Oct. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1059

School Commissioner appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 15th October, 1889.

PURSUANT to "The Education Reserves Act, 1877," and "The Education Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1882," the Education Board of the District of Auckland has appointed

RICHARD UDY, Esq.,

to be a School Commissioner for the Auckland Provincial District, in place of J. M. Clarke, Esq., resigned.

T. W. HISLOP.

Volunteer Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned promotion:--

Wakari Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant William Anderson Stout to be Captain. Date of commission, 26th September, 1889.

THOS. FERGUS.

Transfer of Officers to the Unattached Active List.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned transfers to the Unattached Active List:--

Westport Naval Artillery Volunteers.

Captain William Reeve Haselden.

Wakari Rifle Volunteers.

Captain Sidney Haigh.

Wellington Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant (Acting Captain) Arnold Charles Lewis.

THOS. FERGUS.

Officer to Local Examination Board appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointment of

Captain WENTWORTH WADE,

1st Westland Rifle Volunteers, as a Member of the Local Board for examination of candidates for commissions in the New Zealand Militia and Volunteer Forces, vice Captain George Simpson Smith, transferred to the Honorary Unattached List with rank of Major.

THOS. FERGUS.

Services of Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept

SOUTHLAND YEOMANRY HUSSARS

as an Honorary Corps.

THOS. FERGUS.

Resignation of Volunteer Officers cancelled.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the cancellation of the resignation of the under-mentioned officers:--

Otago Hussars Volunteers.

Captain Donald Stronach, as published in Gazette No. 3, of the 17th January, 1889.

Wellington Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant (Acting Captain) Arnold Charles Lewis, as published in Gazette No. 51, of the 29th August, 1889.

THOS. FERGUS.

Cancellation of Commission.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the cancellation of the commission held by the under-mentioned officer:--

New Zealand Militia.

Captain Edward Henry Power..

THOS. FERGUS.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th October, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

NEIL FLEMING, Esq.,

of Oamaru; of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the colony.

THOS. FERGUS.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 11th October, 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:--

Name.
Occupation.
Residence.

Antonio Vlach .. Gold-miner .. Dillman's, Kumara.
Peter Bjorklund .. Miner .. River View, Ahaura.
Robert Karl Heinrich Cook
Dohrn .. .. Greymouth.
Carl Petterson .. General dealer Gore, Southland.
Christen Thomassen Miner
Klyken .. .. Waitahuna Gully.
Christian Fredrik Fancy-goods Tapanui, Otago.
Lyders Wrensted dealer

THOS. FERGUS,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Special Order made by Wairarapa North County Council.—
Special Rate for Eketahuna Street-widening.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 1889.

THE following special order, made by the Wairarapa North County Council, is published for general information.

W. R. RUSSELL.

SPECIAL ORDER.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it by "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886," and "The Counties Act, 1886," the Council of the County of Wairarapa North resolves as follows:---

That a special rate of fifteen-sixteenths of a penny in the pound be made on the rateable value of Subsections 5 to 22 (inclusive) of Section 13, Section 23, and Subsections 1 to 31 (inclusive) of Section 24, Block VI., Mangaone Survey District, as security for the payment of interest and annual charges on a loan of £500, under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," for expenditure in widening the metalled portions of the main road through Eketahuna Township.

That the said rate shall be an annually-recurring rate for a period of twenty-six years, and shall be payable half-yearly at the office of this Council, in two equal instalments, on the 1st day of February and the 1st day of August in each and every year, commencing on the 1st day of February, 1890.

Passed at a special meeting of the Council, this 10th day of September, 1889. Confirmed this 8th day of October, 1889.

WILLIAM H. BEETHAM,
County Chairman.

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and inhabitants of the County of Wairarapa North was affixed hereto by William Henry Beetham, County Chairman, in the presence of—F. G. Moore, County Clerk.

Application (Amended) for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 17th October, 1889.

NOTICE is hereby given that PETER DUTTON, of Kensington, Dunedin, New Zealand, Chemist, has applied to register, under "The Trade Marks Act, 1866," the trade mark of which the following is a description, viz.:--

Description of Trade Mark.

The words "Red Cross" and the representation of a red cross, the said words and the red cross being used either together or separately.

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

Medicinal remedies.

W. R. RUSSELL,
Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Trade Marks,