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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

Official Visitor appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 22nd March, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT HALL

to be an Official Visitor of Her Majesty’s Prison at Lyttelton.

A. J. CADMAN.

Chief Judge, Native Land Court, resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th March, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to accept the resignation by

HUGH GARDEN SETH-SMITH, Esq.,

of his appointment as Chief Judge of the Native Land Court; such resignation to take effect on and from the 31st March instant.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
For Native Minister.

Volunteer Cadet Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st March, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to approve of the disbandment of the Reefton School Rifle Cadet Volunteers as from the 5th February, 1894.

W. P. REEVES,
For Defence Minister.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1894.

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

North Dunedin Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant John Alexander McMillan. Date of resignation, 6th February, 1894.

W. P. REEVES,
For Defence Minister.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th March, 1894.

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.

Special Order made by the Aorangi Land Drainage Board, County of Oroua.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 28th March, 1894.

THE following special order, made by the Aorangi Land Drainage Board, is published for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER.—AORANGI LAND DRAINAGE BOARD.

THAT the Aorangi Land Drainage Board adopt “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” and “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and the amendments thereto.

By order.

DONALD GRANT,
Chairman.

I, Donald Grant, Chairman of the Aorangi Land Drainage Board, do hereby certify that the special order placing the Board under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” was duly passed by the Board at its sitting on the 24th day of March, 1894, and that the said special order was duly advertised in accordance with the Acts bearing thereon.

DONALD GRANT,
Chairman.

Aorangi Land Drainage Board,
Palmerston North, 24th March, 1894.

Special Order made by the Masterton Road Board, County of Wairarapa North.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 28th March, 1894.

THE following special order, made by the Masterton Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER made by the Board of the Masterton Road District, striking a Special Rate under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf, the Board of the Masterton Road District hereby resolves as follows:—

That for the purpose of providing interest and annual charges on a loan of £700, raised under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” a special rate of 2½d. in the pound be, and the same is, hereby struck on the rateable value for the time being of Sections 36, 42, 43, 26, 39, 40, and 41, Block VI., Kopuaranga Survey District; that the said rate shall be an annually-recurring rate for a period of twenty-six years, and shall be payable at the office of the Board in two equal instalments, on the 1st day of February and the 1st day of August in each and every year, commencing on the 1st day of February, 1895.

Passed by the said Board this 27th day of January, 1894.

The common seal of the inhabitants of the Masterton Road District was affixed hereto in the presence of—

WILLIAM H. BEETHAM,
Chairman.

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

F. G. MOORE,
Clerk.

Special Order made by the Mount Eden Road Board, County of Eden.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 28th March, 1894.

THE following special order, made by the Mount Eden Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

BY-LAW for the Regulation of Heavy Traffic, made by the Mount Eden District Road Board, in the County of Eden.

BY-LAW made by special order by the body corporate called the Mount Eden District Road Board, passed at a special meeting of the said Road Board on Monday, the 12th day of February, 1894, confirmed by special order, and stamped with the common seal of the said Road Board on the 19th day of March, 1894:—

In pursuance of the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” and “The Counties Act, 1886,” and the several amendments thereof, the Mount Eden District Road Board hereby make the following by-law, which shall come into operation on the 1st day of April, 1894:—

1. That the owner of any vehicle used for carting scoria, ash, stone, or earth on or over any road under the control of the said Road Board shall, before using such vehicle, pay to the said Road Board for each such vehicle the annual license-fees following—that is to say: For vehicles having wheels with 2½in. to 2¾in. tires, £20; 2¾in. to 3in. tires, £15; 3in. to 4in. tires, £10; 4in. to 4½in. tires, £5; 4½in. tires and over, £1.

2. That any person who, after the coming into operation of this by-law, shall use any vehicle as aforesaid used for carting scoria, ash, stone, or earth on or over any road under the control of the said Road Board without having first paid the annual license-fee prescribed in that behalf shall be deemed to have committed a breach of this by-law, and, on conviction thereof, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £10.

W. H. COOPER,
Chairman.