1590 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 39

Resignation of Territorial Force Officer.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 1911.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the appointment held by
Captain JOHN THOMAS BOSWORTH,
Active List, as Intelligence Officer to the Auckland Military District, as from the 16th March, 1911.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Honorary Rank of Lieutenant-Colonel conferred on Retired Naval Officer.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 1911.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that the rank of Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel in the Territorial Forces of the Dominion of New Zealand, be conferred upon
Captain HUGH BOSCAWEN
(Retired List H.M. Navy). and with effect from the 17th March, 1911.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Appointments of Imperial Officers to Territorial Force.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 1911.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointments :—

13th (North Canterbury) Regiment.
Major-General Arthur Pole Penton, C.B., C.V.O. (Royal Artillery), to be Honorary Colonel, with effect from the 17th March, 1911.

5th Mounted Rifles (Otago Hussars).
Honorary Major-General James Melville Babington, C.B., C.M.G. (Colonel 16th Lancers), to be Honorary Colonel, with effect from the 17th March, 1911.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Appointments as Honorary Aides-de-Camp to His Excellency the Governor.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 1911.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointments of the undermentioned officers as Honorary Aides-de-Camp to His Excellency the Right Honourable John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, D.S.O., and with effect from the 17th March, 1911 :—

Colonel ROBERT JOSEPH COLLINS, I.S.O., V.D. ;
Colonel WILLIAM ALEXANDER DAY, V.D. ;
Colonel ANDREW HAMILTON RUSSELL ;
Lieutenant-Colonel ROBERT LOGAN ;
Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel HUGH BOSCAWEN.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Disbandment of a Territorial Company.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 1911.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to disband, in accordance with section 6 (b) of the Defence Act, 1909, the
Canterbury Scouts Reserve,
with headquarters at Christchurch, and with effect from 4th May, 1911.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Appointment of P.M. Officer to Canterbury Military District.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 1911.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointment of
Lieutenant-Colonel WALTER RELF PEARLESS, V.D.,
New Zealand Medical Corps (late Principal Medical Officer, Nelson Military District), as Principal Medical Officer to the Canterbury Military District (vice Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Sherbourne Clayton, New Zealand Medical Corps, resigned), and with effect from 1st March, 1911.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Trustees, Wanganui Drill-shed Reserve.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 1911.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under Part V of the Defence Act, 1908, of the appointment of

Captain JAMES MCNAUGHT, 7th Regiment (Wellington West Coast Rifles) ;
Captain HENRY SPENCER GREY HARPER, 7th Regiment (Wellington West Coast Rifles) ;
Captain WILLIAM HENRY CUNNINGHAM, 7th Regiment (Wellington West Coast Rifles) ;
Lieutenant DUNCAN MUNRO, 7th Regiment (Wellington West Coast Rifles),

as Trustees of the Wanganui Drill-shed Reserve. Appointments to date from 5th May, 1911.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Appointments of Trustees of Rifle-range Reserve cancelled.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 1911.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to cancel, under Part V of the Defence Act, 1908, the appointments of trustees to the Charleston Rifle-range Reserve, published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 73, of 3rd August, 1905, as from the 4th day of May, 1911.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Appointments of Trustees of Drill-shed Reserve cancelled.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 1911.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to cancel, under Part V of the Defence Act, 1908, the appointments of trustees to the Lyttelton Drill-shed Reserve, published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 90, of the 19th October, 1905, as from the 4th day of May, 1911.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Officers appointed.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office, Wellington, 27th April, 1911.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments in the Post and Telegraph Department.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Acting Postmaster-General and Minister of Telegraphs.