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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 48

Name.
MALACHI GRIBBLE .. .. .. Norsewood.
ROBERT REID GROOM .. .. .. Ormondville.
DUNCAN McCALLUM .. .. .. Danevirke.
MICHAEL CROPP .. .. .. Porangahau.
P. A. BUCKLEY.

Auditor appointed.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 10th September, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ARTHUR MORTON OLLIVIER, Esq.,

to be an Auditor of the accounts of the Christchurch District Drainage Board, in the room of H. E. Alport, deceased.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Receiver of Land Revenue appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 15th September, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM LUPTON DEAN, Esq.,

to be a Receiver of Land Revenue, to act within the Land Districts of Taranaki and Wellington.

Jos. A. TOLE,
(For the Minister of Lands.)

Volunteer Officers promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st September, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the under-mentioned promotions:—

1st Battalion Otago Rifle Volunteers.

Major Nathaniel Young Armstrong Wales to be Lieutenant-Colonel.

Bruce Rifle Volunteers.

Captain James Scott to be Major on the Unattached List.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
(For the Minister of Defence.)

Services of Cadet Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th September, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the services of the under-mentioned corps:—

The Kaiapoi Rifle Cadet Volunteers.

Date of acceptance, 31st August, 1886.

The Palmerston (South) High School Rifle Cadet Volunteers.

Date of acceptance, 4th September, 1886.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
(For the Minister of Defence.)

Volunteer Officer transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th September, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the transfer of

Honorary Surgeon JAMES MCBREARTY from the West Taieri to the Kumara Rifle Volunteers.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
(For the Minister of Defence.)

Arrangements for First Elections, &c., Borough of Hastings.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th September, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN COLLINGE, Esq.,

to be Town Clerk of the recently-constituted Borough of Hastings, and also Returning Officer to conduct the first elections of Mayor, Councillors, and Auditors of the said borough. Also to appoint Monday, the 11th day of October, 1886, for the election of Mayor; Tuesday, the 12th day of October, 1886, for the election of Councillors; and Wednesday, the 13th day of October, 1886, for the election of Auditors of the borough. And also to appoint Wednesday, the 20th day of October, 1886, at half-past 2 o’clock p.m., to be the time, and the Town Hall at Hastings to be the place, at which the first meeting of the Borough Council of the said borough shall be held.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Special Order made by Waitemata County Council.—Merging Waikomiti Road District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th September, 1886.

THE following special order, made by the Waitemata County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Counties Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1882.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER made by the Waitemata County Council on Friday, the 6th August, 1886.

THAT the Waikomiti Road Board be dissolved, and the Waikomiti Road District be merged in the County of Waitemata on and after the 16th day of October, 1886.

I certify that all the forms of law in respect of the above special order have been duly complied with.

OLIVER MAYS,
Chairman.

Auckland, 25th August, 1886.

Proposal to raise a Special Loan, Borough of Lyttelton.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th September, 1886.

THE following notice, received from His Worship the Mayor of Lyttelton, is published in accordance with “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876,” and the Acts amending the same.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Borough Council Office,
Lyttelton, 11th September, 1886.

SIR,—I have the honour to inform you that the Lyttelton Borough Council held a special meeting on the 26th July last, and passed a resolution to authorize the raising of a special loan of £3,000 to build municipal offices and courthouse. Such resolution was confirmed at a subsequent meeting held on the 23rd August, and, in accordance with clause 142 of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876,” a poll was taken on the 9th instant, with the following result:—

For the proposal .. .. 442 votes
Against the proposal .. .. 26 „

and, as the number of burgesses on the roll is 496, the resolution was declared to be carried.

I have, &c.,

ADAM CHALMERS, Mayor.

The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

Importation of Cattle into Western Australia.—Notice No. 207.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 13th September, 1886.

THE following Proclamation respecting the importation of stock into Western Australia is published for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Western Australia, to wit.

F. NAPIER BROOME,
Governor.

PROCLAMATION

By His Excellency Sir Frederick Napier Broome, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Territory of Western Australia and its Dependencies, &c.

WHEREAS under the provisions of an Act of the Legislative Council, passed in the forty-third year of the reign of Her present Majesty, numbered twenty-three, intituled “An Act for the Prevention of the Importation of Diseased Stock,” the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, is empowered, by Proclamation, to prohibit the introduction into the colony, either by land or sea, of any cattle within the meaning of the said Act and of “The Cattle Diseases Ordinance, 1865,” and “The Imported Stock Act, 1876,” or either of them:

Now, therefore, I, the said Governor, in exercise of such power and of all other powers enabling me in this behalf, do, by this Proclamation, with the advice of the Executive Council, prohibit the importation into and landing in Western Australia, either by land or sea, from Great Britain or Ireland, or from any other place beyond the limits of the Australasian Colonies, of all horned cattle, sheep, and swine.

Given under my hand, and under the Public Seal of the said Colony, this twenty-sixth day of July, 1886.

By His Excellency’s command.

M. S. SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary,

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!