Nov. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1161

Resident Magistrate appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 27th October, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
JAMES BOOTH, Esq., R.M.,
to be a Resident Magistrate for the District of Wairoa, with
extended jurisdiction to £100.
T. W. HISLOP,
(In the absence of the Minister of Justice.)

Property-tax Assessor appointed.

Property-tax Department,
Wellington, 24th October, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
JOHN HENRY TAYLOR,
of Rotorua, to be an Assessor under "The Property Assessment Act, 1885."
T. W. HISLOP,
(In the absence of the Colonial Treasurer.)

Member of Land Board reappointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 31st October, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to reappoint
CHARLES HALL, Esq.,
to be a Member of the Land Board for the Land District of Hawke's Bay, as from the 30th October, 1888.
G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Appointment of a Deputy Commissioner of Stamps cancelled.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 24th October, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to determine that the appointment held by
Mr. WILLIAM HENRY WARREN,
as Deputy Commissioner of Stamps for the purposes of section 7 of "The Stamp Act 1875 Amendment Act, 1881," be cancelled as from this date.
H. A. ATKINSON.

Volunteer Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th October, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned promotion:—
D Battery, Artillery Volunteers.
Lieutenant William Harold Sefton Moorhouse to be Captain.
Date of commission, 9th October, 1888.
G. F. RICHARDSON,
(For the Minister of Defence.)

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th October, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the under-mentioned officer:—
Marlborough Hussars.
Lieutenant William Hutcheson. Date of resignation, 11th October, 1888.
G. F. RICHARDSON,
(For the Minister of Defence.)

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 30th October, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by
GEORGE ARMSTRONG, Esq.,
of Akaroa, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the colony.
T. W. HISLOP,
(In the absence of the Minister of Justice.)

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th October, 1888.

NOTICE is hereby given that EDWARD WATERS, Patent Agent, of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, has applied, on behalf of BETTS AND COMPANY, LIMITED, of 1, Wharf Road, City Road, London, England, Capsule Manufacturers, to register, under "The Trade Marks Act, 1866," the trade mark of which the following is a description:—

Description of Trade Mark.
The device of a padlock, with the words "Trade Mark."

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

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

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

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th October, 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 passed by the Masterton Road Board at a Meeting held on Saturday, 20th October, 1888.

THAT, for the purpose of securing payment of the sum of £200 granted to the Board under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," for the formation of a branch line of road leading to Sections 120 and 121, Block XI., Kopuarangi Survey District, a special rate of 1/4d. in the pound be made and levied on the rateable value of the following sections: 4, 123, 126, 124, 122, 123, 125, 127, 129, 120, 121, 113, and part of Section 9, Kopuarangi Survey District.

Such special rate shall be an annually-recurring rate, and will be paid in two half-yearly instalments for twenty-six years, the first half-yearly payment to be made on the 1st day of February and the second on the 1st day of August, 1889, and on the same days in each following year until the debt is liquidated.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly passed as required by section 75 of "The Road Boards Act, 1882."

Pro W. H. BRETHAM, Chairman,
R. WILSON, Clerk.

Road Board Office,
Masterton, 26th October, 1888.

Special Order made by Hawke's Bay County Council.—Petane and Puketapu Road Districts and Ridings altered.

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

THE following special order, made by the Hawke's Bay County Council, is published in accordance with "The Counties Act, 1886."

T. W. HISLOP.

SPECIAL ORDER.

I, John Bennett, Chairman of the Hawke's Bay County Council, do hereby certify that the following special order, passed at a meeting of the Hawke's Bay County Council on the 16th day of July, 1888, was duly confirmed at a special meeting held on the 17th day of September, 1888: Resolved, That the boundaries of the Petane and Puketapu Road Boards and Ridings be altered as follows, and that the same shall take effect from this date.

DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED ALTERATIONS OF BOUNDARIES OF THE PUKETAPU AND PETANE ROAD DISTRICTS AND PETANE AND PUKETAPU RIDINGS.

Commencing at the junction of the Waipuna Stream and the Mangaone River; thence following up the Mangaone River to the southern boundary of Section 105; thence by the southern and western boundary of Section 105 to the south-east corner of Section 102; thence by the eastern, northern, and western boundaries of Section 102 to the north-west corner of Section 134; thence by the western boundary of Section 134 to the north-eastern corner of Section 132; thence by the northern boundary of Sections 132 and 137 to the north-east corner of Block 116; thence by the northern boundary of Block 116 to the eastern boundary of Block 96; thence by the eastern and northern boundaries of Block 96 to the south-east corner of Block 95; thence by the north-eastern boundary of Block 95 to the south-east corner of Block 122; thence by the eastern