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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 2

the Wellington Military District, vice Brevet-Colonel William Holden Webb, New Zealand Militia, appointed Secretary to the Council of Defence, New Zealand Forces, and with effect from 19th December, 1906.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Officer Commanding Otago Military District (with Rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, New Zealand Militia) appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th December, 1906.

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

JOHN EDWARD HAWKINS, V.D. (formerly Lieutenant-Colonel, No. 2 Regiment, Otago Mounted Rifle Volunteers),

as Officer Commanding the Canterbury Military District (with rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the New Zealand Militia), vice Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Bauchop, C.M.G., N.Z.M., appointed Officer Commanding Wellington Military District, and with effect from 19th December, 1906.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Adjutant, Wellington Military District, resigned, and appointed Officer Commanding Nelson Military District.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1906.

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

Major LEWIS JOHN JOYCE, N.Z.M.,

as Adjutant to the Wellington Military District, and to approve of his appointment as Officer Commanding the Nelson Military District, with his present rank, vice Lieutenant-Colonel George Cecil Burleigh Wolfe, N.Z.M., appointed Officer Commanding the Auckland Military District, and with effect from 19th December, 1906.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

New Zealand Militia Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th December, 1906.

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

New Zealand Militia.

Lieutenant Thomas William McDonald to be Captain. Date of commission, 19th December, 1906.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Adjutant, Wellington Military District, appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th December, 1906.

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

Captain THOMAS WILLIAM MCDONALD, N.Z.M.,

as Adjutant to the Wellington Military District, vice Major Lewis John Joyce, N.Z.M., appointed Officer Commanding Nelson Military District, and with effect from 19th December, 1906.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

New Zealand Militia Honorary Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th January, 1907.

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

New Zealand Militia.

Lieutenant Ernest Valentine Sanderson (Quartermaster), Fifth New Zealand Contingent, to be Honorary Captain, and with effect from 16th June, 1900.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st December, 1906.

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

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Corps.

Arthur Thomas Scott to be Surgeon-Captain. Date of commission, 20th November, 1906.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st December, 1906.

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

Takaka Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

The Reverend Alexander Henry Heron to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 22nd October, 1906.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th December, 1906.

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

No. 2 Regiment, Otago Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant-Colonel John Edward Hawkins, V.D. Date of resignation, 18th December, 1906.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and appointed to Mounted Corps.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th December, 1906.

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

Pay- and Quarter-master (Lieutenant) CHARLES WATSON HARRIS, No. 4 Regiment, Auckland Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve of his appointment as Pay- and Quarter-master to No. 1 Regiment, Auckland Mounted Rifle Volunteers, with rank of Lieutenant, and with effect from 12th October, 1906.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned from Mounted Rifle Corps, and appointed to New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th December, 1906.

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

Lieutenant (Pay- and Quarter-master) DONALD WILLIAM BODLE, No. 1 Regiment, Auckland Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve of his appointment, under paragraph 84, (a), General Regulations of the Defence Forces of New Zealand, 1906, as Lieutenant to the No. 1 Company, New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteers (Auckland Naval Artillery Volunteers), and with effect from 24th August, 1906.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th January, 1907.

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

Lieutenant WILLIAM HUDSON SCOON, Waitaki Mounted Rifle 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 29th November, 1906.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.