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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 47

Assayer of Gold appointed.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 14th June, 1893.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
ROBERT TOBIN BUSH
to be an Assayer of Gold under "The Customs Laws Con-
solidation Act, 1882."
J. G. WARD,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st June, 1893.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ac-
cept the resignation of the commission held by the
under-mentioned officer :-
Lyttelton Naval Artillery Volunteers.
Captain John Rose. Date of resignation, 25th May, 1893.
A. J. CADMAN,
For the Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st June, 1893.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the disbandment of the Peninsula Naval
Artillery Volunteers (Dunedin) as from the 12th April, 1893.
A. J. CADMAN,
For the Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st June, 1893.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the under-mentioned appointment :-
Ponsonby Naval Artillery Volunteers.
Arthur Graham, to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of commission,
5th April, 1893.
A. J. CADMAN,
For the Minister of Defence.

Trustees of Invercargill Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve ap-
pointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th June, 1893.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
the under-mentioned gentlemen to be the Trustees,
for the purposes of "The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands
Act, 1888," and "The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands
Trustees Validation Act, 1890," of all that parcel of land
known as the Invercargill Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve, and
being all the land included in certificate of title registered
in Register-book, Vol. xxvi., folio 98, of the Lands Registry
Office at Invercargill; and in the instrument of appointment
His Excellency has declared that the name by or under
which such Trustees shall be incorporated shall be "The
Trustees of the Invercargill Drill-shed Reserve," and that
such Trustees shall take office from the date thereof, being
the 8th day of June, 1893 :-
JAMES EWART HANNAH, Major, Honorary Unattached List
New Zealand Volunteers, commanding the Southland
Volunteer District.
The Hon. HENRY FELDWICK, M.L.C., Lieutenant-Colonel
South Island Brigade, New Zealand Regiment Artillery
Volunteers.
WILLIAM BENJAMIN SCANDRETT, Major, Honorary Unat-
tached List New Zealand Volunteers.
ROBERT MCNAB, Captain, G Battery, New Zealand Regi-
ment Artillery Volunteers.
JOHN EDWARD HAWKINS, Captain, Invercargill City Guards
Rifle Volunteers; and
WALTER HENDERSON, Lieutenant, Bluff Naval Artillery
Volunteers.
R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th June, 1893.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the under-mentioned appointments :-
Palmerston South Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant James Grant, to be Captain.
Andrew George Dreaver, to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 6th July, 1892.
R. J. SEDDON.

Honorary Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th June, 1893.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ac-
cept the resignation of the commission held by the
under-mentioned honorary officer :-
"E" Battery, New Zealand Regiment Artillery Volunteers.
Honorary Surgeon Walter Edward Hacon. Date of resigna-
tion, 25th May, 1893.
R. J. SEDDON.

Resignation of Cemetery Trustee accepted.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 9th June, 1893.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of
WILLIAM TAYLOR
as a Trustee of the Kaitawa Public Cemetery.
JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Arbor Day.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1893.
FRIDAY, the 4th day of August next, will be observed as
a public holiday in the Government offices throughout
New Zealand for the celebration of Arbor Day.
P. A. BUCKLEY,
Colonial Secretary.

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

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 9th June, 1893.
THE following special order, made by the Manganui
Road Board, is published in accordance with the pro-
visions of "The Road Boards Act, 1882."
P. A. BUCKLEY.

MANGANUI ROAD BOARD.

Notice is hereby given that the following special order was
made on Saturday, the 29th April, 1893, and confirmed on
Saturday, the 3rd June, 1893 :-
That, to secure the repayment of a loan of £1,000, raised
under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,"
for the purpose of forming the Stanley Road from the Croy-
don Road eastwards, a special rate of 4½d. in the pound be
made and levied over the following lands, viz. : Sections 16,
17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, Block XIV. ; Sections 7, 10, 11,
12, 13, 15, Block XI., Huiroa Survey District. Such rate to
be an annually-recurring rate for twenty-six years, and shall
be payable in two half-yearly instalments, on the first of
January and the 1st of July, in each year.
I hereby certify the above special order was duly made in
accordance with "The Roads Boards Act, 1882."
HENRY WATSON,
Clerk, Manganui Road Board.
Midhirst, 5th June, 1893.

Special Order made by the Waitaki County Council, alter-
ing the Boundaries of Ridings.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th June, 1893.
THE following special order, made by the Waitaki County
Council, is published in accordance with the provisions
of "The Counties Act, 1886."
P. A. BUCKLEY.