JAN. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 139

Justices of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th January, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

DANIEL BRENT, Esq., Mayor of Maori Hill,
JOHN FLAUS, Esq., Mayor of North Invercargill, and
RICHARD MOORE, Esq., Mayor of Kaiapoi,

to be Justices of the Peace for the colony.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Volunteer Officers appointed and promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th January, 1887.

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

Wanganui Naval Artillery Volunteers.

Thomas Watt Bell to be Honorary Surgeon. Date of commission, 26th November, 1886.

1st Battalion Wellington Rifle Volunteers.

Captain Lambert William Loveday, Wellington Guards, to be Major.

Captain George Vance Shannon, Wellington Rifle Volunteers, to be Major.

Date of commissions, 8th October, 1886.

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

Arrangements for First Elections, New County of Whangaroa.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th January, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN BEGG

to be the person to make up electors’ rolls for the Ridings of Kaeo, Totara, and Whangaroa, in the new County of Whangaroa, as constituted under “The Counties Act, 1886;” and also to appoint the said

JOHN BEGG

to be the Returning Officer to conduct the first elections of three members of the County Council of the County of Whangaroa for the Kaeo Riding; also to appoint

WILLIAM BROMLEY

to be the Returning Officer to conduct the first elections of two members of the said County Council for the Totara Riding; also to appoint

DANIEL GILBERT LANE

to be the Returning Officer to conduct the first elections of two members of the said County Council for the Whangaroa Riding; also to appoint Monday, the 21st day of February, 1887, to be the day upon which the said first elections shall be held; and also to appoint Monday, the 28th day of February, 1887, at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, to be the time, and the Good Templars’ Hall, Whangaroa, to be the place, at which the first meeting of the Whangaroa County Council shall be held.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Justices of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th January, 1887.

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

JOHN BROWN, Esq., of Auckland,
THOMAS HALSTED HARLEY, Esq., of Nelson, and
FRANK SLEE, Esq., of Waimate,

of their appointments as Justices of the Peace for the colony.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Quarterly Returns under Section 19 of “The Sheep Act, 1878.”—Notice No. 215.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 20th January, 1887.

THE following quarterly returns of runs or farms on which there were infected sheep on the 31st December, 1886, are published in accordance with section 19 of “The Sheep Act, 1878.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 25th January, 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.

Notice of Proposed Loan, Pigeon Bay Road Board, County of Akaroa.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st January, 1887.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

PIGEON BAY ROAD BOARD.—LOAN PROPOSALS.

NOTICE of the result of the poll taken at Pigeon Bay, on Saturday, the 15th January, 1887, on the proposal to raise a loan of £1,000, under the provisions of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886:”—

Votes for the loan .. .. .. 24
Votes against the loan .. .. .. 0

The number of votes which can be exercised in the Pigeon Bay Road Board District is 100. The number of votes recorded being less than half, the proposals are rejected.

Wm. PATON, Jun.,
Chairman.

Special Order made by Ngaire Road Board, County of Hawera.—Adopting “Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 25th January, 1887.

THE following special order, made by the Ngaire Road Board, County of Hawera, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” be adopted in the Ngaire Road District generally.”

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly passed by the Ngaire Road Board, in conformity with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

S. H. JAMES,
Clerk to Board.

Stratford, 20th January, 1887.

Special Order made by Waihemo County Council.—Adopting “Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 25th January, 1887.

THE following special order, made by the Council of the County of Waihemo, is published for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY.