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more than one-half of the votes that can be exercised by the whole number of ratepayers, I hereby declare the proposal to be carried.

THOS. R. TAYLOR,
Chairman of Kiwitea Road Board.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 27th May, 1891.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Special Orders made by Otamatea County Council.—Merging Wairau and Tokatoka Road Districts.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 27th May, 1891.

THE following special orders, made by the Otamatea County Council, are published in accordance with “The Counties Act, 1886.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL orders made by the Otamatea County Council on the 31st day of March, 1891, and confirmed on the 21st day of May, 1891:—

1. That, by special order, the Wairau Road Board be dissolved, and the Wairau Road District be merged in the County of Otamatea, on and after the 1st day of June, 1891.

2. That, by special order, the Tokatoka Road Board be dissolved, and the Tokatoka Road District be merged in the County of Otamatea, on and after the 1st day of June, 1891.

I certify that the foregoing special orders have been duly made.

JAMES HEMPHILL,
County Clerk.

Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 27th May, 1891.

THE following notices of elections of members of Road Boards have been received at this office, and are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

Waikiekie Road District, County of Whangarei :
Peter Mason.
John Babe.
Henry Mason.

Mount Roskill Road District, County of Eden :
James William Carr.
Henry Joseph Davies.
James Roberts Walters.

Ormondville Road District, County of Waipawa :
Job Packer.
John Brabazon.
Jacob Neilsen.

Akitio Road District, County of Wairarapa North :
Francis Armstrong.

Featherston Road District, County of Wairarapa South :
No. 3 Subdivision—
Alfred Matthews.
No. 4 Subdivision—
William E. Bidwill.
No. 5 Subdivision—
John Martin, jun.
No. 6 Subdivision—
Henry Taylor Hume,

Mandeville and Rangiora Road District, County of Ashley :
Robert Ligget.
Malcolm Macfarlane.
Joseph Byron Moody.

Oxford Road District, County of Ashley :
Henry John Hawker.
Arthur Wright.
Peter Wright.

Officiating Ministers for 1891.—Notice No. 10.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 27th May, 1891.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in the forty-fourth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend William McGregor.

Wesleyan Methodist Church.
Alfred Wells Ashcroft.

Wm. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Regulation under “The Law Practitioners Act, 1882.”

BY virtue of the powers vested in us by law, it is ordered by us, the Judges of the Supreme Court, that the following shall be a rule and regulation under “The Law Practitioners Act, 1882:”—

Persons who have already passed the General Knowledge Examination prescribed for barristers under the regulations of the 28th December, 1882, shall not, in passing the Examination in Law prescribed for candidates for admission as barristers under the regulations gazetted on the 27th of June, 1889, be required to pass an examination in constitutional history.

Dated at Wellington, this 26th day of May, 1891.

JAMES PRENDERGAST.
JOSHUA STRANGE WILLIAMS.
J. E. DENNISTON.
EDWD. T. CONOLLY.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 1st December, 1890.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1892, the period of literature will be the period of the Commonwealth, and the special books will be Shakespeare’s King Lear and The Tempest.

FRED. WHITAKER,
For the Minister of Education.

Tenders for Letter-carriers’ Uniforms.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 18th May, 1891.

TENDERS will be received at the General Post Office, Wellington, until the 17th June, 1891, for the manufacture within the colony, from New Zealand-made material, of letter-carriers’ uniforms—namely, tunic, trousers, riding-trousers, overcoat, and overcoat with cape; also for tunic and trousers made of white drill or duck.

Samples of clothing (except white drill or duck garments) may be seen at all Chief Post Offices throughout the colony, where also specifications and form of tender may be obtained.

Tenders, quoting price for each garment, accompanied by samples of material, to be addressed to the Hon. the Postmaster-General, General Post Office, Wellington, and indorsed outside “Tender for letter-carriers’ uniforms.”

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

A SEPARATE Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette is now published fortnightly, containing all notices concerning patents and trade-marks required by law to be gazetted; also, particulars of lapsed applications for patents, expired letters patent, and other information useful to inventors, manufacturers, and others. The Supplement will be issued free to subscribers to the Gazette, and to others on payment of a special subscription of ten shillings per annum, payable in advance to the Government Printer.

GEO. DIDSBUry,
Government Printer.