Oct. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1743

Sittings of Magistrate’s Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st October, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The Courthouse, Half-moon Bay, Stewart Island,

to be a place wherein sittings of the Magistrate’s Court shall be held, in lieu of the Old School-building, previously appointed.

T. THOMPSON.

Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court, and Deputy Sheriff, appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st October, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Rees Esdaile Goring Thomas, Esq.,

to be Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court at Auckland, and also to be Deputy Sheriff for the District of Auckland, from the 21st instant, vice G. W. Basley, retired.

T. THOMPSON.

Clerk appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st October, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Edward Rawson

to be a Clerk in the Magistrate’s Court at Auckland, from the 20th instant, vice R. E. G. Thomas, transferred.

T. THOMPSON.

Inspector and Grader under “The Dairy Industry Act, 1894,” appointed.—Notice No. 460.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 16th October, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointment:—

Robert William Darcy Robertson

to be an Inspector and Grader, in terms of “The Dairy Industry Act, 1894”; to date from the 12th October, 1896.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister for Agriculture.

Inspector of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 20th October, 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 Gavin Wilson .. The North Island of the Colony of New Zealand, and the islands adjacent thereto.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Labour.

Special Orders made by the Ekatahuna Road Board, County of Wairarapa North.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 1896.

THE following special orders, made by the Ekatahuna Road Board, are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

EKETAHUNA ROAD BOARD.

SPECIAL order made on 5th September, and confirmed on 10th October, 1896:—

“That, for the purpose of securing payment of the sum of £80, borrowed by the Board under ‘The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,’ for the purpose of metalling on the Central Road, Parkville West, a special rate of ⅜d. in the pound be made and levied on the rateable value for the time being of the following properties: Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 20, and 24 of Block X., Tararua Survey District. Such rate shall be an annually-recurring rate, and shall be paid in two half-yearly payments on the 1st day of February and the 1st day of August in each year until the debt is liquidated.”

I certify that the above special order has been duly made.
R. P. GREVILLE,
Clerk.

Road Board Office, Ekatahuna,
12th October, 1896.

EKETAHUNA ROAD BOARD.

SPECIAL order made on 5th September, confirmed on 10th October, 1896:—

“That, for the purpose of securing payment of the sum of £200, borrowed by the Board under ‘The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,’ for the purpose of formation on the Mangaoronga Road, a special rate of 2½d. in the pound be made and levied on the rateable value for the time being of the following properties: Section 75 of Blocks XI., XIV., and XV.; Section 76 of Blocks X., XI., and XIV.; and an education reserve, not numbered, joining the said Section 76 hereinbefore mentioned, and containing 250 acres; all in the Survey District of Mangaone. Such rate shall be an annually-recurring rate, and shall be paid in two half-yearly instalments, on the 1st day of February and the 1st day of August in each year, until the debt is liquidated.”

I certify that the above special order has been duly made.
R. P. GREVILLE,
Clerk.

Road Board Office, Ekatahuna,
12th October, 1896.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Masterton Road Board.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 1896.

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

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

MASTERTON ROAD DISTRICT.

RESULT of a poll taken on the 10th day of October, 1896, upon a proposal to raise a loan of £300 for extending the formation of the Mikimiki Road:—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 6, representing 6 votes: Number of ratepayers who voted in favour of the proposal, 4, representing 4 votes; number of votes unrecorded, 2.

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 in number of the votes which can be exercised by the whole number of ratepayers, I declare the said proposal to be carried.

D. J. CAMERON,
Chairman.

Masterton, 12th October, 1896.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Masterton Road Board.

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

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

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

MASTERTON ROAD DISTRICT.

RESULT of a poll taken on the 14th day of October, 1896, upon a proposal to raise a loan of £110 for forming and metalling the road-frontage to Subsections 12 and 21 of the Te Oreore Estate:—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 7, representing 7 votes: Number of ratepayers who voted in favour of the proposal, 5, representing 5 votes; number of votes unrecorded, 2.

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 in number of the votes which can be exercised by the whole number of ratepayers, I declare the said proposal to be carried.

D. J. CAMERON,
Chairman.

Masterton, 15th October, 1896.