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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 57

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th July, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ANTONY WATSON OXLEY

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Black's.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Inspector of Weights and Measures, County of Rodney, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th July, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable SAMUEL STACEY

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 Rodney, vice Constable Had-dock.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Inspector of Weights and Measures, Borough of Waimate, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th July, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable PATRICK GOUGH

to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures, under "The Weights and Measures Act, 1868," and the Acts amending the same, for the Borough of Waimate, vice Constable Field, transferred.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Assessor of Validation Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HONE KAORA

to be an Assessor of the Validation Court, under "The Native Land (Validation of Titles) Act, 1893."

R. J. SEDDON,
Native Minister.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th July, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ALFRED ERNEST HARDING

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Bay of Islands, vice L. Marriner, whose office has become vacant.

W. P. REEVES.

Cadet Clerk, Lands and Survey Department, appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

PATRICK FOLEY

to be a Cadet Clerk in the Department of Lands and Survey as from the 20th March, 1895.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Ranger of Crown Lands, Marlborough District, appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 24th July, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM WILSON SMART

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Receiver of Land Revenue, Otago District, appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 24th July, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY JOHN ABEL

to be a Receiver of Land Revenue, to act within the Land District of Otago.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Waitaki County Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th July, 1895.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

WAITAKI COUNTY COUNCIL.

The following is the result of a poll taken on the 13th day of July, 1895, on the proposal to borrow £2,000, under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," for constructing water-races in the Papakaio Water-race District:—

Number of ratepayers within the special district, 70, capable of exercising 109 votes: Number of ratepayers who voted in favour of the proposal, 47, exercising 73 votes; number of votes against the proposal, 8.

As a majority of the ratepayers within the special district voted in favour of the proposal, and the number so voting are entitled to a majority of the votes appearing on the special roll, I hereby declare the proposal carried.

DUNCAN SUTHERLAND,
Chairman, Waitaki County Council.
19th July, 1895.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th July, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under "The Aliens Act, 1880," in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th July, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignations of the commissions held by the under-mentioned officers:—

Hawera Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Surgeon-Captain Thomas Harcourt Ambrose Valentine, as from the 21st July, 1895.

Victoria Rifle Volunteers (Auckland).
Lieutenant John Kearnay, as from the 29th June, 1895.

Palmerston North Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Frederick William Dunderdale, as from the 22nd June, 1895.

Lieutenant Alfred Phelps Richards Hopkins, as from the 14th June, 1895.

R. J. SEDDON.

Despatch forwarding Proclamation ordaining Bronze Coins of New Design Currency of the Realm.

The Treasury, New Zealand,
Wellington, 29th July, 1895.

THE accompanying despatch, with enclosed Proclamation, received from Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

J. G. WARD,
Colonial Treasurer.