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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 86

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

HUGH FRANCIS ARMSTRONG GOURLEY, Esq., of 349, Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, has been appointed this day, by His Honour the Chief Justice, a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in Victoria, under the 2nd section of “The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875,” for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of November, 1891.

D. G. A. COOPER,
Registrar, Supreme Court.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loans, Moa Road Board, County of Taranaki.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 13th November, 1891.

THE following notices, received from the Chairman of the Moa Road Board, are published in accordance with “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

TARIKI SPECIAL RATING DISTRICT.

RESULT of poll taken on the 26th October, 1891, upon the proposal to raise a loan of £800 for the Tariki Special Rating District, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886:”—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, representing one vote each, 41; number of ratepayers who voted for the proposal, 29; number of ratepayers who voted against the proposal, nil; number of ratepayers who did not vote, 12.

I hereby declare the proposal duly carried.

T. W. CORBETT,
Chairman.

KAIMAHA SPECIAL RATING DISTRICT.

RESULT of poll taken on the 27th October, 1891, upon the proposal to raise a loan of £190 for the Kaimaha Special Rating District, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886:”—

Number of ratepayers who voted for the proposal 8, representing 9 votes; number of ratepayers who voted against the proposal, nil; number of ratepayers who did not vote, 3, representing 3 votes.

I hereby declare the proposal carried.

T. W. CORBETT,
Chairman.

Special Order made by Manganui Road Board, County of Stratford.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 13th November, 1891.

THE following special order, made by the Manganui Road Board, is published in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1886.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER passed by the Manganui Road Board, at a Meeting held on the 7th November, 1891.

THAT, to secure the repayment of a loan of £1,200 raised under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” for the purpose of forming and metalling the Salisbury Road, a special rate of 2⁵/₁₆d. in the pound be struck over the Salisbury Road Special Rating District, to be composed of the following sections: Sections Nos. 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, Block XIII.; Sections Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, Block XIV.; Sections Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, Block X.; Section No. 19, Block IX., Huiroa Survey District.

Such rate to be an annually-recurring rate for twenty-six years, or for as long as the loan shall remain unpaid, and will be payable, in two half-yearly instalments, on the 1st January and the 1st July in each year.

CHARLES V. STEAD,
Clerk.

I hereby certify that the above-mentioned special order was duly passed by the Manganui Road Board, at its meeting held on the 7th November, 1891, as required by section 75 of “The Road Boards Act, 1882;” and now forward a copy of the same as required by section 76 of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

CHARLES V. STEAD,
Clerk.

Midhirst, 9th November, 1891.

Special Order made by Waimea County Council.—Merging Tadmor Road District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th November, 1891.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER made by the Waimea County Council, at a Special Meeting held on the 3rd day of September, 1891, and confirmed at a subsequent Meeting, held on the 5th day of November, 1891.

THAT, in pursuance of the powers vested in them by “The Counties Act, 1886,” the Waimea County Council hereby make the following special order: That the prayer of the petition of the ratepayers in the Tadmor Road District be given effect to, and that the Tadmor Road Board be dissolved, and the said road district merged in the County of Waimea on and after the 5th day of November, 1891.

I hereby certify that the foregoing special order has been duly made in accordance with “The Counties Act, 1886.”

ROBERT LOUISSON,
County Clerk.

Waimea County Office,
Nelson, 12th November, 1891.

Admission of Boys and Young Men of New Zealand Birth into Her Majesty’s Navy.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th November, 1891.

THE under-mentioned copy of a despatch received by His Excellency the Governor from the Admiralty, respecting the admission of boys and young men of New Zealand birth into Her Majesty’s navy, is published for general information.

R. J. SEDDON.

ADMIRALTY to COLONIAL OFFICE.

(No. 2444.)
Admiralty, 9th September, 1891.

SIR,—I have laid before my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty your letter of the 12th ultimo, relative to the admission of boys and young men of New Zealand birth into Her Majesty’s Australasian Naval Squadron, and, after full consideration, their Lordships desire me to state, for the information of Lord Knutsford, that, while they are not prepared to depart from the principle of the continuous and general-service system, their Lordships will be willing to make arrangements for the admission into the Royal navy of men and boys of Australian and New Zealand birth, on the following lines:—

1. Able or ordinary seamen, to be entered on the Australian Station, to fill vacancies as non-continuous-service men for six months’ trial on the station, and if after that time they are found suitable they will be allowed to join the navy as continuous-service men, and will be paid (as continuous-service men) from the date of their original entry. Men so entered will be sent to England for training in gunnery, &c., but they will afterwards be employed on the Australian Station if they so desire.

2. Boys who volunteer and come up to the standard will be accepted and brought to England for training with the paid-off crews of Her Majesty’s ships, and after undergoing the necessary training they will be employed as far as possible on the Australian Station if they so desire.

I am, &c.,

EVAN McGREGOR.

The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.

Officiating Ministers for 1891.—Notice No. 28.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 13th November, 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 name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

The Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend Charles Macdonald.

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