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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 54

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1902.

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

Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry Volunteers.

Lieutenant William Wilsden McRae. Date of resignation, 14th May, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1902.

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

Otaki Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Captain Charles Thomas Tatum. Date of resignation, 30th April, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1902.

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

Mackenzie Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Wilfred George Rutherford. Date of resignation, 24th May, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1902.

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

Westport Position Artillery Volunteers.

Lieutenant Victor Stewart Marshall. Date of resignation, 3rd June, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Services of Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under clause 15, “The Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900,” the services of the

Christchurch Reserve Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Christchurch. Acceptance to date from 17th June, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1902.

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

Canterbury Honorary Reserve Rifle Corps Volunteers.

Date of disbandment, 17th June, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Cadet Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1902.

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

Masterton Church Lads’ Brigade Rifle Cadet Volunteers.

Date of disbandment, 11th February, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Commission of Volunteer Officer cancelled.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1902.

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

Lieutenant Hugh Duncanson Buchanan,

Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry Volunteers, be cancelled, in pursuance with paragraph 64, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, from 13th June, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Militia Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th June, 1902.

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

New Zealand Militia.

Captain Edwin Davy, V.D., to be Major, as from 17th June, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th June, 1902.

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

Wellington Naval Artillery Volunteer Brigade.

Commander Edwin Davy, V.D. Date of resignation, 17th June, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds in the Borough of Roslyn.—Notice No. 714.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 25th June, 1902.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Roslyn Borough Council has, by special order, declared gorse and broom to be noxious weeds within the meaning of “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900,” in the district under its jurisdiction.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Special Order made by the Ohinemuri County Council making Alterations in Ridings.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 24th June, 1902.

THE following special order, made by the Ohinemuri County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Counties Act, 1886.”

J. G. WARD.

COUNTY OF OHINEMURI.—ALTERATION OF RIDINGS.

SPECIAL ORDER of the Council of the County of Ohinemuri, made by the said Council on a resolution passed at a special meeting of the said Council on the 7th day of April, 1902, and confirmed by the said Council at a special meeting on the 5th day of June, 1902, and sealed with the common seal of the body corporate called “The Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Ohinemuri” :—

Alteration of Ridings.

That, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it by “The Counties Act, 1886,” and the amendments thereof, and of all other powers it thereunto enabling, the Council of the County of Ohinemuri, for the purpose of adjustment of representation, resolve :—

1. That the County of Ohinemuri be redivided into four ridings, to be named Paeroa, Waitoa, Karangahake, and Waitekauri.

2. That to give effect to this resolution the Paeroa, Waitoa, and Karangahake Ridings remain as at present, and as described in the New Zealand Gazette of 5th October, 1899, page 1871, and the present Waitekauri and Waihi Ridings, as described in the said Gazette, be amalgamated into one riding, under the name of Waitekauri Riding.