Aug. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1195

Inspector of Weights and Measures appointed, Palmerston North, &c.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th August, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Sergeant JAMES SLATTERY

to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures, under “The Weights and Measures Act, 1868,” for the Boroughs of Palmerston North and Feilding, and for the Counties of Oroua and Manawatu.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Registrars of Births and Deaths appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th August, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be Registrars of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:

Name. District.
WILLIAM THOMAS WYATT .. .. .. Wellington.
ISAAC GEORGE PRICE .. .. .. Hutt.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th August, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ANDREW EVERISS

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths, and also to be Vaccination Inspector, for the District of Hamilton’s, vice James Galland.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Inspectors of Weights and Measures appointed, Borough of City of Auckland, &c., Counties of Wanganui and Waitotara, Borough of Wanganui, and County and Borough of Hawera.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th August, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable JAMES WILLIAM MOAR

to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures for the Counties of Manukau, Eden, and Waitemata, and for the Boroughs of City of Auckland, Parnell, Onehunga, Newton, Newmarket, Devonport, and Birkenhead, vice Sergeant R. Gamble; also to appoint

Sergeant EDMOND VILLARS

to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures for the Counties of Wanganui and Waitotara and Borough of Wanganui, vice Sergeant William Lyons; and also to appoint

Sergeant MARTIN DUDLEY STAGPOOLE

to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures for the County of Hawera and for the Borough of Hawera, vice Sergeant Quinn.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Registrars of Electors, Hawke’s Bay and Napier, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st July, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Acting Sergeant ARTHUR PICKERING

to be Registrar of Electors, under “The Registration of Electors Act, 1879,” for the Electoral District of Hawke’s Bay, vice M. N. Bower; and

Sergeant JOHN CULLEN

to be Registrar of Electors for the Electoral District of Napier, vice M. N. Bower.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Police Gaoler appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 13th August, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable WILLIAM COUGHLAN

to be Police Gaoler at Awanui, vice Sergeant Villars, transferred.

A. J. CADMAN.

Members of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th August, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The Rev. WILLIAM JOSEPH WILLIAMS

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Timaru, vice W. M. Sims, resigned; and

JOHN MATTHIAS BARKER

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Raukapuka, vice J. Kelland, resigned.

A. J. CADMAN.

Cadet in Native Land Court appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 15th August, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ALBERT GEORGE HOLLAND,

of Auckland, a Cadet in the Native Land Court Office, Auckland, in accordance with the provisions of “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” from the 12th July, 1892.

A. J. CADMAN.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th August, 1892.

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

Alexandra Cavalry Volunteers.
Robert Higgie to be Lieutenant.

Rangitikei Cavalry Volunteers.
Robert George Edwards to be Lieutenant.

Date of commissions, 6th July, 1892.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th August, 1892.

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

Christ’s College Rifle Volunteers.
Captain George Harper. Date of resignation, 8th August, 1892.

R. J. SEDDON.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Borough of Westport.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th August, 1892.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Westport, is published in accordance with “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

BOROUGH OF WESTPORT.

THE following is the result of the poll taken on Friday, the 5th August, 1892, on a proposal to raise a loan of £4,000, under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” for drainage and other sanitary purposes in the Borough of Westport:—

Number of ratepayers on roll 464, representing 618 votes; 271 ratepayers, representing 388 votes, voted in favour of the proposal, and 13 ratepayers, representing 20 votes, voted against the proposal.

A majority in number of the ratepayers, exercising more than one-half of the total number of votes, having voted in favour of the proposal, I therefore declare the resolution in favour of the proposal to be duly carried.

JAS. SUISTED,
Mayor, Borough of Westport.

Town Hall, Westport, 6th August, 1892.

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

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th August, 1892.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

MOA ROAD BOARD.

RESULT of poll of ratepayers, taken on the 4th August, 1892, on the following proposal, viz.:—