16 Transactions. 



Monday morning next at 9 o'clock, provided with spade and pickaxe, to 

 assist at the erection of the battery now in progress, the completion of which 

 has been retarded by the late unfavourable weather." 



The following is a copy of district orders issued in May, 1845 : — 



Wellington Militia. — District Orders. 



Secretary's Office, Wellington, May 26, 1845. 

 By virtue of a commission issued by His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, 

 dated April 10, 1845, appointing me Major in command of the Wellington Battalion 

 of Militia, I hereby assume command of the troops stationed in the southern districts 

 of New Zealand. 



Captain Russel, of the 58th Regiment, will take charge of and direct the detail 

 of the garrison of Wellington. 



Captain Wakefield will take charge of and direct the detail of the Wellington 

 Battalion of Militia. 



Captain Baker will take charge of and direct the detail of the Mounted Volunteer 

 Corps when organized. 



Lieutenant Rush, of the 58th Regiment, will hold the local rank of Captain in 

 this division of the colony, to bear date the 10th April, 1845. 



His Excellency the Governor having been pleased to appoint the undermentioned 

 gentlemen to commissions in the Wellington Battalion of Militia, they are posted to 

 companies as follows : — 



No. I Company : Captain William Wakefield, Lieutenant Charles Sharp, Ensign 



Nathaniel Levin. 

 No. II Company : Captain David Stark Durie, Lieutenant Hugh Ross, Ensign 



George Hunter. 

 No. Ill Company : Captain George Compton, Lieutenant James Watt, Ensign 



Edward Abbott. 

 No. IV Company : Captain John Dorset, Lieutenant Robert Park, Ensign George 

 Moore ; Ensign Samuel Edward Grimston to be Aide-de-Camp to the Major 

 commanding. 

 Captain Arthur Edward Macdonogh, Adjutant. Quartermaster, Alfred Horn- 

 brook. 

 On the alarm being given, the troops will assemble at the following places :— 

 The detachment of the 58th Regiment will fall back upon Thorndon Fort. 

 No. 1 Company of Militia will assemble at Thorndon Fort. 



The detachment of the 96th Regiment will fall in under arms at the Barracks, 

 Te Aro, when they will be joined by No. 2 Company. 



No. 3 Company will proceed to Fort Richmond, on the Hutt, and join the detach- 

 ment of the 58th Regiment stationed there, under the command of Captain Rush. 

 No. 4 Company and the Cavalry will assemble in front of Thorndon Fort. 

 The Captains of Nos. 1 and 2 Companies will enrol the names of any volunteers 

 who are desirous of giving their aid in case of emergency, and station them within the 

 forts of Thorndon and Te Aro, for their defence, to render as many men of their 

 companies as possible available to resist any attack. that may be made upon the town. 

 The companies of the Militia stationed in the town of Wellington will patrol every 

 morning from 5 o'clock till 7 o'clock a.m. No. 1 in the district from Thorndon Flat 

 to the station of the 58th Regiment ; No. 4 from Kumutoto Stream to Thorndon Flat ; 

 No. 2 frjm Te Aro Flat to Kumutoto Stream. 



These patrols will consist of a non-commissioned officer and four men, and will 

 move in the rear of the town. 



The detachments of the 58th and 96th Regiments will protect the flanks, and 

 patrol at the same hours, the former in the direction of Wade's Town, the latter towards 

 the signal-station and Evans Bay. 



The Cavalry Corps, when formed, will patrol the roads leading to Karori, Porirua, 

 and Petoni. 



A guard of the Militia consisting of a sergeant, corporal, and twelve men will mount 

 daily at Thorndon Fort. The companies of Militia will assemble at their private parades 

 for exercise every morning at 8 o'clock, and 4 in the afternoon, until further orders. 

 Definite instructions have not yet been received relative to the pay of the Militia, 

 but for the present it will be the same as the non-commissioned officers and piivates 

 of the line. Those working at the batteries between the hours of drill mil be allowed 

 lOd. a day extra. 



The Militia volunteer for three months, or 28 days. 



(Signed) M. Richmond, Major Commanding. 



