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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 23

Honorary Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th March, 1909.

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

Wakatu Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

The Reverend Oswald Rousselle Hewlett to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 31st July, 1908.

Colac Bay Rifle Volunteers.

The Reverend Richard Morgan to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 28th December, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Director-General of Veterinary Services.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th March, 1909.

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

Lieutenant-Colonel CHARLES JOHN REAKES, M.R.C.V.S., England, New Zealand Veterinary Corps,

as Director-General of Veterinary Services, with his present rank, and with effect from 1st January, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th March, 1909.

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

Lieutenant WILLIAM FREDERICK SLOMAN, No. 1 Company, Wellington Division, New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteers,

and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List (Unattached), with rank of Lieutenant, and with effect from 9th October, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th March, 1909.

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

Major JOHN STUDHOLME, Staff, 1st Regiment, South Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List (Unattached), with rank of Major, and with effect from 15th December, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th March, 1909.

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

Lieutenant HENRY FRANCIS EDGECUMBE, No. 2 Squadron, Waikato Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List (Unattached), with rank of Lieutenant, and with effect from 15th January, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th March, 1909.

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

Captain MALCOLM DIXON, Ellesmere Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List (Unattached), with rank of Captain, and with effect from 7th August, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th March, 1909.

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

Colonel JOHN ANDERSON GILRUTH, Director-General of Veterinary Services, New Zealand Veterinary Corps,

and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List (Unattached), with rank of Veterinary Colonel, and with effect from 31st December, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th March, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, in accordance with section 45, (a), of “The Defence Act, 1908,” the services of the undermentioned Volunteer corps:—

The Dominion Scouts,

with headquarters at Wellington. Date of acceptance, 11th March, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Trustees, Pukekohe Volunteer Parade-ground Reserve.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th March, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under “The Defence Act, 1908,” of the appointment of

Captain HENRY CHARLES NUTSFORD, Adjutant, 1st Regiment, Auckland Mounted Rifle Volunteers; and Acting-Captain RALPH WYMAN, Pukekohe Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

as Trustees of the Pukekohe Volunteer Parade-ground Reserve, vice Colonel Richard Hutton Davies, C.B., New Zealand Militia, left district; and Captain Richard Robert Martin, Active List (Unattached), resigned. Appointments to date from the 1st February, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Trustee, Dannevirke Rifle Range Reserve.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th March, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under “The Defence Act, 1908,” of the appointment of

Captain FREDERICK ALEXANDER HARRISON, Active List (Unattached),

as a Trustee of the Dannevirke Rifle Range Reserve. Appointment to date from the 1st February, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.