JUNE 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1165

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th June, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

JOHN HAWTIN WHEELER

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

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 7th June, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government 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.
JAMES TAIT .. Otaki.
(On and from 8th June, 1897.)
ARTHUR THOMAS CAVELL .. Pelorus.
(On and from 2nd June, 1897.)
DOUGLAS ST. GEORGE .. Campbell-
(On and from 3rd June, 1897.) town.
HENRY BUSSEY .. Takaka.
(On and from 5th June, 1897.)

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Registrars of Electors, City of Wellington, Suburbs of Wellington, Waitaki, Invercargill, and Awarua, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 7th June, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

FREDERICK WILLIAM MANSFIELD

to be Registrar of Electors, under “The Electoral Act, 1893,” for the Electoral Districts of City of Wellington and Suburbs of Wellington, vice W. T. Wyatt; also to appoint

HUGH GOURLEY

to be Registrar of Electors under the said Act for the Electoral District of Waitaki, vice D. St. George; and also to appoint

PETER MCEWAN

to be Registrar of Electors under the said Act for the Electoral Districts of Invercargill and Awarua, vice A. Walker.

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Public Vaccinator, Ashurst District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 7th June, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

JAMES REED, Esq., L.S.A. Lond., M.R.C.S. Eng.,

to be a Public Vaccinator under “The Public Health Act, 1876,” for the District of Ashurst.

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Receiver of Land Revenue within Land District of Nelson appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 7th June, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM NICHOLAS TRECONNING

to be a Receiver of Land Revenue within the Land District of Nelson.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Canterbury Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 7th June, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to reappoint

ALEXANDER CAMPBELL PRINGLE

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Canterbury, as from the 15th June, 1897.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Waitara Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 9th June, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has, in pursuance of the provisions of section 40 of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” appointed

WILLIAM DUGDALE, Esq.,

to be a member of the Waitara Harbour Board, in place of George Tatton, Esq., resigned.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th June, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned appointments:

Dunedin Engineer Volunteers.
Lieutenant George Barclay to be Captain. Date of commission, 5th May, 1897.

Invercargill City Guards Volunteers.
Lieutenant Robert Barbour McKay to be Captain. Date of commission, 23rd March, 1897.

Dunedin Highland Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Arthur Stoneham to be Captain. Date of commission, 6th April, 1897.

W. C. WALKER,
For Defence Minister.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th June, 1897.

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

Blenheim City Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Cyril John Gregory. Date of resignation, 8th May, 1897.

W. C. WALKER,
For Defence Minister.

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

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1897.

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

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

WIROKINO ROAD BOARD.—SPECIAL ORDER STRIKING SPECIAL RATE.

RESOLVED, That this Board now make a special rate of ½d. in the pound on the rateable values of the following properties—viz., Sections 4 to 18, Block V., Arawaru Survey District, 29 to 32, 57 to 60, 116 to 137, 149, 150A, 151, 153, 155, 157, 159, 161, 163, 164, 164A, 165, 170 to 177, 211 to 216, all inclusive, Tokomaru Township, the above-mentioned sections constituting the Tokomaru Township Special Rating District—to provide for interest and other annual charges on a loan of £450 to be raised under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and its amendments, for the purpose of metalling portions of Tokomaru Road South, Karaka, Konini, and Totara Streets, Tokomaru Township; such rate to be an annually-recurring rate for twenty-six years, to become due and payable in two equal instalments on the 1st days of June and December in each and every succeeding year.

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a special order made by the Wirokino Road Board on the 23rd January, 1897, and confirmed on the 23rd February, 1897.

E. H. SNOW,
Clerk, Wirokino Road Board.

[NOTE.—The above special order is in substitution of the special order published in Gazette No. 45, of 13th May, 1897, page 1043.]