MAY 9.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 465

Officer to command District appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th May, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the under-mentioned appointment:-
Lieut.-Colonel JOHN GEORGE BUTTS, New Zealand
Militia,
to command the Wairarapa District, vice Major Henry
Bunny, New Zealand Militia, who retires under the pro-
visions of clause 236 of the Volunteer Regulations, 1889.
THOS. FERGUS.

Road Board, at a special meeting held on the above date, is
correct and true in every particular.
CHAS. LEACH, Chairman.
F. W. HOLLINS, Clerk.
Witness R. R. Groom, J.P.
29th March, 1889.

Officer Commanding District resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st May, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to accept the resignation of
Major JAMES THOMSON
as Officer Commanding the Southland Volunteer District,
and as Major in the New Zealand Volunteer Force.
THOS. FERGUS.

Special Order made by Danevirke Road Board, County of
Waipawa.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1889.
THE following special order, made by the Danevirke
Road Board, is published in accordance with "The
Road Boards Act, 1882."
T. W. HISLOP.

SPECIAL ORDER passed by the Danevirke Road Board, at a
Meeting held on Wednesday, the 1st day of May, 1889.
THAT it be a special order of this Board that, for the pur-
pose of providing for the interest and sinking fund upon a
loan of £3,080 to be raised by the Danevirke Road Board,
under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,"
there be levied a special annual-recurring rate of one-third
of a penny in the pound upon all rateable property in the
district; and the said rate is hereby accordingly made and
levied for and during the whole period required by the afore-
said Act for the continuance of such loan, such rate to be
payable yearly on the first day of July in each year during
the continuance of the aforesaid loan.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been
duly passed as required by section 75 of "The Road Boards
Act, 1882."
Road Board Office,
Danevirke, 1st May, 1889.
WM. BIERRE,
Clerk.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st May, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to accept the resignation of the
commission held by the under-mentioned officer:-
Wanganui Naval Artillery Volunteers.
Honorary Surgeon Thomas Watt Bell. Date of resignation,
13th April, 1889.
THOS. FERGUS.

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

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1889.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of
the Kiwitea Road Board, is published in accordance
with "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."
T. W. HISLOP.

RESULT of poll on proposal to borrow £4,000 under "The
Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," for the pur-
pose of constructing roads in the Ruahine Ward, taken on
the 27th April, 1889:-
Total number of ratepayers on roll, 87; representing 87
votes. Votes recorded in favour of proposal, 48 votes;
against, nil.

As a majority of ratepayers voted in favour of the pro-
posal, and the number so voting are entitled to more than
half the votes exercisable by the whole number of ratepayers,
I hereby declare the proposal carried.
THOS. R. TAYLOR,
Chairman, Kiwitea Road Board.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th May, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignation of the commissions held by the
under-mentioned officers:-
Wairoa Rifle Volunteers.
Captain Daniel Crawford. Date of resignation, 27th April,
1889.
Hamilton Light Infantry Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant John Edgecumbe. Date of resignation, 26th
March, 1889.
THOS. FERGUS.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th May, 1889.
NOTICE is hereby given that JAMES INGLIS AND JOHN
PARKER, of 4 and 6, Deans Place, Sydney, New South
Wales, Tea, East India, and General Merchants, trading as
James Inglis & Co., have applied to register, under "The
Trade Marks Act, 1886," the trade mark of which the fol-
lowing is a description:-

Description of Trade Mark.
A label consisting of four panels or subdivisions, with the
following printed thereon:-
First Panel: Depicts a bushman at his tent-door putting
tea into a billy which is slung over a fire. The words "Billy
Tea" and a pale crescent moon are shown over the back-
ground of forest.
Second Panel: Depicts two swagsmen at their midday
halt having tea, a horseman in the background, and a visitor
in bushman costume approaching in front. Underneath are
the words "Have some BILLY TEA, mate."
Third Panel: Consists of letter-press on each side, and in
the centre a picture of a carved Burmese tea-house or
"thain;" a crescent to the left, and three curved palm-
trees to the right; in front an elephant with a houdah and
trappings, and three natives squatting on the ground; above,
the words "Billy Tea;" and beneath, the words "Trade
Mark."
Fourth Panel: To the right a picnic scene depicted by a
riverside, and on the left a representation of a billy-can with
the letter "T" thereon, and above it the words "Billy Tea."

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

ERNEST WADDELL PERKINS, Solicitor of Sydney, New
South Wales, has been appointed, this day, by His
Honour the Chief Justice, a Commissioner of the Supreme
Court of New Zealand in New South Wales, under the second
section of "The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act,
1875," for the purpose of administering oaths, &c.
Dated the 3rd day of May, 1889.
D. G. A. COOPER,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court,
Wellington, New Zealand.

Special Order made by Ormondville Road Board, County
of Waipawa.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 1st May, 1889.
THE following special order, made by the Ormondville
Road Board, is published in accordance with "The
Road Boards Act, 1882."
T. W. HISLOP.

SPECIAL ORDER.
THAT it be a special order of this Board that, for the purpose
of providing for the interest and sinking fund upon a loan of
£1,000 to be raised by the Ormondville Road Board, under
"The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," there
be levied a special annual-recurring rate of one halfpenny in
the pound upon all rateable property in the district; and the
said rate is hereby accordingly made and levied for and
during the whole period required by the Act for the con-
tinuance of such loans, such rate to be payable yearly on
the first day of May in each year during the continuance of
the aforesaid loan.

We, the undersigned, do hereby certify that the accom-
panying copy of the special order made by the Ormondville