Feb. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 461

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

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Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st February, 1907.

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

Lieutenant-Colonel JOHN TURNBULL MURRAY HAYHURST,
1st Regiment, South Canterbury Mounted 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 January, 1907.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

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Volunteer Officer resigned.

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Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st February, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the under-mentioned officer :—

Irish Rifle Volunteers (Wanganui).

Lieutenant Hildebrand Holderness. Date of resignation, 29th December, 1906.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

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Date of Volunteer Officer’s Commission revoked, and Commission antedated.

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Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st February, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that the date of the commission granted James Robert Purdy as Surgeon-Captain on the General Medical List, New Zealand Volunteers — viz., 25th April, 1896 — as published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 43, of 4th June, 1896, be revoked, and antedated as from 25th November, 1893.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence

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Mounted Rifle Volunteer Corps disbanded.

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Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th January, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under section 39, (3), of “The Defence Act, 1886,” of the disbandment of the

Wairarapa Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

with headquarters at Papawai. Disbandment to date from the 27th September, 1906.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

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Mounted Rifle Volunteer Corps disbanded.

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Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st February, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under section 39, (3), of “The Defence Act, 1886,” of the disbandment of the

Horowhenua Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

with headquarters at Levin. Disbandment to date from the 10th October, 1905.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

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Appointment of Staff Officer to Adjutant-General and Quartermaster-General, New Zealand Forces.

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Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1907.

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

Captain RICHARD JOHN SPOTSWOOD SEDDON, New Zealand Militia,

as Staff Officer to the Adjutant-General and Quartermaster-General, New Zealand Forces, and with effect from the 19th December, 1906.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

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Volunteer Officer promoted.

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Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with latter sentence of paragraph 119, General Regulations of the Defence Forces of New Zealand, 1906, of the promotion of the undermentioned officer :—

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Corps.

Surgeon-Captain Philip Oswald Andrew to be Surgeon-Major. Date of commission, 21st January, 1907.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

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Volunteer Officer resigned.

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Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the under-mentioned officer :—

H Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery Volunteers.

Lieutenant Lindo Saul Levien. Date of resignation, 25th October, 1906.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

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Commission of Volunteer Officer cancelled.

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Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1907.

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

Captain FREDERICK BAILEY MUIR, Canterbury Native Rifle Volunteers,

he being absent from the colony without permission, and with effect from 24th August, 1906.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

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Appointment of Additional Members of Local Board of Military Examination (Otago District).

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Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that the undermentioned officers may be included as additional members on the Local Board of Military Examination in the Otago District, and with effect from 27th January, 1907 :—

District Adjutant (ex officio).

Lieutenant-Colonel ARTHUR STONEHAM, 1st Battalion, Otago Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant-Colonel JAMES BOYNE, V.D., 2nd Battalion, Otago Rifle Volunteers.

Captain (Adjutant) JAMES NEILL BARCLAY, 1st Battalion, Otago Rifle Volunteers.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

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Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

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Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th February, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 68, General Regulations of the Defence Forces of New Zealand, 1906, of the following appointment :—

1st Regiment, South Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant John Holwell (Pay- and Quartermaster) to be Honorary Captain. Date of commission, 1st January, 1907.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.