Sept. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 977

to be a Commissioner for hearing and deciding claims to land by persons claiming title thereto from, through, or under the New Zealand Company. Date of appointment, 6th September, 1883.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Land Board reappointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 12th September, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to reappoint

WILLIAM WILSON MCARDLE, Esq.,

to be a Member of the Land Board for the Land District of Wellington, as from the 18th September, 1888.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Land Board appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 12th September, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN DUNCAN, Esq.,

to be a Member of the Land Board for the Land District of Otago. Date of appointment, 6th September, 1888.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Sworn Valuator under Land Transfer Act appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 11th September, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Mr. A. P. MASON,

of Wellington, to be a sworn Valuator under the provisions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885.”

H. A. ATKINSON.

School Commissioner appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 11th September, 1888.

PURSUANT to “The Education Reserves Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1882,” the Education Board of the District of Southland has appointed

THOMAS DENNISTON, Esq.,

to be a School Commissioner for the Provincial District of Otago, vice the Hon. J. A. R. Menzies, M.L.C., deceased.

GEO. FISHER.

Officers appointed under “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884.”

Marine Department,
Wellington, 10th September, 1888.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 9 of “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,”

Constable JAMES JOSEPH HERBERT PASCOE,
Constable WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY,
Constable JOSEPH STANLEY, and
Constable THOMAS GRAHAM

have been appointed Officers for the purposes of that Act for that part of the County of Geraldine lying between and including the Rangitata River on the north and the Opihi River on the south, the sea-coast on the east, and the Mackenzie County on the west.

GEO. FISHER.

Volunteer Officers promoted and appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th September, 1888.

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

Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Colthurst Palai ret to be Lieutenant.
Martin James Kilgour to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 31st May, 1888.

Greytown Rifle Volunteers.
Charles Higgins to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 17th April, 1888.

Patea Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Thomas Edward Hamerton to be Captain. Date of commission, 29th February, 1888.

Christ’s College Rifle Volunteers.
George Hanmer to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 28th February, 1888.

Te Aro Rifle Volunteers.
Alexander Gray to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 3rd February, 1888.

Timaru High School Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
Arthur Wellesley Bailey to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 6th July, 1888.

THOS. FERGUS.

Number of Members of Sumner Town Board, County of Selwyn, increased.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 5th September, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to increase the number of the members of the Sumner Town Board from five members to seven members, as provided by “The Town Districts Act 1881 Amendment Act, 1883.”

T. W. HISLOP.

Special Order made by the Waiohine River Board, Wairarapa.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 7th September, 1888.

THE following special order, made by the Waiohine River Board, is published for general information.

T. W. HISLOP.

SPECIAL ORDER passed by the Board at a Meeting held on the 14th August, 1888.

THAT this Board, by special order, declares that the special order passed by the Board on the 7th December, 1886, adopting the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” is hereby rescinded.

I, Alexander Low Webster, Clerk to the Waiohine River Board, hereby declare that the above special order was passed by the Board in accordance with the Act.

A. L. WEBSTER.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Manchester Road District, County of Oroua.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th September, 1888.

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

T. W. HISLOP.

NO. 2 SUBDIVISION, MANCHESTER ROAD DISTRICT.

THE following is the result of the poll taken on the 3rd September, 1888, on proposals to borrow £1,400 for road-making in No. 2 Subdivision:—

Ratepayers on the roll, 91; representing 111 votes. Ratepayers voted, 38; representing 48 votes. Votes recorded for the proposals, 40; votes recorded against the proposals, 8.

As the number of ratepayers voting for the proposals and the number of votes recorded are less than the half, as required by the Act, I hereby declare the proposals rejected.

By order.

CHARLES BRAY,
Clerk, Manchester Road Board.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 5th September, 1888.

NOTICE is hereby given that EDWARD WATERS, Patent Agent, of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, has applied, on behalf of JOHN POWER AND SON, of John’s Lane, Dublin, Ireland, Distillers, to register, under “The Trade Marks Act, 1866,” the trade mark of which the following is a description:—

Description of Trade Mark.

A diamond enclosing the letter P.

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

Whiskey.

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

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 5th September, 1888.

NOTICE is hereby given that WALTER GREENSHIELDS, Patent Agent, Auckland, New Zealand, has applied,