Oct. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1055

Description of Land: Open, light soil, twelve miles from
Dunback Railway-station; altitude, 1500ft.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-eighth day of September, one thou-
sand eight hundred and eighty-eight.
G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Rangers appointed under Animals Protection Acts, Otago.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th October, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
ARTHUR E. STRONACH,
ARCHIBALD A. SCOTT,
THOMAS FRASER,
CHRISTOPHER NASH,
NATHANIEL MILLER,
FRANK DEANS, and
ROBERT H. COCKBURN
to be Rangers under "The Animals Protection Act, 1880,"
and the Acts amending the same, for the District of Otago.
GEO. FISHER,
(In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st October, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
JOANNES DEODATUS WALLER
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of
Pahiatua Town, vice A. W. Sedcole, resigned.
GEO. FISHER,
(In the absence of the Minister of Justice.)

Chief Postmasters appointed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 27th September, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
EDWARD DRURY BUTTS, Esq., and
ROBERT TAIT, Esq.,
to be Chief Postmasters at Dunedin and Westport respec-
tively. The appointments to date from the 1st July and the
1st June, 1888.

Officers appointed under "The Fisheries Conservation Act,
1884."

Marine Department,
Wellington, 28th 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,"
Sergeant THOMAS O'GRADY,
Constable WILLIAM BETHEL,
Constable MICHAEL JOYCE,
Constable WILLIAM STREAN, and
Constable THOMAS LIONEL BRADSHAW
have been appointed Officers for the purposes of that Act
for the County of Waitaki, and also for that part of the
Waitaki River which is outside the said county; and that
Constable HENRY FIELD
has been appointed an Officer for the purposes of that Act
for the Counties of Waimate and Waitaki.
GEO. FISHER.

Officer to Examination Board appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd October, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the under-mentioned appointment:—
Captain GEORGE CHARLES PROUDFOOT
to be a Member of the local Board for examination of
candidates for commissions in the New Zealand Militia and
Volunteers in the Dunedin District.
GEO. FISHER,
(For the Minister of Defence.)

Appointment in New Zealand Militia.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th September, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the under-mentioned appointment:—
New Zealand Militia.
Lieutenant Arthur Percy Douglas, R.N., to be Major. Date
of commission, 24th August, 1887.
THOS. FERGUS.

Officer to the New Zealand Militia appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th September, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the under-mentioned appointment:—
Major ARTHUR PERCY DOUGLAS,
New Zealand Militia, to be Staff Officer of Artillery and
Inspector of Ordnance Stores and Equipments. From 24th
August, 1887.
THOS. FERGUS.

Commission of Volunteer Officer cancelled.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd October, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the cancellation of the commission held by
the under-mentioned officer for absence from the colony
without leave:—
Newton (Auckland) Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Charles Reid.
GEO. FISHER,
(For the Minister of Defence.)

Commissioner of Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—MACKAY JOHN SCOBEIE GAIR, a Solicitor of
the Supreme Court of Victoria, has been appointed
this day, by His Honour Mr. Justice Williams, a Commis-
sioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in the Colony
of Victoria, under "The Commissioners of the Supreme
Court Act, 1875," for the purpose of taking affidavits as in
the said Act mentioned.
Dated at Dunedin, this twenty-eighth day of September,
1888.
COLIN McK. GORDON,
Registrar, Supreme Court, Dunedin.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Pahiatua Road District,
County of Wairarapa North.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th September, 1888.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the
Pahiatua Road Board, is published in accordance
with "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."
GEO. FISHER,
(In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Notice is hereby given that the result of the poll on the
proposal to borrow £1,500, under "The Government Loans to
Local Bodies Act 1886 Amendment Act, 1887," for the pur-
pose of constructing that portion of the Mangatainoka Cen-
tral Road between the Mangatainoka North and Mangahao
Roads, a distance of about four and three quarter miles, is
as follows:—
Ratepayers on roll, 14; votes exercisable, 14. Number of
ratepayers voting for the proposal, 8; 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 of the number of votes exercisable by
the whole number of ratepayers interested, I therefore
declare the proposal duly carried.
GEORGE WHITCOMBE,
Chairman, Pahiatua Road Board.
24th September, 1888.