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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 74

Trustees of Drill-shed Reserve appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th October, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointment of the under-mentioned gentlemen as Trustees of the Tuapeka Rifle Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve, under “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Trustees Validation Act, 1890:”

WILLIAM HOLDEN WEBB, Lieutenant-Colonel, New Zealand Militia, Commanding Dunedin Volunteer District.
JOHN EDIE, Esq., late Captain, Tuapeka Rifle Volunteers.
ROBERT MCKEICH, Captain, Tuapeka Rifle Volunteers.
WILLIAM GEORGE URQUHART, Lieutenant, Tuapeka Rifle Volunteers.

Date of appointments, 3rd October, 1891.

R. J. SEDDON.

Designation of Volunteer Corps changed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd October, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the designation of the North Troop Otago Hussars Volunteers being changed to that of the North Otago Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th October, 1891.

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

Alexandra Cavalry Volunteers.

Lieutenant Fletcher Harrison. Date of resignation, 17th September, 1891.

Manchester Rifle Volunteers.

Captain Owen Pleasants. Date of resignation, 24th September, 1891.

R. J. SEDDON.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Taratahi-Carterton Road District, County of Wairarapa South.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 6th October, 1891.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Taratahi-Carterton Road Board, is published in accordance with “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

TARATAHI-CARTERTON ROAD BOARD.—KOKOTAU BRIDGE.

THE following is the result of the poll taken at the homestead of J. Snell, Ahiaruhi, on Saturday, the 19th day of September, 1891, upon the proposal to raise a loan under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” of £2,500, for construction of Kokotau Bridge and connecting-roads, and to levy a special rate of 33-40ths of a penny in the pound upon the properties specially benefited thereby (such being included in the Kokotau Bridge Special-rating District) for the purpose of paying the interest or instalments thereon, viz. :—

Total number of ratepayers, 14; total number of votes, 37; for the proposal, 9 ratepayers, 24 votes; against the proposal, 1 ratepayer, 5 votes.

As a majority in number of the ratepayers 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 said proposal and resolution duly carried.

H. R. BUNNY,
Chairman, Taratahi-Carterton Road Board.
Dated the 21st September, 1891.

Notice to Mariners, No. 35 of 1891.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 5th October, 1891.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Portmaster, Brisbane, Queensland, are published for general information.

A. J. CADMAN,
For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.

PANCAKE CREEK.—NEW LEADING-MARKS TO ENTER.

NOTICE is hereby given that two new triangular leading beacons have been erected at Pancake Creek. The beacons are about 250 yards apart, and when in line, bearing S. ¾ W., lead into the anchorage carrying not less than 10ft. at low water, clearing the spit off the N.W. Head.

Anchor with the beacons a little open to the southward, the boatshed bearing E.S.E.

T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 15th September, 1891.

PORT CURTIS.—ALTERATION IN NORTH CHANNEL.

NOTICE is hereby given that, owing to the changes which have taken place at the western end of the North Channel, vessels in passing between the Junction and Red Buoys must now keep the Apparent Light on the Oyster Rock in line with the Main Light on Gatcombe Head, bearing N. by E. ½ E. easterly.

This lead marks the centre of the present channel, which is about 130 yards wide and has a depth of 21ft. at low-water springs.

T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 16th September, 1891.

Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 7th October, 1891.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that the Hon. the Commissioner of Trade and Customs has decided to interpret “The Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1888,” in relation to the under-mentioned articles as follow:—

NOTE.—“Not otherwise enumerated” appears as n.o.e.; “other kinds” as o.k.; “articles and materials suited only for, and to be used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the colony” as a. & m.s. Articles marked thus * are revised decisions.

W. T. GLASGOW,
For Secretary and Inspector.

Commissioner’s Order No. 401.]

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 16th September, 1891.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1893, the period of literature will be the reign of Elizabeth, and the special books will be Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Macaulay’s Essays on Bacon and Walpole.

W. P. REEVES,
Minister of Education.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 7th October, 1891.

THE St. Patrick’s Branch, No. 245, situated at Oamaru, is registered as a branch of the New Zealand District Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 7th day of October, 1891.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies,