APRIL 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1249

1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Volunteers (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own).

Captain Alfred Bartlett to be Major. Date of commission, 5th December, 1906.

College Rifle Volunteers (Auckland).

Lieutenant Thomas Henry Dawson to be Captain. Date of commission, 5th December, 1906.

ROBERT McNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1907.

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

No. 9 Company, N.Z.G.A.V. (Devonport Coastguard Artillery Volunteers).

Henry Stanley Morran to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 5th December, 1906.

Auckland Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

John Potter to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 5th December, 1906.

Millerton Rifle Volunteers.

Joseph William O’Brien to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 5th September, 1906.

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Corps.

Francis Arnot Bett to be Surgeon-Captain. Date of commission, 23rd February, 1907.

Walter Hugh Pearless to be Surgeon-Captain. Date of commission, 23rd February, 1907.

ROBERT McNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and appointed to Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1907.

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

Captain ROBERT WILLIAM STILES, Nelson Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve of his appointment as Adjutant to the 1st Battalion, Nelson Infantry Volunteers, with rank of Captain, and with effect from 28th February, 1907.

ROBERT McNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1907.

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

Captain CHARLES WOOD, Kaikoura 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 6th March, 1907.

ROBERT McNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1907.

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

D Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery Volunteers.

Lieutenant Charles Edward Carter. Date of resignation, 28th February, 1907.

No. 2 Company, N.Z.E.V. (Dunedin Engineer Volunteers).

Lieutenant James Butler Flynn. Date of resignation, 6th March, 1907.

Wanganui Highland Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Norman Graham Armstrong. Date of resignation, 11th March, 1907.

ROBERT McNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Services of Defence Rifle Cadet Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under section 17, (3), “The Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900,” the services of the undermentioned Defence rifle cadet Volunteer corps:—

No. 2 Company, King’s College Rifle Cadet Volunteers, with headquarters at Auckland. Date of acceptance, 5th March, 1907.

ROBERT McNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Services of Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under clause 15 of “The Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900,” the services of the

Tuparoa Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Tuparoa. Acceptance to date from 22nd March, 1907.

ROBERT McNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Club disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the disbandment of the undermentioned Defence rifle club:—

Kawhia Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Kawhia. Date of disbandment, 1st April, 1907.

ROBERT McNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Designation of Artillery Cadet Volunteer Corps changed to Rifle Cadet Volunteers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that the designation of the “Waitaki High School Naval Artillery Cadet Volunteers” be changed to “No. 1 Company, Waitaki High School Rifle Cadet Volunteers,” and with effect from 18th March, 1907.

ROBERT McNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration to

Surgeon-Captain CHARLES GEORGE WATSON, New Zealand Volunteer Medical Corps,

he having a total rank and commissioned service to 25th May, 1878, entitling him thereto of twenty-one years two hundred and thirty-nine days.

ROBERT McNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.