4th December, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointment:

Ahuriri Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
George Robert Cotterill to be Lieutenant. Appointment to date from 4th December, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointment:

Stratford Rifle Volunteers.
William Charles Whitlock to be Lieutenant. Appointment to date from 4th December, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointment:

2nd Battalion, North Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Captain Ralph Anderson Chaffey to be Major. Appointment to date from 4th December, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointment:

Malvern Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant John Deans to be Captain. Appointment to date from 4th December, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointment:

Malvern Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
George Henry Judd to be Lieutenant. Appointment to date from 4th December, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointment:

1st Battalion, North Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Thomas Maude to be Captain and Adjutant. Appointment to date from 4th December, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointment:

Rangiura Rifle Volunteers.
Charles Waterston to be Lieutenant. Appointment to date from 4th December, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointment:

Cust Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Robert Dampier Atkinson to be Lieutenant. Appointment to date from 4th December, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the disbandment of—

No. 2 Company, Ohinemuri Rifle Volunteers.
Disbandment to date from 30th November, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.