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Police Gaoler appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 2nd May, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

Constable JOHN P. WARD

to be Gaoler of the Police Gaol at Hokianga, vice Hughes,
transferred.

THOS. FERGUS.

Harbourmaster at Havelock appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 30th April, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

TIMOTHY BUCKLY

to be Harbourmaster for the Port of Havelock.

GEO. FISHER,
(For the Minister having charge of the
Marine Department.)

Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrar appointed.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 2nd May, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

CHARLES ARTHUR BARTON

to be a Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrar for
Hokitika, in the Westland Mining District, vice M. F. South,
as from the 19th day of April, 1888.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Mines.

Examiner of Standing Orders on Private Bills appointed.

Wellington, 18th April, 1888.

IN pursuance of Standing Order No. 7 of the Standing
Orders of the General Assembly of New Zealand re-
ating to Private Bills, we do hereby appoint

LEONARD STOWE, Esq.,
to be Examiner of Standing Orders on Private Bills.

WILLIAM FITZHERBERT,
Speaker, Legislative Council.
G. MAURICE O'RORKE,
Speaker, House of Representatives.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd May, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignation of the commissions held by the under-
mentioned officers:—

M Battery Artillery Volunteers.
Lieutenant Stewart Dewar. Date of resignation, 17th
March, 1888.

Dunedin City Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant James Brady. Date of resignation, 14th April,
1888.

Hamilton Light Infantry Rifle Volunteers.
Honorary Colonel Walter Ernest Forbes. Date of resigna-
tion, 17th April, 1888.

THOS. FERGUS.

Special Order made by the Waima County Council.—
Levying Special Rate.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th April, 1888.

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

T. W. HISLOP.

SPECIAL ORDER made by the Waima County Council to
levy Special Rate in the Motueka Road District, to de-
fray Balance of Cost of New Wharf, Motueka.

THAT, for the purpose of securing payment of the sum of
£1,300, proposed to be borrowed by this Council under "The
Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886," to defray the balance of cost
of new wharf at Motueka, a special rate of one-tenth of a
penny in the pound be levied on the rateable value of all
property within the Motueka Road District. Such special
rate to be an annual-recurring rate, payable in two half-
yearly instalments for twenty-six years, on the first day of
January and first day of July in each year.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly
made, advertised, and confirmed according to law.

ROBERT LOUSSON,
Waima County Office, County Clerk.
Nelson, 24th April, 1888.

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

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th April, 1888.

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

T. W. HISLOP.

SPECIAL ORDER.

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

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly
made on the 6th January, 1888.
As witness my hand, this 25th day of April, 1888.

JOHN DOBSON,
Clerk to the Board.

Special Order made by Masterton Road Board, County of
Wairarapa North.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 1st May, 1888.

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

T. W. HISLOP.

SPECIAL ORDER made by the Masterton Road Board at a
Meeting held on Saturday, the 7th April, 1888.

THAT, for the purpose of securing payment of the sum of
£360 granted to the Board under "The Government Loans
to Local Bodies Act, 1886," for the formation and metalling
of a road at Upper Fernridge, a special rate of one penny in
the pound will be levied on the rateable value of the follow-
ing sections in the Mikimiki Survey District: Block XV.,
Sections 8, 10, 12, 13, parts Sections 14, 15, 16, 17, Sections
34, 76, and 46.

2. A special rate of seven-eighths of a penny in the pound
   for the purpose of securing payment of £100 granted to the
   Board under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act,
   1886," for the formation of a road to join the Opaki to
   Rangitumau Road, on the rateable value of the following
   sections in the Kopuaranga Survey District: Sections 12
   and 13, and part of 14, Block II.

Such special rates shall be annually-recurring rates, and
will be payable in two half-yearly instalments for twenty-six
years, the first half-yearly payment to be made on the
15th day of July, 1888, and each following year on the 15th
day of January and July until the debt is liquidated.

I certify that the foregoing special orders were duly
made in accordance with "The Road Boards Act, 1882,"
as provided by sections 75, 76, and 77 of that Act, at
a meeting of the Masterton Road Board held on the above-
mentioned date.

R. WILSONE,
Masterton Road Board Office, Clerk.
27th April, 1888.

Despatch.—Further as to International Union for the Pro-
tection of Literary and Artistic Works.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 1st May, 1888.

THE following despatch, received from Her Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is pub-
lished for general information.

T. W. HISLOP.

(Circular.)

Downing Street, 29th February, 1888.

SIR,—With reference to my circular despatch of the 18th
November last* I have the honour to transmit to you, for
information and publication in the colony under your Go-
vernment, a copy of an Order of the Queen in Council for
bringing into effect from the 6th of December, 1887, the
convention for the creation of an International Union for
the protection to be given by way of copyright to the authors
of literary and artistic works, which was signed at Berne on
the 9th September, 1886.

2. I take this opportunity to point out that the Imperial
   Copyright Acts for engraving and sculpture do not apply to

*See New Zealand Gazette, 15th March, 1888.