Aug. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 933

JAMES WALLACE SMITH to be a Registrar of Brands for the Wairarapa Branding District.

ROBERT K. SIMPSON to be Registrar of Brands for the Rangitikei Branding District, comprising the Counties of Rangitikei, Manawatu, and that part of the County of Oroua which lies to the north of the Manawatu River.

JOHN F. MCCLEAN to be Registrar of Brands for the Wellington Branding District, comprising the Wellington Subdivision of the Wellington Sheep District, as constituted under “The Sheep Act, 1878,” together with the County of Horowhenua and that part of the County of Oroua which lies to the south of the Manawatu River.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

W. R. RUSSELL.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, County of Cook.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 20th August, 1890.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Cook County Council, is published in accordance ance with “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

W. R. RUSSELL.

COOK COUNTY COUNCIL.

At a poll of the ratepayers within a special district, comprising Mangaheia No. 1a, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f, Taumatarata, Rangikihua, Mangapapa, and Panikau Blocks, taken on the 6th August, 1890, upon a proposal by this Council to raise a loan of £860, in terms of the Government Loans to Local Bodies Acts, 1886, 1889, for the construction of the Whangara-Arakihiki Road, the following votes were recorded:—

For the proposal, 5 voters, exercising 11 votes.

As this is the whole number of voters on the roll of the special district, I declare the proposal carried.

JOHN CLARK,
Chairman.

Gisborne, 9th August, 1890.

Notice under “The Justices of the Peace Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1886.”

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th August, 1890.

IT is hereby notified that

WILLIAM HOGG WATT,

of Wanganni, has, in accordance with the provisions of section 7 of “The Justice of the Peace Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1886,” ceased to be a Justice of the Peace from the 20th instant.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Notice of Intention to incorporate the Denniston Hospital as a Separate Institution.

Education Department,
Wellington, 20th August, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council directs it to be notified, in terms of section 43 of “The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885,” that he has received a petition from not less than two hundred and fifty subscribers to the Denniston Hospital, praying that the hospital may be incorporated as a separate institution. Any petition counter to the foregoing should be delivered at the office of the Colonial Secretary within one month from the publication of this notice.

T. W. HISLOP.

Notice to Mariners, No. 31 of 1890.

PANDORA BANK, OFF CAPE MARIA VAN DIEMEN.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 16th August, 1890.

NOTICE is hereby given that, on recent soundings being taken by the Government steamer “Hinemoa” on the Pandora Bank, it was found that the depth of water had decreased to 3½ fathoms at low-water springs.

THOS. FERGUS,
(For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.)

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 Maori i raro i taua Ture kua whakahuatia i roto i nga rooru whakaatu i nga utu kua tukua atu nei ki nga poari takiwa e mau nei nga ingoa i roto i te Kupu Apiti ki tenei, i raro i nga tikanga o nga Ture kua whakahuatia i runga ake nei me era atu Ture katoa e pa ana e whai tikanga ana.

NOTEMEA kua tukua mai he tono ki ahau Te Minita Whakahaere i nga Moni o Niu Tireni, e mau nei toko ingoa i raro ilho 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 riti e meingatia ana kia utua i runga i nga tikanga o aua rooru mo te tau i oti atu 31 Maehe, 1890.

He panutanga tenei ki a koutou ki ia tangata ki ia tangata e 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 ki ia tangata ki ia tangata hoki o koutou nga tangata na ratou aua whenua kia utua e koutou aua reiti a te 3 o nga ra o Hepetema, 1890, 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 whakaaturanga kei te Kupu Apiti.

KUPU APITI.

He mea tuhi nei toku ingoa i tenei te 20 o Aka-hata, 1890.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Minita Whakahaere i nga Moni o te Koroni.

[TRANSLATION.]

“THE Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, 1882,” and the Amendments thereof.

To each and every the owner or owners of Native land under the said Act described in the valuation-rolls supplied to the local bodies, the names of which are set forth in the Schedule hereunder, under the provisions of the above Acts and all other Acts affecting the same or relating thereto.

WHEREAS demand having been made to me, the under-signed Colonial Treasurer of the Colony of New Zealand, in accordance with the provisions of “The Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, 1882,” by or on behalf of the said local bodies, for payment of the rates appearing to be payable under or by virtue of the said rolls for the year ended the 31st March, 1890:

Notice is hereby given to you and each and every of you that rolls of Native lands are now deposited at the offices of the said several local bodies, which said rolls are in the Maori language, and show the rateable value of the Native lands therein mentioned or described.

And you and each and every of you, the owners of the said lands, are hereby required and directed to pay the said rates on or before the 3rd September, 1890, such payment to be made by you at the office of the local body in whose district the lands affected are respectively comprised, and as noted in the said Schedule.