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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 80

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th September, 1907.

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

New Zealand Medical Corps.

John Restell Thomas to be Surgeon-Captain. Date of commission, 24th April, 1907.

John Guthrie to be Surgeon-Captain. Date of commission, 31st July, 1907.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th September, 1907.

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

Honorary Veterinary Lieutenant-Colonel JOHN ANDERSON GILRUTH (Principal Veterinary Officer)

as Veterinary Lieutenant-Colonel, in accordance with paragraph 128, (2), General Regulations of the Defence Forces of New Zealand, 1906, as amended by Warrant published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 12, dated 7th February, 1907. Date of commission, 30th January, 1907.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer (Pay- and Quarter-master) resigned, and appointed Adjutant to Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th September, 1907.

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

Captain FRANK HERBERT SALTER, as Pay- and Quarter-master, 2nd Battalion, North Canterbury Infantry Volunteers,

and to approve of his appointment as Adjutant to the above-mentioned battalion, with rank of Captain, and with effect from 16th August, 1907.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th September, 1907.

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

1st Regiment, Otago Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Captain (Adjutant) William Marshall. Date of resignation, 27th July, 1907.

Greymouth Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Frank Sotheran. Date of resignation, 14th August, 1907.

Dunedin Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Cyril William Birch. Date of resignation, 20th August, 1907.

Waitohi Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Charles Walter Parfitt. Date of resignation, 5th August, 1907.

Active List (Unattached).

Captain Peter Ayson Watt. Date of resignation, 19th August, 1907.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Defence

Volunteer Officer transferred to Active List (Unattached).

Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th September, 1907.

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

Captain JOHN HENRY COLEBOURNE

from the East Coast Mounted Rifle Volunteers to the Active List (Unattached), with his present rank, and with effect from 17th August, 1907.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th September, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

Lieutenant JOHN THOMAS MIDGLEY, No. 1 Company, New Zealand Engineer Volunteers (Canterbury Engineer Volunteers),

he having a total service to 16th August, 1907, entitling him thereto of twenty years one hundred and twelve days.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th September, 1907.

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

Hokianga Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

with headquarters at Waimamaku. Disbandment to date from 20th August, 1907.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Defence.

Government Offices to be closed on 9th October (Labour Day).

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th September, 1907.

THE Government offices throughout New Zealand will be closed on Wednesday, 9th October, 1907, being Labour Day.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

Special Order made by the Waitara West Road Board.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 6th September, 1907.

THE following special order, made by the Waitara West Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

J. G. WARD,
Colonial Treasurer.

SPECIAL ORDER MADE BY THE WAITARA WEST ROAD BOARD.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” the Waitara West Road Board hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £200, authorised to be raised by the Waitara West Road Board, under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of constructing the Davis Road, the said Waitara West Road Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of 5d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Davis Road Special-rating District, comprising Sections 99, 100, 101, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, and 127, all of which are situated in Block XI, Paritutu Survey District; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the 1st day of July in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of forty-one years, or until the loan is fully paid off; and that the interest on such loan is to be paid at the rate of 4 per centum per annum; and that the loan be handed over to the Moa Road Board for expenditure.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly adopted at a special meeting of the Waitara West Road Board held on the 3rd day of July, 1907, and was duly confirmed at a special meeting of the said Board held on the 7th day of August, 1907.

W. B. FUSSELL,
Clerk.