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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 43

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th May, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

JAMES BABER, Esq.,

of Auckland, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the colony.

T. THOMPSON.

Appointment of Trustee of Kirwee Cemetery revoked.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th May, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to revoke the appointment of

JOHN BRABAZON

as a Trustee of the Kirwee Cemetery, owing to his having left the colony.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 26th May, 1896.

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

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Waimakariri-Ashley Water-supply District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 1st June, 1896.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Waimakariri-Ashley Water-supply Board, is published in accordance with the requirements of “The Water-supply Act, 1891.”

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

WAIMAKARRI-ASHLEY WATER-SUPPLY DISTRICT.—COOPER’S CREEK SUBDIVISION.

Poll for Loan of £500.

THE following is the result of the poll taken in the Cooper’s Creek Subdivision of the district, on Thursday, the 21st day of May, 1896:—

Number of ratepayers on roll, 192, representing £43,311: Votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 114, representing £30,320; votes recorded against the scheme, 1, representing £280; unrecorded, 77, representing £12,711.

As the number of ratepayers voting in favour of the proposal exceeds half the total number of ratepayers on the roll, and the number so voting represents more than three-fifths of the total rateable value of the rateable property, I hereby declare the proposal carried.

JOHN O’HALLORAN,
Chairman of the Waimakariri-Ashley Water-supply Board.

I, John O’Halloran, of Glentui, Bennetts, Sheep-farmer, Chairman of the Waimakariri-Ashley Water-supply Board, do solemnly and sincerely declare that all proceedings required by “The Water-supply Act, 1891,” “The Counties Act, 1886,” and amendments thereto, and “The Regulation of Local Elections Act, 1876,” and amendments thereto, to be taken in or towards obtaining the sanction of the ratepayers of the Cooper’s Creek Subdivision of the district to the proposal to raise a special loan of £500 for the completion of the system of water-supply in the Cooper’s Creek Subdivision of the district, have been duly taken, and that the resolution in favour of the proposal has been duly carried.

JOHN O’HALLORAN,
Chairman of the Waimakariri-Ashley Water-supply Board.

Declared at Oxford, this 28th day of May, 1896, before me—John Ingram, a Justice of the Peace of the Colony of New Zealand.

Special Order made by the Waitaki County Council, constituting a Road District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1896.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT the Waitaki County Council by special order hereby declare that part of the outlying district, comprising one continuous area, being the whole of Ahuriri Riding, in Waitaki County, and bounded as follows—that is to say, beginning at the junction of the Otamatakau River with the Waitaki River, bounded on the east and north by the Waitaki and Ohau Rivers, thence by Lake Ohau and the Hopkins River to Mt. Holmes; on the north, west, and south-west, by Westland, Vincent, and Maniototo Counties to Mt. Ida; on the east by the eastern boundary of Run No. 445 and west branch of the Otamatakau River to the starting-point—shall, from and after the 1st day of July next, be and be constituted a road district, such district to be named Ahuriri Road District, and shall not be divided into subdivisions, and declare that the number of members shall be four.

DUNCAN SUTHERLAND,
Chairman.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly made.

JAS. MARTIN,
County Clerk.

29th May, 1896.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 27th May, 1896.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders for Te Whaiti Native School contract is published for general information.

W. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

Accepted.

W. G. Smith, Auckland .. .. .. 515 0 0

Declined.

A. Warbrick, Rotorua .. .. .. 597 6 0
C. H. Frankham, Devonport.. .. .. 650 0 0
Steele Bros., Rotorua .. .. .. 708 6 9

Notice to Mariners, No. 14 of 1896.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1896.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Marine Board, Hobart, Tasmania, are published for general information.

T. THOMPSON,
For Minister of Marine.

REEF OF ROCKS OFF SNAKE ISLAND, D’ENTRECASTEAUX CHANNEL.

Notice is hereby given that a red-and-white vertical-striped nun buoy has been placed in 6ft. water near the centre of a reef of rocks (not shown on the chart), the south end of Snake Island bearing N.N.E. 2½ cables. The reef, which extends about 60 yards on each side of the buoy, has a depth of 4 and 5 fathoms round it, and there is a clear passage for small vessels between it and Snake Island.

JAMES RIDDLE,
Harbourmaster,

Hobart, 3rd March, 1894.