MAY 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 747

Cadet, Magistrate's Court, appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 15th May, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
DONALD BANKS
to be a cadet in the Magistrate's Court at Palmerston North,
from the 15th instant.

JOHN McKENZIE,
For Minister of Justice.

Cadets, Native Land Court, appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 15th May, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
WALTER HARRY BOWLER
to be a cadet in the Native Land Court Office at Auckland,
from the 14th instant; and
JAMES BLAIR
to be a cadet in the Native Land Court Office at Wellington,
from the 9th instant.

JOHN McKENZIE,
For Native Minister.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th May, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
DONALD McLENNAN
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District
of City of Christchurch, vice C. J. Foster, resigned.

JOHN McKENZIE,
For Minister of Justice.

Member of Waitara Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 10th May, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pursuance of the provisions of section 40 of "The Harbours Act, 1878," to appoint
ARTHUR WILDING OGLE
to be a member of the Waitara Harbour Board, in place of
John Ernest Moore, resigned.

J. G. WARD.

Justices of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th May, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by
JOHN DRYSDALE, Esq., of Dunedin, and
JAMES HUGHES, Esq., of New Plymouth,
of their appointments as Justices of the Peace for the
Colony.

JOHN McKENZIE,
For Minister of Justice.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th May, 1894.

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

Oamaru Naval Artillery Volunteers.
Lieutenant Commanding John Taylor. Date of resignation,
23rd April, 1894.

Hastings Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Robert Boyd Holmes. Date of resignation, 3rd
May, 1894.

A. J. CADMAN,
For Defence Minister.

Result of Polls for Proposed Loans, Borough of Napier.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 17th May, 1894.

THE following notices, received from the Mayor of the
Borough of Napier, are published in accordance with
the provisions of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886."

P. A. BUCKLEY.

BOROUGH OF NAPIER.—POLL FOR SPECIAL LOAN, £4,300—
WIDENING EMERSON STREET.

NOTICE is hereby given that at a poll of the burgesses of the
Central and South Wards of the Borough of Napier, taken
on Friday, the 27th day of April, 1894, for the purpose of
obtaining the necessary authority for raising a special loan
of £4,300 for widening Emerson Street, the following votes
were recorded:—

For the proposal, 379 votes; against the proposal, 36 votes.
I therefore publicly declare that the proposal to borrow a
sum of £4,300 for widening Emerson Street, upon the security
of separate rates of 10d. and 11d. in the pound upon all the
rateable property in the said street, was duly carried.

G. H. SWAN,
Mayor of Napier.

Napier, 7th May, 1894.

Statutory Declaration under Section 184 of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886."

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 £4,300 for widen-
ing Emerson Street 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 10th day of May, 1894, before me
—J. W. Neal, J.P.

BOROUGH OF NAPIER.—POLL FOR SPECIAL LOAN, £2,500—
WIDENING DICKENS STREET.

NOTICE is hereby given that at a poll of the burgesses of the
South Ward of the Borough of Napier, taken on Monday,
the 12th day of March, 1894, for the purpose of obtaining
the necessary authority for raising a special loan of £2,500
for the widening of Dickens Street, the following votes were
recorded:—

For the proposal, 213 votes; against the proposal, 29 votes.
I therefore publicly declare that the proposal to borrow a
sum of £2,500 for widening Dickens Street, upon the security
of separate rates of 9d. and 10d. in the pound upon all the
rateable property in the said street, was duly carried.

G. H. SWAN,
Mayor of Napier.

Napier, 7th May, 1894.

Statutory Declaration under Section 184 of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886."

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 £2,500 for widen-
ing Dickens Street 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 10th day of May, 1894, before me
—J. W. Neal, J.P.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Mackenzie County Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 17th May, 1894.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

MACKENZIE COUNTY COUNCIL.—RESULT OF POLL UNDER
"THE LOCAL BODIES' LOANS ACT, 1886."

THE following is the result of a poll of the ratepayers of the
Mackenzie County, taken on the 27th day of April, 1894, on
the proposal to borrow £850, under "The Government Loans
to Local Bodies Act, 1886," for the purpose of paying half
the cost of constructing a bridge across the Pukaki River:—

Number of ratepayers within the Mackenzie County, 253,
capable of exercising 459 votes: Number of ratepayers who
voted in favour of the proposal, 145, exercising 292 votes;
number of votes against the proposal, 0; number of rate-
payers who did not vote, 113.