1922
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 56.

Registrar of Brands appointed.—Notice No. 1215.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 14th July, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

RUPERT GEORGE FREDERICK FOUNTAIN

to be Registrar of Brands for the Dunedin Branding Registration District in terms of “The Stock Act, 1893,” vice J. E. Thomson, retired; the appointment to date from 16th July, 1908.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister for Agriculture.

Appointment of an Assistant Inspector in Hospitals Department.

Department of Hospitals and Charitable Aid,
Wellington, 13th July, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

MISS AMELIA BAGLEY

to be an Assistant Inspector in the Department of Hospitals and Charitable Aid.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Minister for Hospitals and Charitable Aid.

Volunteer Officers promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th July, 1908.

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

1st Regiment, North Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Captain (Acting-Major) John Deans, jun., to be Major. Date of commission, 4th December, 1907.

Masterton Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant John Charles McKillop to be Captain. Date of commission, 4th March, 1908.

ROBERT MCNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th July, 1908.

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

No. 5 Company, New Zealand Engineer Volunteers (Wellington Engineer Volunteers).

William Edmund Fitzgerald to be Lieutenant. Date of appointment, 4th December, 1907.

ROBERT MCNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th July, 1908.

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

Malvern Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Captain John Deans, jun. Date of resignation, 18th May, 1908.

ROBERT MCNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and appointed to Battalion Staff.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th July, 1908.

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

Captain ROBERT MACARTNEY, Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve of his appointment on the staff of the 1st Regiment, North Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers, as Adjutant, with rank of Captain, and with effect from 14th June, 1908.

ROBERT MCNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Intelligence Officer, Otago Military District.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th July, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 27, General Regulations of the Defence Forces of New Zealand, 1906, of the appointment of

Captain CROSBY MORRIS, Active List (Unattached),

as Intelligence Officer for the Otago Military District, and with effect from 9th June, 1908.

ROBERT MCNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and posted to Active List (Unattached).

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th July, 1908.

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

Captain (Adjutant) ROBERT WILLIAM SWINDLEY, Otago Division, New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteers,

and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List (Unattached), with rank of Captain, and with effect from 18th June, 1908.

ROBERT MCNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer’s Commission cancelled.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th July, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 65, General Regulations of the Defence Forces of New Zealand, 1906, of the cancellation of the commission held by

Honorary Chaplain the Reverend ARTHUR DOWRICK BEAVEN, Orepuki Rifle Volunteers,

and with effect from 20th June, 1908.

ROBERT MCNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Services of Rifle Cadet Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th July, 1908.

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

C Company, Invercargill Boys’ High School Rifle Cadet Volunteers,

with headquarters at Invercargill. Date of acceptance, 1st May, 1908.

ROBERT MCNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Headquarters of Mounted Rifle Volunteer Corps transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th July, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that the headquarters of the 2nd Regiment, Auckland Mounted Rifle Volunteers, be transferred from “Cambridge” to “Hamilton,” and with effect from 23rd June, 1908.

ROBERT MCNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Cadet Volunteer Battalion (Auckland Military District) disbanded, and re-formed into Two Battalions.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th July, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to disband, as from the 9th day of March, 1908, the No. 1 Battalion, Auckland Defence Rifle Cadet Volunteers, approved by His Excellency on the 20th February, 1905; and also to approve, under clause 6, (1), “The Defence Act, 1886,” of the undermentioned corps in the Auckland Military District being formed into two battalions of Defence Rifle Cadet Volunteers, under the several designations