2968
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 92

New Zealand Medical Corps.
William Henry Horton to be Captain. Date of commission, 18th April, 1908.
Mathew Holmes to be Captain. Date of commission, 23rd September, 1908.

ROBERT MCNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th November, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by
Captain (Adjutant) ARTHUR PAUL HARPER, 2nd Battalion, Nelson Infantry Volunteers,
and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List (Unattached), with rank of Captain, and with effect from 12th October, 1908.

ROBERT MCNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th November, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by
Captain WILLIAM FERGUS PATERSON, Geraldine Rifle Volunteers,
and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List (Unattached), with rank of Captain, and with effect from 8th September, 1908.

ROBERT MCNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th November, 1908.

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

Ashburton Rifle Volunteers.
Captain George Daniel Hollis Hefford. Date of resignation, 1st October, 1908.

ROBERT MCNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

30th November to be a Holiday in Celebration of St. Andrew’s Day.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 12th November, 1908.

THE Government offices throughout New Zealand will be closed on Monday, 30th instant, in celebration of St. Andrew’s Day.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration in Boundaries of Borough of Wanganui.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th November, 1908.

PURSUANT to section 118 of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1908,” His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that a petition in accordance with regulations, signed by not less than one-fourth of the electors of the area described in the Schedule hereto, has been presented to him, praying that the said area may be excluded from the County of Waitotara and included in the Borough of Wanganui. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to, or petitions against, the proposed alteration within one month from the first publication of this notice. Such objections or petitions are to be addressed and forwarded to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the County of Waitotara, Blocks III and V, Westmere Survey District, Wellington Land District, comprising Section No. 15 and parts of Sections Nos. 14, 16, 17, 18, and 19, Right Bank, Wanganui; also part of the Town Belt Road and part of the Great North-western Road. Bounded as follows: Commencing at a point on the south-east boundary of Section No. 14, distant 554·7 links from the southernmost corner of that section; thence south-easterly on a bearing of 134° 50′ for a distance of 50 links to the centre of the Town Belt Road; thence north-easterly along the centre of that road to the north-west side of the railway-line; thence north-easterly along the railway-line for a distance of 719·2 links to the easternmost corner of Lot No. 61 on Land Transfer deposited plan No. 258; thence westerly along the northern boundary of the land comprised in the said deposited plan No. 258 to the north-west corner of Lot No. 24 of the said plan; thence south-westerly along the north-western boundary of the said lot to its westernmost corner, being the angle of the road there; thence south-westerly across the said road to its opposite angle; thence south-westerly and south-easterly, following the said road and an old road along the north-western and south-western boundaries of Land Transfer deposited plan No. 543, to the southernmost corner of Lot No. 18 on the said deposited plan; thence continuing southerly along the last-mentioned road to the Virginia Lake, and along the lake to a point due east of the intersection of the north-west side of the last-mentioned road with the north east boundary of Section No. 15, Right Bank, Wanganui; thence due west to the said intersection; thence north-westerly along the north-east boundary of the said Section No. 15 to its northernmost corner; thence south-westerly along the north-western boundary of Section No. 15 to the westernmost corner of that section; thence south-easterly along the south-western boundary of Section No. 15 for a distance of 2285 links to a point about the centre of Peake’s Road; thence south-westerly bearing 243° 11′ for a distance of 46·3 links to the south-west side of Peake’s Road; thence south-easterly along the south-west side of the said road for a distance of 432·3 links; thence south-westerly, south-easterly, and again south-westerly along the south-eastern, north-eastern, and again south-eastern boundaries of the land comprised in Land Transfer deposited plan No. 768 to the westernmost corner of the land comprised in deposited plan No. 268; and thence south-easterly along the south-western boundary of that land to the commencing-point.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th November, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1908,” in favour of the undermentioned persons:—

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.