Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignation of the commissions held by the under-
mentioned officers:-

3rd Regiment, Wellington (Manawatu) Mounted Rifle
Volunteers.
Captain (Adjutant) David Pringle. Date of resignation,
18th March, 1909.

1st Regiment, Otago Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Captain (Adjutant) George William Campbell Macdonald.
Date of resignation, 26th March, 1909.

Huramua Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Honorary Chaplain the Reverend David Ruddock. Date
of resignation, 1st March, 1909.

Marsden Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant George James Rastrick. Date of resignation,
22nd May, 1908.

Napier Guards Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Henry Leonidas Wilson. Date of resignation,
8th March, 1909.

Greymouth Rifle Volunteers.
Captain William Semmens Austin. Date of resignation,
3rd April, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission held by
Captain John Lewis Freeman, No. 2 Company, Wel-
lington 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
30th December, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission held by
Lieutenant-Colonel James Paton Watt, V.D., 1st Regi-
ment, Wellington (West Coast) Mounted Rifle Volun-
teers,
and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List
(Unattached), with rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and with
effect from 1st March, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignation of the commission held by
Captain (Acting-Major) Harry Norman Liardet, 1st
Regiment, Wellington (West Coast) Mounted Rifle
Volunteers,
and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List
(Unattached), with rank of Captain, and with effect from
5th February, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignation of the commission held by
Major Robert Crawford, V.D., 1st Battalion, Otago
Rifle Volunteers,
and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List
(Unattached), with rank of Major, and with effect from
1st March, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignation of the commission held by
Lieutenant Thomas John Hunter, Cust Mounted Rifle
Volunteers,
and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List
(Unattached), with rank of Lieutenant, and with effect
from 21st August, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignation of the commission held by
Captain John Tombleson, East Coast Mounted Rifle
Volunteers,
and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List
(Unattached), with rank of Captain, and with effect from
1st March, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignation of the commission held by
Lieutenant Walter Cuthbert Colee, Christchurch
City Rifle Volunteers,
and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List
(Unattached), with rank of Lieutenant, and with effect from
20th March, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignation of the commission held by
Lieutenant John Buchanan Nichol, North Otago
Mounted Rifle Volunteers,
and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List
(Unattached), with rank of Lieutenant, and with effect
from 1st July, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignation of the commission held by
Captain Alfred Coutts, No. 1 Company, New Zealand
Native Rifle Volunteers,