Nov. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2919

Sittings of Magistrate’s Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th November, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The Courthouse, Victoria Street, Hamilton,
to be a place wherein a Magistrate’s Court shall be held.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Trustees of the Hawke’s Bay Rabbit District elected.—Notice No. 1073.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 6th November, 1906.

NOTICE has been received under the hand of the Returning Officer of the Hawke’s Bay Rabbit District, constituted under “The Rabbit Nuisance Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1886,” that

ARTHUR COCHRANE BENNETT,
LESLIE HARLING McHARDY,
ANDREW HAMILTON RUSSELL, and
WALTER SHRIMPTON

have been duly elected Trustees of the said district.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister for Agriculture.

Trustees of the Hurunui Rabbit District elected.—Notice No. 1074.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 6th November, 1906.

NOTICE has been received under the hand of the Returning Officer of the Hurunui Rabbit District, constituted under “The Rabbit Nuisance Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1886,” that

THOMAS CHAPMAN,
JAMES DOUGLAS,
JAMES LITTLE,
JOHN HAWDON BARNES OLIVER, and
WILLIAM OLIVER RUTHERFORD

have been duly elected Trustees of the said district.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister for Agriculture.

Acting Commandant New Zealand Defence Forces appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th October, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointment of

Brevet-Colonel WILLIAM HOLDEN WEBB, N.Z.M.,
to be Acting Commandant New Zealand Defence Forces, from the 22nd September, 1906, until further orders.

ALBERT PITT,
Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th October, 1906.

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

Captain ANDREW CLARKE SHAW, Franklin 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 29th September, 1906.

ALBERT PITT,
Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th October, 1906.

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

Honorary Chaplain the Reverend THOMAS JAMES SMITH, Blenheim Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List (Unattached), New Zealand Volunteers, with his present rank, and with effect from 1st March, 1906.

ALBERT PITT,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th October, 1906.

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

Hampden Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant David Edward Lefevre. Date of resignation, 4th October, 1906.

Waitohi Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Samuel Swanwick. Date of resignation, 13th August, 1906.

ALBERT PITT,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th October, 1906.

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

No. 88, Corporal JOHN ATKINSON, Wellington Volunteer Cycle Corps,

he having a total service to 30th September, 1906, entitling him thereto of twenty years and fifty-one days.

ALBERT PITT,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd November, 1906.

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

No. 5 Company, New Zealand Engineer Volunteers (Wellington Engineer Volunteers).

Lieutenant James Henry Alfred Pedder to be Captain. Date of commission, 5th September, 1906.

No. 4 Regiment, Wellington (East Coast) Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant (Pay- and Quarter-master) John Tombleson to be Captain. Date of commission, 6th October, 1906.

Southland Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant John Gilkison to be Captain. Date of commission, 5th September, 1906.

ALBERT PITT,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd November, 1906.

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

Kaikoura Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Alexander John Gray to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 5th September, 1906.

Bay of Islands Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Joseph Augustus Moliere Tabuteau to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 5th September, 1906.

Gore Rifle Volunteers.

John Macgibbon Shanks to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 5th September, 1906.

Clutha Rifle Volunteers.

John Sinclair to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 5th September, 1906.

Gore Defence Rifle Cadet Volunteers.

Charles Joseph Burrows to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 5th September, 1906.

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Corps.

Thomas McKibbin to be Surgeon-Captain. Date of commission, 1st September, 1906.

ALBERT PITT,
Minister of Defence.