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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 88

Inspectors of Weights and Measures appointed, Christchurch
and Timaru.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

Constable JOHN McGORMAN

to be Inspector of Weights and Measures for the Counties of
Ashley and Selwyn, for the City of Christchurch, and for the
Boroughs of St. Albans, Sydenham, Lyttelton, and Sumner,
vice Constable Scully; and also to appoint

Constable HENRY HALLETT

to be Inspector of Weights and Measures for the District of
Timaru, vice Sergeant-Major Mason.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Public Vaccinator, Rangitikei District, appointed.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

JOHN WHITE KEYWORTH, Esq., M.D.,

to be an additional Public Vaccinator, under "The Public
Health Act, 1876," for the District of Rangitikei.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Public Vaccinator, Pahiatua District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 21st November, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

COLERIDGE RIDD, Esq.,

to be an additional Public Vaccinator, under "The Public
Health Act, 1876," for the District of Pahiatua.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Deputy Sheriff appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th November, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

RODOLPH BLOFELD MATHIAS

to be Deputy Sheriff for the District of Canterbury.

W. P. REEVES.

Assessors under "The Land and Income Assessment Act,
1891," appointed.

Land and Income-tax Office,
Wellington, 21st November, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point the following persons to be Assessors under
"The Land and Income Assessment Act, 1891."

J. BALLANCE.

SCHEDULE.

CECIL AUGUSTUS FITZROY, Hastings; Duncan McCallum,
Omata; Charles Hallows Gayfer, Masterton; James Craw-
ford, Sumner; Henry Robert Bunny, Carterton; George
Augustus Fairbrother, Carterton; James Wright Stewart,
Foxton; Charles Crump, Palmerston.

Registrar of Brands appointed.—Notice No. 337.

Head Office, Live-stock Department,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make
the following appointment under "The Brands and
Branding Act, 1880:"—

ALEXANDER IRONSIDE

to be a Registrar of Brands for the Dunstan Branding Dis-
trict, comprising the Dunstan Subdivision of the Otago
Sheep District; to date from the 1st November, 1891; vice
R. Corbett, resigned.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th November, 1891.

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

F Battery, New Zealand Regiment Artillery Volunteers.
Charles Dugald Kennedy to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 22nd October, 1891.

Brunnerton Rifle Volunteers.
Ernest Austin Tomkies to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 7th October, 1891.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Cadet Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th November, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the disbandment of the Gisborne School
Rifle Cadet Volunteers. Date of disbandment, 20th October,
1891.

R. J. SEDDON.

Visiting Justice resigned.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 18th November, 1891.

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

GEORGE FENWICK, Esq., J.P.,

as a Visiting Justice of Her Majesty's Prison at Dunedin.

W. P. REEVES.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, County of Rangitikei.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 21st November, 1891.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

MAUNGARAUPI SPECIAL RATING DISTRICT.

THE following is the result of a poll taken on the 14th
November, 1891, on a proposal to raise a sum of £700 by
way of loan, under the provisions of "The Local Bodies'
Loans Act, 1886," for the following purpose:—
Formation and metalling Bryce's Line, £150; formation
and metalling Warring Line, £100; formation and metalling
Porewa Line, £180; formation of Ngaruru Line, £110; forma-
tion of Maungara Line, £30; formation of Simpson's Line,
£50; Porewa Bridge, £80.
Number of ratepayers on roll, 73; number of votes exer-
cisable, 156; number of ratepayers who voted for the pro-
posal, 48; number of votes recorded for the proposal, 100;
number of votes recorded against the proposal, nil.
A majority of the ratepayers, exercising more than one-
half of the total number of votes exercisable, being in favour
of the proposal, I therefore declare it to be carried.

J. W. MARSHALL,
Chairman, Rangitikei County Council.
Marton, 17th November, 1891.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, County of Patea.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1891.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

RESULT OF POLL FOR PROPOSED LOAN.

THE following is the result of the poll taken in the Patea
County upon a proposal to raise a loan of £2,000 for re-erec-
tion of Waitotara Bridge:—
Number of ratepayers on roll 592, representing number of
votes 892; number of ratepayers who voted in favour of the
proposal 123, representing in number of votes 263; number
of ratepayers who voted against the proposal 2, representing
in number of votes 2; papers informal (number of voters)
1, representing in number of votes 1.
As a minority occurred in number of voters, and also in
number of votes, I declare the proposal to be lost.

WALTER SYMES,
Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, County of Stratford.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th November, 1891.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.