July 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE: 1137

Christchurch City Guards Rifle Volunteers.
Frederick Charles Brenchley Bishop to be Lieutenant.

Palmerston North Rifle Volunteers.
William Lockhart Fitzherbert to be Lieutenant.

Avondale Rifle Volunteers.
John Potter to be Lieutenant.

The commissions of all the above officers date from the 3rd June, 1896.

T. THOMPSON.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th July, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under clause 39, “The Defence Act, 1886,” the services of the

Woodville Rifle Volunteers

as from the 15th June, 1896.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st July, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the under-mentioned officer:—

Wellington Naval Artillery Volunteers.
Lieutenant Kenneth Vincent Hume. Date of resignation, 12th June, 1896.

T. THOMPSON.

Coroner resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th July, 1896.

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

WILLIAM NICHOLAS SEARANCKE, Esq.,

of Hamilton, of his appointment as a Coroner for the colony.

T. THOMPSON.

Justices of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th July, 1896.

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

WILLIAM NICHOLAS SEARANCKE, Esq., of Hamilton,
WILLIAM GAY, Esq., of Cambrian’s, Otago, and
CHARLES DE LONGUEVILLE GRAHAM, Esq., of Port Chalmers,

of their appointments as Justices of the Peace for the colony.

T. THOMPSON.

Clerk resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1896.

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

CHARLES RUTHERFORD ORR WALKER

of his appointment as a Clerk in the Supreme Court Office at Wellington.

T. THOMPSON.

Date of First Election, &c., Mangahoe Land Drainage District, County of Waipa.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th July, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE CRUICKSHANK,

of Te Awamutu, to be Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the first election of five members of the Board of Trustees of the Mangahoe Land Drainage District, as constituted under “The Land Drainage Act, 1893”; also to appoint Saturday, the 22nd day of August, 1896, to be the day for holding such first election; also to appoint Wednesday, the 26th day of August, 1896, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, to be the time, and the office of the Rangiaohia Road Board at Te Awamutu to be the place, at which the first meeting of the trustees shall be held.

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Special Order made by the Moa Road Board, County of Taranaki.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th July, 1896.

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

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

MOA ROAD BOARD.—SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT, to secure the repayment of a loan of £2,000 raised under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” in conjunction with the Clifton County Council, for the purpose of metalling a portion of the Junction Road from Kaimata Road to Tarata Bridge, a special rate of ⅝d. in the pound be made and levied over the following lands, which are hereby constituted the “Junction Road Special Rating District”:

Sections 7, 8 (9, in two subdivisions), 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, Block II., Huiroa Survey District; Sections 1, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 16, 50, 51, 52, 53, 58, 59, Block III., Huiroa Survey District; Sections 19, 43, Block VI., Huiroa Survey District; Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, Block VII., Huiroa Survey District; Sections 3, 4, 5, Block VIII., Huiroa Survey District; Sections 1, 9, 11, 12, Block XIV., Waitara Survey District.

Such rate to be an annual-recurring rate for twenty-six years, and to be payable in two half-yearly instalments on the 1st day of January and the 1st day of July in each year.

J. BROWN,
Chairman.

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

A. E. ATKINSON,
Clerk.

Special Order made by the Te Horo Road Board, County of Horowhenua.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1896.

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

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

TE HORO ROAD BOARD.

Copy of special order making special rate as security on additional loan of £50 for Special District No. 3—viz., part Section 11, 226 acres; Sections 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, Block IV., Kaitawa Survey District:—

“That this Board do now confirm the special and annually-recurring rate of ¹⁄₁₀d. in the pound on the rateable value of all rateable properties comprised in the Special District No. 3 of the Te Horo Road District, as made and defined by special order confirmed on Saturday, the 3rd November, 1894 (exclusive of Crown and Native lands within the meaning of ‘The Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, 1882’), to provide for interest for twenty-six years on the additional loan of £50 under ‘The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,’ for the said Special District No. 3; such rate to be payable in two instalments on the 1st day of December and the 1st day of June in each and every succeeding year: and that the rate be now struck.”

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly made at an ordinary meeting of the Te Horo Road Board held on Saturday, the 30th May, 1896, and confirmed at a special meeting held on Saturday, the 4th July, 1896, in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

H. F. EAGAR,
Clerk, Te Horo Road Board.

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 Lyttelton.