APRIL 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 429

Inspector of State Forests appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 8th April, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pursuance of section 12 of “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885,” to appoint

SIDNEY WEETMAN, Esq.,

Commissioner of Crown Lands at New Plymouth, to be an Inspector of State Forests.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Trustee for Timaru Racecourse appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 8th April, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pursuance of section 6 of “The Timaru Racecourse Reserve Act, 1883,” to appoint

WILLIAM HALL-JONES, Esq.,

to be a Member of the Board of Trustees constituted under that Act, in place of W. S. Armitage, Esq., absent from the colony.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Trustees of Garrison Drill-hall appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th April, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen as Trustees of the Napier Garrison Drill-hall, under “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Trustees Validation Act, 1890 :”—

WILLIAM WOOD, Major, Unattached Active List, New Zealand Volunteers, Commanding Napier Volunteer District.

ARTHUR McCARTNEY, Captain, F Battery, New Zealand Regiment, Artillery Volunteers.

FREDERICK GEORGE SMITH, Captain, Napier Naval Artillery Volunteers.

JOHN CHICKEN, Captain, Napier Rifle Volunteers.

ROBERT DOUGLAS DONALD McLEAN, Esq., Sheep-farmer, Napier.

GEORGE HENRY SWAN, Esq., Brewer, Napier.

J. BALLANCE,
For the Minister of Defence.

Rifle Corps formed into Mounted Infantry.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th April, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the Hawera Rifle Volunteers being formed into a Mounted Infantry Corps, to be known as the Hawera Mounted Infantry Volunteers.

J. BALLANCE,
For the Minister of Defence.

Rifle Cadets formed into Naval Artillery Cadets.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th April, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the Napier High School Rifle Cadets being formed into a Naval Artillery Cadet Corps, to be known as the Napier High School Naval Cadets.

J. BALLANCE,
For the Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th April, 1891.

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

Captain and Quartermaster RICHARD LINN

from the Unattached Active List to the Honorary Unattached List, New Zealand Volunteers.

J. BALLANCE,
For the Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th April, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commissions held by the under-mentioned officers :—

C Battery, Artillery Volunteers.

Lieutenant Thomas Loxton Woods. Date of resignation, 13th March, 1891.

Palmerston South Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Edward O’Neill. Date of resignation, 12th March, 1891.

J. BALLANCE,
For the Minister of Defence.

Justices of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 6th April, 1891.

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

ANDREW WILLIAMSON, Esq., of Nevis, and

JOHN FORTESCUE EVELYN WRIGHT, Esq., of Happy Valley, Wellington,

of their appointments as Justices of the Peace for the colony.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Cemetery Trustee resigned.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 8th April, 1891.

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

J. WOODBINE JOHNSON, Esq.,

as a Trustee for the Makaraka Cemetery.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, County of Manawatu.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1891.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

THE following is the result of a poll taken on the 21st March, 1891, on a proposal to raise a loan of £1,750, under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” and “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and amendments, for the purpose of—(a) Forming and metalling the unfinished portion of the Campbelltown-Longburn Road, and half share of constructing a bridge over the Oroua River at termination of the said road (Campbell Riding), £1,100; (b) metalling unfinished portion of the Taipo-Awahuri Road (Waitohi Riding), £250; (c) metalling on Sandon-Carnarvon Road (Carnarvon and Kawakawa Ridings), £400: total, £1,750:—

Number of ratepayers on roll, 185; number of votes exercisable, 259; number of ratepayers who voted for the proposal, 102; number of ratepayers who voted against the proposal, 1; number of votes recorded for the proposal, 137; number of votes recorded against the proposal, 1.

As a majority in number of the ratepayers have voted in favour of the proposal, and the number so voting are entitled to more than one-half in number of the votes which can be exercised by the whole number of ratepayers, I hereby declare the resolution carried.

V. C. RANSOM,
Chairman.

Notice to Mariners, No. 12 of 1891.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1891.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, and the Portmaster, Brisbane, are published for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.

VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.—EASTERN ENTRANCE TO BASS STRAIT.—CAPE EVERARD.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners dated the 14th May, 1890, it is further notified that the white light on Cape Everard is visible in clear weather for a distance of twenty-one nautical miles.

A. W. MUSGROVE,
Secretary, Trade and Customs.

Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 13th March, 1891.