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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Corporations Act, 1876,' be pledged as security for
such loan:" And afterwards, to wit, on the 26th
day of November, 1877, at a public meeting called in
pursuance of section 141 of the said Act, for the
purpose of considering the said proposal, the following
resolution was duly proposed and seconded: "That
this meeting indorse the action of the Borough
Council in asking for borrowing powers to complete
the water-race," but such resolution was not carried.
That I thereupon gave notice that a poll would be
taken thereon, and on the 6th day of December,
1877, in pursuance of section 142 of the said Act, I
caused such poll to be taken, when the number of
votes recorded in favour of the proposal exceeded by
more than one-fifth the number recorded against it;
the said resolution is therefore deemed to be carried.
Dated this twenty-second day of December, 1877.
G. CLIFF,
Mayor of the Borough of Timaru.

Registration and Returning Officer appointed.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
MATTHEW ANGOVE, Esq., J.P.,
to be Registration and Returning Officer for the
election of Members of the House of Representa-
tives for the District of Rodney, vice J. M. Murray,
Esq., resigned.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Registration and Returning Officer appointed.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1878..
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HENRY ALDBOROUGH STRATFORD, Esq., R.M.,
to be Registration and Returning Officer for the
election of Members of the House of Representatives
for the District of Wakatipu, vice J. S. Worthington,
Esq., resigned.

Letters of Naturalization issued.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
issue Letters of Naturalization under "The
Aliens Act, 1866," in favour of the under-mentioned
persons, viz.,-

G: S. WHITMORE.

Trustees for Wellington Cemetery appointed.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
Mr. JONAS WOODWARD,
Mr. DAVID LEWIS,
Mr. JOSEPH GODFREY HOLDSWORTH,
Mr. DANIEL MCINTYRE, and
Mr. THOMAS MCKENZIE,
to be Trustees for the management of the Wellington
Cemetery.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Registrar of Dogs appointed.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
Mr. HUGH MCFADYEN
to be Registrar of Dogs under "The (Otago) Dog
Nuisance Act, 1862," for the Borough of North
East Valley.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Auditor of County Accounts appointed.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint
Mr. WILLIAM COVERN
to be Auditor of the Accounts of the County of
Patea.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Honorary Commissioner for Paris Exhibition
appointed.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 31st January, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
THOMAS PURVIS RUSSELL, Esq., J.P.,
of Waipukurau, in the County of Waipawa, to be
an Honorary Commissioner at the Paris Exhibition.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Certificated Accountant in Bankruptcy appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th January, 1878.
IT is hereby notified that Mr. District Judge
Harvey has appointed
HORACE LYNE SQUIRES, Esq.,
of Lawrence, to be a Certificated Accountant in
Bankruptcy within the District of Otago Gold Fields,
under "The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876."
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court, appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 19th January, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
RICHMOND BEETHAM, Esq., R.M.,
to be Deputy Registrar, at Napier, of the Supreme
Court.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Resignation of G. G. FitzGerald, Esq.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd January, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to accept the resignation by
GERARD GEORGE FITZGERALD, Esq., J.P.,
of all his appointments in the Public Service, as from
the 15th December, 1877.
JOHN SHEEHAN.