APRIL 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 459

JAMES LINTON

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Palmerston North, vice T. Walton.

T. W. HISLOP,

(In the absence of the Minister of Justice.)

Deputy District Land Registrar appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 18th April, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Mr. JOHN JAMES DIXON

to be Deputy District Land Registrar at Auckland, during the absence of Mr. Theophilus Kissling, on leave. This appointment to date from the 1st proximo.

T. W. HISLOP,

(For the Commissioner of Stamps.)

Formation of Examination Board for Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th April, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the formation of a Central Board of Officers, at Wellington, for the examination of candidates for commissions in the New Zealand Volunteer Force:—

Lieutenant-Colonel John George Butts, New Zealand Militia, President.

Lieutenant Arthur Percy Douglas, R.N.,
Captain John Coleman, Permanent Militia,
Captain Arthur Hume, late Cameron High-
landers,

} Members.

THOS. FERGUS.

Inspector and Superintendent of Branches, Government Insurance Office, appointed.

Government Life Insurance Department,
Head Office, Wellington, 18th April, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

SOMERSET WILLIAM D’ARCY IRVINE, Esq., F.S.S.,
Inspector of Agents of the Government Insurance Department, to be Inspector and Superintendent of Branches of the said department; such appointment to date as from the 9th April instant.

FREDERICK W. FRANKLAND,
Actuary and Principal Officer.

Services of Officers dispensed with on Abolition of Council of Military Education.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th April, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to revoke, on the abolition of the Council of Military Education, the appointments held by the under-mentioned officers:—

Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Samuel Bailey, President.
Lieutenant Arthur Percy Douglas, R.N., Secretary.

T. W. HISLOP,

(In the absence of the Minister of Defence.)

Members of the Ormond Domain Board resigned.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 13th April, 1888.

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

Mr. A. SKILLICORN,
Mr. G. BRUCE, and
Mr. C. J. SHAW

as Members of the Ormond Domain Board.

T. W. HISLOP,

(For the Minister of Lands.)

Resignation accepted.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 13th April, 1888.

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

H. D. JOHNSON, Esq.,

of his appointments as the person to receive license fees for springs, baths, &c., at Rotorua; as a Member of the Rotorua Town Board; and as a Member of the Licensing Committee for the Thermal Springs Special Licensing District.

T. W. HISLOP,

(For the Minister of Lands.)

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th April, 1888.

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.

Arrangements for First Elections, &c., Borough of Foxton.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th April, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM GORDON ROBINSON

to be Town Clerk of the Borough of Foxton, and also Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the first elections of Mayor and of six Councillors for the said borough; also to appoint Thursday, the 17th May, 1888, to be the day for holding the said first election of Mayor, and Friday, the 18th May, 1888, to be the day for the said first election of six Councillors; and also to appoint Monday, the 21st May, 1888, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, to be the time, and the Public Library, Foxton, to be the place, at which the first meeting of the Borough Council of Foxton shall be held.

T. W. HISLOP.

Special Order made by Taratahi-Carterton Road Board, County of Wairarapa South.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 11th April, 1888.

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

T. W. HISLOP.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT this Board, by special order, do constitute the whole of No. 1 Subdivision of the Taratahi-Carterton Road District a special rating district under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” for the purpose of levying thereon a special rate of nine-twenty-fifths of a penny in the pound to provide for the payment of interest at 5 per centum per annum upon a loan of £1,700, applied for and provisionally granted by Government under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and its amendment; and, further, that this Board do, by special order, make and levy such special rate of nine-twenty-fifths of a penny in the pound upon the values of the rateable property in No. 1 Subdivision (Crown and Native lands excepted), for the purpose of providing for the payment of the aforesaid interest at 5 per centum per annum upon the aforesaid loan of £1,700; such special rate to be an annually-recurring rate for twenty-six years, and to be payable to the Clerk or Treasurer of the Board in one sum on the first Saturday in the month of June of each year, for twenty-six years, commencing with the present year 1888.

I certify that the above special order has been duly passed by the Taratahi-Carterton Road Board on the 7th day of April, 1888.

H. H. WOLTERS,
Clerk to Board.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Oamaru Harbour Board.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th April, 1888.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Oamaru Harbour Board, is published in accordance with section 5 of “The Oamaru Harbour Board Loan Act, 1887.”

T. W. HISLOP.

IN pursuance of “The Oamaru Harbour Board Loan Act, 1887,” I hereby give notice that the votes recorded at the