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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 49

New Zealand in England, under the second section of “The
Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875,” for the
purpose of administering oaths, &c.
Dated this twenty-fourth day of August, 1888.
D. G. A. COOPER,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court, Wellington.

Commissioner of Supreme Court appointed.

JAMES ARTHUR DOWLING, of 29, O'Connell Street,
Sydney, has been appointed this day, by His Honour
the Chief Justice, a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of
New Zealand in South Australia, under the second section
of “The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875,”
for the purpose of administering oaths, &c.
Dated this twenty-fourth day of August, 1888.
D. G. A. COOPER,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court, Wellington.

Commissioner of Supreme Court appointed.

CHARLES GRANT VARLEY, of Adelaide, has been ap-
pointed this day, by His Honour the Chief Justice, a
Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in
South Australia, under the second section of “The Com-
missioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875,” for the purpose
of administering oaths, &c.
Dated this twenty-fourth day of August, 1888.
D. G. A. COOPER,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court, Wellington.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 31st August, 1888.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignation by
HENRY RICHARDSON RAE, Esq.,
of Hokitika, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for
the colony
THOS. FERGUS.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th September, 1888.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignation of the commission held by the under-
mentioned officer:—
Carterton Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Willie Moore. Date of resignation, 17th June,
1888.
THOS. FERGUS.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th September, 1888.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to dis-
band the
Caversham Rifle Volunteers.
Date of disbandment, 24th August, 1888.
The under-mentioned gentlemen therefore cease to be
officers in the Volunteer Force, their commissions having
lapsed under the provisions of “The Defence Act, 1886:”—
Captain William Deans Milne.
Lieutenant James Rendel.
THOS. FERGUS.

Arrangements for First Meeting of Petone Borough Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th August, 1888.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point Tuesday, the 28th August, 1888, at half-past
seven o'clock in the evening, to be the time, and the Petone
Borough Council Office, Petone, to be the place, at which the
first meeting of the recently-elected Council of the Borough
of Petone shall be held.
T. W. HISLOP.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th August, 1888.
NOTICE is hereby given that EDWARD WATERS, Patent
Agent, of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, has
applied, on behalf of LEVER BROTHERS, of Warrington, in the
County of Lancaster, England, Soap Manufacturers, to
register, under “The Trade Marks Act, 1866,” the trade
mark of which the following is a description:—

Description of Trade Mark.

The word “Sunlight.”

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

Soaps of all descriptions, candles, detergents, starch, blue,
and other preparations for laundry or toilet purposes.
T. W. HISLOP,
Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Trade Marks.

Notice of Proposed Loan, Borough of East Invercargill.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1888.
THE following notice, received from His Worship the
Mayor of East Invercargill, is published in accordance
with “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886.”
T. W. HISLOP.

Borough of East Invercargill.—Result of Poll for
Special Loan of £3,000.

I HEREBY notify that, at a poll held on the 24th day of
August, 1888, in accordance with the provisions of “The
Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,”—to ascertain whether a
majority in the number of burgesses, as also in number of
votes, were in favour of a proposal passed at a meeting of
the Borough Council, held on the 18th day of June, 1888, to
borrow a sum of £3,000 for the purpose of paying off the
balance of existing loans, and for drainage, and for construc-
tion of streets and footpaths, pledging as security for the
said loan the moneys from time to time to arise from a
special rate of 1s. in the pound on all rateable property
within the borough to meet the interest,—the number of
votes recorded for the said proposal was 103, against 5. I do
therefore hereby declare the resolution to be duly carried.
Given under my hand, this 29th day of August, 1888.
THOS. FINDLAY,
Mayor of East Invercargill.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, County of Horowhenua.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th September, 1888.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the
Horowhenua County Council, is published in accord-
ance with “The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886.”
T. W. HISLOP.

Notice is hereby given that the result of the poll on the
proposal to borrow £6,000 from the Colonial Treasurer for
the purpose of constructing the main county road through
the Wirokino Riding of the above county is as follows:—
Ratepayers on roll, 84; votes exercisable on the roll, 113.
Number of ratepayers who voted for the proposal, 45; num-
ber of votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 69; number
of ratepayers who voted against the proposal, nil.
As a majority in number of the ratepayers voted in favour
of the proposal, and the number so voting are entitled to
more than one-half the number of votes that can be exer-
cised by the whole number of ratepayers, I do hereby declare
the proposal carried.
W. H. SIMCOX,
Chairman, Horowhenua County Council.

Alterations in and Additions to the Scale of Charges in
force on the New Zealand Railways.

IN accordance with section 144 of “The Public Works
Act, 1882,” I, Edwin Mitchelson, the Minister for
Public Works, do hereby make the following alterations in
and additions to the scale of charges, to come into force
from and after the 10th day of September, 1888:—
PART IV.—LOCAL RATES.
WANGANUI AND WELLINGTON SECTIONS.
Dead meat consigned by way of the Manawatu Railway
Company's line to Wellington, or to stations on the Welling-
ton Section, from stations on the Wanganui Section, will be
charged as Class D upon the Government Railway. Mini-
mum, 2 tons.
As witness my hand, this third day of September,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.
EDWIN MITCHELSON,
Minister for Public Works.