8306 THE LONDON GAZETTE, DECEMBER 7, 1900.

The following appointments to the Staff of the The temporary rank of Second Lieutenant in Lines of Communication made in South Africa the Army, granted to the undermentioned Officers are confirmed:— whilst serving with in South Lieutenant (now Captain) F. F. Duff us, Army Africa, is antedated to 24th March, 1900 :— Service Corps, is graded as a Staff Captain Second Lieutenant (now Lieutenant) W. H. whilst an Embarking Staff Officer,, from 9th Milligan, the (the Prince of . October, 1899, to 9th March, 1900. Wales's). Lieutenant (now Captain) P. G. W. Eckford, the Second Lieutenant (now Lieutenant) H. R. Ay ton, Royal Irish Rifles, is graded as a Deputy- the Antrim Artillery. Assistant Adjutant-General whilst Press Censor The undermentioned Officers (temporary Second at Durban, from 9th October, 1899, to 14th Lieutenants) are granted the temporary rank of February, 1900* Lieutenant in the Army whilst serving with Royal N. A. D. Barton, the Connaught Rangers, Artillery in South Africa: — is graded as a Deputy-Assistant Adjutant- Lieutenant W. H. Milligan, the Donegal Artillery General whilst in charge of the Base Supply (the Prince of Wales's). Dated 4th July, Dep&t, Durban. Dated 1st October, 1900. 1900. ' School of Submarine Mining, Lieutenant G. E. J. Lieutenant J. C. Fullerton, the Donegal Artillery Durnford, , is confirmed in the (the Prince of Wales's). Dated 31st August, appointment of an Assistant-Instructor. Dated 1900. 3rd February, 1900. Lieutenant H. R. Ayton, the Antrim Artillery. Army Pay Department, Lieutenant E. G. Lees, Dated 28th September, 1900. from Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Lieutenant R. H. O'D. Patergon, the Antrim Berkshire Regiment), is permanently appointed Artillery. Dated 28th September, 1900. to the Army Pay Department, with the sub- stantive rank of Captain in the Army. Dated RESERVE OF OFFICERS. 10th November, 1899. Lieutenant J. H. Galbraith (Captain 3rd Volun- teer Battalion the Highland Light Infantry) BREVET. resigns his Commission. Dated 8th December, Major and Brevet Lieutenant- S. C. F. 1900. Peile, Indian Staff Corps, to be Colonel. Dated Second Lieutenant G. M. De V. Beauclerk to be 10th August, 1898. Lieutenant. Dated 8th December, 1900. Captain A. H. Lee, Royal Artillery, to be Major. Dated 8th December, 1900. ARMY MEDICAL RESERVE OF. Half-Fay, Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel OFFICERS. Charles O. Hore, from the South Staffordshire Surgeon-Major A. Kinsey Morgan resigns his Regiment, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated Commission. Dated 8th December, 1900. 8th December, 1900. MEMORANDA. Lieutenant-Colonel U. G. C. de Burgh, tempo- THE GROTTO HOME FOR WORKING lary Assistant-Inspector of Remounts, is granted BOYS, 55, PADDINGTON STREET, W. the substantive rank of Colonel in the Army. THE Secretary of State for the Home Depart- Dated 24th November, 1900. ment hereby gives notice that he has certified Lieutenant-Colonel Henry L. Aylmtr, Camp the premises, No. 55, Paddington-street, Maryle- Commandant, South Africa, retires on retired bone, W., as an Auxiliary Home in connection pay. Dated 8th December, 1900. with the Boys' Home Industrial School, Regent's . The temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in Park-road, Primrose Hill, N.W., for the recep- the Army, granted to the undermentioned Officers tion of such children, not exceeding forty in whilst serving with Royal Artillery in South number, as may be sent thereto from time to time, Africa, is antedated to 24th March, 1900 :— in pursuance of " The Industrial Schools Act, Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel E. T. 1865," such number (40) not to be exceeded when Pottinger, the Antrim Artillery. both voluntary and committed cases are included. Lieutenant-Colonel H. P. Ditmas, the Durham Whitehall, December 5, 1900. Artillery. —— GORDON HOUSE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL Major G. E. Elmitt, the Antrim Artillery, is FOR GIRLS, ISLEWORTH. granted the temporary rank of Major in the Army THE Secretary of State for the Home Depart- whilst serving with Royal Artillery in South ment hereby gives notice that he has certified the Africa. Dated 24th March, 1900. above-named School as fitted for the reception of The temporary rank of Captain in the Army, such children, not exceeding seventy in number, granted to the undermentioned Officers whilst as may be sent thereto from time to time, in pur- serving with Royal Artillery in South Africa, is suance of "The Industrial Schools Act, 1866." antedated to 24th March, 1900 :— Whitehall, December 5, 1900. Captain and Honorary Major W. B. Reed, the Donegal Artillery (the Prince of Wales'?). Captain F. H. Crawford, the Donegal Artillery (the Prince of Wales's). WILD BIRD (ENGLAND). Captain W. A. Allpress, the Antrim Artillery. The Wild Birds Protection (County of Bedford) Order, 1900. The temporary rank of Lieutenaut in the Aimy, Dated 4th December, 1900. granted to Lieutenant (now Captain) L. F. Allan, the Donegal Artillery (the Prince of Wales's), IN pursuance of the powers conferred on me whilst serving with Royal Artillery in South by the Wild Birds Protection Acts, 1880 to 1896, Africa, is antedated to 24th March, 1900. and upon application by the County Council of the Captain L. F. Allan, the Donegal Artillery Administrative Couuty of Bedford, I hereby (the Prince of Wales's), is granted the temporary make the following Order :— rank of Captain in the Army whilst serving with Title. Royal Artillery in South Africa. Dated 6th I. This Order may be cited as the .Wild Birds June, 1900. Protection (County of Bedford) Order, 1900.