Scotland, such grant shall not be sealed without the special
authority of the Sheriff.

3. The Commissary Clerk shall, by a note on the document
   sealed, set forth that it is sealed under and in terms of “The
   Colonial Probates Act, 1892,” and the amount of the estate
   in Scotland, and such note shall be dated and signed by
   him.

4. The ordinary fees shall be charged for examining and
   recording the inventory and oath; the fees chargeable for
   sealing probates and letters of administration shall be the
   same as those chargeable for granting certificates on English
   and Irish probates and letters of administration; and the fees
   chargeable for bonds of caution shall be the same as those
   chargeable for bonds of caution for executors dativé.

ALEXANDER BLAIR.

Italian Consul, Melbourne, to receive Residue of Intestate
Estates under Public Trust Office Acts.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1893.

THE following notification is published in accordance
with section 6 of “The Public Trust Office Acts
Amendment Act, 1891.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

It having been made to appear that the Italian Consul for
the Kingdom of Italy, resident at Melbourne, in the Colony
of Victoria, is the Chief Consular Officer in New Zealand
representing the Kingdom of Italy within the meaning of
the sixth section of “The Public Trust Office Acts Amend-
ment Act, 1891,” and that he has been duly nominated for
the purpose of receiving any residue of any intestate estate
which shall properly come or belong to the next-of-kin of
any deceased intestate resident within the jurisdiction of
the said kingdom, it is hereby notified, pursuant to the
terms of the above-mentioned section, that the sanction of
the Right Honourable the Marquess of Ripon, one of Her
Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State for the United
Kingdom, has been given to such nomination as aforesaid.
Dated at Wellington, this 31st day of August, 1893.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Despatch.—Changes in Danish Consular Offices.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 1st September, 1893.

THE following despatch, received from Her Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is pub-
lished for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

(New Zealand, No. 27.) Downing Street, 23rd June, 1893.

My LORD,—I have the honour to transmit to you for com-
munication to your Government a copy of the letters noted
below respecting changes in the Danish consular service in
New Zealand.—I have, &c.,

R. H. MEADE,
For the Secretary of State.

The Officer administering
the Government of New Zealand.

Date.
12th June, 1893 ..
31st May, 1893 ..

Description of Document.
Foreign Office to Colonial Office.
The Danish Minister to the Earl of
Rosebery.

Foreign Office, 12th June, 1893.

SIR,—I am directed by the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs to transmit to you, to be laid before the Marquess of
Ripon, copy of a note from the Danish Minister at this
Court, notifying changes in the Danish Consulates in New
Zealand, and the appointment of MM. Johansen and Skog
as Consuls at Auckland and Christchurch respectively.

Her Majesty's exequatur has at once been issued to these
gentlemen, as they already hold consular appointments in
New Zealand.—I am, &c.,

T. H. SANDERSON.

The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.

[TRANSLATION.]
Danish Legation, London, 31st May, 1893.

My LORD,—I have the honour to inform your Excellency
that the Government of the King has just made the follow-
ing changes as regards the Danish Consulates in New Zea-
land:—

1. The Consulate at Wellington is abolished.

2. The jurisdiction of the Danish Consulate at Auckland,
   where Mr. Johansen will continue to exercise the functions
   of Consul of the King, is for the future to extend over the
   whole of the North Island.

3. The Vice-Consulate of Denmark at Christchurch will
   be made a Consulate, whose jurisdiction will extend through-
   out the whole South Island.

4. The Danish Vice-Consul at Christchurch, Mr. Emil
   Skog, is named Danish Consul in that city.

5. My Government, therefore, desires me to ask your
   Excellency to be so good as to provide that MM. Johansen
   and Emil Skog, whose commissions I have the honour to
   enclose, may obtain Her Majesty's exequatur as Consuls of
   Denmark in the above-mentioned towns and for the districts
   I have just indicated.

I have, &c.,
F. BILLE.

His Excellency Lord Rosebery.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th September, 1893.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue
Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act,
1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Patea County Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th September, 1893.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

RESULT OF POLL FOR PROPOSED LOAN, PATEA COUNTY
COUNCIL.

RESULT of a poll taken at Waitotara, in the Waverley Riding,
Patea County, on the 25th day of August, 1893, on a pro-
posal to raise a loan of £4,000, under “The Government
Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” for the purpose of form-
ing roads within the Kapara District:—
Number on special roll, 18; number of votes exercisable,
30: number who voted in favour of the proposal, 12; exer-
cising 20 votes, 20: number who voted against the proposal,
nil; exercising nil: number who did not vote, 6; exercising
10 votes, 10.
The number of ratepayers who voted and the number of
votes exercisable being a majority in favour, I declare the
proposal to be carried.

WALTER SYMES,
Chairman.

Patea, 26th August, 1893.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 1st September, 1893.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders
for No. 1 Fencing Contract, Putaruru-Rotorua Rail-
way, is published for general information.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister for Public Works.