SEPT. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1303

Additional Trustees to Drill-shed appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th September, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointment of

EDWARD METCALF SMITH, Esq., M.H.R., and
ROBERT TRIMBLE, Esq.,

as additional Trustees of the New Plymouth Volunteer Drill-shed, under “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act, 1888,” and the Act amending the same. Date of appointments, 14th September, 1892.

R. J. SEDDON.

Honorary Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th September, 1892.

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

Canterbury Engineer Volunteers.

The Rev. Walter Bean to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 13th September, 1892.

Temuka Rifle Volunteers

The Rev. William Eugene Gillam to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 31st August, 1892.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th September, 1892.

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

Te Awamutu Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant John Brown Somerset. Date of resignation, 8th August, 1892.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer dismissed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th September, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the dismissal of

No. 118, Private JOHN BRUTON,

Dunedin Irish Rifle Volunteers, from the New Zealand Volunteer Force, for misconduct when in uniform on the 20th August, 1892, under sections 46 and 50 of “The Defence Act, 1886.”

R. J. SEDDON.

Removal of certain Words from Pamphlet relative to the Entry of Boys of Australasian Birth into Royal Navy.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st September, 1892.

A DESPATCH has been received from the Admiralty notifying that the words “allotting or,” in the first line of the paragraph in above pamphlet, relating to the transmission of money to relations and friends, has been cancelled. The pamphlet was published in New Zealand Gazette No. 52, of the 30th June, 1892.

R. J. SEDDON.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Borough of Napier.

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

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

POLL FOR SPECIAL LOAN, £35,000.

NOTICE is hereby given that at a poll of the burgesses of the Borough of Napier, taken on Tuesday, the 6th day of September, 1892, for the purpose of obtaining the necessary authority for raising a special loan of £35,000 for the construction of permanent works and improvements, the following votes were recorded:—

For, 382 voters, 828 votes; against, 11 voters, 13 votes; informal, 4 voters, 7 votes.

I therefore publicly declare that the proposal to borrow a sum of £35,000—for the construction of esplanade protection, £12,000; road to breakwater, £7,000; and water-works extension, drainage, permanent levels, &c., £16,000—upon the security of a special rate of 6d. in the pound upon all the rateable property in the Borough of Napier, was duly carried.

G. H. SWAN,
Mayor.

Napier, 7th September, 1892.

I, Maurice Norman Bower, of Napier, Town Clerk, do solemnly and sincerely declare that all the proceedings required to be taken under “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” for the purpose of obtaining the sanction of the burgesses to the proposal to raise a loan of £35,000, for constructing esplanade protection-works, water-works extension, road to breakwater, drainage, and permanent levels, have been duly taken, and that the resolution in favour of the proposal has been duly carried; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

M. N. BOWER,
Town Clerk, Napier.

Declared at Napier, this 9th day of September, 1892, before me—J. W. Neal, J.P.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, County of Vincent.

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

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

I HEREBY give notice of the result of a poll of the ratepayers of the Blackman Water-race District, taken on Monday, the 29th August, 1892, upon a proposal to borrow £400, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” for the purpose of purchasing the water-race known as John Kane Race, and of all water-rights appertaining to said race:—

Number of ratepayers on roll, 8; number of votes capable of being recorded, 8; number of ratepayers who recorded votes in favour of proposal, 7; number of votes recorded for proposal, 7; number of ratepayers recording votes against proposal, nil.

I hereby declare the above proposal to be carried.

WM. FRASER,
Chairman.

Vincent County Office,
Clyde, 9th September, 1892.

Special Orders made by the Patea West Road Board, County of Patea.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th September, 1892.

THE following special orders, made by the Patea West Road Board, are published in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDERS.

THE following two special orders were made at a special meeting of the Patea West Road Board, held at Kakaramea, on the 5th day of August, and confirmed at a special meeting held on the 9th day of September, 1892:—

1. Special Order constituting the Alton Special Rating District.

Resolved, That the following special order, made at last meeting, constituting the Alton Special Rating District, be now confirmed:—

That this Board, finding it necessary to execute particular works for the special benefit of a portion of the Patea West Road District, it is ordered that the sections particularised in the Schedule hereunder be formed into a special rating district for the purpose, to be known as the Alton Special Rating District.

SCHEDULE.

Opaku Survey District: Block IX., Sections 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, and Runs 11, 12, and 13; Block X., Runs 4, 5, and 6; Block XIII., Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 570, 571, 597, 598, 600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, 609, 610, 611, 613, 614, 615, 616, 617, 618, 619, 620, 621, 622 (part), 622 (part), 626, 628, and 630; Block XIV., Runs 1, 2, and 3, and Sections 624, 625 (part), 625 (part), 627, and 629. Hawera Survey District: Block XV., Sections 3, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393 (Alton Township), 394, 395 (Alton Township), 396, 397, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402, 403, 426, 427, 429, 435, 436, 590, 591, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, and 599. Carlyle Survey District: Block II., Section 447; Block III., Sections, 568, 569, and 623.