APRIL 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1015

Volunteer Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th April, 1906.

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

1st Battalion, Otago Rifle Volunteers.

Major Arthur Stoneham to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Date of commission, 15th March, 1906.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th April, 1906.

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

Wairarapa Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Charles Joseph Jury to be Captain. Date of commission, 23rd February, 1906.

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Corps.

Robert James Orford to be Surgeon-Captain. Date of commission, 5th April, 1905.

John Matfen Hope to be Surgeon-Captain. Date of commission, 8th March, 1906.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Resignation of Member of Central Military Examination Board.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th April, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the appointment of

Major ALFRED DE BATHE BRANDON

as a member of the Central Board of Military Examination, and with effect from 13th March, 1906.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th April, 1906.

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

Lieutenant-Colonel SEPTIMUS SOLOMON MYERS, 1st Battalion, Otago Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List (Unattached), New Zealand Volunteers, with rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and with effect from 14th March, 1906.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration in the Boundaries of the Borough of Eastbourne.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 5th April, 1906.

PURSUANT to section 176 of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that a petition in accordance with regulations, signed by not less than one-fourth of the electors of the area described in the Schedule hereto, has been presented to him praying that the said area may be excluded from the County of Hutt and included in the Borough of Eastbourne. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to, or petitions against, the proposed alteration within one month from the first publication of this notice. Such objections or petitions are to be addressed and forwarded to the Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE ADDED TO THE BOROUGH OF EASTBOURNE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, being Original Section No. 45, Block IV, Pencarrow Survey District, bounded towards the north-east by Section No. 41, Block I; towards the south-east by Section No. 43, Block IV aforesaid; towards the south-west by Section No. 48, Block IV aforesaid; and towards the north-west by Port Nicholson.

ALBERT PITT,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 5th April, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the undermentioned persons :—

ALBERT PITT,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Celebration of St. George’s Day.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th April, 1906.

THE Government offices throughout the colony will be closed on Monday, the 23rd instant, being St. George’s Day.

ALBERT PITT,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Special Order made by the Wainono Drainage Board.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 6th April, 1906.

THE following special order, made by the Wainono Drainage Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

WAINONO DRAINAGE BOARD.

Copy of a resolution, making special order, passed at a special meeting of the Wainono Drainage Board on the 3rd day of February, 1906, and confirmed at a meeting of the said Board held on the 19th day of March, 1906 :—

That, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” the Wainono Drainage Board hereby resolves as follows : That, for the purpose of providing the interest and