Aug. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1047

Alfred Road Special Rating District: Bounded towards the North by the junction of the Waiwakaiho and Kaiauai Streams; towards the East by the Waiwakaiho Stream; towards the South by the northern boundary of Section 164, the Alfred Road, and the southern boundary of Section 146; and towards the West by Sections 135, 134, 122, and the Kaiauai Stream.

Resolved, That a special rate of three farthings in the pound be made and levied on all rateable property within the Albert Road Special Rating Subdistrict (Crown and Native lands excepted), as described in the Schedule hereto, to pay interest and management on loan of £300.

Albert Road Special Rating District: Bounded towards the North by the Junction Road and Section 55; towards the East by the Maude Road to northern boundary of Section 77; thence by the said boundary-line to the Kaiauai Stream; thence by the said stream to the south boundary of Section 137; thence by Sections 137, 138, 139, 146, and Crown lands to the south-east corner of Section 136; towards the South by the south boundaries of Sections 136, 132, 131, and 147; and towards the West by the Kent and Albert Roads to the boundary-line between Sections 108 and 109; thence by the said boundary to the Mangamahoe Stream, and by the said stream to the south-west corner of Section 55.

Resolved, That a special rate of three farthings in the pound be made and levied on all rateable properties in the Kent Road Special Rating Subdistrict (Crown and Native lands excepted), as described in the Schedule hereto, to pay interest and management on loan of £400.

Kent Road Special Rating District: Bounded towards the North by the Junction Road and the line dividing the northern and southern moieties of Section 22; towards the East by the Mangamahoe Stream to the boundary between Sections 108 and 109, by the said boundary to Albert Road; thence by the Albert and Kent Roads to the south-east corner of Section 127; towards the South by the southern boundaries of Sections 127, 157, and 156; and towards the West by the Mangakarewarewa and Mongarei Streams.

That the foregoing special rates be made for the repayment of the above-mentioned loans, to be borrowed under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” and “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” payable in half-yearly instalments on the 1st May and the 1st November in each year, commencing in 1887, and to run for twenty-six years, until the loan is paid off.

I hereby certify that the foregoing special order was duly made by the Waiwakaiho Road Board on the 30th July, 1887, in conformity with sections 15, 75, and 76 of “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” and section 21 of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

JOHN CREAN,
Chairman, Waiwakaiho Road Board.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, County of Hobson.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1887.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

RESULT of Poll for Proposed Loan of £6,000 for Road Construction, Metalling, and Stone-crusher.

I, FREDERICK WILLIAM MATTHEWS, Chairman of the Hobson County Council, do hereby notify that the result of the poll is as follows:—

Number of ratepayers entitled to vote, 398; voters for proposal, 282; ratepayers who did not vote, 91; voters against the proposal, 10; majority in favour, 272.

Number of votes that could be exercised, 520; votes for the proposal, 293; votes against the proposal, 14; votes not recorded, 213; majority in favour, 66.

I therefore declare the proposal has been carried by an absolute majority of votes and voters entitled to poll.

F. W. MATTHEWS,
County Chairman.

Aratapu, 18th July, 1887.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1887.

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM ROBERTSON, of Woodlands, Invercargill, in the Colony of New Zealand, has applied to register, under “The Trade Marks Act, 1866,” the trade mark of which the following is a description, viz.:—

Description of Trade Mark.

A life-buoy having the words “Use me and be saved” printed on flat edge of same, with a cross between each word.

Line on outside edge attached in eight places, forming eight distinct loops. Inside line attached in four places to buoy, and in four places to small coil of rope in centre of same; the loops thus made containing the following letters: “W. R. N. Z.” Words “Trade Mark” at foot of buoy, one word on either side; word “registered” at top of buoy. All above printed in black ink. On left-hand side of buoy, at centre, the signature of “William Robertson;” on right-hand side, at centre, his address, “Woodlands, Southland, New Zealand.” Signature and address a facsimile of his own handwriting, in black ink. Trade mark, signature, and address enclosed in oblong square with cut corners, also in black ink.

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

Medicinal preparations, namely, Unguentum, an ointment; Entera pulvis, a powder; and Gargaron, a gargle.

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

Sufferance Wharf, Auckland.

IN exercise of the power in me vested for this purpose by “The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882,” I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do hereby appoint that the wharf known as the Hobson Street Wharf, as the same is shown on the plan marked M.D. 1176, deposited in the office of the Marine Department, shall be a sufferance wharf for the loading and unloading of free and duty-paid goods and New Zealand produce.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this second day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(For the Commissioner of Trade and Customs.)
Commissioner’s Order No. 271.]

Registrars of Brands appointed.—Notice No. 237.

The Minister’s Office, Live Stock Branch,
Wellington, 27th July, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments under “The Brands and Branding Act, 1880:”—

JOHN DRUMMOND to be a Registrar of Brands for the Auckland Branding District, comprising the Auckland Subdivision of the Auckland Sheep District, as constituted under “The Sheep Act, 1878; and also to be Chief Registrar of Brands for the Auckland, Marsden, Bay of Islands, Waikato, and Bay of Plenty Branding Districts; from the 1st July, 1887.

REGINALD FOSTER to be a Registrar of Brands for the Christchurch Branding District, comprising the Christchurch Subdivision of the Canterbury Sheep District, as constituted under “The Sheep Act, 1878;” and also to be Chief Registrar of Brands for the Westland, North Canterbury, Christchurch, and South Canterbury Branding Districts; from the 1st July, 1887.

EDMUND CLIFTON to be a Registrar of Brands for the Dunedin Branding District, comprising the Dunedin and Port Chalmers Subdivisions of the Otago Sheep District, as constituted under “The Sheep Act, 1878;” and also to be Chief Registrar of Brands for the Dunedin, Oamaru, Dunstan, Tapanui, and Southland Branding Districts; from the 1st July, 1887.

WILLIAM MATRAVERS to be a Registrar of Brands for the Bay of Plenty Branding District, comprising the Bay of Plenty Subdivision of the Auckland Sheep District, as constituted under “The Sheep Act, 1878;” from the 1st July, 1887.

EDWARD ORBELL to be a Registrar of Brands for the Wairarapa Branding District, comprising the North and South Wairarapa Subdivisions of the Wellington Sheep District, as constituted under “The Sheep Act, 1878;” from the 1st July, 1887.

JOHN MOORE to be a Registrar of Brands for the Kaikoura Branding District, comprising the Kaikoura Subdivision of the Marlborough Sheep District, as constituted under the Sheep Act, 1878;” from the 1st July, 1887.

ROBERT FITZROY HOLDERNESS to be a Registrar of Brands for the North Canterbury Branding District, comprising the Waiau and Northern Subdivisions of the Canterbury Sheep District, as constituted under “The Sheep Act, 1878;” from the 1st July, 1887.

WILLIAM ARETAS PARRY SUTTON to be a Registrar of Brands for the South Canterbury Branding District, comprising the Ashburton and Timaru Subdivisions of the Canterbury Sheep District, as constituted under “The Sheep Act, 1878;” from the 20th May, 1887.

WILLIAM GILBERT REES to be a Registrar of Brands for the Buller Branding District, comprising the Buller and Grey Subdivision of the Nelson Sheep District, as