Jan. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 51

Measuring Surveyors appointed.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 9th January, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

RICHARD CARTER and
CHARLES STAFFORD NIXON,

of Her Majesty’s Customs, to superintend the survey and admeasurement of ships, under the provisions of “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894” (Imperial), at the Ports of Wellington and Dunedin respectively.

J. G. WARD,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Superintendent of Quarantine appointed.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 9th January, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

DUGALD MCKELLAR,

Collector of Her Majesty’s Customs, to be Superintendent of Quarantine, under the provisions of “The Public Health Act, 1876,” at the Port of Wellington, vice William Laing, retired.

J. G. WARD,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Assayers of Gold appointed.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 9th January, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

BANKS, EDWIN GRIPPER, Auckland ;
GALBRAITH, DAVID RANKEN SHIRREFF, Auckland ;
MELLETT, RICHARD SHERIDAN, Auckland ;
POND, JAMES ALEXANDER, Auckland,

to be Assayers of Gold under “The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882.”

J. G. WARD,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Inspector of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 14th January, 1896.

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

Name. District.
Constable CHARLES STANYER { The North Island of the Colony
of New Zealand, and the
islands adjacent thereto.
R. J. SEDDON.

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

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th January, 1896.

THE following special order, made by the Mauriceville Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

JOHN McKENZIE,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

SPECIAL ORDER MADE BY THE MAURICEVILLE ROAD BOARD, COUNTY OF WAIRARAPA NORTH.

THAT, to meet the interest and annual charges on a loan of £600, raised under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and its amendments, to form, erect bridges where required, and partly metal Bowen Road, a special rate of 3½d. in the pound be made and levied on the rateable value for the time being of the properties, exclusive of such Crown lands as are by law exempt, contained within the following boundaries: Commencing at the north-west corner of Section 24 of the Hastwell Village Settlement; from thence follow line, excluding Sections 23, 22, 21, 20, 17, and 62, follow west boundary of Section 63 to railway-line, cross Railway Reserve, and follow boundary between it and Sections 139 and 140 to north-west corner of Section 140; thence follow north boundary of Section 140, follow road to Section 68; follow north boundary of Section 68, west boundary of Sections 68 and 67; thence by line, excluding Sections 72, 123, and also Section 29 of Hastwell Village Settlement, to the main road, follow main road to the point of commencement: all in Block XIV., Mangaone Survey District. Such rate shall be an annually-recurring rate for twenty-six years, and shall be payable in two half-yearly instalments, on the 2nd of January and 2nd of July in each year.

I hereby certify that the foregoing special order has been made and confirmed by the Mauriceville Road Board in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

W. GRAY,
Clerk.

Mauriceville, 7th January, 1896.

Special Order made by the Manawatu Road Board, County of Oroua.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 13th January, 1896.

THE following special order, made by the Manawatu Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

JOHN McKENZIE,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

MANAWATU ROAD BOARD.

SPECIAL order, made 17th December, 1895:—

“That the Manawatu Road Board, under the provisions of ‘The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,’ and by virtue of a warrant issued under the hand of His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, dated the 3rd day of October, 1895, authorising the Manawatu Road Board to construct a bridge over the Stoney Creek on Henderson’s Line, in the Manawatu Road District, borrow the sum of £250 for the purpose of providing one-half of the cost of the construction of the said bridge in accordance with the above-mentioned warrant; and that a special rate of 1/10d. in the pound be made upon the rateable value of the whole of the rateable property (Crown and Native lands occupied by Native owners excepted) within the Manawatu Road District for the purpose of paying interest at 5 per cent. per annum on the above loan of £250 to be borrowed under ‘The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886’; such rate to be an annually-recurring rate for twenty-six years, and payable by equal instalments on the first days of February and August in each year, at the Board’s office, Palmerston North.”

I certify that the above special order was passed in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” at a special meeting of the Manawatu Road Board held on the 17th day of December, 1895.

WALTER RUTHERFURD,
Clerk to the Manawatu Road Board.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Pohangina County Council.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 13th January, 1896.

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.”

JOHN McKENZIE,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

POHANGINA COUNTY COUNCIL.

FOLLOWING is the result of poll of ratepayers on proposal to borrow £4,668 for construction of roads in the Pohangina and Mangaone Ridings of the above county:—

Ratepayers on roll, 50, representing 50 votes: Number of ratepayers voting, 33; votes recorded for proposal, 33; ratepayers voting against proposal, nil; votes recorded 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, I declare the proposal to be carried.

H. DICKIN,
Chairman.

Pohangina, 4th January, 1896.

Revocation of Appointment of Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the authority in me for this purpose vested, I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do by this order under my hand revoke and annul the appointment of the under-mentioned warehouse for the reception and security of goods entered to be warehoused without payment of duty upon the first entry thereof, namely,—

Port of Dunedin.