MAY 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1509

No. 8 Company, New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteers
(Ponsonby Naval Artillery Volunteers).

Thomas Walter Vaughan to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 6th March, 1907.

Ashburton Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Harold Ernest Blunden to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 5th December, 1906.

Dunedin Highland Rifle Volunteers.

Alexander Macdonald to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 6th March, 1907.

College Rifle Volunteers (Auckland).

Charles Darwin Cooke to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 6th March, 1907.

Ashburton Guards Rifle Volunteers.

William McAllister to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 6th March, 1907.

Stratford Rifle Volunteers.

William David Anderson to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 6th March, 1907.

King's Rifle Volunteers.

Edward Vine to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 6th March, 1907.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1907.

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

North Dunedin Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Henry Longworth. Date of resignation, 6th April, 1907.

Sydenham Rifle Volunteers.

Captain Winter Amos Hall. Date of resignation, 19th March, 1907.

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.

Surgeon-Captain James Moir. Date of resignation, 6th March, 1907.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1907.

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

Lieutenant JOHN LAMBERT, Hunter ville 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 26th March, 1907.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1907.

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

Captain THOMAS HERBERT STEADMAN, Whangarei 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 11th March, 1907.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1907.

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

Captain WILLIAM HOBBS, Hutt Valley 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 25th March, 1907.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Assistant Adjutant-General, Auckland Military District.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1907.

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

Captain ROBERT CARPENTER, New Zealand Militia,

as Assistant Adjutant-General to the Auckland Military District, with effect from the 1st day of April, 1907.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Services of Rifle Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under section 39, (1), of “The Defence Act, 1886,” the services of the

Johnsonville Rifle Volunteers,

with headquarters at Johnsonville, Wellington. Acceptance to date from the 13th day of May, 1907.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Services of Defence Rifle Cadet Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1907.

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

No. 2 Company, Auckland Grammar School Rifle Cadet Volunteers,

with headquarters at Auckland. Date of acceptance, 27th April, 1907.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Cadet Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1907.

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

Manawatu Defence Rifle Cadet Volunteers,

with headquarters at Palmerston North. Disbandment to date from the 30th April, 1907.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.