Jan. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 255

Appointment under “The Public Works Act, 1894.”—Notice No. 473.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 26th January, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by “The Public Works Act, 1894,” has been pleased to appoint

ALEXANDER IRONSIDE,

of Clyde, Inspector of Stock, to be the person to apply for and obtain on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen any license or other authority required to be held or exercised in respect of the water-races, water rights, and other privileges enumerated in the Schedule hereto under “The Mining Act, 1891,” or any amendment thereof, or any regulations made thereunder respectively; and also to exercise, on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, all such rights, remedies, and authorities to execute such instruments or documents, and to perform all such conditions in respect of any such license or authority as aforesaid in the name and on behalf of of Her Majesty the Queen as she might have or exercise or could be called upon to perform if she were a private person holding such exercise or authority.

SCHEDULE.

A WATER-RACE, with a right to divert four heads of water, commencing at or near the Vincent County race at the gorge of the Waikerikeri Creek, and terminating at the proposed experimental fruit station, Sections 72 and 77, Block I., Leaning Rock District.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
For Minister of Mines.

School Commissioners appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 23rd January, 1897.

PURSUANT to “The Education Reserves Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1882,” His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CHARLES WILLIAM ADAMS, Esq.,

to be a School Commissioner for the Provincial District of Marlborough, vice Sidney Weetman, Esq., resigned; and

SIDNEY WEETMAN, Esq.,

to be a School Commissioner for the Provincial District of Canterbury, vice J. W. A. Marchant, Esq., resigned.

W. C. WALKER.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th January, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned appointments:—

Wellington Naval Artillery Volunteer Brigade.

The Right Rev. Frederic Wallis, D.D., Anglican Bishop of Wellington, to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 2nd January, 1897.

Greymouth Naval Artillery Volunteers.

John Arrowsmith Bromley to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 3rd December, 1896.

Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry Volunteers.

Robert Heaton Rhodes, jun., to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 3rd December, 1896.

Otago Hussar Volunteers.

Crosby Morris to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1896.

Christ’s College Rifle Volunteers.

George Henry Merton to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 3rd December, 1896.

Oamaru Rifle Volunteers.

William Frederick Cork to be Lieutenant.

William Hudson Scoon to be Lieutenant.

Date of commissions, 2nd December, 1896.

Taranaki Rifle Volunteers.

The Rev. Frank George Evans to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 7th December, 1896.

T. THOMPSON.

Issue of Imperial Volunteer Officers’ Decoration.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th January, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the issue of the Imperial Volunteer Officers’ Decoration to

Brigade-Surgeon Lieut.-Colonel PATRICK JOSEPH O’NEIL O’CARROLL, General Medical List, New Zealand Volunteers,

he having a total efficient commissioned service counting towards the Decoration to the 31st December, 1896, of 26 years 130 days.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th January, 1897.

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

Greymouth Rifle Volunteers.

Captain Thomas George Moss. Date of resignation, 3rd September, 1896.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Cadet Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th January, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the disbandment of the

Wellesley Street Public School Rifle Cadet Volunteers (Auckland)

as from the 3rd December, 1896.

T. THOMPSON.

Trustees, Rifle-range, resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th January, 1897.

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

Captain JOHN DAVIES,

late Kumara Rifle Volunteers; and Messrs.

WILLIAM BAIN and

WILLIAM CLOSE,

of their appointments as Trustees of the Kumara Rifle-range, from the 5th October, 1896.

T. THOMPSON.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 19th January, 1897.

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

ROBERT REYBURN, Esq.,

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

T. THOMPSON.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Pohangina County Council.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd January, 1897.

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

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

COUNTY OF POHANGINA.—THE GORGE SPECIAL RATING DISTRICT.

THE following is the result of a poll taken on Monday, the 18th January, 1897, on a proposal of the Pohangina County Council to raise the sum of £1,000 by way of loan, under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” for the purpose of constructing the Gorge Road; and to levy a special rate on the value of the several properties within the above special rating district:—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 5; number of votes exercisable, 6: Number of ratepayers who voted for the proposal, 4; number of votes recorded for the proposal, 4; number of votes recorded against the proposal, nil.

A majority of the ratepayers, exercising more than one-half of the total number of votes exercisable, having voted for the proposal, I therefore declare it to be carried.

H. DICKIN,
Chairman, Pohangina County Council.

Pohangina, 19th January, 1897.