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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 98

Trustee of a Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th November, 1909.

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

Lieutenant THOMAS ALFRED PATERSON, Hampden Rifle Volunteers,

as a Trustee of the Hampden Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve. Date of resignation, 28th September, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th November, 1909.

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

Hamilton Rifle Cadet Volunteers.

James Lawrence Oliphant Rowe to be Captain. Date of commission, 1st September, 1909.

Auckland Division of New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteers.

The Reverend Henry Francis Holbrook to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 7th October, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th November, 1909.

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

Major WILLIAM ATHERTON BENNETT, 4th Regiment, Auckland Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List (Unattached), with rank of Major, and with effect from 1st October, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th November, 1909.

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

Lieutenant EDGAR LACEY, No. 2 Company, New Zealand Engineer Volunteers (Dunedin Engineer Volunteers),

and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List (Unattached), with rank of Lieutenant, and with effect from 1st November, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Services of a Defence Rifle Cadet Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th November, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, in accordance with section 106 (3) of “The Defence Act, 1908,” the services of the undermentioned Defence rifle cadet Volunteer corps:—

St. Anne’s Rifle Cadet Volunteers,

with headquarters at Wellington South. Date of acceptance, 18th November, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th November, 1909.

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

Captain (Pay- and Quarter-master) JOSEPH C. SPINLEY, Auckland Division of New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteers,

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Appointment of a Forest Conservator for the Management of Portion of a State Forest Reserve in the Canterbury Land District.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 5th November, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pursuance of sections 12 and 14 of “The State Forests Act, 1908,” to appoint

The CHAIRMAN of the Ashburton County Council, ex officio,

to be a Conservator of State Forests, and to have the management of the undermentioned portion of a State forest:—

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 58 acres, more or less, being part of State Forest Reserve 3315 (in red), situated in Block VIII, Hutt Survey District. Bounded towards the south-east generally by a public road fronting Reserve No. 3743 (in red), by the said Reserve No. 3743, by Rural Section No. 2871, by Reserve No. 2713 (in red), and by Rural Section No. 13617, to Pudding Hill Stream; thence towards the west generally by said Pudding Hill Stream to a right line bearing S. 51°35′ W. from road traverse peg vi on the western boundary of Reserve No. 3743 aforesaid; and thence towards the north-west by the said right line to the road forming the western boundary of said Reserve No. 3743: excepting from the above-described area a public road 100 links wide: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 5335/5, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon coloured pink.

J. G. WARD,
Commissioner of State Forests.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 16th November, 1909.

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

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Special Order made by the Spring Creek Road Board, County of Marlborough.

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

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

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.