JAN. 31.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th January, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the disbandment of the under-mentioned
corps :-

Thames Rifle Rangers Volunteers.
Gordon Rifle Volunteers.
Date of disbandment, 19th January, 1889.
The under-mentioned gentlemen, therefore, cease to be
officers in the Volunteer Force, in accordance with the pro-
visions of "The Defence Act, 1886:"-
Lieutenant William Henry Lucas, Thames Rangers.
Honorary Surgeon Patrick Callan, Thames Rangers.
Honorary Chaplain Rev. Frank George Evans, Thames
Rangers.
Captain William Bagnall White, Gordon Rifles.
Lieutenant David Alexander Hay, Gordon Rifles.
Lieutenant Edward Buchanan, Gordon Rifles.
THOS. FERGUS.

Designation of Cadet Corps changed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th January, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the designation of the Blenheim Rifle Cadet
Volunteers being changed to the
Blenheim Borough School Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
THOS. FERGUS.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th January, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignation of the commissions held by the
under-mentioned officers :-

E Battery, Artillery Volunteers.
Lieutenant George Harris. Date of resignation, 21st
January, 1889.

Sydenham Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Frank Edward Greenstreet. Date of resigna-
tion, 22nd January, 1889.

Canterbury Irish Rifle Volunteers.
Captain Andrew Loughrey. Date of resignation, 7th January,
1889.
THOS. FERGUS.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th January, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ac-
cept the resignation by
WILLIAM TAYLER, Esq.,
of Te Awamutu, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace
for the colony.
THOS. FERGUS.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, County of Hawera.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1889.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the
Hawera County Council, is published in accordance
with "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."
T. W. HISLOP.

HAWERA COUNTY COUNCIL.
NOTICE is hereby given that a poll of ratepayers within the
special areas has been taken on the proposal to borrow the
under-mentioned sums for the works hereunder described,
with the following result:-
£1,200 for completing the Mountain Road, in Ngaire
Riding:-
Number on roll, 39. Votes for, 23; votes against, 3;
informal, 1.
£300 for widening and extending Stratford-Opunake Road,
in Ngaire Riding :--
Number on roll, 18. Votes for, 11; votes against, nil.
£1,300 for constructing and macadamising the Stratford-
Opunake Road, in Waimate Riding, in continuation of road
already metalled to the Hastings Road:-

Number on roll, 23. Votes for, 15; votes against, nil;
informal, 2.
I therefore declare the above resolutions to be carried, as
more than half of the ratepayers on the roll have voted
therefor.
ISC. BAYLY,
Chairman.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th January, 1889.
NOTICE is hereby given that Messrs. CHAPMAN AND
FITZGERALD, of Wellington, in the Colony of New
Zealand, Solicitors, have applied, on behalf of J. FROSSARD
AND CO., of Payerne, Switzerland, Tobacco Manufacturers,
to register, under "The Trade Marks Act, 1866," the trade
mark of which the following is a description:----
Description of Trade Mark.
The words "Puffs of the Swiss Mountaineers," in conneo-
tion with photographic labels.
Nature of the Article to which it is intended such Trade
Mark shall apply.
Cigarillos.
T. W. HISLOP,
Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Trade Marks.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th January, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue
Letters of Naturalisation, under "The Aliens Act,
1880," in favour of the under-mentioned persons:-

T. W. HISLOP.

Issue of New Zealand War Medals.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th January, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to autho-
rise the issue of New Zealand War Medals to the
individuals named hereunder, whose claims, upon investiga-
tion, have been established:---
Private William Sharp, Hawke's Bay Militia.
Private Walter Henry Scott, Taranaki Militia.
Private John Bovey, Taranaki Militia.
Private George Tunnecliff, Taranaki Mounted Volunteers.
Private James Ringcome Revell, Taranaki Rifle Volunteers.
Private Samson T. Joll, Taranaki Rific Volunteers.
THOS. FERGUS.

Notice to Owners of Native Land under "The Crown and
Native Lands Rating Act, 1882."

"TE Ture Reiti i nga Whenua o te Karauna me nga
Whenua Maori, 1882," me te Ture Whakatikatika i
taua Ture.

Ki te tangata nana, ki nga tangata ranei na ratou nga
whenua kua whakahuatia i roto i nga rooru whakaatu i nga
utu o nga whenua Maori, kua tukua atu nei ki nga poari
takiwa e mau nei nga ingoa i roto i te Kupu Apiti ki teneo
i raro i nga tikanga o nga Ture kua whakahuatia i runga aki
nei me era atu Ture katoa e pa ana e whai tikanga ana.

NOTEMEA kua tukua mai he tono ki ahau Te Minita Whaka-
haere i nga Moni o Niu Tireni, e mau nei toko ingoa i raro
iho nei, e nga poari takiwa e tetahi tangata ranei mo te taha
ki a ratou, i raro i nga tikanga o "Te Ture Reiti i nga
Whenua o te Karauna me nga Whenua Maori, 1882," kia
utua nga reiti e meingatia ana ki utua i runga i nga tikanga
o aua rooru mo te tau i oti atu 31 Maehe, 1889:

He panuitanga tenei ki a koutou ki ia tangata ki ia tangata
o koutou, kia mohio ai koutou kua takoto nga rooru o nga
whenua Maori ki nga tari o aua poari takiwa ko aua rooru he
mea tuhi ki te reo Maori, a e whakaatu ana hoki i nga utu o
nga whenua Maori kua whakahuatia i runga i aua rooru.

Na he tono tenei ki a koutou kia ia tangata ki ia tangata
hoki o koutou nga tangata na ratou aua whenua kia utua e
koutou aua reiti a te 15 o nga ra o Pepuere, 1889, i mua mai
ranei o taua ra, me utu e koutou aua moni reiti i te tari o te
poari o te takiwa i takoto ai aua whenua, tena te whakaatu-
ranga kei te Kupu Apiti.