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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 4

Coroner appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 8th January, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

STEWART BATES, Esq.,

of Opotiki, to be a Coroner within the colony.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
For the Minister of Justice.

Inspector of Machinery appointed for Canterbury District.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 10th January, 1894.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance of the power and authority vested by "The Inspection of Machinery Act, 1882,"

PHILIP JAMES CARMEN

has been appointed Inspector of Machinery for the Canterbury District; the appointment to date from 1st January, 1894.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
For the Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Chief Inspector of Stock appointed.—Notice No. 385.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 8th January, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN DOUGLAS RITCHIE

to be Chief Inspector of Stock, in terms of "The Stock Act, 1893"; to date from the 1st January, 1894. Original appointment, under "The Stock Act, 1890," dated from 1st April, 1891.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands and Agriculture.

Inspector of Factories and Workrooms appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 8th January, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned person an Inspector of Factories and Workrooms under "The Factories Act, 1891," and to assign to him the district set opposite his name, viz.:—

Name. District.
Sergeant EDWARD STERLING WHITE .. .. Greymouth.
W. P. REEVES.

Aide-de-camp to the Governor resigned.

Government House,
Wellington, 8th January, 1894.

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

Captain REGINALD STANLEY HUNTER-BLAIR, the Gordon Highlanders,

as an Aide-de-camp on his staff.

PAT BOYLE, Colonel,
Private Secretary.

Honorary Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th January, 1894.

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

Hawera Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Honorary Surgeon George Pickering Richards. Date of resignation, 13th December, 1893.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
For Defence Minister.

Recognition of Vice-Consul for Denmark at Wellington withdrawn.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1893.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that he has been advised by Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies that the Danish Minister in London has withdrawn his application for the recognition of Louis Ferdinand Tegner, Esq., as Danish Vice-Consul at Wellington, stating that Mr. Tegner has accepted an appoint-

ment under the Government of New Zealand, and is therefore no longer in a position to hold an appointment as Vice-Consul for Denmark. The notification which was published in the New Zealand Gazette of 1st December instant, recognising Mr. Tegner's appointment, is therefore withdrawn.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd December, 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:—

Name. Occupation. Residence.
Morris Herman .. Warehouseman Dunedin.
Pats Melchior Rosem- Painter and Hunterville.
vigne ironmonger

P. A. BUCKLEY.

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

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th January, 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, altering the Boundary between Subdivisions Nos. 1 and 2 of the said District.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it by "The Road Boards Act, 1882," the Board of the Masterton Road District doth hereby make the following special order:—

"That, in accordance with the prayer of a petition in that behalf presented to the Board, the boundary between Subdivisions Nos. 1 and 2 of the Masterton Road District be, and the same is, hereby altered so as to include Sections 58, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18, Block XIII., and Sections 19 and 20, Block IX., Kopuaranga Survey District, at present in Subdivision No. 1 in Subdivision No. 2 of the said Road District; and that this special order shall take effect from and after the gazetting thereof."

Passed by the said Board this 23rd day of December, 1893.
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.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Featherston Town Board.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th January, 1894.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

FEATHERSTON TOWN BOARD.

In the matter of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."

THE following is the result of a poll of the ratepayers of the Featherston Town District, taken on Saturday, the 9th day of December, 1893, upon the following proposal: To raise a loan of £500 for the erection of a town-hall, bearing interest at £6 per centum per annum, such interest being payable half-yearly for a term of twenty-one years; to pay out of such loan the cost of raising same, and first year's interest; to pledge as security for the said loan a special rate of 3d. in the pound on the rateable value of all rateable property in the Featherston Town District; to set apart, in each year, £15 12s. 10d. as a sinking fund to repay the said loan:—

Number of ratepayers entitled to vote, 155, representing 173 votes: Number of ratepayers who voted for the proposal, 89; number of votes recorded for the proposal, 103; number of ratepayers who voted against the proposal, nil.

I therefore declare the said proposal carried.

Dated this 12th day of December, 1893.

W. CUNDY,
Chairman.