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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 44

Rifle-range Trustee resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th July, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of

Captain JAMES PURNELL

as a Trustee of the Wanganui Rifle-range.

J. BALLANCE.

Commission of Volunteer Officer cancelled.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th July, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to cancel the commission of

Lieutenant RICHARD SHARLOCK BRAZIER-CREAGH,

of the Bluff Naval Artillery Volunteers, for absence without leave.

J. BALLANCE.

Designation of the several Corps comprising the 1st Regiment of New Zealand Cavalry Volunteers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th July, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the several corps comprising the 1st Regiment of New Zealand Cavalry Volunteers being designated as follows:—

A Troop, or Waiuku Cavalry Volunteers.
B Troop, or Alexandra Cavalry Volunteers.
C Troop, or Wairoa Light Horse Volunteers.
D Troop, or Te Awamutu Cavalry Volunteers.
E Troop, or Heretaunga Light Horse Volunteers.
F Troop, or Rangitikei Cavalry Volunteers.
G Troop, or B Troop, Auckland Cavalry Volunteers.

J. BALLANCE.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 1st July, 1887.

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.

Arrangements for First Elections, &c., North Amuri Rabbit District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 24th June, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Tuesday, the 19th day of July, 1887, to be the time, and the Courthouse, Waiau, to be the place, for holding the first election of five Trustees of the North Amuri Rabbit District, as constituted under “The Rabbit Nuisance Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1886;” also to appoint Tuesday, the 2nd day of August, 1887, at three o’clock p.m., to be the time, and the Courthouse, Waiau, to be the place, at which the first meeting of the Trustees of the said district shall be held.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Amended Notices of Result of Poll for Proposed Loans, Manawatu Road District, County of Oroua.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 5th July, 1887.

THE following notices, received from the Chairman of the Manawatu Road Board, are published in accordance with “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

MANAWATU ROAD BOARD.

POLL taken in No. 5 Ward on a proposal to borrow £2,200, 22nd April, 1887:—

Number of ratepayers entitled to vote, 43.
Voters for the proposal .. .. 28
Ratepayers who did not vote .. 15
Voters against the proposal .. .. 0
— 15

Majority in favour .. .. 13

Number of votes that could be exercised, 71.
Votes for the proposal .. .. 42
Votes against the proposal .. .. 0
Votes not recorded .. .. 29
— 29

Majority in favour .. .. 13

POLL taken in No. 5 Ward on a proposal to borrow £300, 22nd April, 1887:—

Number of ratepayers entitled to vote, 43.
Voters for the proposal .. .. 28
Ratepayers who did not vote .. 14
Voters against the proposal .. .. 1
— 15

Majority in favour .. .. 13

Number of votes that could be exercised, 71.
Votes for the proposal .. .. 41
Votes against the proposal .. .. 28
Votes not recorded .. .. 2
— 30

Majority in favour .. .. 11

POLL taken in No. 6 Ward of the Manawatu Road District, 23rd April, 1887, on a proposal to borrow £640:—

Number of ratepayers entitled to vote, 27.
Voters for the proposal .. .. 14
Ratepayers who did not vote .. 11
Voters against the proposal .. .. 2
— 13

Majority in favour .. .. 1

Number of votes that could be exercised, 35.
Votes for the proposal .. .. 20
Votes not recorded .. .. 13
Votes against the proposal .. .. 2
— 15

Majority in favour .. .. 5

As at each of the above polls a majority in number of the ratepayers entitled to vote have voted in favour of the several proposals, and were entitled to more than half the number of votes that could be exercised, I therefore declare each and all of the proposals carried.

J. RANDAL FORSTER-PRATT,
Chairman.

Amended Notice of Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Manawatu Road District, County of Oroua.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 5th July, 1887.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Manawatu Road Board, is published in accordance with “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.