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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 75

Clerk of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th November, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

OSWALD STEPHEN WATKINS

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Wainui, Little River, Port Levy, and Okain's Bay, vice E. S. Latter, resigned.

THOS. FERGUS.

Volunteer Officer transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th November, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the transfer of the under-mentioned officer:—

Lieutenant Louis Ferdinand Tegner, from the Wellington Rifle Volunteers to the Thorndon Rifle Volunteers.

THOS. FERGUS.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th November, 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:—

T. W. HISLOP.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Alfredton Road District, County of Wairarapa North.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th November, 1887.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Alfredton Road Board, is published in accordance with "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."

T. W. HISLOP.

Result of Poll on Proposal to borrow £300, under the Provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886," for Expenditure in Formation on the Ihuraua Valley Road, Alfredton Road District.—15th November, 1887.

Number of ratepayers on roll, 11; representing 11 votes. Votes recorded for proposal, 6; number of ratepayers voting for the proposal, 6; votes against, none; number of ratepayers voting against the proposal, none; informal, none; votes not recorded, 5; total of votes against, 5.

As a majority in number of the ratepayers voted in favour of the proposal, and the number so voting are entitled to more than one-half of the votes which can be exercised by the whole number of ratepayers, I do hereby declare the proposal to be carried.

W. M. KEBBELL,
Chairman.

Alfredton, 22nd November, 1887.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Kiwitea Road District, County of Oroua.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th November, 1887.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Kiwitea Road Board, is published in accordance with "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."

T. W. HISLOP.

The following is the result of poll, taken on the 17th November, 1887, on the proposal to borrow £3,000, under "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886," for the Wanganui Harbour Board Block of the Kiwitea Road Board:—

Total number of ratepayers on roll, 59; representing 66 votes. Votes recorded for proposal, 44; number of ratepayers voting for proposal, 38; votes against proposal, nil.

As a majority in number of the ratepayers voted in favour of the proposal, and the number so voting are entitled to more than one-half of the votes that can be exercised by the whole number of ratepayers, I do hereby declare the proposal to be carried.

THOS. R. TAYLOR,
Chairman, Kiwitea Road Board.

21st November, 1887.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Borough of Newton.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th November, 1887.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Newton, is published in accordance with the provisions of section 184 of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886."

T. W. HISLOP.

Newton Borough Council Office,
23rd November, 1887.

SIR,—I have the honour to give you notice that, at a special meeting of the Newton Borough Council, held on the 10th day of October last, a resolution was carried to authorise the raising of a special loan of £2,500 to provide a water-supply and fire-extinguishing plant for Surrey and Sussex Wards, portions of the above borough, in accordance with section 185 of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886;" and such resolution was confirmed at a special meeting held on the 8th instant; and a poll of the ratepayers of the above-mentioned wards was taken on the 22nd instant, as provided by section 186 of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886," and was as follows: For the proposal, 116; against the proposal, 3; total, 119.

As the number of votes polled in favour of the proposal (116) exceeds three-fifths of the total number of the votes polled for and against the proposal (119), I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

I, Robert Taylor Warnock, Mayor of Newton, do solemnly and sincerely declare that all the proceedings required by sections 185 and 186 of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886," towards obtaining the sanction of the burgesses of Surrey and Sussex Wards, Borough of Newton, for the proposal to raise the special loan of £2,500 above mentioned, have been duly taken, and 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."

R. T. WARNOCK,
Mayor.

Declared at Auckland, this 23rd day of November, 1887, before me—Albert Beetham, J.P.
The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

Special Order made by Oxford Road Board, County of Ashley.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th November, 1887.

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

T. W. HISLOP.

SPECIAL ORDER.

I, JOHN DOBSON, of Oxford, Clerk of the Oxford Road Board, hereby solemnly and sincerely declare that, at a special meeting of the Oxford Road Board, held on the 18th November, 1887, the following special order was duly made:—

That the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886," be adopted and brought into operation in the Oxford Road District.

As witness my hand, this 22nd day of November, 1887.

JOHN DOBSON.

John Ingram, Justice of the Peace.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th November, 1887.

NOTICE is hereby given that WALTER GASH, of Port Chalmers, in the Colony of New Zealand, Fishcurer, has applied to register, under "The Trade Marks Act, 1866," the trade mark of which the following is a description :—

Description of Trade Mark.

A circle which is divided into four segments by two straight lines. In each segment is one of the letters W. G. P. C.

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

Cured fish and canned fish.

T. W. HISLOP,
Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Trade Marks.

Approving and appointing a Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this purpose vested by "The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882," I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do