Dec. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1561

Provided that in case any of the days so fixed as aforesaid
shall happen to be a holiday, then the Court appointed for
that day shall be holden on the first day thereafter not being
a holiday.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-second day of December, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-seven.

THOS. FERGUS.

Superintendent Collectors of Agricultural Statistics
appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point the under-mentioned gentlemen to be Superin-
tendent Collectors of Agricultural Statistics for the collection
of February, 1888, under "The Census Act, 1877," and to
define that the district for which each shall act shall be that
portion of the colony comprised by the counties or parts of
counties specified opposite his name, including the boroughs
within their defined boundaries:—

Superintendent Collectors. Districts (Counties, with interior
Boroughs).

James H. Greenway .. {Mongonui, Whangaroa, Hokianga,
Bay of Islands, Whangarei, and
Hobson.

Thomas Seaman .. {Rodney, Otamataea, Waitemata,
Eden, Manukau, Coromandel,
Thames, Ohinemuri, and Piako.

Herbert W. Brabant .. {Tauranga, Rotorua, Whakatane,
and East and West Taupo.

Thomas Kirk .. {Waikato, Waipa, Raglan, and
Kawhia.

J. H. M. Good .. Taranaki and Clifton.

Garland W. Woon .. {Hawera, Patea, Waitotara, and
Wanganui.

F. M. Deighton .. {Rangitikei, Manawatu, Oroua, and
Horowhenua.

Edwin Woon .. Cook.

George Augustus Preece {Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, Patangata,
and Waipawa.

Spencer von Stürmer.. Wairarapa North and South.

Edward J. von Dadelsen Hutt.

John J. W. White .. {Sounds, Marlborough, and Kai-
koura.

Charles H. W. Bowen {Waimoa, Collingwood, and part of
Amuri north of Clarence River.

Ernest C. Kelling .. Buller and Inangahua.

Gerhard Mueller .. Grey and Westland.

Walter G. Walker .. {Ashley, Akaroa, Selwyn, Ashburton,
Cheviot, and part of Amuri south
of Clarence River.

Charles E. Cooper .. {Geraldine, Mackenzie, and Wai-
mate.

Andrew Thompson .. {Waitaki, Waihemo, and part of
Waikouaiti north of Waitati
Stream.

Richmond Keele .. Vincent, Maniototo, and Lake.

Richard Bowden Martin {Peninsula, Taiari, and part of Wai-
kouaiti south of Waitati Stream.

Frank Duthie .. Bruce, Tuapeka, and Clutha.

William Russell .. {Southland, Wallace, Fiord, and
Stewart Island.

T. W. HISLOP.

Volunteer Officers promoted and appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th December, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve
of the under-mentioned promotions and appoint-
ments:—

Petone Naval Artillery Volunteers.

Edwin Davy to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 16th
March, 1886.

J Battery, Artillery Volunteers.

Lieutenant Henry Christopher Lynch Boylan to be Captain.
William Eyre Kenny to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 3rd March, 1887.

Auckland Royal Irish Rifle Volunteers.

The Reverend Father John J. Hackett to be Honorary
Chaplain. Date of commission, 27th September, 1887.

THOS. FERGUS.

Volunteer Officer transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th December, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the transfer of
Honorary Surgeon WILLIAM ROBERT ERSON
from the Onehunga Naval Artillery Volunteers to the Auck-
land Royal Irish Rifle Volunteers.

THOS. FERGUS.

Special Order made by Kiwitea Road Board, County of
Oroua.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th December, 1887.

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

T. W. HISLOP.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT a special rate of 1½d. in the pound be hereby made
upon the rateable value of the whole of the rateable property
within the boundaries of the Wanganui Harbour Board
Block, being a portion of the Pohangina Ward of the Kiwi-
tea Road Board District, for the purpose of paying principal
and interest on a loan of £3,000, to be borrowed under "The
Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886;" such rate
to be an annual-recurring one for twenty-six years, and
payable on the 1st day of June in each year.

I certify that the above special order was duly made by
the Kiwitea Road Board, in conformity with the provisions
of "The Road Boards Act, 1882."
EDWD. GOODBEHERE,
Secretary to the Board.

Feilding, 20th December, 1887.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th December, 1887.

NOTICE is hereby given that HENRY HUGHES, of John-
ston Street, Wellington, in the Colony of New Zea-
land, Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent, has applied,
on behalf of Messrs. RICHARD ALLEN AND COMPANY, of
Timaru, in the aforesaid colony, Millers, to register, under
"The Trade Marks Act, 1866," the trade mark of which the
following is a description:—

Description of Trade Mark.

A circle, with scrolls at its margin, consisting of foliations
and diamonds, supported on a base, having on either side of
it the figure of a sphinx; around and on either side projects
tropical foliage, and on the apex of the said circle is a
crescent moon and a star supported on a pyramid.

Above the aforesaid device are four medallions, represent-
ing respectively the front and obverse sides of the medals of
the Colonial and Indian Exhibition of 1886, and the Wel-
ington Exhibition of 1885.

Underneath the said circular device is the name "Richard
Allen & Co." above a fan-like ornament, and on each side
of this name are upright devices, consisting of standards
foliated, and terminating at their top in faces supported by
scrolls.

In the centre of the circular device are the words, "The
Golden Gem Patent Process Flour."

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

Flour.

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

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Masterton Road Dis-
trict, County of Wairarapa North.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th December, 1887.

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

T. W. HISLOP.

Road Board Office,
Masterton, 21st December, 1887.

SIR,—I have the honour to forward you, for the purpose of
insertion in the Gazette, results of polls taken by the Master-
ton Road Board, under "The Government Loans to Local
Bodies Act, 1886," as follow:—