JUNE 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 963

Stoke Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Charles Ching. Date of resignation, 5th March, 1894.

Napier Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant John George Swan. Date of resignation, 22nd May, 1894.

Kumara Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant William Bain. Date of resignation, 29th May, 1894.
R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.
Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th June, 1894.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the disbandment of the Tuapeka Rifle
Volunteers, as from the 30th April, 1894, on its formation
into a Government rifle-club; and also to approve of the
transfer of
Lieutenant CHARLES MELVILLE BROOKS
from the above corps to the Unattached Active List, New
Zealand Volunteers, with his present rank and seniority.
The following gentleman therefore ceases to be an officer in
the New Zealand Volunteer Force, his commission having
lapsed under paragraph 51, Volunteer Regulations, 1889:—
The Reverend BENJAMIN FRANCIS ROTHWELL, late
Honorary Chaplain.
R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.
Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th June, 1894.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the disbandment of the Waikouaiti Rifle
Volunteers, as from the 27th February, 1894, on its formation
into a Government rifle-club; and also to approve of the
transfer of
Captain WILLIAM WHITE,
Lieutenant NEIL STEWART, and
Lieutenant ROBERT TEMPLETON
from the above corps to the Unattached Active List, New
Zealand Volunteers, with their present rank and seniority.
The following gentleman therefore ceases to be an officer
in the New Zealand Volunteer Force, his commission having
lapsed under paragraph 51, Volunteer Regulations, 1889:—
The Rev. WILLIAM STANLEY LUCAS, late Honorary Chaplain.
R. J. SEDDON.

Special Order made by the Upper Wangaehu Road Board,
County of Wanganui.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th June, 1894.
THE following special order, made by the Upper Wa-
gaehu Road Board, is published in accordance with
the provisions of "The Road Boards Act, 1882."
P. A. BUCKLEY.

UPPER WANGAEHU ROAD BOARD.—SPECIAL ORDER.
THAT, to meet the interest and charges on a loan of £1,400
borrowed under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies
Act, 1886," and "The Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," and
their amendments, for the purpose of constructing a road up
the valley of the Mangamahu Stream from Mangamahu to
Section No. 11, Block VIII., Mangawhero Survey District, a
special rate of 4½d. in the pound be made and levied on the
rateable property contained within the following boundaries:
Commencing at the most northerly corner of Small Grazing-
run No. 36, Block VIII., Mangawhero Survey District; thence
in a south-easterly direction along the boundaries of the said
Run No. 36 and Perpetual-lease Section No. 11, Block VIII.,
Mangawhero Survey District, to the boundary of the road
district; thence by the boundary of the road district in
a southerly direction to the most south-easterly point of
Perpetual-lease Section R 4, Block XI., Mangawhero Survey
District (occupied by Mr. Morgan); thence by the southern,
south-western, and western boundary of the last-mentioned
section to the Mangamahu Stream; thence up the Manga-
mahu Stream to the most south-westerly point of Small
Grazing-run No. 34, Mangawhero Survey District; thence
along the south-western and western boundary of the said
Run No. 34 to Hale's Track; thence by Hale's Track along
the boundaries of Small Grazing-runs Nos. 34, 35, 40, and 36,
Mangawhero Survey District, to the starting-point. Such
rate to be an annually-recurring rate, payable in equal half-
yearly instalments on the 1st day of May and the 1st day of
November, 1894, and on the same dates of each year follow-

ing, until the loan in respect of which the said rate is made
is paid off.
FRED. H. ALLEN,
Clerk to Upper Wangaehu Road Board.
Mangamahu, 20th May, 1894.

I hereby certify that the above special order was made,
levying a special rate for Mangamahu Valley Road loan of
£1,400, on Saturday, 17th February, 1894, and confirmed on
Monday, 19th March, 1894, and that the same has been duly
passed by the Board.
FRED. H. ALLEN,
Clerk, Upper Wangaehu Road Board.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Ruataniwha Road
District, County of Waipawa.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th June, 1894.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the
Ruataniwha Road Board, is published in accordance
with the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."
P. A. BUCKLEY.

RUATANIWHA ROAD BOARD.—RESULT OF POLL FOR
PROPOSED LOAN.
THE following is the result of the poll taken on the 9th day
of June, 1894, on a proposal to borrow £1,600 for the con-
struction and completion (inclusive of felling and stumping
where requisite) of the following roads in the said road
district: (a) From the Waipawa River at Block 48,
Makaretu Reserve, to the north-east corner of Section 7,
Block IX., Wakarara Survey District; (b) from the Maku-
roro River along the northern boundaries of Sections 1, 7,
10, Block IX., Wakarara Survey District; (c) by-road from
eastern to western boundaries of and passing through Sec-
tion 6, Block IX., Wakarara Survey District; (d) by-road
between Sections 9, 10, 11, and Sections 4, 8, 7, 12, 13,
Block XIII., Wakarara Survey District, and branch road
from Section 14, same block, to this by-road; (e) by-road
from Block 189, Makaretu Reserve, running westerly through
Blocks 171, 172, 173, 174, Makaretu Reserve, and be-
tween Sections 4 and 5, touching Section 7 to Section 15,
Block XIII., Wakarara Survey District:—
• Ratepayers on roll, 31, representing 38 votes: Number of
ratepayers who voted for the proposal, 22; against, nil;
number of votes recorded for the proposal, 26; against, nil.
As a majority in number of the ratepayers voted in favour
of the proposal, and the number so voting are entitled to
more than one-half of the votes that can be exercised by the
whole number of ratepayers upon the said roll, I hereby
declare the said proposal to be carried.
FRED. GRADWELL,
Chairman, Ruataniwha Road Board.
9th June, 1894.

Result of Polls for Proposed Loans, Pahiatua County.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 18th June, 1894.
THE following notices, received from the Chairman of the
Pahiatua County Council, are published in accordance
with the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."
P. A. BUCKLEY.

PAHIATUA COUNTY.—PROPOSED LOAN NO. 41, MANGAHAO
BRIDGE.
THE following is the result of a poll taken on the 4th April,
1894, on a proposal to borrow £1,000, under "The Govern-
ment Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," towards the cost of
erecting a bridge over the Mangahao River at Sinclair's
Crossing:—
Number of ratepayers on roll, 201, representing 205 votes:
Number of ratepayers who voted in favour of the proposal,
112, representing 116 votes; voted against the proposal, 1.
I therefore declare the proposal carried.
SAMUEL BOLTON,
County Chairman.

PAHIATUA COUNTY.—RESULT OF POLL, LOAN NO. 42.
THE following is the result of a poll taken on the 2nd De-
cember, 1893, on a proposal to raise a loan of £900 for metal-
ling the Upper Makuri Road, commencing at the south-
western boundary of Section 4, Block XI., and extending
towards the north-eastern boundary of Section 13, Block VII.,
Makuri, as far as funds permit:—