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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 29

Controller and Auditor-General appointed to audit Accounts of Educational Bodies.

Education Department,
Wellington, 2nd May, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the Controller and Auditor-General to audit the accounts of the following named corporate bodies, viz.:

The University of New Zealand.
The University of Otago.
The Canterbury College.
The Gisborne High School Board.
The Napier High School Board.
The Greymouth High School Board.
The Rangiora High School Board.
The Akaroa High School Board.
The Waimate High School Board.
The Education Board of the District of Auckland.
The Education Board of the District of Taranaki.
The Education Board of the District of Wanganui.
The Education Board of the District of Wellington.
The Education Board of the District of Hawke’s Bay.
The Education Board of the District of Marlborough.
The Education Board of the District of Nelson.
The Education Board of the District of Grey.
The Education Board of the District of Westland.
The Education Board of the District of North Canterbury.
The Education Board of the District of South Canterbury.
The Education Board of the District of Otago.
The Education Board of the District of Southland.
The School Commissioners for the Provincial District of Auckland.
The School Commissioners for the Provincial District of Taranaki.
The School Commissioners for the Provincial District of Wellington.
The School Commissioners for the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay.
The School Commissioners for the Provincial District of Marlborough.
The School Commissioners for the Provincial District of Nelson.
The School Commissioners for the Provincial District of Westland.
The School Commissioners for the Provincial District of Canterbury.
The School Commissioners for the Provincial District of Otago.

GEO. FISHER.

Deputy Registrar of Vice-Admiralty Court appointed.

IN THE VICE-ADMIRALTY COURT,
IN NEW ZEALAND.

IN exercise and pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, and as such Judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court in New Zealand, do hereby appoint

ARTHUR HARRY HOLMES,

Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, at New Plymouth, to be and act as a Deputy Registrar of the said Vice-Admiralty Court.

Dated this 2nd day of May, 1888.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Judge.

Commissioner to administer Oaths in Vice-Admiralty Court appointed.

IN THE VICE-ADMIRALTY COURT,
IN NEW ZEALAND.

To Arthur Harry Holmes, Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, at New Plymouth.

I HEREBY appoint you,

ARTHUR HARRY HOLMES,

to be a Commissioner to administer oaths in all the Vice-Admiralty proceedings in this Court.

Dated this 2nd day of May, 1888.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Judge.

Appointment of Deputy Registrar of Vice-Admiralty Court revoked.

IN THE VICE-ADMIRALTY COURT,
IN NEW ZEALAND.

IN exercise and pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, and as such Judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court in New Zealand, do hereby revoke the appointment made by me of

CHARLES EDWARD RAWSON

as a Deputy Registrar of the Vice-Admiralty Court.

Given under my hand this 2nd day of May, 1888.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Judge.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 9th May, 1888.

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

CHARLES TOWNLEY BROWNE, Esq., of Wellington,

of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the colony.

THOS. FERGUS.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th May, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the under-mentioned officer:

Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Captain Frederick Henry Cotton. Date of resignation, 7th March, 1888.

THOS. FERGUS.

Rifle Corps posted to Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th May, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned corps being posted to the 2nd Battalion Otago Rifle Volunteers:

Peninsula Rifle Volunteers.

THOS. FERGUS.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, County of Horowhenua.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd May, 1888.

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

T. W. HISLOP.

THE following is the result of the poll taken at Shannon on the 21st April, 1888, on the proposal to borrow £6,000 for forming the county road through the Wirokino Riding of the Horowhenua County:

Total number of ratepayers on roll, 63; total number of votes exercisable, 80. Total number who voted for proposal, 8; total number of votes for proposal, 17; number who voted against proposal, 0.

As the number of ratepayers who voted for the proposal and the number of votes recorded is less than half, I hereby declare the proposal rejected.

W. H. SIMCOX,
Chairman, Horowhenua County Council.

Otaki, 1st May, 1888.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, County of Wairarapa North.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 9th May, 1888.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Wairarapa North County Council, is published in accordance with “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

T. W. HISLOP.

PROPOSAL to raise a loan of £3,000 under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” for expenditure in reducing grades and metalling on the Masterton to Waimata Road, upon which a poll was taken on the 4th day of May, 1888:

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 58; representing 143 votes. Number of ratepayers who voted for the proposal, 34; representing 85 votes. Number of ratepayers who voted against the proposal, 1; representing 1 vote.

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

THOMAS MACKAY,
County Council Chambers,
Masterton, 7th May, 1888.
County Chairman.