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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 34

3rd Battalion Otago Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Francis Charles Stubbs (Adjutant) to be Captain.
Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Stratford Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Frederic George Kimbell to be Captain. Date
of commission, 21st October, 1903.

Ashburton Guards Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant William John Augustus Schwartz to be Captain.
Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th April, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointments:—

South Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
George Gabites to be Captain. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Ashburton Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
John Studholme to be Captain. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Hawke’s Bay Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Taranaki te Ua to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Ashburton Guards Rifle Volunteers.
Henry Clifford Percy to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.
William Rudolph Tucker to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 3rd December, 1903.

Palmerston South Rifle Volunteers.
Edward Henry Clark to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Gisborne Rifle Volunteers.
Cecil Francis Lewis to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 4th September, 1901.

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.
Surgeon-Captain James Hardie Neil (New Zealand Militia) to be Surgeon-Captain. Date of commission, 11th February, 1904.
William Archibald Logan to be Surgeon-Captain. Date of commission, 25th March, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1904.

THE resignations of the undermentioned officers have been accepted by His Excellency the Governor:—

North Otago Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Captain Arthur William Gillies. Date of resignation, 1st March, 1904.

No. 1 Company, Thames Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Francis Battson. Date of resignation, 14th January, 1904.

Kawakawa Rifle Volunteers.
Captain Vernon Herbert Reed. Date of resignation, 24th March, 1904.

Alexandra South Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Denis Callaghan. Date of resignation, 1st March, 1904.

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.
Surgeon-Captain Harold Guthrie McAllum. Date of resignation, 20th January, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1904.

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

Murihiku Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Honorary Chaplain the Reverend James Johnston. Date of resignation, 4th March, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned and transferred to Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by
Captain JULIUS SANDTMANN, Ahuriri Mounted Rifle Volunteers,
and to approve that he be appointed Adjutant to No. 4 Battalion Wellington Mounted Rifle Volunteers, with rank of Captain, and with effect from 25th March, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned and posted to Active List, N.Z. Volunteers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by
Captain (Pay- and Quarter-master) JOHN McINDEE, 1st Battalion Otago Rifle Volunteers,
and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List, N.Z. Volunteers, with rank of Captain, and with effect from 25th March, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under paragraph 56, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of the transfer of
Lieutenant DONALD BRUCE MCKENZIE
from the Dunedin City Rifle Volunteers to the Gore Rifle Volunteers, with his present rank, and with effect from 9th April, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Services of Defence Rifle Cadet Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under clause 17 (3), “The Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900,” the services of the undermentioned corps:—

Rangiora High School Rifle Cadet Volunteers,
with headquarters at Rangiora. Date of acceptance, 8th April, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Name of Volunteer Officer (Deceased) removed from New Zealand Army List.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that the name of the late
Captain ALFRED BENJAMIN LINDOP, Adjutant to the 2nd Battalion Nelson Infantry Volunteers,
be removed from the New Zealand Army List, as from 24th March, 1904, he having died on that date.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Trustee, Wanganui Drill-shed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act, 1888,” and “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Trustees Validation Act, 1890,” of the appointment of
Lieutenant-Colonel JAMES PATON WATT, Commanding No. 1 Battalion Wellington Mounted Rifle Volunteers,
to be a Trustee of the Wanganui Drill-shed, as from 21st March, 1904, vice Colonel Joe Reginald Sommerville, V.D. (Retired List), resigned.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.