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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 28

Member of Wellington Land Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st April, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

ALEXANDER WILSON HOGG, Esq.,

to be a Member of the Land Board of the Land District of
Wellington, as from the 13th April, 1891.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Nelson Land Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st April, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

JOHN KERR, Esq.,

to be a Member of the Land Board of the Land District of
Nelson, as from the 13th April, 1891.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Members of Napier Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1891.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has
been pleased, in pursuance of the provisions of section
41 of "The Harbours Act, 1878," and of all other powers
enabling him in that behalf, to appoint

The Hon. JOHN DAVIES ORMOND, M.L.C., and
SAMUEL CARNELL

to be Members of the Napier Harbour Board, the County
Councils of Waipawa and Patangata having, on the second
Monday in the month of February last, neglected to elect
two members of the Board.

JOHN McKENZIE,
For the Minister having charge of the
Marine Department.

Officer under Section 36 of "The Electric Lines Act, 1884,"
appointed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1891.

IN pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by "The
Electric Lines Act, 1884" (hereinafter termed "the said
Act"), and by the regulations made thereunder on the 30th
June, 1885, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No.
41, 1885, the following officer is hereby appointed a Trans-
mitting and Receiving Officer, for the purpose of dealing with
all notices by telegraph sent under the said Act or regula-
tions, and of signing such certificates in relation to the
service of any such notices as are required or authorised to
be signed or given under the said Act or the regulations
aforesaid:—

WILLIAM WHITWELL BESWICK,
Chief Postmaster, Chief Post Office, Gisborne.

A. J. CADMAN,
For the Electric Telegraph Commissioner.

Volunteer Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the under-mentioned promotion:—

Timaru Naval Artillery Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant Richard Gooch to be Lieutenant Command-
ing. Date of promotion, 1st January, 1891.

R. J. SEDDON.

Officers' Services dispensed with.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the services of the under-mentioned officers
being dispensed with, on reduction, from the 31st March,
1891:—

CHARLES ALEXANDER HUMFREY, late Colonel, New Zea-
land Militia, Under-Secretary for Defence.

Lieut.-Colonel CHARLES STAPP, New Zealand Militia,
Commanding Taranaki and Wanganui Volunteer Dis-
tricts.

Lieut.-Colonel JOHN GEORGE BUTTS, New Zealand Militia,
Commanding Wellington and Wairarapa Volunteer Dis-
tricts.

Lieut.-Colonel THOMAS VIRET SHEPHERD, New Zealand
Militia, Commanding Auckland Volunteer District.

Captain COLIN McKENZIE TAYLOR, New Zealand Per-
manent Militia.

R. J. SEDDON.

Inspector of Volunteers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the appointment of In-
spector of Volunteers held by the under-mentioned officer :—

Lieut.-Colonel ARTHUR HUME, New Zealand Militia. Date
of resignation, 1st April, 1891.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1891.

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

Dunedin City Guards Rifles Volunteers.
Honorary Surgeon Daniel Colquhoun. Date of resignation,
26th March, 1891.

Dunedin Irish Rifle Volunteers.
Captain Andrew Fairbairn. Date of resignation, 21st
February, 1891.

R. J. SEDDON.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1891.

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

JOHN SMYLLIE McDOWELL THOMPSON, Esq.,
of Wellington, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace
for the colony.

W. P. REEVES.

Member of Nelson Land Board resigned.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st April, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ac-
cept the resignation of

OSWALD CURTIS, Esq.,

as a Member of the Land Board of the Land District of
Nelson.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, County of Hawera.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th April, 1891.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the
Hawera County Council, is published in accordance
with "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."

P. A. BUCKLEY.

LOAN OF £400 FOR IMPROVING THE MANGAWHERO ROAD,
ELTHAM RIDING.

Notice is hereby given that the poll of ratepayers taken on
the 7th instant resulted as follows:—
Number of voters on roll, 12; number of votes exercisable,
12; number of voters for proposal, 9; number of votes
exercised, 9.

I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

S. FORSYTH,
Chairman.

Special Order made by Waitotara County Council.—
Boundaries of Ridings altered.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 18th April, 1891.

THE following special order, made by the Waitotara
County Council, is published in accordance with "The
Counties Act, 1886."

P. A. BUCKLEY.