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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 53

Postmaster appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the eighth section of “The Justices of the Peace Act Amendment Act, 1888,” I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that

JOHN GILLIAND,

being a person holding the office of Postmaster under “The Post Office Act, 1881,” at Rongahere, is authorised to take and receive statutory declarations under the two hundred and thirty-fourth section of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this seventh day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

GLASGOW, Governor.

Rangers under the Animals Protection Acts, Nelson District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

RENE PROUST and
OWEN STONE

to be Rangers, under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, for the District of Nelson.

A. J. CADMAN,
For the Colonial Secretary.

Inspector of Weights and Measures, County of Grey and Boroughs of Greymouth and Brunner, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Mounted Constable MICHAEL JOSEPH WILDERMOTH

to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures, under “The Weights and Measures Act, 1868,” and the Acts amending the same, for the County of Grey and Boroughs of Greymouth and Brunner.

A. J. CADMAN,
For the Colonial Secretary.

Clerk and Bailiff, Magistrate’s Court, appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th July, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable HENRY BEATTIE

to be Clerk and Bailiff of the Magistrate’s Court at Brunner-ton, from the 11th July instant.

A. J. CADMAN.

Crown Lands Ranger, Nelson Land District, appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 4th July, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES SMITH

to be a Ranger of Crown Lands for the Nelson Land District.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1894.

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

Captain and Adjutant DAVID COSSGROVE

(Unattached Active List, N.Z. Volunteers) as Lieutenant Commanding the Westport Naval Artillery Volunteers. Date of commission, 19th June, 1894.

R. J. SEDDON.

Services of Volunteer Cadet Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th July, 1894.

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

Wanganui Boys’ Public School Rifle Cadet Volunteers,

under paragraph 289, Volunteer Regulations, 1889. Date of acceptance, 15th June, 1894.

R. J. SEDDON.

Commissions of Honorary Volunteer Officers cancelled.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to cancel the commissions held by the under-mentioned honorary officers, they having left their respective districts:—

Westport Naval Artillery Volunteers.
Honorary Chaplain the Reverend James Edward Cullen.

Stoke Rifle Volunteers and General Medical List (Nelson).
Honorary Surgeon Benjamin Locking.

General Medical List (Nelson).
Surgeon Alfred Coleman.

R. J. SEDDON.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Rangitikei County Council.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 6th July, 1894.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Rangitikei County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

COUNTY OF RANGITIKEI.—TURAKINA BRIDGE SPECIAL RATING DISTRICT.

THE following is the result of a poll taken on Saturday, the 23rd June, 1894, on a proposal of the Rangitikei County Council to raise a sum of £1,500 by way of loan, under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” for the purpose of erecting a bridge over the Turakina River, and making the approaches thereto, on the Maungahoe Main Line; and to levy a special rate on the value of the several properties within the above special district:—

Number of ratepayers on roll, 47; number of votes exercisable, 139: Number of ratepayers who voted for the proposal, 38; number of votes recorded for the proposal, 111; number of votes recorded against the proposal, nil.

A majority of the ratepayers, exercising more than one-half of the total number of votes exercisable, being in favour of the proposal, I therefore declare it to be carried.

J. W. MARSHALL,
Chairman, Rangitikei County Council.
Marton, 3rd July, 1894.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans, Eketahuna Road Board, County of Wairarapa North.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1894.

THE following notices, received from the Chairman of the Eketahuna Road Board, are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

RESULT OF POLL FOR PROPOSED LOAN, EKETAHUNA ROAD BOARD, WAIRARAPA NORTH COUNTY.

THE following is the result of a poll taken at the Road Board Office, Eketahuna, 4th July, 1894, upon a proposal to raise a loan of £800 for 196 chains of formation and metalling on the Mangatainoko Valley Road:—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 17; number of pollable votes, 17: Number of ratepayers who voted for the proposal, 11 (exercising 11 votes); number of ratepayers who voted against the proposal, none; number of ratepayers who did not exercise their votes, 6 (being entitled to exercise 6 votes).

As the number of ratepayers who voted and the number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal are in each case a majority of the total number on the roll, I therefore declare the proposal carried.

WILL. B. MATHESON,
Chairman.

RESULT OF POLL FOR PROPOSED LOAN, EKETAHUNA ROAD BOARD, WAIRARAPA NORTH COUNTY.

THE following is the result of a poll taken at the Road Board Office, Eketahuna, 4th July, 1894, upon a proposal to raise a loan of £500 for two miles of formation on Norling’s Road:—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 10; number of pollable votes, 10: Number of ratepayers who voted in favour of the proposal, 6 (exercising 6 votes); number of ratepayers who voted against the proposal, none; number of ratepayers who did not exercise their votes, 4 (being entitled to exercise 4 votes).

As the number of ratepayers who voted and the number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal are in each case a majority of the total number on the roll, I therefore declare the proposal carried.

WILL. B. MATHESON,
Chairman.