May 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 961

Commission of Volunteer Officer cancelled.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under paragraph 64, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of the cancelling of the commission held by the undermentioned officer :—

Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Reginald McD. Williams. As from the 19th March, 1902.
WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the undermentioned officer :—

Hastings Rifle Volunteers.
Captain John Augustus Fraser. Date of resignation, 1st March, 1902.
WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the undermentioned officer :—

Palmerston Guards Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant James Bruce Beale. Date of resignation, 16th March, 1902.
WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the undermentioned officer :—

Palmerston South Rifle Volunteers.
Captain James Grant. Date of resignation, 1st March, 1902.
WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the undermentioned officer :—

Civil Service Rifle Volunteers (Christchurch).
Lieutenant William George Wray. Date of resignation, 11th March, 1902.
WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the undermentioned officer :—

Dunedin City Rifle Volunteers.
Captain Henry Drummond Jackson. Date of resignation, 11th March, 1902.
WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the undermentioned officer :—

Wellington Guards Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Walter Holmes. Date of resignation, 7th March, 1902.
WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and transferred to the Honorary Unattached List.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the transfer of

Captain John Harkness Rice,
3rd Battalion, Otago Rifle Volunteers, to the Honorary Unattached List as Captain, he having resigned his appointment of the abovementioned brigade as Pay- and Quartermaster. As from the 12th March, 1902.
WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer transferred from District Reserve and appointed to command a Corps.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the transfer of

Captain James Rutherford
from the Volunteer District Reserve Corps (Otago), to F Company, Kaitangata Rifle Volunteers, as Captain, and with effect from the 8th April, 1902.
WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under section 63, (a), Amended Volunteer Regulations, of the undermentioned appointment :—

Rangiora Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Charles Frederick d’Auvergne to be Captain. Date of commission, 24th April, 1901.
WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under section 63, (a), Amended Volunteer Regulations, of the undermentioned appointment :—

Feilding Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Robert Bruce McKenzie to be Captain. Date of commission, 2nd November, 1901.
WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1902.

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

Westport Position Artillery Volunteers.
The Reverend John Raynor Dart to be Honorary Chaplain. Commission to date from the 11th March, 1902.
WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Corps attached to Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the

Feilding Mounted Rifle Volunteers (Feilding)
being attached to the 3rd Battalion, Wellington (Manawatu) Mounted Rifle Volunteers, and numbered E Company.
WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Defence.