July 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1559

Honorary Volunteer Officer transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th July, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that

Honorary Veterinary Surgeon Roy KINLOCH,
Seddon Horse Mounted Rifle Volunteers, be appointed Honorary Veterinary Surgeon to No. 1 Battalion, Auckland Mounted Rifle Volunteers, as from 12th June, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th July, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that

Honorary Chaplain the Reverend WILLIAM EUGENE GILLAM,

Auckland Mounted Rifle Volunteers, be appointed Honorary Chaplain to No. 1 Battalion, Auckland Mounted Rifle Volunteers, as from 12th June, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th July, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that

Honorary Chaplain the Reverend HENRY DEWESBURY MAJOR,

No. 1 Company, Waikato Mounted Rifle Volunteers, be appointed Honorary Chaplain to No. 2 Battalion, Auckland Mounted Rifle Volunteers, as from 12th June, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th July, 1902.

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

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.

Henry Ferdinand Bernan to be Surgeon-Captain. Commission to date from 4th March, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Militia Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th July, 1902.

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

New Zealand Militia.

Lieutenant Stapylton Cotton Coulton to be Captain, and with effect from 13th May, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st July, 1902.

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

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.

William Walter Moore to be Surgeon-Captain. Commission to date from 18th June, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Militia Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th July, 1902.

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

New Zealand Militia.

Edward Henry Taylor to be Lieutenant. Commission to date from 15th May, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th July, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that

Captain WILLIAM STEWART LINDSAY,

Unattached Active List, New Zealand Volunteers, be promoted to the rank of Major, and with effect from 30th June, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Members of Local Military Examination Boards appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th July, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that the members comprising the Local Boards of Examination of officers for commissions in the New Zealand Volunteer Force in the Canterbury District be reconstituted as under:—

North Canterbury.

Brevet-Colonel William Holden Webb.
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Slater.
Captain John Edward Hume.
Captain Yuyr William James Donald.
Captain John Joseph Dougall.
Captain Henry Smart Edgar Hobday.
Lieutenant Henry Harwood Browne.

South Canterbury.

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Samuel Bailey.
Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Montague Moore.
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Jowsey, C.M.G.
Major John Turnbull Murray Hayhurst.
Captain John Lillie Gillies.
Captain Bruce Gillies.

The appointments to date from 7th June, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st July, 1902.

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

Wellington Submarine-mining Volunteers.

The Reverend Thomas Henry Sprott to be Honorary Chaplain. Commission to date from 11th June, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st July, 1902.

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

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.

Tracy Russell Inglis to be Surgeon-Captain. Commission to date from 7th April, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Transfer of Volunteer Officer.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st July, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the transfer, under paragraph 56, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of

Lieutenant CLAUDE HORACE WESTON

from the Christ College Rifle Volunteers to the Taranaki Rifle Volunteers, and with effect from 24th June, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.