JULY 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1319

Trustee for Ellesmere Cemetery appointed.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the sixth section of “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” I, James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

JAMES INWOOD

to be a Trustee, in the place of Robert Bruce Willis, deceased, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Ellesmere Cemetery, in conjunction with the other persons appointed by warrants under the hand of His Excellency the Governor.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this seventh day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Public Vaccinator, Akaroa District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1897.

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

WALTER HERBERT HARGREAVES, Esq., M.R.C.S. Eng., &c.,
to be a Public Vaccinator, under “The Public Health Act, 1876,” for the District of Akaroa.

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Sixtieth Anniversary of Her Majesty’s Reign.—Message from the Queen.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th July, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government directs that the following message received from Her Majesty the Queen be published for general information.

W. C. WALKER.

TELEGRAM FROM HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR OF NEW ZEALAND.

To Governor, Wellington.
From my heart I thank beloved people. May God bless them!
11.10 a.m., 22nd June, 1897.

VICTORIA.

Clerk of Warden’s Court, &c., appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th July, 1897.

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

THOMAS WILLIAM TAYLER

to be Clerk of the Warden’s Court, and Receiver of Gold Revenue, and Mining Registrar at Ashburton.

T. THOMPSON.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Special Order made by the Knapdale Road Board, County of Southland.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th July, 1897.

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

W. C. WALKER.

Knapdale Road Board.

Notice is hereby given that the following special order was made on Friday, 19th February, 1897, and confirmed on the 30th March, 1897:—

“That the Board resolve to make, by special order, a by-law in respect of the passing of traction-engines over bridges and culverts.”

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly made in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

GEORGE BRETT,
Clerk to the Knapdale Road Board.

9th July, 1897.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Moa Road District, County of Taranaki.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th July, 1897.

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

W. C. WALKER.

Moa Road Board.

RESULT of poll of ratepayers of the Waiongona Special Rating District, taken 3rd July, 1897, upon the following proposals:—

Proposal to raise a loan for Waiongona Road Special Rating District, upon which a poll will be taken upon the 3rd day of July, 1897—

1. To drain, form, and gravel the Waiongona Road.
2. To borrow for such purpose the sum of £100 under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886.”
3. To strike as security for such loan a special rate of 2½d. in the pound.
4. To constitute the Waiongona Road Special Rating District, to comprise the following lands: viz., Subdivisions 1, 6, 8, 9, of Section 103, Moa, and part Section 103, Moa.

Total number of ratepayers on special roll, 4; total number of votes exercisable, 4: Total number of votes recorded for the proposal, 3; total number of votes against the proposal, nil; total number of votes not recorded, 1.

I hereby declare the proposal carried.

SIDNEY BEETHAM,
Chairman.

Justices of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 9th July, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to accept the resignation by the under-mentioned gentlemen of their appointments as Justices of the Peace for the colony, viz.:—

JOHN BUDGE, Esq., of Herbert;
ALEXANDER ORR, Esq., of Methven;
The Hon. JOSEPH GEORGE WARD, of Invercargill; and
EDWARD GEORGE WRIGHT, Esq., of Windermere.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1897.

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

Bluff Naval Artillery Volunteers.

Lieutenant David M. McDougall. Date of resignation, 12th June, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.

Artillery Corps formed into Infantry.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1897.

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

I Battery, N.Z. Regiment Artillery Volunteers (Oamaru),

being formed into an infantry corps from the 10th June, 1897, with its present seniority in the Volunteer Force, and under the designation of “The Queen’s Rifle Volunteers.”

T. THOMPSON.