SEPT. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1201

Rangers under Animals Protection Acts appointed, North Canterbury.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 9th September, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ARTHUR FRISBY,
THOMAS TAYLOR, and
EDWARD GALE

to be Rangers under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, for the North Canterbury District.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 7th September, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GIDEON ANDERSON SMITH

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Roxburgh, vice J. Lythgoe, resigned.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(In the absence of the Minister of Justice.)

Trust Commissioner appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 7th September, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HANSON TURTON, Esq.,

of Dunedin, to be a Trust Commissioner under “The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act, 1881.”

J. BALLANCE.

Cadet Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th September, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the under-mentioned officer:—

Napier High School Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
Lieutenant Charles George Spencer. Date of resignation, 5th August, 1887.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(For the Defence Minister.)

Resolution passed by Taranaki School Commissioners under “The Public Bodies’ Leaseholds Act, 1886.”

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 13th September, 1887.

THE following resolution, passed by the School Commissioners of the Taranaki Provincial District, is published in accordance with section 15 of “The Public Bodies’ Leaseholds Act, 1886.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

RESOLUTION passed at a Meeting of the School Commissioners for the Taranaki Provincial District, held on Friday, 4th March, 1887.

THAT the Governor in Council be respectfully requested to declare, under section 14 of “The Public Bodies’ Leaseholds Act, 1886,” that the provisions of Part IV. of “The Land Act, 1885,” adopted by the School Commissioners of the Taranaki Provincial District, shall be modified in their application to the said School Commissioners, and to the reserves vested in them, in the following manner, that is to say,—

(1.) That, for the purposes aforesaid, the words “the Board of School Commissioners for the Taranaki Provincial District” shall be substituted for the words “Her Majesty;” the words “Treasurer of the Board of School Commissioners for the Taranaki Provincial District” for the words “Receiver of Land Revenue;” and the words “Chairman of the School Commissioners for the Taranaki Provincial District” for the word “Commissioner,” whenever the said words or expressions “Her Majesty,” “Receiver of Land Revenue,” and “Commissioners” respectively occur in the said Part IV. of “The Land Act, 1885.”

(2.) That, for the purposes aforesaid, sections 135, 137, 142, 150, 157, 158, 159, 160, and 161, and the last sentence of section 140, beginning with the words “and such lands may be dealt with,” shall be deemed to be omitted from the said Part IV. of “The Land Act, 1885,”

T. KING,
Chairman, School Commissioner,
School Commissioners’ Office,
New Plymouth, 9th March, 1887,

The above resolution has been approved by His Excellency the Governor in Council.

Dated at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of June, 1887.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Special Order made by Featherston Road Board, County of Wairarapa South.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th September, 1887.

THE following special order, made by the Featherston Road Board, is published in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER passed by the Featherston Road Board, in respect of Special Rates, to secure Repayment of Loan, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886.”

THAT a special rate of three-sixteenths of a penny in the pound be levied on all properties in the No. 6 Special Rating District of the Featherston Road District and the White Rock and Whaterangi Stations. Such rate to be an annually-recurring rate for twenty-six years, to secure the repayment of a loan of £2,000 for the erection of Kahautara Bridge, and to be payable in half-yearly instalments on the 31st days of December and the 30th days of June in each year during such term.

I certify that the above is a correct copy of special order passed under the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

WALTER BOCK,
Clerk.

Notice of Proposed Loan, Borough of Port Chalmers.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th September, 1887.

THE following notice, received from His Worship the Mayor of Port Chalmers, is published in accordance with “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Borough Council Chambers,
Port Chalmers, 7th September, 1887.

The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

SIR,—I have the honour to give you notice that, at a meeting of the Port Chalmers Borough Council held on the 13th June last, a resolution was carried to authorise the raising of a special loan of £3,500 to erect new Government and Municipal buildings.

And such resolution was confirmed at a meeting held on the 27th June, and a poll of the ratepayers was taken on the 3rd instant, as provided by Part IX., “Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” and that the resolution was carried.

The number of votes on the roll is 425, with 530 votes, and the number required to vote in favour of the loan to carry the measure is 213 voters and 266 votes.

The following was the voting:—

Total number of burgesses on roll, 425; voted for, 292; voted against, 4; did not vote, 129: excess of majority of burgesses in favour, 79.

Total number of votes on roll, 530; recorded for, 364; recorded against, 4; unrecorded, 162: excess of majority of voters in favour, 99.

I, Edmund Giblett Allen, Mayor of Port Chalmers, do solemnly and sincerely declare that all the proceedings required by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” towards obtaining the sanction of the burgesses for the proposal to raise the special loan of £3,500 above mentioned, have been duly taken, and that the resolution in favour of the proposal has been duly carried; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

EDM. G. ALLEN,
Mayor.

Declared at Dunedin, this 7th day of September, 1887, before me—John Mill, J.P.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 13th September, 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:—