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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 41

JOHN WITHELL,
WILLIAM JACKSON,
DAVID CAMPBELL, and
WILLIAM HAWKE

to be members of the Ealing Domain Board, in the place
of Richard Reddicliffe, Isaiah Gallagher, Alexander
O’Neill, and Hugh Muckle, who have left the district.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Trustees of Ngahere Public Cemetery resigned.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 29th April, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the resignations of

WILLIAM MCLISKEY,
RICHARD LARKIN,
PATRICK O’BRIEN,
JOHN ROSS, and
COLIN CAMPBELL ALGIE

as Trustees of the Ngahere Public Cemetery have been
accepted by His Excellency the Governor.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Inspector under “The Slaughtering and Inspection Act,
1900,” appointed.—Notice No. 959.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 29th April, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

MATHEW ARLOW BASIL FERGUSON

to be an Inspector for the purposes of “The Slaughtering
and Inspection Act, 1900”; the appointment to date from
the 11th April, 1905.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

New Zealand Militia Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th April, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the following appointment :—

New Zealand Militia.

Thomas William McDonald to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 3rd April, 1905.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1905.

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

No. 8 Company, New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteers
(Ponsonby Naval Artillery Volunteers).

Lieutenant Alexander William Baragwanath to be Captain.
Date of commission, 7th December, 1904.

Palmerston South Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Edward Henry Clark to be Captain. Date of
commission, 1st March, 1905.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the following appointments :—

No. 4 Company, New Zealand Engineer Volunteers (Auckland
Engineer Volunteers).

William Leo Robinson to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 7th December, 1904.

No. 3 Battalion, Wellington (Manawatu) Mounted Rifle
Volunteers.

The Reverend Alan Stanley Innes Jones to be Honorary
Chaplain. Date of commission, 30th March, 1905.

Oamaru Rifle Volunteers.

Adam George Mahan to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 1st March, 1905.

King’s Rifle Volunteers.

Arthur Gilbert Laurensen to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 1st March, 1905.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ac-
cept the resignation of the commissions held by the
undermentioned officers :—

E Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery Volunteers.

Lieutenant Langford Park Symes. Date of resignation,
1st March, 1905.

Southland Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant William Thomas Boyd. Date of resignation,
6th March, 1905.

Feilding Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Captain Alan Stanley Innes Jones. Date of resignation,
30th March, 1905.

Rodney Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant George Hugh Smith. Date of resignation,
28th February, 1905.

Zealandia Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Somerset Ward Smith. Date of resignation,
20th February, 1905.

Onehunga Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant John Thomas Williams. Date of resignation,
13th February, 1905.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and appointed to Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ac-
cept the resignation of the commission held by

Lieutenant John Louis Ching, Wakatu Mounted Rifle
Volunteers,

and to approve of his appointment as Adjutant to the
1st Battalion Nelson Mounted Rifle Volunteers, with rank
of Lieutenant, and with effect from 21st March, 1905.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer transferred from Active List, New Zealand
Volunteers, and appointed to Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the transfer of

Captain Arthur Paul Harper

from the Active List, New Zealand Volunteers, to the
2nd Battalion Nelson Infantry Volunteers, on appointment
as Adjutant to that battalion, with rank of Captain, and
with effect from 24th February, 1905.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and posted to Active List, New
Zealand Volunteers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ac-
cept the resignation of the commission held by

Captain Charles George Curtis, No. 5 Company,
N.Z.G.A.V. (Lyttelton Naval Artillery Volunteers),

and to approve that he be placed on the Active List, New
Zealand Volunteers, with rank of Captain, and with effect
from 8th April, 1905.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.