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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 40

Native Interpreter appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 17th May, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to authorise

GEORGE SISSON COOPER,

of Wellington, to act as a Licensed Interpreter.

W. P. REEVES,
For the Native Minister.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th May, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned appointments:—

L Battery, New Zealand Regiment Artillery Volunteers.
George Douglas Ross to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 6th April, 1892.

Waimea Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Henry Wratt to be Captain.
Percy Baker Ricketts to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 6th April, 1892.

Dunedin Irish Rifle Volunteers.
Stephen Marks to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 6th April, 1892.

Kaitangata Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant James Rutherford to be Captain.
Robert Brown to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 20th April, 1892.

W. P. REEVES,
For the Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th May, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to accept the resignations of the commissions held by the under-mentioned officers:—

Napier Naval Artillery Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant John Arthur Holmes Eakins. Date of resignation, 9th May, 1892.

Wellington Rifle Volunteers.
Captain Henry Smart Elgar Hobday. Date of resignation, 3rd May, 1892.

Temuka Rifle Volunteers.
Honorary Chaplain the Rev. Thomas Albert Hamilton. Date of resignation, 9th May, 1892.

R. J. SEDDON.

Special Order made by Waitaki County Council.—Merging Waitaki Road District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th May, 1892.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER.

That the petition of the ratepayers of Waitaki Road Board be received, and that the Waitaki Road Board be abolished, and the Waitaki Road District merged in the Waitaki County Council, on and after the 2nd May, 1892.

The above special order was made by the Waitaki County Council on the 23rd March, 1892, and confirmed on the 27th April, 1892.

I certify that the above special order has been duly made.

JAMES MARTIN,
County Clerk.

Waitaki County Council,
Oamaru, 12th May, 1892.

Revocation of Appointment of Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the authority in me for this purpose vested, I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do, by this order under my hand, revoke and annul the appointment of the under-mentioned warehouse for the reception and security of goods entered to be warehoused without payment of duty upon the first entry thereof, namely:—

Port of Invercargill.

The warehouse known as

SHEFFIELD’S BOND,

as appointed and described in Commissioner’s Order No. 376, of the 7th July, 1890.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this seventeenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.

J. BALLANCE,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Commissioner’s Order No. 422.]

Approving and appointing a Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this purpose vested by “The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882,” I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do hereby approve and appoint the under-mentioned warehouse to be a warehouse for the reception of goods under bond, namely:—

Port of Invercargill.

A brick and concrete building roofed with iron, situate on part of Section 18, Block IX., Esk Street, Invercargill, to be known as

SHEFFIELD’S BOND.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this seventeenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.

J. BALLANCE,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Commissioner’s Order No. 423.]

Authority to frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 12th May, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to authorise

The SECRETARY to the ROYAL COMMISSION ON PURCHASE OF POLHILL GULLY RIFLE-RANGE, WELLINGTON,

to frank letters, telegrams, and parcels on the public service.

J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General.

Authority to frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 16th May, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to authorise

The COMMANDANT of the NEW ZEALAND FORCES

to frank and receive letters and parcels, and frank telegrams, on the public service.

J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General.

Money-order Office opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 16th May, 1892.

IT is hereby notified for general information that a Money-order Office will be opened at

WAIKOIKOI (Chief Office, Dunedin),

from the 24th instant.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Member of the House of Representatives elected, Bruce.

Clerk of the Writs’ Office,
Wellington, 12th May, 1892.

THE Clerk of the Writs has received a return to the writ issued on the 5th April, 1892, for the election of a Member to serve in the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Bruce, and by the indorsement on such writ it appears that

JAMES ALLEN

has been duly elected to serve as a Member for such district.

HUGH POLLEN,
Deputy Clerk of the Writs.

Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th May, 1892.

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.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.