MAY 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1393

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1906.

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

No. 2 Company, Waikato Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant William Rose Holden. Date of resignation, 17th March, 1906.

Stratford Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant James Arthur Thomas. Date of resignation, 21st February, 1906.

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Corps.
Surgeon-Captain Geoffrey Bruton Sweet. Date of resignation, 1st March, 1906.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer (Mounted Rifles) resigned, and appointed to Rifle Volunteer Corps.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1906.

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

Lieutenant HENRY FRANCIS SKEY, South Wairarapa Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve of his appointment to the Greytown Rifle Volunteers, with rank of Lieutenant, and with effect from 3rd April, 1906.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1906.

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

Lieutenant JOHN THOMAS MIDGLEY, No. 2 Company, New Zealand Engineer Volunteers (Dunedin Engineer Volunteers),

and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List (Unattached), New Zealand Volunteers, with rank of Lieutenant, and with effect from 24th March, 1906.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and posted to Retired List.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1906.

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

Captain (Pay- and Quarter-master) GEORGE KIRTON, V.D., 2nd Battalion, Wellington (West Coast) Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve that he be posted to the Retired List, with rank of Captain, and with effect from 30th March, 1906.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer's Commission cancelled.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 65, General Regulations of the Defence Forces of New Zealand, 1906, of the cancellation of the commission held by

Surgeon-Captain WILLIAM WALTER MOORE, M.B., New Zealand Volunteer Medical Corps,

as from 5th April, 1906, he being absent from the colony without permission.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington. 17th May, 1906.

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

Rotorua Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Rotorua. Date of disbandment, 6th December, 1905.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Meritorious Service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under the Warrant dated 22nd April, 1898, published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 30, of the 28th April, 1898, of the award of the Meritorious Service Medal to

No. 218, Quartermaster-Sergeant Artificer THOMAS EDWARD BRYCE, Royal New Zealand Artillery.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Award of the Meritorious Service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under the Warrant dated 22nd April, 1898, published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 30, of the 28th April, 1898, of the award of the Meritorious Service Medal to

No. 170, Quartermaster-Sergeant Artificer WILLIAM MARK HARRIS, Royal New Zealand Artillery.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Award of the Meritorious Service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under the Warrant dated 22nd April, 1898, published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 30, of the 28th April, 1898, of the award of the Meritorious Service Medal to

No. 157, Sergeant JAMES CONLEY, Royal New Zealand Artillery.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1906.

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

Lieutenant CHARLES EDWARD CARTER, D Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery Volunteers,

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

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1906.

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

Captain WILLIAM JAMES DAVIS, Wairoa Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

he having a total service to 28th January, 1906, entitling him thereto of twenty-three years three hundred and fifty-three days.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.