958
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 47

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th June, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
FREDERICK JAMES GLEESON
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District
of Grey, vice John Arnott, resigned.
T. THOMPSON.

Member of Hawke's Bay Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 16th June, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to re-appoint
GEORGE MATHEWSON
to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of
Hawke's Bay, as from the 22nd February, 1896.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Cadet Draughtsman, Lands and Survey Department, appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 16th June, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
GEORGE PERCY WAKE
to be a Cadet Draughtsman in the Department of Lands and
Survey, as from the 17th May, 1895.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Survey Cadet, Lands and Survey Department, appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 16th June, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
CARLTON KAIN
to be a Survey Cadet in the Department of Lands and Sur-
vey, as from the 4th March, 1895.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Revising Barrister under "The Building Societies Act, 1880," appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 10th June, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
HERBERT HUMPHRIES, Esq.,
to be Revising Barrister for the District of Hawke's Bay
under the provisions of "The Building Societies Act, 1880."
WM. HALL-JONES,
For Commissioner of Stamps.

Volunteer Officers promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th June, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the under-mentioned appointments:—
General Medical List, New Zealand Volunteers.
Surgeon-Captains William Edward Collins, Patrick Con-
nolly, Walter Thomas, and Millen Coughtrey to be Surgeon-
Majors, under paragraph 73, Volunteer Regulations, 1895.
Commissions to date from the 9th March, 1896.
R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and reinstated on the Unattached Active List.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th June, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignation of the commission held by the under-
mentioned officer:—
Otago Battalion, Infantry Volunteers.
Major Alfred Headland; date of resignation, 17th May,
1896.
And also to approve of that officer being reinstated on the
Unattached Active List, New Zealand Volunteers, from the
above date, with the seniority held by him prior to being
appointed to the battalion.
R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th June, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignations of the commissions held by the
under-mentioned officers:—
Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Henry Palairet Slater. Date of resignation,
17th March, 1896.
Blenheim Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Thomas Benjamin Salmon. Date of resigna-
tion, 23rd May, 1896.
R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th June, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve
of the disbandment of the
Nelson City Rifle Volunteers
as from the 16th March, 1896.
The commissions held by the under-mentioned gentlemen
in the above corps will therefore lapse from the above date,
in accordance with paragraph 62, Volunteer Regulations,
1895:—
SAMUEL JICKELL, late Captain;
ALEXANDER GRAY, late Lieutenant;
HENRY WILLIAM OAKLEY, late Lieutenant;
V. D. LEONARD BOOR, late Surgeon-Captain;
The REV. JOHN PRATT KEMPTHORNE, late Honorary
Chaplain.
R. J. SEDDON.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Borough of Greytown.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th June, 1896.

THE following notice, received from his Worship the
Mayor of the Borough of Greytown, is published in
accordance with the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans
Act, 1886."
J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Borough of Greytown.
Notice of Result of Poll.

In the matter of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886," and
"The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886," and the respec-
tive amendments thereof.
I HEREBY give notice that the following is the result of the
poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Greytown, taken on
the 3rd day of June, 1896, upon the proposal to raise a
special loan of £2,000 for water-supply purposes:—
Votes in favour of the proposal, 134; votes against the
proposal, 10; voters in favour of the proposal, 98; voters
against the proposal, 8.
As the number of votes in favour of the proposal exceeded
half the total number of votes exercisable, and the number
of voters in favour of the proposal exceeded half the total
number of ratepayers on the roll, I hereby declare the said
proposal to have been carried.
Dated the 4th day of June, 1896.
J. D. HEAGERTY,
Mayor.

Notice of the Laying-off of a Road over Native Land in the Omapere Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given, under the authority contained
in section 72 of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894," and the amendments thereof, that the road mentioned in the
Schedule hereto was, on the 16th August, 1895, surveyed and
laid off over the Native land therein mentioned, under my
direction; and that, in terms of the said Act, the site of
such road shall be deemed to be a road dedicated to the
public, and shall vest in Her Majesty.

SCHEDULE.
UNsurveyed NATIVE LAND.