Dec. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3273

Public Vaccinators appointed.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 13th December, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned persons to be Public Vaccinators, under “The Public Health Act, 1900,” for the districts set opposite their names respectively, namely:—

Name. District.
JOHN WILLIAM CRAWSHAW, Esq., M.B., B.Ch., Univ. Vict., 1892 (vice Dr. W. F. Paterson, resigned) Temuka.
WILLIAM FERGUS PATERSON, Esq., M.B., Ch.B., L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S. Geraldine.
GEO. FOWLDS,
Minister of Public Health.

Public Vaccinator appointed.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 14th December, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ALBERT EBENEZER COUZENS, Esq., M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. London,

to be a Public Vaccinator, under “The Public Health Act, 1900,” for the District of Wellington.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Minister of Public Health.

New Zealand Militia Honorary Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th December, 1906.

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

New Zealand Militia.

Lieutenant Thomas John Gardiner (Quartermaster), 4th and 8th New Zealand Contingents, to be Honorary Captain, and with effect from 2nd December, 1900.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th December, 1906.

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

No. 3 Regiment, Auckland Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant (Adjutant) Charles Ernest Randolph Mackesy to be Captain. Date of commission, 5th September, 1906.

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Corps.

Surgeon-Captain Donald Johnstone McGavin to be Surgeon-Major. Date of commission, 7th November, 1906.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th December, 1906.

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

Whangarei Rifle Volunteers.

Frank Pearce to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 5th September, 1906.

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Corps.

Hugh Walter Pigeon to be Surgeon-Captain. Date of commission, 7th November, 1906.

Andrew Robert Dillon Carbery to be Surgeon-Captain. Date of commission, 14th November, 1906.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th December, 1906.

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

King’s Rifle Volunteers.

The Reverend Robert James Porter to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 5th October, 1906.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th December, 1906.

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

Stratford Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Andrew Robert Dillon Carbery. Date of resignation, 14th November, 1906.

Franklin Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Harry Wade. Date of resignation, 16th November, 1906.

Motueka Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Captain Henry O’Brien Deck. Date of resignation, 19th November, 1906.

Queen’s Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Robert Sutherland Forsyth. Date of resignation, 3rd October, 1906.

Coromandel Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Frederick Percy Burgess. Date of resignation, 22nd October, 1906.

Hikurangi Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant John Murdoch. Date of resignation, 17th November, 1906.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th December, 1906.

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

Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel BENJAMIN LOCKING, New Zealand Volunteer Medical Corps,

he having a total commissioned service to 28th August, 1906, entitling him thereto of twenty years and fifty-six days.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Appointments of Trustees, Napier Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve, cancelled.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th December, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to cancel, under “The Special Powers and Contracts Act, 1886,” “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act, 1888,” and “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Trustees Validation Act, 1890,” the appointments of Trustees to the Napier Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve, published in the New Zealand Gazette of 9th April, 1891; 18th June, 1891; 20th February, 1896; and 3rd September, 1896—as from 26th November, 1906.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

New Zealand Militia Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th December, 1906.

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

New Zealand Militia.

Major George Cecil Burleigh Wolfe to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Date of commission, 10th December, 1906.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Cadet Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th December, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under clause 39, (3), “The Defence Act, 1886,” of the disbandment of the undermentioned Volunteer corps:—

Napier Marist Brothers School Rifle Cadet Volunteers, with headquarters at Napier. Date of disbandment, 7th December, 1906.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.