Mar. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 851

Appointment of Trustee, Tuapeka (Lawrence) Volunteer Drill-shed and 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
Acting - Captain JAMES BRYCE MCKINLAY, Tuapeka Mounted Rifle Volunteers,
as a Trustee of the Tuapeka (Lawrence) Volunteer Drill-shed and Parade-ground Reserve, vice William Richard Pearson, Esq., resigned. Appointment to date from the 6th February, 1909.
J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th March, 1909.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 118, General Regulations of the Defence Forces of New Zealand, 1906, of the promotion of the undermentioned officer:-
New Zealand Medical Corps.
Captain Edward Evan Roberts to be Major. Date of commission, 21st February, 1909.
J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th March, 1909.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointments:-
Christ's College Rifle Volunteers.
Leslie Fleetwood Tribe to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1908.
No. 3 Company, Ohinemuri Rifle Volunteers.
William Gardiner to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1908.
Wellington Highland Rifle Volunteers.
George Salier Willis to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 26th November, 1908.
J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th March, 1909.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointment:-
No. 1 Battalion, Otago Defence Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
Robert John Sinclair to be Honorary Colonel. Date of commission, 16th December, 1908.
J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and appointed to Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th March, 1909.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by
Captain PERCY HAWKINS JOHNSON, Amuri Mounted Rifle Volunteers,
and to approve of his appointment as Adjutant to the 2nd Regiment, North Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers, with rank of Captain, and with effect from 24th February, 1909.
J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th March, 1909.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by
Lieutenant CHARLES HERBERT ARMSTRONG, Queen's Rifle Volunteers,
and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List (Unattached), with rank of Lieutenant, and with effect from 23rd November, 1908.
J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Resignation of Trustee, Gisborne Volunteer Drill-shed Reserves.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th March, 1909.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under "The Defence Act, 1908," the resignation of
Captain JOHN TOMBLESON, East Coast Mounted Rifle Volunteers,
as a Trustee of the Gisborne Volunteer Drill-shed Reserves. Date of resignation, 1st March, 1909.
J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Resignations of Trustees, Patumahoe Hall.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th March, 1909.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under "The Patumahoe Hall Site Act, 1878," the resignations of
HEYWOOD CRISPE, Esq., and
WILLIAM THOMAS WRIGHT, Esq., J.P.,
as Trustees of the Patumahoe Hall. Date of resignations, 14th January and 1st March, 1909, respectively.
J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Trustees, Patumahoe Hall.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th March, 1909.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under "The Patumahoe Hall Site Act, 1878," of the appointment of
MELVILL CRISPE, Esq., and
EDWIN COLE CUFF, Esq.,
as Trustees of the Patumahoe Hall, vice Heywood Crispe, Esq., and William Thomas Wright, Esq., J.P., resigned Appointments to date from the 1st March, 1909.
J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Cancellation of Appointments of Trustees, Lyttelton Rifle Range Reserve.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th March, 1909.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to cancel, under "The Defence Act, 1908," the appointments of Trustees to the Lyttelton Rifle Range Reserve, published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 76, of 6th September, 1906, as from 15th March, 1909.
J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

New Zealand Militia Officer's Commission cancelled.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th March, 1909.
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 granted the under-mentioned officer:
New Zealand Militia.
Captain Arthur Gould Singleton Hunt. Date of cancellation of commission, 18th February, 1909.
J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.