MAR. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1069

Medical Officer, New Zealand Permanent Force (Auckland), appointed.

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Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th March, 1907.

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

New Zealand Permanent Force (Auckland).

Harry Charles Bennett to be Surgeon-Captain whilst acting as Medical Officer to the Permanent Force, Auckland. Date of commission, 13th September, 1906.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

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Volunteer Officers appointed.

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Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th March, 1907.

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

A Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery Volunteers.

William Livingstone Hatchwell Burgess to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 5th December, 1906.

Raglan Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

William James McCracken to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 5th December, 1906.

Christchurch City Guards Rifle Volunteers.

Edwin Frederick Sandford to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 5th December, 1906.

No. 1 Company, Thames Rifle Volunteers.

Frederick Michael Syms to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 5th December, 1906.

Christchurch Volunteer Cycle Corps.

Herbert Edwin Moore to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 5th December, 1906.

Canterbury Native Rifle Volunteers.

William Joseph Francis Barnett to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 5th December, 1906.

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Corps.

John William Anderson, M.D., to be Surgeon-Captain. Date of commission, 12th February, 1907.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

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Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

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Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th March, 1907.

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

Gisborne Rifle Volunteers.

The Reverend Henry Nelson Wright to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 23rd November, 1906.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

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Volunteer Officer transferred.

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Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th March, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 84A, General Regulations of the Defence Forces of New Zealand, 1906, of the transfer of

Captain JOHN PETER OAKES

from the Active List (Unattached), New Zealand Volunteers, to the Divisional Staff of the New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteers (Lyttelton District), as Adjutant, with rank of Captain, and with effect from 11th February, 1907.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

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Volunteer Officer resigned, and posted to Retired List, with step in Rank.

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Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th March, 1907.

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

Surgeon-Major RICHARD BOWEN HOGG, V.D., New Zealand Volunteer Medical Corps,

and to approve that he be posted to the Retired List, with rank of Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel, and with effect from 6th February, 1907.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

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Volunteer Officers resigned.

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Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th March, 1907.

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

New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteer Divisional Staff (Wellington).

Captain (Adjutant) Augustus Samuel Biss. Date of resignation, 1st February, 1907.

Tauranga Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant John Mackintosh Roberts, jun. Date of resignation, 9th October, 1906.

Rodney Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant William Harold Marsh. Date of resignation, 22nd January, 1907.

Te Puke Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Frank Bostock. Date of resignation, 10th December, 1906.

Wellington Highland Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Archibald Gower Burns. Date of resignation, 4th February, 1907.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

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Headquarters of Mounted Rifle Volunteer Corps transferred.

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Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th March, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that the headquarters of the

Mangakahia Mounted Rifle Volunteers

be transferred from Oruoru to Mangatapere, and with effect from 1st March, 1907.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

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Volunteer Corps disbanded.

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Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th March, 1907.

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

East Taieri Rifle Volunteers,

with headquarters at Mosgiel. Disbandment to date from 31st December, 1906.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

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Defence Rifle Cadet Corps disbanded.

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Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th March, 1907.

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

Masterton Defence Rifle Cadet Volunteers,

with headquarters at Masterton. Disbandment to date from 7th January, 1907.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.