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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 43

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th May, 1902.

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

Woodville Rifle Volunteers.

Captain Andrew Stevenson. Date of resignation, 9th April, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th May, 1902.

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

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.

George Home to be Surgeon-Captain. Commission to date from the 27th February, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th May, 1902.

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

Taranaki Guards Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant John Cook to be Captain. Commission to date from the 24th March, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th May, 1902.

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

Captain James Hogg

from the Honorary Unattached List, New Zealand Volunteers, to the Clutha Rifle Volunteers, with rank as Captain, under section 63A, Amended Regulations, with effect from the 27th November, 1901.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th May, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of

WALTER SYMES, Esq., M.H.R. (late Stratford Mounted Rifle Volunteers),

being placed on the Honorary Unattached List with the rank of Captain, and with effect from the 18th April, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES.
Acting Minister of Defence.

Date of Commission of Militia Officer corrected.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th May, 1902.

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

Major George Robert Johnston, New Zealand Militia,

which appears in the New Zealand Gazette No. 87, dated 3rd October, 1901, as dating from 10th May, 1901, to be as from 29th July, 1901.

WM. HALL-JONES.
Acting Minister of Defence.

Disbandment of Defence Rifle Club.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th May, 1902.

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

Taita Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Taita, Wellington. Date of disbandment, 24th April, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Notice to Mariners No. 38 of 1902.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 30th May, 1902.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 10 of 1902, issued by this Department on the 15th February, 1902, the following notice, received from the Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, Victoria, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

PORT OF GEELONG.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 8, dated 16th January, 1902, it is hereby notified that the extension of the Yarra Street Wharf 100 ft. seawards will be completed on the 1st June proximo, on and from which date the exhibition of temporary white light will be discontinued, and a green light will be exhibited from a lamp-post erected at the outer end of the extended wharf.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 12th May, 1902.

Licensing of Vehicles By-law made by the Grey County Council.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 31st May, 1902.

IT is hereby notified, in accordance with section 311 of “The Counties Act, 1886,” that so much of the By-law No. 13, made by the Grey County Council, and sealed on the 16th day of May, 1902, as appoints the several sums to be paid to the county funds for the licensing of vehicles has this day been approved by His Excellency the Governor.

J. G. WARD.

Licensing of Vehicles By-law made by the Grey County Council.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 31st May, 1902.

IT is hereby notified, in accordance with section 311 of “The Counties Act, 1886,” that so much of the By-law No. 14, made by the Grey County Council, and sealed on the 16th day of May, 1902, as appoints the several sums to be paid to the county funds for the licensing of vehicles has this day been approved by His Excellency the Governor.

J. G. WARD.

Arbor Day.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th June, 1902.

WEDNESDAY, the 16th day of July next, will be observed as a public holiday in the Government offices throughout New Zealand for the celebration of Arbor Day.

In order that the movement may be made as successful as possible, the Government hopes that the Mayors of the various municipalities, and Chairmen of local bodies, will place the matter prominently before the people of the colony, and do all they can to encourage the planting of public reserves and other available lands, both public and private, with trees suited to the locality.

J. G. WARD,
Colonial Secretary.