Dec. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1541

Onehunga Rifle Volunteers.
Raphael John Landon to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 30th June, 1887.

Thorndon Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Herbert James Williams to be Captain. Date of commission, 21st October, 1887.

Hamilton Light Infantry Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Ernest Forbes (late Bengal Staff Corps) to be Honorary Colonel. Date of commission, 24th November, 1887.
John Sloper Edgecumbe to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 30th August, 1887.
George Geils Kenny to be Honorary Surgeon. Date of commission, 24th November, 1887.

Royal Irish Rifle Volunteers.
George Leahy to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 16th June, 1887.

Queen’s Battalion Cadet Rifle Volunteers.
The Very Reverend Henry Jacobs, D.D., Dean of Christchurch, to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 29th November, 1887.

THOS. FERGUS.

Transfer of Corps from one Battalion to another.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st December, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the transfer of the South District Rifle Volunteers from the Second to the First Battalion, Otago Rifle Volunteers.

THOS. FERGUS.

Volunteer Officer transferred.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st December, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the transfer of Honorary Surgeon Frederick George Morris Brittin from the Christchurch City Guards Rifle Volunteers to the 1st Westland Rifle Volunteers.

THOS. FERGUS.

Issue of New Zealand War Medals.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th November, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorise the issue of New Zealand war medals to the individuals named hereunder, whose claims, after investigation, have been established:—

William Harrison, private, No. 2 Company, Taranaki Rifle Volunteers.
John Ahern, private, Taranaki Rifle Volunteers.
John H. Dooley, sergeant, No. 4 Division, Armed Constabulary.
Edmund Carr, lieutenant, Hawke’s Bay Militia.
William McCallum, private, No. 2 Company, Taranaki Militia.
William Black, private, No. 4 Company, Hawke’s Bay Militia.

THOS. FERGUS.

Justice of the Peace resigned.
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Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th December, 1887.

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

DANIEL BOCKETT, Esq.,

of Rangiachia, County Waipa, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the colony.

T. FERGUS.

Resignation of Prison Visitor accepted.
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Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 21st December, 1887.

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

Mr. MICHAEL TOBIN

as a Visitor of Her Majesty’s Prison at Auckland.

THOS. FERGUS.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.
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Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st December, 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.

Amended Notice.—Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Pahiatua Road District, County of Wairarapa North.
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Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 20th December, 1887.

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

T. W. HISLOP.

Pahiatua, 17th December, 1887.

SIR,—I have the honour to hand you result of poll taken by the Pahiatua Road Board, on Friday, the 11th November, 1887, on the proposal to borrow £500 under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” for the purpose of metalling the Tiraumea Road, about 80 chains, and forming and metalling Bridge Street, Kaitawa, 50 chains.

Number of voters interested 63, exercising 65 votes. Number of voters who voted 38, exercising 40 votes; of which number 39 were for the proposal and 1 against it.

I therefore declare the proposal carried.

D. CREWE,
Chairman of the Pahiatua Road Board.

The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

[The above notice is in substitution of that published in Gazette No. 74, of the 24th November, 1887, page 1461.]

Special Order made by Whakatane Road Board, County of Whakatane.
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Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th December, 1887.

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

T. W. HISLOP.

SPECIAL ORDER.

At an ordinary monthly meeting of the Whakatane District Board, held on the 7th day of December, 1887, it was unanimously resolved, in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” and “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” “That this Board do now levy a special rate of three farthings in the pound on all rateable property in the sub-district, Whakatane Road District (Crown and Native lands excepted), for the purpose of meeting interest and other charges on a loan of £2,000, to be obtained from Government under the provisions of ‘The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886;’ and that the said rate be an annual-recurring rate until the loan is paid off, payable on the 1st of April in each year; the first payment to be payable on the 1st of April, 1888.”

Boundaries of the Subdistrict.

Bounded on the west by the Whakatane River from the sea to the confiscation boundary-line; on the south by the said confiscation boundary-line to the easternmost corner of Section 279; from thence bounded on the east by Section 310, Crown lands, and University Reserve, to the starting-point—the sea.

I certify that the above special order was duly passed by the Whakatane District Board, according to the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” and “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” on the 7th day of December, 1887.

By order.

W. P. BROWNE,
Clerk to the Board.