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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
to raise a sum of £100,000 by way of special loan,
with power to levy a special rate as a guarantee for
payment of interest thereon, and for the creation of
a sinking fund for gradual payment of the said
principal sum, and calling a meeting of the bur-
gesses of the said City, to be held on Monday, the
23rd day of July last, for the purposes therein also
mentioned; and with reference also to the poll of
the said burgesses, taken on the 6th day of August
last, in the manner provided by the 142nd section of
the said Act, after the holding of such meeting as
aforesaid,-I, the undersigned, as Mayor of the
Borough of Wellington, do hereby give you notice
that the result of the said polling was in favour of
the proposal made to borrow the said sum of one
hundred thousand pounds (£100,000) for the pur-
poses and in the manner in the said notification set
forth; and further, that, as such Mayor as aforesaid,
I have declared the resolution in favour of such
proposal to be carried.

This notice is given to you under the 145th
section of the above-mentioned Act.

Dated this 29th day of August, 1877.

WILLIAM HUTCHISON,
Mayor of Wellington.

Clerk of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th August, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOHN JAMES HENRY HALL, Esq.,
to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court for
the District of Tauranga, and Clerk of the Licensing
Courts for the Districts of Tauranga and Te Papa,
vice H. Clarke, Esq.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Justices of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 27th August, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

CHARLES SAMSON, Esq.,
Mayor of Green Island, and
ANDREW DUNLOP, Esq.,
Mayor of Avenal, to be Justices of the Peace under
"The Otago Municipal Corporations Empowering
Act, 1865."

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Member of Licensing Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th August, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

FRANK COURAGE, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Member of the Licensing Courts for the Dis-
tricts of Waipara and Sefton, vice Hugh McIlraith,
Esq., resigned.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th August, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by

JOHN SMITH HICKSON, Esq.,
of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the
colony.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Olerk of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th August, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HENDER LUKE NOBLE CLARKE
to be Clerk at Havelock of the Resident Magistrate's
Court for the District of Blenheim, and Clerk of the
Licensing Courts for the Districts of Pelorus and
Town of Havelock, vice Sergeant M. B. Adams.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Gaolers appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th August, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

Constable WILLIAM CLARK
to be Gaoler of the Prison at Ahaura, from the 1st
ultimo; and

Constable DANIEL LOFTUS
to be Gaoler of the Prison at Kumara, from the
28th instant.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th August, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned promotion and
appointments, viz.,-

In the Auckland Artillery Volunteers.
William Norrie to be Second Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 20th July, 1876.

In the Auckland Scottish Rifle Volunteers.
John Horne to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 24th April, 1877.

In the Greymouth Rangers Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant George Simpson Smith to be Lieu-
tenant. Date of commission, 26th July, 1877.

In the East Taieri Rifle Volunteers.
Robert Donnelly to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 21st February, 1877.
Robert Brown to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 21st February, 1877.

In the No. 1 (City Guards) Dunedin Cadets.
John Wilson to be Captain. Date of commission,
29th August, 1876.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Resignation of Volunteer Officer.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th August, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to accept the resignation of the commission
held by
Captain F. Parkes, Wanganui Rifle Volunteers.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Resignation of Armed Constabulary Officer.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th August, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission held
by
1st Class Sub-Inspector Arthur Algernon Crapp,
New Zealand Armed Constabulary, from the 15th
August, 1877.

DANIEL POLLEN.