June 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1545

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1905.

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

North Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Herbert Harold Allison to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 7th December, 1904.
George Alfred Fantham to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 7th December, 1904.

Geraldine Rifle Volunteers.
Angus McLachlan Fyfe to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 1st March, 1905.

Wellington Highland Rifle Volunteers.
Alexander Morris MacDiarmid to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 1st March, 1905.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1905.

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

North Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
The Rev. Charles Anderson Fraer to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 13th April, 1905.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1905.

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

Waihi Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Roderick Alexander McMillan. Date of resignation, 6th April, 1905.

Stratford Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant William Charles Whitlock. Date of resignation, 6th June, 1905.

Hikurangi Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant George Coutts. Date of resignation, 20th May, 1905.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under paragraph 84, Volunteer Regulations, 1905, of the transfer of

Lieutenant Ferdinand August Wood
from A Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery Volunteers, to the Palmerston Guards Rifle Volunteers, with rank of Lieutenant, and with effect from 12th May, 1905.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned and appointed to Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1905.

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

Lieutenant Charles Watson Harris, Whakatane Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve of his appointment as Pay- and Quartermaster to No. 4 Battalion, Auckland Mounted Rifle Volunteers, with rank of Lieutenant, and with effect from 7th March, 1905.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration to

Major Septimus Solomon Myers, 1st Battalion, Otago Rifle Volunteers,

he having a total commissioned service to 28th February, 1905, entitling him thereto of twenty years and forty-nine days.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1905.

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

Captain (Adjutant) Arthur Stoneham, 1st Battalion, Otago Rifle Volunteers,

he having a total service to 31st May, 1905, entitling him thereto of twenty years and fifty days.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1905.

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

Captain John Megget Forrester, Queen’s Rifle Volunteers,

he having a total service to 28th February, 1905, entitling him thereto of twenty years and sixty-three days.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1905.

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

No. 80, Colour-Sergeant Granville Edward Curry, Christ’s College Rifle Volunteers,

he having a total service to 28th February, 1905, entitling him thereto of twenty years and sixty-three days.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1905.

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

No. 99, Farrier-Sergeant Gilbert Carer Matheson, B Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery Volunteers,

he having a total service to 30th April, 1905, entitling him thereto of twenty years and seventeen days.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1905.

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

No. 435, Corporal Timothy Michael Corbett, Auckland Garrison Band Volunteers,

he having a total service to 28th February, 1905, entitling him thereto of twenty-one years two hundred and eighty-four days.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.