FEB. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 361

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th January, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths, and also to be Vaccination Inspectors, for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz:—

Name. District.
ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY Timaru.
GEORGE HENRY COTTAM Pleasant Point,

Appointments to date from the 15th February, 1897.

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th January, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS HENRY REGINALD GARDINER

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Waiapu.

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Ranger under the Animals Protection Acts, Canterbury District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th January, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES SHEATE

to be a Ranger, under "The Animals Protection Act, 1880," and the Acts amending the same, for the District of Canterbury.

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

A Trustee, Auckland Savings-bank, appointed.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 29th January, 1897.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JACKSON PALMER, Esq.,

to be a Trustee of the Auckland Savings-bank, vice Edward Withy, Esq., resigned.

JOHN McKENZIE,
For Colonial Treasurer.

Visiting Justice appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 2nd February, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ALEXANDER GEORGE CHRISTOPHER, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Visiting Justice of Her Majesty's prison at Auckland.

T. THOMPSON.

Stamp Officer appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM STUART, Esq.,
to be Deputy Commissioner of Stamps at Gisborne on and from the 4th day of February, 1897.

J. CARROLL.

School Commissioner appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 1st February, 1897.

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

ERIC CHARLES GOLD SMITH, Esq.,
to be a School Commissioner for the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, vice T. Humphries, Esq., resigned.

W. O. WALKER.

Member of Taranaki Hospital and Charitable-aid Board appointed.

Lunacy and Charitable Department,
Wellington, 29th January, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 7 of "The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885," been pleased to appoint

HENRY WILLIAM SUTTON, Esq.,

to represent the Hawera Borough Council on the Taranaki Hospital and Charitable-aid Board.

JOHN McKENZIE,
For Minister in Charge of Department.

Member of Wellington Land Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 28th January, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY AUGUSTUS FIELD

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Wellington.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Special Orders made by the Waiwakaiho Road Board, County of Taranaki.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1897.

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

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT this Board, to secure the repayment of a loan of £500, raised under "The Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," and "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," for the purpose of metalling that portion of the Kent Road from the southern terminus of the present metal to the junction of the Kent Road with the Korito Road, to pay out of such loan the cost of raising such loan, the first six months' interest to be paid out of such loan, does now strike a special rate of 4d. in the pound for twenty-six years, to be made and levied on the rateable value of all lands set forth within the following boundaries:—

Bounded towards the north by the southern boundary of the Junction Road; thence by the said southern boundary of the said Junction Road to the junction of the Kent Road with the said Junction Road; thence by the eastern boundary of Section 22, and the northern boundary of part Section 22, now occupied by Mrs. James Batten, in a western direction to the Mangorei Stream; thence by the said stream in a southern direction to the junction of the said Mangorei Stream with the Mangakarewarewa Stream; thence in a southern direction by the said Mangakarewarewa Stream to the Forrest Road; thence by the northern boundary of the said Forrest Road in an eastern direction to the south-east corner boundary of Section 8; thence in a northern direction by the eastern boundaries of Sections 8, 7, and 6 to the south-western corner of Section 9; thence by the southern boundary of the said Section 9 in an eastern direction to the Maude Road; thence by the north-western boundary of the said Maude Road in a north-western direction to its junction with the Kent Road; thence in a north-western direction along the Kent Road to the north-east corner of Section 9; thence by the eastern boundary of Section 127 in a northern direction to a point opposite the south-west corner of Section 128; thence along the south boundary of the said Section 128 and the east boundary of the said Section 128 in a north-eastern direction, to the south-eastern corner of Section 108; thence in a north-eastern direction by the said Section 108 to Albert Road; thence in a north-eastern direction by the eastern boundary of the said Section 108 to the north-eastern corner of the said Section 108; thence by the north-eastern boundary of the said Section 108 in a north-western direction to the Mangamahoe Stream; thence by the said stream in a north-eastern direction to the southern boundary of the Junction Road, the starting-point.

Such rate to be an annually-recurring rate for twenty-six years, and payable in two equal instalments on the 1st day of the months of May and November in each year, at the house of the Board's collector for the time being.

H. KING,
Chairman.