Feb. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 413

WELLINGTON MILITIA AND VOLUNTEER DISTRICT (including Taranaki, Wanganui, Wairarapa, Manawatu, and the Sub-district of Hawke's Bay, hitherto known as the East Coast District).

Lieut.-Colonel Stuart Newall, N.Z.M.

CANTERBURY MILITIA AND VOLUNTEER DISTRICT (including North Canterbury and the Sub-district of South Canterbury).

Lieut.-Colonel Henry Gordon, N.Z.M.

OTAGO MILITIA AND VOLUNTEER DISTRICT (including North Otago (Oamaru), Dunedin, and the Sub-district of Southland).

Lieut.-Colonel William Holden Webb, N.Z.M.

NELSON MILITIA AND VOLUNTEER DISTRICT (including Nelson, Marlborough, and the Sub-district of Westland).

Lieut.-Colonel Albert Pitt, N.Z.M.

The appointments of all the above officers date from the 1st March, 1895.

W. P. REEVES,
For Defence Minister.

Volunteer Officers appointed and promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st February, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned appointments and promotion:—

Heretaunga Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Daniel Dee Hyde to be Lieutenant.

Stoke Rifle Volunteers.

George Henry Hammond to be Lieutenant.

The commissions of both the above officers date from the 16th January, 1895.

E Battery, New Zealand Regiment Artillery Volunteers.

Lieutenant Yuyr William James Donald to be Captain.

Date of commission, 5th February, 1895.

R. J. SEDDON.

Medical Superintendent, Auckland Lunatic Asylum, appointed.

Lunacy Department,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to appoint

GRAY HASSELL, Esq., M.D., M.S. Univ. Aberdeen,

to be Medical Superintendent of the Lunatic Asylum at Auckland.

W. P. REEVES.

Medical Superintendent, Sunnyside Lunatic Asylum, appointed.

Lunacy Department,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to appoint

EDWARD GEORGE LEVINGE, Esq., L.R.C.S. Irel., M.B. Univ. Dubl.,

to be Medical Superintendent of the Sunnyside Lunatic Asylum at Christchurch.

W. P. REEVES.

Inspector of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 27th February, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned person to be an Inspector under "The Factories Act, 1894," and to assign to him the district set opposite his name: viz.,—

Name. District.
Constable FREDERICK WILD. . The North Island of the Colony of New Zealand, and the islands adjacent thereto.

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of February, 1895.

W. P. REEVES.

Member of Lyttelton Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased, in pursuance and exercise of all the powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, to appoint

ALBERT PARSONS

to be a member of the Lyttelton Harbour Board, the Council of the County of Ashley having neglected, on the second Monday in February instant, to elect one member as required by subsection (8) of section 4 of "The Lyttelton Harbour Board Act, 1882."

W. P. REEVES,
For Minister of Marine.

Special Orders made by the Mauku Road Board, County of Manukau.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1895.

THE following special orders, made by the Mauku Road Board, are published in accordance with the provisions of "The Road Boards Act, 1882."

P. A. BUCKLEY.

MAUKU ROAD BOARD.

Special orders made by the Mauku Road Board at a special meeting held on the 15th day of February, 1895:—

"That, for the purpose of paying interest and other annual charges on a loan of £500, to be raised under 'The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,' for the purpose of making certain portions of the Patumahoe-Pukekohe Road, a special rate of ½d. in the pound be made and levied on all the rateable property in the Patumahoe Ward, Crown and Native lands (if any) excepted; such special rate to be an annually-recurring rate for a period of twenty-six years, and payable in one sum on the 1st of September in each year."

"That, for the purpose of paying interest and other charges on a loan of £500, to be raised under 'The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,' for the purpose of making portions of the Union Road and certain portions of the road from Cox's Corner to West Mauku Creamery, a special rate of 1/10d. in the pound be made and levied on all the rateable property in the West Mauku Ward, Crown and Native lands (if any) excepted; such special rate to be an annually-recurring rate for a period of twenty-six years, and payable in one sum on the 1st of September in each year."

I hereby certify that the above special orders were made by the Mauku Road Board to-day, in accordance with the provisions of "The Road Boards Act, 1882."

JOSEPH WALKER,
Clerk, Mauku Road Board.

Patumahoe, 15th February, 1895.

Special Order made by the Arch Hill Road Board, County of Eden, adopting the Local Bodies' Loans Acts.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1895.

THE following special order, made by the Arch Hill Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of "The Road Boards Act, 1882."

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886," and "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," generally be brought into force and their provisions adopted in the Arch Hill Road District.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly passed in accordance with the provisions of section 75 of "The Road Boards Act, 1882," on the 20th day of February, 1895.

JOHN FRANKLIN,
Clerk to the Board.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Hawera County Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1895.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

HAWERA COUNTY COUNCIL.—LOAN OF £100 FOR METALLING THE ANDERSON ROAD.

Notice is hereby given that the poll of ratepayers taken on the 14th instant resulted as follows:—