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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 31

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st April, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

EDWARD SWINBURNE WARD BUTLER, Esq.,

of Hakateramea, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the colony.

A. J. CADMAN.

Coroner appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 25th April, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

EDWIN JAMES GOTHARD, Esq.,

of Woodville, to be a Coroner within the Colony of New Zealand.

A. J. CADMAN.

Trustees of Volunteer Drill-shed appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1894.

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

Lieut.-Colonel GEORGE SUMPTER, New Zealand Volunteers, commanding Oamaru Militia and Volunteer District;

JAMES ARKLE, of Palmerston South, Storekeeper and Justice of the Peace;

JAMES KITCHEN, of Palmerston South, Farmer; and

JOHN COWIE GOW, of Palmerston South, Miller,

as Trustees of the Palmerston South Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve under “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act, 1888,” and the Act amending the same. Date of appointments, 23rd day of April, 1894.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignations of the commissions held by the under-mentioned officers:—

Riversdale Rifle Volunteers.

Captain Alfred John Pease. Date of resignation, 9th April, 1894.

Rangiora Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Charles Edward Torlesse. Date of resignation, 10th April, 1894.

R. J. SEDDON.

“The Rating Act, 1882,” to be in Force in Tuapeka County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 20th April, 1894.

THE following resolution, received from the Clerk of the Tuapeka County Council, is published in accordance with section 2 of “The Rating Acts Amendment Act, 1893.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

ADOPTION OF “THE RATING ACT, 1882,” BY THE TUAPEKA COUNTY COUNCIL.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Tuapeka County Council, at a meeting held on the 13th April, 1894, determined by resolution as follows, viz.:—

“Resolved, That the Council of the County of Tuapeka hereby determine that ‘The Rating Act, 1882,’ shall be in force within the District of the County of Tuapeka. Also that all assessments of property within the said District of the County of Tuapeka shall be made under the provisions of subsection (6) of section 2 of ‘The Rating Acts Amendment Act, 1893,’ according to the rateable value of such property as defined in section 2 of ‘The Rating Act, 1882.’”

I certify the foregoing to be a true copy of resolution passed at a meeting of the Council of the County of Tuapeka held on the 13th April, 1894; also that said resolution has been approved by a majority of the members of the Council of the County of Tuapeka.

Dated at Lawrence, this 16th day of April, 1894.

JOHN J. WOODS,

Clerk of the Council of the County of Tuapeka.

“The Rating Act, 1882,” to be in Force in Hobson County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 20th April, 1894.

THE following resolution, received from the Clerk of the Hobson County Council, is published in accordance with section 2 of “The Rating Acts Amendment Act, 1893.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

HOBSON COUNTY COUNCIL.

PROPOSED by Councillor Thomas Bassett, seconded by Councillor H. M. Cobbald, “That, in pursuance of the powers and authority conferred by subsection (6) of section 2 of ‘The Rating Acts Amendment Act, 1893,’ the local authority called the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of Hobson County doth hereby determine that ‘The Rating Act, 1882,’ shall be in force within Hobson County.”

Carried unanimously at a meeting of Council held at the Council Chambers, Aratapu, on the 11th day of April, 1894, there being only four Councillors present.

I hereby declare the above to be a true copy of Resolution No. 15 of meeting of Council held on the 11th day of April, 1894.

HORACE HAMMOND,

Hobson County Clerk.

Special Orders made by the Fitzherbert Road Board, County of Oroua.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 20th April, 1894.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDERS made by the Fitzherbert Road Board at a Special Meeting held on Saturday, the 24th day of March, 1894.

THAT a special rate of ½d. in the pound be made on the value of the following properties—Sections 291, 292, 293, 294, 303, 304, 300, 299, 298, 297, and 302, Block XVI., Kairanga Survey District, and all within the Fitzherbert Road District—for the purpose of providing interest and other annual charges on a loan of £400, borrowed under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” for the construction of the portion of Andrewartha’s Road from the south-west boundary of Section 300 to the south-east boundary of Section 302, both sections being in Block XVI., Kairanga Survey District, in the Fitzherbert Road District; such rate to be an annually-recurring rate for a period of twenty-six years, and shall be payable at the office of the Fitzherbert Road Board, in two instalments—viz., on the 1st day of February and the 1st day of August in each year.

I hereby certify that the foregoing special order has been duly made by the Fitzherbert Road Board, as required by “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

J. STANLEY BRUCE,

Secretary, Fitzherbert Road Board.

That a special rate of 1¼d. in the pound be made on the value of the following properties—Sections 305, Block III., Arawaru Survey District; 324, 323, and 322, Block VI., Arawaru Survey District; 332, 331, 330, 328, part 329, 327, 326, 325, 312, 311, 310, 309, 308, 307, and 306, Block VII., Arawaru Survey District; and 314, 313, part 318, part 317, part 316, part 315, Block VIII., Arawaru Survey District, and all within the Fitzherbert Road District—for the purpose of providing interest and other annual charges on a loan of £650, borrowed under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” for the construction of the portion of the Kahuterawa Road from the northern corner of Section 332, Block VII., Arawaru Survey District, to the north-west boundary of Section 307, Block VII., Arawaru Survey District, in the Fitzherbert Road District; such rate to be an annually-recurring rate for a period of twenty-six years, and shall be payable at the office of the Fitzherbert Road Board, in two instalments—viz., on the 1st day of February and the 1st day of August in each year.

I hereby certify that the foregoing special order has been duly made by the Fitzherbert Road Board, as required by “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

J. STANLEY BRUCE,

Secretary, Fitzherbert Road Board.

That a special rate of 1⅛d. in the pound be made on the value of the following properties—Sections 322, 323, 324, Block VI., Arawaru Survey District; 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 325, 326, 327, and 328, Block VII., Arawaru Survey District; and 313, 314, part 315, part 316, part 317, part 318, Block VIII., Arawaru Survey District, and all within the Fitzherbert Road District—for the purpose of providing