JUNE 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 911

Inspector of Weights and Measures, Marlborough, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 8th June, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable THOMAS HENRY PRICE

to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures, under “The Weights and Measures Act, 1868,” and the Acts amending the same, for the Counties of Marlborough and Sounds and for the Boroughs of Picton and Blenheim, vice Constable Sheary, transferred.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Government Printer appointed.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN MACKAY

to be Government Printer, Manager of Stationery Store, and Controller of Stamp-printing, vice Samuel Costall, resigned. Appointment to date from 15th June, 1896.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Clerk of Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 9th June, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable ANDREW MORGAN

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Kaikoura, from the 4th June instant, vice Constable W. Hole, transferred.

T. THOMPSON.

Police Gaoler appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 9th June, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable ANDREW MORGAN

to be Police Gaoler at Kaikoura, vice Constable William Hole, transferred.

T. THOMPSON.

Sittings of Magistrate’s Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th June, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The COUNTY COUNCIL CHAMBERS at Marton

to be a place wherein sittings of the Magistrate’s Court shall be held.

T. THOMPSON.

Inspector of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 21st May, 1896.

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

Name. District.
Constable THOMAS HENRY PRICE { The Middle Island of the Colony of New Zealand, and the islands adjacent thereto.
R. J. SEDDON, Minister of Labour.

Inspectors of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 10th June, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned persons to be Inspectors under “The Factories Act, 1894,” and to assign to them the districts set opposite their names respectively, viz.:

Name. District.
Sergeant HENRY MCARDLE { The Middle Island of the Colony of New Zealand, and the islands adjacent thereto.
Constable THOMAS WHELAN { The North Island of the Colony of New Zealand, and the islands adjacent thereto.
R. J. SEDDON.

Resignation of Member of Canterbury Land Board accepted.

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

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

The Honourable WILLIAM CAMPBELL WALKER

as a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Canterbury.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Resignation of Trustee of Macraes Cemetery accepted.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1896.

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

ROBERT HURCAS

as a Trustee of the Macraes Cemetery.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 8th June, 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:—

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Aka Aka Drainage Board.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd June, 1896.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

AKA AKA DRAINAGE BOARD.

RESULT of poll taken at Waiuku on the 16th May, 1896, to determine whether or not a sum of £360 should be borrowed under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” in a portion of the Aka Aka Drainage District:—

There were 35 ratepayers on the roll, entitled to 39 votes; and the votes recorded were: In favour of the proposal, 19 votes; against the proposal, 7 votes; informal, 2 votes; abstained from voting, 11 ratepayers, entitled to 11 votes. I therefore declare the proposal to be lost.

CALEB HOSKING,
Chairman, Aka Aka Drainage Board.