Oct. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2721

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd October, 1908.

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

No. 1 Company, New Zealand Engineer Volunteers (Canterbury Engineer Volunteers).
Harold Gladstone Bradley to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd September, 1908.
Walter Edward Kiddey to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd September, 1908.

Bruce Rifle Volunteers.
Gilbert Simpson to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 3rd June, 1908.

New Zealand Medical Corps.
Joseph Patrick Frengley to be Captain. Date of commission, 28th September, 1908.
ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed to Active List (Unattached).

Defence Office.
Wellington, 23rd October, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointment of
D'Arcy Haggitt (formerly Lieutenant, Pay- and Quarter-master, Divisional Staff, Otago Garrison Artillery Volunteers)
as Lieutenant on the Active List (Unattached), and with effect from 8th January, 1908.
ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer transferred from Active List (Unattached) to Divisional Staff (Auckland), New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteers.

Defence Office.
Wellington, 19th October, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the transfer of
Major George Warren Shaw Patterson
from the Active List (Unattached) to the Divisional Staff (Auckland), New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteers, with rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and with effect from 1st August, 1908.
ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer transferred from Active List (Unattached) to Regimental Staff, Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Defence Office.
Wellington, 19th October, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the transfer of
Captain Henry Charles Nuttsford
from the Active List (Unattached) to the Regimental Staff, 1st Auckland Mounted Rifle Volunteers, as Adjutant, with rank of Captain, and with effect from 5th October, 1908.
ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and appointed to Regimental Staff, Mounted Rifle Volunteers, with Step in Rank.

Defence Office.
Wellington, 19th October, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by
Captain George Clark-Walker, Marsden Mounted Rifle Volunteers,
and to approve of his appointment to the Staff of 3rd Regiment, Auckland Mounted Rifle Volunteers, with rank of Major, and with effect from 14th September, 1908.
ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd October, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by
Captain George Henry Forbes, No. 2 Company (Auckland 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 29th September, 1908.
ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th October, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by
Lieutenant Allen Scott Orbell, Otago Hussar Volunteers,
and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List (Unattached), with rank of Lieutenant, and with effect from 23rd September, 1908.
ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th October, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by
Captain Robert Candlish Allen, Piako Mounted Rifle Volunteers,
and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List (Unattached), with rank of Captain, and with effect from 24th September, 1908.
ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Notice respecting Raffles, &c., under "The Gaming Act, 1908."

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th October, 1908.

THE following section of "The Gaming Act, 1908," is published for general information:—
"42. (1.) If any person being the owner of any painting, drawing, sculpture, or other work of art, or literature, or mineral specimens, or mechanical models. applies to the Minister of Internal Affairs for permission to dispose of the same by raffle or chance, the said Minister may, if he thinks fit, grant a license for that purpose, subject to such conditions and restrictions as he thinks right to impose.
(2.) If such conditions and restrictions are complied with. the provisions of this Act, or any other law for the time being in force relating to gaming and lotteries, shall not apply to such owner or to any other persons who may be bona fide concerned in such transaction."
The words "or other work of art" in the above extract are held to mean articles of the nature of paintings, drawings, or sculptures. No articles exc-pt those mentioned in any license granted by the Minister of Internal Affairs shall be disposed of by raffle or chance, either as gifts to prize-winners or on any other pretext.
A copy of each license granted by the Minister will be sent to the Police, in order that proceedings may be taken in the event of any infringement of the Act.
JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs