May 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1411

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th May, 1909.

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

Reefton Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Francis Collings. Date of resignation, 6th April, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and posted to Reserve of Medical Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th May, 1909.

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

Surgeon-General Sidney Skerman, V.D. (Director-General of Medical Services), New Zealand Medical Corps,

and to approve, in accordance with paragraph 120 (1), General Regulations of the Defence Forces of New Zealand, 1906, that his name be placed on the Reserve of Medical Officers, New Zealand Medical Corps, with rank of Surgeon-General, and with effect from 1st April, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th May, 1909.

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

Captain Duncan Robertson Menzies, 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 Captain, and with effect from 8th April, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th May, 1909.

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

Captain Charles George Foster, No. 1 Company, Canterbury 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 1st April, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th May, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration to

Lieutenant Owen Pleasants, Manchester Rifle Volunteers,

he having a total rank and commissioned service to 5th April, 1909, entitling him thereto of twenty years and thirty-nine days.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th May, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

Lieutenant Percy Beaumont Greenhough, No. 1 Company, Auckland Division, New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteers,

he having a total service to 28th February, 1909, entitling him thereto of twenty years one hundred and forty-two days.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Headquarters of Mounted Rifle Volunteers transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th May, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that the headquarters of the Rodney Mounted Rifle Volunteers be transferred from “Warkworth” to “Matakana,” and with effect from 21st April, 1909.”

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Resignation of Appointment of Trustee, Wellington Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th May, 1909.

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

Colonel William Holden Webb, New Zealand Militia,

as a Trustee of the Wellington Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve. Date of resignation, 6th April, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Special Order made by the Moa Road Board, County of Taranaki.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 19th May, 1909.

THE following special order, made by the Moa Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1908.”

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

MOA ROAD BOARD.

Special Order in re £50 Loan for Mana Road.

THAT, in pursuance of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” this Board is authorised, by consent of the ratepayers interested, to raise a loan of £50 for the purpose of rebuilding a bridge across the Mako Stream, Mana Road, such loan to be for a period of twenty-six years, at 4½ per cent., and to strike as security for such loan a special rate of 1/3d. in the pound over the following lands: Sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 19, 20, Block VII, Huiroa, which are hereby constituted the Mana Road No. 2 Special-rating District; that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the 1st day of January in each and every year during the currency of such loan, or until the loan is fully paid off; to pay out of such loan the cost of raising it.

I certify that the above special order was duly passed, in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1908,” at a special meeting of the Moa Road Board held on Saturday, the 20th day of February, 1909, and confirmed at a subsequent meeting of the said Board held on Saturday, the 17th day of April, 1909.

W. OGIER,
Clerk of the Moa Road Board,

17th April, 1909.