Nov. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1757

Officers under “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” Otago District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th November, 1895.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 9 of “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,”

CHARLES FALCONER, of Waikaka Valley,
GEORGE FISHER, of Middlemarch,
DAVID DOAKE, of Kelso, and
RALPH A. EWING, of Whare Flat,

have been appointed officers for the purposes of that Act within all that area in the Provincial District of Otago bounded on the east and south by the ocean from Shag Point to the mouth of the Mataura River; on the north-west by Lake County; on the west and south-west by the Mataura River; and on the north, north-west, and north-east by the Counties of Westland and Waitaki.

W. P. REEVES,
For the Colonial Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz. :

Name. District.
WILLIAM PERKIN WILLIAMS .. .. Huntly.
ALFRED COOK .. .. .. Takapau.

W. P. REEVES,
For the Colonial Secretary.

German Consul at Auckland appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th November, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that he has been informed by Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies that the Queen's exequatur empowering

KARL SEEGNER

to act as German Consul at Auckland has received Her Majesty's signature.

W. P. REEVES,
For the Colonial Secretary.

Member of Auckland Land Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 23rd October, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to re-appoint

ROBERT THOMPSON

a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Auckland, as from the 25th September, 1895.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Member of the Wyndham Recreation Reserve Trust appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 4th November, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON

to be a member of the Wyndham Recreation Reserve Trust.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Canterbury Land Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 5th November, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to re-appoint

The Hon. WILLIAM CAMPBELL WALKER

a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Canterbury, as from the 23rd February, 1895.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Gisborne Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 1st November, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pursuance of the provisions of section 40 of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, to appoint

JOHN CLARK

to be a member of the Gisborne Harbour Board, in the place of Alexander Creighton Arthur, resigned.

J. G. WARD.

Arrangements for First Elections, &c., Te Puke Drainage District.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ALEXANDER BIRD

to be Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the first election of five members of the Board of Trustees of the Te Puke Drainage District, as constituted under “The Land Drainage Act, 1893”; also to appoint Monday, the 2nd day of December, 1895, to be the day for holding the said first elections; and also to appoint Tuesday, the 3rd day of December, 1895, at 7.30 o'clock post meridiem, to be the time, and McDowell's Hall, Te Puke, to be the place, at which the first meeting of the Trustees shall be held.

W. P. REEVES,
For the Colonial Secretary.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Waimate Road Board, Hawera County.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1895.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Waimate Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886.”

W. P. REEVES,
For the Colonial Secretary.

WAIMATE ROAD BOARD.—OEO ROAD.—PROPOSED LOAN OF £850.

RESULT of poll taken on the 29th October, 1895 :—
Number of ratepayers on roll, 12, representing 15 votes:
Number of voters in favour of proposal, 9; number of votes recorded in favour of proposal, 12; number of votes recorded against proposal, nil; number of votes not recorded, 3.

A majority of ratepayers, exercising a majority of votes, being in favour of the proposal, I therefore declare the proposal carried.

PHILIP McCARTHY,
Chairman, Waimate Road Board.

Manuia, 30th October, 1895.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Pohangina County Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1895.

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

W. P. REEVES,
For the Colonial Secretary.

POHANGINA COUNTY COUNCIL.

FOLLOWING is the result of poll of ratepayers on proposal to borrow £3,903 for construction of roads and bridges in the Tamaki Riding of the Pohangina County :—

Ratepayers on roll, 21, representing 38 votes: Votes recorded for proposal, 25; number of ratepayers voting, 14; votes recorded against proposal, nil; ratepayers voting against proposal, nil.

As a majority in number of the ratepayers voted in favour of the proposal, and the number so voting are entitled to more than one-half of the votes that can be exercised by the whole number of ratepayers, I declare the proposal to be carried.

HERBERT DICKIN,
Chairman.

Pohangina, 30th October, 1895.