April 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 679

Clerk, Seacliff Lunatic Asylum, appointed.

Lunacy Department,
Wellington, 16th April, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in terms of section 51
of "The Lunatics Act, 1882," been pleased to ap-
point
GEORGE WOOD
to be Clerk of the Lunatic Asylum at Seacliff.
W. P. REEVES.

Official Visitor, Seacliff Lunatic Asylum, appointed.

Lunacy Department,
Wellington, 16th April, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
HARRIET RUSSELL MORRISON
to be an Official Visitor of the Lunatic Asylum at Seacliff
under "The Lunatics Act, 1882," and "The Lunatics Act
Amendment Act, 1894."
W. P. REEVES.

School Commissioner appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 17th April, 1895.

PURSUANT to the provisions of "The Education Re-
serves Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1882," His Excel-
lency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
JAMES MARSHALL LENNOX, ESQ.,
to be a School Commissioner for the Provincial District of
Auckland, vice the late James Dilworth.
W. P. REEVES.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th April, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ac-
cept the resignation by
SAMUEL DELABERE BARKER, ESQ.,
of Christchurch, of his appointment as a Justice of the
Peace for the colony.
W. P. REEVES.

Appointment of Transmitting and Receiving Officer for the
Service of Notices by Telegraph.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 8th April, 1895.

IN pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by "The
Electric Lines Act, 1884" (hereinafter termed "the
said Act"), and by the regulations made thereunder on the
30th June, 1885, and published in the New Zealand Gazette
No. 41, 1885, the following officer is hereby appointed a
Transmitting and Receiving Officer for the purpose of dealing
with all notices by telegraph sent under the said Act or
regulations, and of signing such certificates in relation to
the service of any such notices as are required or authorised
to be signed or given under the said Act or the regulations
aforesaid:—
WILLIAM BUNDLE,
Postmaster, Lyttelton.
P. A. BUCKLEY.
For Electric Telegraph Commissioner.

Member of Land Board, Nelson, reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 8th April, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to re-
appoint
JOHN KERR
to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of
Nelson as from the 13th April, 1895.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th April, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ac-
cept the resignations of the commissions held by the
under-mentioned officers:—
Alexandra Cavalry Volunteers.
Lieutenant James Higgie. Date of resignation, 1st March,
1895.

Invercargill City Guards Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Robert Dunlop. Date of resignation, 18th
March, 1895.
R. J. SEDDON.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Te Awamutu Town
Board, County of Waipa.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 17th April, 1895.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the
Te Awamutu Town Board, is published in accordance
with the provisions of "The Municipal Corporations Act,
1886," and "The Town Districts Act 1881 Amendment Act,
1883."
P. A. BUCKLEY.

Te Awamutu Town District.

NOTICE of result of poll on proposed loan, taken under "The
Municipal Corporations Act, 1886," and "The Town Districts
Act 1881 Amendment Act, 1883":—

At a poll of the ratepayers of the Te Awamutu Town Dis-
trict, taken on the 23rd February, 1895, upon a proposal to
raise £200 by way of special loan, for the purpose of building
a Town Hall and Board Offices in Roache Street, the follow-
ing votes were recorded:—
Number on special roll, 76, capable of exercising 272
votes: For the proposal, 51 ratepayers, exercising 204 votes;
against the proposal, nil.
As the number of votes given in favour of the proposal
exceed two-thirds of the total number of votes exercisable by
all the ratepayers in the town district, I therefore declare
the resolution in favour of the proposal carried.
JAMES L. MANDENO,
Chairman, Te Awamutu Town Board.

Town Board Office,
Te Awamutu, 15th March, 1895.

In the matter of "The Town Districts Act 1881 Amendment
Act, 1883," and of "The Municipal Corporations Act,
1886," and of the proposal to raise £200 by way of special
loan.

I, James Lloyd Mandeno, of Te Awamutu, in the Pro-
vincial District of Auckland, in New Zealand, builder, the
Chairman of the Te Awamutu Town Board, do solemnly and
sincerely declare,—
That the proceedings required by "The Municipal Cor-
porations Act, 1886," and "The Town Districts Act 1881
Amendment Act, 1883," to be taken towards obtaining the
sanction of the ratepayers to the proposal of the said Board
to raise £200 by way of special loan have been duly taken,
and the resolution in favour of the proposal has been duly
carried by the majority required by law; and I make this
solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be
true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand intituled "The Justices of the
Peace Act, 1882."
JAMES L. MANDENO.

Declared at Te Awamutu, this 26th day of March, 1895,
before me—J. H. Mandeno, a Justice of the Peace for the
Colony of New Zealand.

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

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 17th April, 1895.

THE following special order, made by the Upper Tauru
Road Board, is published in accordance with the pro-
visions of "The Road Boards Act, 1882."
P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT a special rate of 2½d. in the pound be made on the
rateable value for the time being on the following properties:
Part 1 of Section 863, Section 875, Section 873, Block X.;
part Section 864, containing 386 acres; Section 295,
Block IX.: all in the Mangapakea Survey District.
That the said rate shall be used solely for the purpose of
payment of interest and other charges on a loan of £500
obtained under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies
Act, 1886," for expenditure on the Mangapurapura Road,
and shall be an annually-recurring rate for the period of
twenty-six years, and shall be payable at the office of the
Board on the 1st day of July in each year.
I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly
made by the Upper Tauru Road Board at a meeting held
on Saturday, 2nd February, 1895, and confirmed on Satur-
day, the 2nd day of March, 1895, as required by "The Road
Boards Act, 1882," or amendments thereof.
ERNEST PRICE,
Clerk, Upper Tauru Road Board.