Aug. 4.]

Shorthand-writer and Typistc appointed.

Crown Law Office,
Wellington, 28th July, 1910.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
Miss MARY LUCINDA RICHARDSON
to be a Shorthand-writer and Typiste in the Crown Law Office. Appointment to date from Ist July, 1910.
JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Attorney-General.

Visitor of School for the Deaf, Sumner.

Education Department,
Wellington, 27th July, 1910.

IT is hereby notified for public information that Mr. FREDERICK J. BOARD
is an Honorary Visitor of the School for the Deaf, Sumner, Christchurch.
GEO. FOWLDS,
Minister of Education.

Territorial Force Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th July, 1910.

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

Active List (Unattached).
Frank Archdall Raymond to be Captain. Date of commission, 16th March, 1910.

D Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery.,
Henry Esau Avery to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 16th March, 1910.

Wellington Guards Rifles.
Reginald Langdale Evatt to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 1st June, 1910.
J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Territorial Force Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th July, 1910.

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

New Zealand Medical Corps.
James Sands Elliott to be Captain. Date of commission, 12th July, 1910. Albert Henderson, M.D., to be Captain. Date of commission, 22nd July, 1910.

Kaitangata Rifles.
The Reverend John Charles Small to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 4th July, 1910.

St. Vincent Rifle Cadets.
The Reverend Charles Joseph Venning to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 18th July, 1910.

South Canterbury Battalion of Infantry.
George Daniel Hollis Hefford to be Pay- and Quartermaster, with rank as Honorary Captain. Date of commission, 16th March, 1910.

Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry.
Percy Acton-Adams to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 16th March, 1910.

Colac Bay Rifles.
Simon James Stuart Coupar to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 16th March, 1910.

Ellesmere Mounted Rifles.
Herbert Harold Hammond to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 16th March, 1910.

Canterbury Mounted Rifles.
William Hawkins to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 16th March, 1910.

Maniototo Mounted Rifles.
William Kerr to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 16th March, 1910.

Dunedin Highland Rifles.
Kenneth McKenzie Melville to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 16th March, 1910.

Dunedin City Guards Rifles.
Odin Henry Moller to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 16th March, 1910.

Colac Bay Rifles.
Joseph McLauchlan to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 16th March, 1910.

Ellesmere Mounted Rifles.
Henry Frank Penlington to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 16th March, 1910.

No. 1 Company, Canterbury Division, New Zealand Garrison Artillery.
Ernest Claude Rawnsley to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 16th March, 1910.

Geraldine Rifles.
Edwin John Twigg to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 16th March, 1910.

No. 2 Company, Canterbury Division, New Zealand Garrison Artillery.
John Percy Edwin Veale to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 16th March, 1910.

Johnsonville Rifles.
Stephen Glanville Cowles to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 1st June, 1910.
J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Territorial Force Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th July, 1910.

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

Canterbury Native Rifles.
Lieutenant Ernest Elgood Crawshaw. Date of resignation, 19th April, 1910.

Wairoa Mounted Rifles.
Captain William James Davis. Date of resignation, 20th April, 1910.

Timaru City Rifles.
Lieutenant David Brown. Date of resignation, 13th July, 1910.
J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Territorial Force Officers promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th July, 1910.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the promotion of the undermentioned officers:

Active List (Unattached).
Captain Edward Page to be Major. Date of commission, 3rd December, 1909.

4th Battalion, Wellington (Taranaki) Rifles.
Captain (Adjutant) Felix Templeman Bellringer to be Major. Date of commission, 7th July, 1910.
J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.