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Sandy Mount Subdivision—
James Weipers.
James Ritchie Rutherford.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th September, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue
Letters of Naturalisation, under "The Aliens Act,
1880," in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th September, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that EDWARD WATERS, Patent
Agent, of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, has
applied, on behalf of the BRITISH AND COLONIAL DERMATINE
COMPANY, LIMITED, of 20, Great Winchester Street, in the
City of London, England, Manufacturers, to register, under
"The Trade Marks Act, 1866," the trade mark of which the
following is a description, viz.:—

Description of Trade Mark.

A representation of a hippopotamus and the word "Der-
matine."

Nature of the Article to which it is intended such Trade
Mark shall apply.

"Dermatine," a substitute for leather, indiarubber, or the
like.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Trade Marks.

Notice of Proposed Loan, Borough of Blenheim.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th September, 1886.

THE following notice, received from His Worship the
Mayor of Blenheim, is published in accordance with
the provisions of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876."

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Borough Council Office,
Blenheim, 20th September, 1886.

SIR,—In accordance with clause 145 of "The Municipal
Corporations Act, 1876," I have the honour to inform you
that, at a poll of the burgesses of the Borough of Blenheim,
taken on Saturday, the 18th day of September, to decide
whether a resolution of the Borough Council, proposing to
borrow the sum of £14,000 for the purpose of buying the gas-
works or erecting new ones, should be acceded to or rejected,
the numbers of the votes were—

For the proposal .. .. .. .. 328
Against the proposal .. .. .. 47
Informal .. .. .. .. 1

The number of votes for the proposal being more than one-
half of the total number of burgesses, I have declared the
resolution to be carried.

I have, &c.,
GEORGE HENDERSON,
Mayor.

The Hon. the Colonial Secretary.

Purchase of Lands in certain Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

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

THE following communication, received from the High
Commissioner of the Western Pacific, is published for
general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

[Extract from Fiji Royal Gazette, No. 41, Friday, 30th July, 1886.]

NOTICE.—HIGH COMMISSION, WESTERN PACIFIC.

BRITISH subjects desiring to register purchases of land made
by them in the islands of the Western Pacific are hereby
notified that they can do so by forwarding the original deeds
(or copies thereof if certified to be correct under the hand of
a commissioned officer in Her Majesty's naval service, or
any consular officer, or any Judicial or Deputy Commissioner
for the Western Pacific) to the Secretary to the High Com-
mission, Suva, Fiji.

The notification* dated the 2nd January, 1884, with
reference to the registration of land purchases, published in
the Fiji Royal Gazette of the 4th and 11th January, 1884, is,
so far as it relates to the refusal to permit such registration,
hereby cancelled.

JOHN B. THURSTON,
Acting High Commissioner.

Suva, Fiji, 27th July, 1886.

• Published in New Zealand Gazette of the 14th February, 1884.

Special Order made by the Wairarapa East County Coun-
cil.—Altering Masterton, Alfredton, and Castlepoint Road
Districts.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th September, 1886.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER made by the Council of the Wairarapa
East County on the 13th day of July, 1886, altering
the Boundaries of the Masterton, Alfredton, and Castle-
point Road Districts, and of certain Subdivisions there-
of.

WHEREAS by special orders dated the 9th day of February
and the 13th day of April, 1886, respectively, the Council
of the County of East Wairarapa constituted the Maurice-
ville, Whareama, and Eketahuna Road Districts, whereby
the boundaries of the Masterton, Alfredton, and Castlepoint
Road Districts as theretofore existing became affected: Now,
therefore, this Council, in pursuance and exercise of the
powers vested in it, resolves that the boundaries set forth in
the Schedule hereto shall be the boundaries of the Master-
ton, Alfredton, and Castlepoint Road Districts, and of cer-
tain subdivisions thereof respectively; and it is further
resolved that this special order shall be deemed to have
taken effect as from the 2nd day of May, 1886.

SCHEDULE.

Masterton Road District (amended).—All that portion of
the Provincial District of Wellington situate in the Waira-
rapa East County, comprising one continuous area, and
bounded towards the north by the Mauriceville and Upper
Tauaru Road Districts, and by Subdivision No. 1 of the
Whareama Road District; thence towards the East by the
Whareama Road District; thence towards the South by the
Wairarapa West County; and thence towards the West by
the western boundary of the Wairarapa East County.

Subdivision No. 1.—Bounded towards the North by the
southern boundary of the Mauriceville Road District from its
south-western corner to the north-eastern corner of Section
No. 70, Block V., Kopuaranga Survey District; thence
towards the East by the centre of the Kopuaranga River to
its junction with the Ruamahanga River; thence by the
centre of the said Ruamahanga River to the north corner of
Section No. 71, Block I, Otahoua Survey District; thence
by the north-western boundaries of Sections Nos. 71, 70, and
65 to the Waipoua River; thence along the centre of the said
river to the intersection of a line drawn from South Base
Trig. Station in a south-westerly direction to a point where
the continuation northward of the road between Sections
Nos. 49 and 50, Block IV., Tifin Survey District, meets a
cross road in Akura No. 2 Block; thence along said line and
said road to the south-west corner of Section No. 49; thence
along the north-western boundary of Section No. 41 to a road
at the north-east corner of Section No. 71; thence along the
road forming the eastern boundary of Sections Nos. 71, 70,
69, 68, 67, 66, 65, 64, 63, and 62; thence along the south
boundary of Section No. 62 to the north-west corner of
Section No. 50; thence along the western boundary of said
Section No. 50 to the Waingawa River; thence towards the
South by the Wairarapa West County; and thence towards
the West by the Wairarapa East County boundary to the
starting-point.

Subdivision No. 2.—Bounded towards the North by the
southern boundary of the Mauriceville Road District from
the north-eastern corner of Section No. 70, Block V.,
Kopuaranga Survey District, to its intersection with the
western boundary of the Upper Tauaru Road District;
thence along the southern boundary of the said Upper Tauaru
Road District to its intersection with the Tauaru River;
thence towards the East by the centre of the Tauaru River