SEPT. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2125

5th Battalion Wellington (Centre or Ruahine) Rifle Volunteers.

Captain and Adjutant Adair Douglas Blythe. Date of resignation, 11th August, 1904.

Blenheim Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant William Grey Hall Baillie. Date of resignation, 22nd July, 1904.

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.

Surgeon-Captain Charles Franklin Garcia Webster. Date of resignation, 3rd August, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th August, 1904.

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

Lieutenant ALBERT ARTHUR CORRIGAN

from the Zealandia Rifle Volunteers to the Wellington City Rifle Volunteers, with his present rank, and with effect from 18th July, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer promoted to Honorary Rank.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th August, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that the rank of Honorary Major be granted

Quartermaster WILLIAM COLEMAN (Nelson Militia and Volunteer District), Active List, New Zealand, Volunteers,

and with effect from 28th July, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th August, 1904.

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

No. 2 Company New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteers (Dunedin Naval Artillery Volunteers).

The Reverend William Curzon-Siggers to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 19th April, 1897.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned and reappointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th August, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by

Captain CHARLES BARHAM MORRIS

from the Duntroon Rifle Volunteers, and to approve of his appointment as Captain to the King’s Rifle Volunteers, and with effect from 28th July, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned and posted to Retired List.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th August, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by

Lieutenant PETER MACLAURIN,

of the East Taieri Rifle Volunteers, and approve that he be posted to the Retired List, with rank of Lieutenant, and with effect from 21st July, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th August, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

Major FRANK BENJAMIN CRESSWELL, 1st North Canterbury Battalion of Infantry Volunteers,

he having a total efficient service to 29th February, 1904, of twenty years and one hundred and twenty-four days.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th August, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

No. 611, Gunner JOSEPH WILLIAM LEIGH, No. 1 Company New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteers (Auckland Naval Artillery Volunteers),

he having, to 29th February, 1904, a total efficient service entitling him thereto of twenty-one years and fifty-two days.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Club disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th August, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the disbandment of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club:—

Colyton Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Colyton. Date of disbandment, 22nd August, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Special Order made by the Council of the County of Eketa-huna.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 27th August, 1904.

THE following special order, made by the Eketa-huna County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

EKETAHUNA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order making and levying a Rate for Cullen Street Special-rating District Loan of £125.

In pursuance of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” the Eketa-huna County Council hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing for the interest and other charges on a loan of £125, authorised to be raised by the Eketa-huna County Council under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of forming and metalling 10 chains of road in Cullen Street, in the Township of Parkville (Block V., Mangaone Survey District), the work to start from the junction of High and Cullen Streets, and to continue along Cullen Street to its junction with Stanley Street, the width of the formation to be 16 ft. and the metalling 14 ft., the said Eketa-huna County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 1s. 1½d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Cullen Street Special-rating District, comprising Sections 76, 75, 165, 166, and 167, all of Block V., Mangaone Survey District; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly on the 1st day of February and the 1st day of August in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of forty-one years, at 4 per centum per annum, or until the loan is fully paid off. The cost of raising the loan, and the interest for the first year, to be paid out of the loan.

I hereby certify that the above special order was made by resolution of the Council at a special meeting held on the