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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 88

Coroner resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st December, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by
WILLIAM BROWNING TOSSWILL, Esq., J.P.,
of his appointment as a Coroner for the colony.
A. J. CADMAN.

Female Official Visitors appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 4th December, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
the persons hereafter named to be Official Visitors at
the prisons respectively stated after their names:—

Names.
Euphemia Nevison .. .. .. Dunedin.
Evelin Willett Cunnmghton .. .. Lyttelton.
Katherine Hooper Tarn .. .. Wellington.
Annie Maria Dolby .. .. .. Auckland.
Eliza Collings .. .. .. Auckland.
Fanny Cooke .. .. .. Nelson.
Ada E. Trask .. .. .. Nelson.
A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Justice.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd December, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned appointments:—

Wairuku Cavalry Volunteers.
Samuel Decimus Currie to be Lieutenant.

Otago Hussar Volunteers.
Herbert Price to be Lieutenant.

Dunedin Naval Artillery Volunteers.
William James Strong to be Sub-lieutenant.

A Battery, New Zealand Regiment Artillery Volunteers.
John Thomas Bosworth to be Lieutenant.

B Battery, New Zealand Regiment Artillery Volunteers.
Hugh Mark Morris to be Lieutenant.

Wanganui Rifle Volunteers.
John Redmond to be Lieutenant.

Te Aroha Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant John Archibald Cochrane to be Captain.
The commissions of the above officers all date from the
3rd October, 1894.
A. J. CADMAN,
For the Defence Minister.

Volunteer Officer and Honorary Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th December, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned appointments:—

Taranaki Rifle Volunteers.
Reginald Bayley to be Captain, under paragraph 53, "Volunteer Regulations, 1889." Date of commission, 26th November, 1894.

Hamilton Light Infantry Volunteers.
William Steele to be Honorary Captain. Date of commission, 30th August, 1894.
P. A. BUCKLEY,
For the Defence Minister.

Additional Trustee, Volunteer Drill-shed, appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th December, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointment of
Captain LATHAM OSBORNE BEALE, Jun.,
Dunedin Engineer Volunteers, as an additional Trustee of the Dunedin Volunteer Garrison Hall, under "The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act, 1888," and the Act amending the same. Date of appointment, 5th December, 1894.
P. A. BUCKLEY,
For the Defence Minister.

Danish Consul, Auckland, to receive Residue of Intestate Estates in certain Cases under Public Trust Office Acts.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd December, 1894.

THE following notification is published in accordance with section 6 of "The Public Trust Office Acts Amendment Act, 1891," and section 21 of "The Interpretation Act, 1888."
P. A. BUCKLEY.

It having been made to appear that the Consul for the Kingdom of Denmark, resident at Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand, is the Chief Consular Officer in New Zealand for such country within the meaning of the sixth section of "The Public Trust Office Acts Amendment Act, 1891," and that he has been duly nominated for the purpose of receiving any residue of any intestate estate which shall properly come or belong to the next-of-kin of any deceased intestate resident within the jurisdiction of the said kingdom, it is hereby notified, pursuant to the terms of the above-mentioned section, that the sanction of the Right Honourable the Marquess of Ripon, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State for the United Kingdom, has been given to such nomination as aforesaid.
Dated at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of November, 1894.
P. A. BUCKLEY.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Stratford County Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd December, 1894.

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

STRATFORD COUNTY COUNCIL.

Result of poll taken on the 25th day of November, 1894, on the proposal to borrow £400, under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," to complete metalling of Sole Road:—
Number of ratepayers on special roll, 10; number of votes exercisable, 10: Number of ratepayers voting in favour of the proposal, 7; number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 7; number of ratepayers voting against the proposal, nil.
I declare the proposal to be carried.
WM. MONKHOUSE,
Chairman.
Dated at Stratford, 28th November, 1894.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Stratford Town Board.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd December, 1894.

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

STRATFORD TOWN BOARD.

Pace Street loan of £130. Result of poll taken 27th November, 1894:—
Number of ratepayers on roll, 8, representing 26 votes: Number of votes recorded in favour, 15; number of votes recorded against, nil; number of votes not recorded, 11; number of voters voting in favour, 5; number of voters voting against, nil; number of ratepayers not voting, 3.
A majority of ratepayers, exercising a majority of votes, having voted for the proposal, I therefore declare the proposal carried.
JAS. B. PATON, Chairman.
Dated at Stratford, this 27th day of November, 1894.
T. HARRY PENN, Clerk.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Te Horo Road Board, County of Horowhenua.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd December, 1894.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Te Horo Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."
P. A. BUCKLEY.

TE HORO ROAD DISTRICT.—SPECIAL DISTRICT NO. 3.

The following is the result of a poll of ratepayers of the above district, taken on the 26th instant, on the proposal to