June 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1779

Palmerston Guards Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Robert McMurray to be Captain. Date of commission, 13th December, 1905.

Queenstown Rifle Volunteers.
George Reid to be Captain. Date of commission, 7th March, 1906.

ALBERT PITT,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th June, 1906.

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

No. 2 Company, New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteers (Dunedin Naval Artillery Volunteers).
David White to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 7th March, 1906.

No. 2 Company, New Zealand Engineer Volunteers (Dunedin Engineer Volunteers).
Robert Davidson Veitch to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 7th March, 1906.

Marsden Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
William Ernest Randolph Mackesy to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 15th May, 1906.

Studholme Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Paul Studholme to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 13th December, 1905.

No. 3 Company, New Zealand Native Rifle Volunteers.
James Preston Stevenson to be Captain. Date of commission, 7th March, 1906.

ALBERT PITT,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th June, 1906.

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

No. 4 Company, New Zealand Engineer Volunteers (Auckland Engineer Volunteers).
The Reverend William Gray Dixon to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 7th May, 1906.

ALBERT PITT,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and appointed to Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th June, 1906.

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

Captain EDWARD RICHARDSON, Christ’s College Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve of his appointment as Adjutant, with rank of Captain, to the 1st North Canterbury Battalion of Infantry Volunteers, with effect from 3rd May, 1906.

ALBERT PITT,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and appointed to another Branch of the Service.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th June, 1906.

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

Captain WILLIAM CHARLES PAGE, Eltham Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve of his appointment to the Zealandia Rifle Volunteers, with rank of Lieutenant, and with effect from 12th February, 1906.

ALBERT PITT,
Acting Minister for Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned on Appointment to District Staff.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th June, 1906.

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

Captain WALTER HARRY MEDDINGS, Linwood Rifle Volunteers,

on his appointment as D.A.A.G. “B,” with rank of Captain, on the Canterbury Military District Staff, and with effect from 16th March, 1906.

ALBERT PITT,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th June, 1906.

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

No. 4 Company, New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteers (Wellington Naval Artillery Volunteers).
Captain Ernest Tancred Dilon Bell. Date of resignation, 30th April, 1906.

Waimakariri Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Captain William Nathaniel Carlon Bond. Date of resignation, 30th January, 1906.

Cust Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Charles Ruddenklau. Date of resignation, 23rd March, 1906.

Christchurch City Guards Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Frank Ward. Date of resignation, 7th May, 1906.

Canterbury Highland Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Archibald Gower Burns. Date of resignation, 23rd March, 1906.

ALBERT PITT,
Acting Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th June, 1906.

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

Captain (Adjutant) WILLIAM HENRY SCOTT KINSEY, No. 2 Battalion, Wellington (Wairarapa) Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List (Unattached), New Zealand Volunteers, with rank of Captain, and with effect from 28th May, 1906.

ALBERT PITT,
Acting Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th June, 1906.

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

Lieutenant-Colonel WALTER HENDERSON, V.D., 2nd 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 1st May, 1906.

ALBERT PITT,
Acting Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th June, 1906.

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

Captain (Adjutant) FREDERIC EDWARD NORMAN GAUDIN, 1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Volunteers (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own),