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may from time to time declare that any leasing authority
shall be subject to the provisions of the said Act, but that
no such Order shall have any effect unless it be issued at
the request or upon the recommendation of the leasing
authority on whose behalf such Order is issued :

And whereas it has been made to appear that the Board
of Governors of the Waimate High School are a leasing
authority within the meaning of the said Act, and have re-
quested that they may be brought under the provisions
thereof :

Now, therefore, His Excellency Sir James Prendergast,
the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New
Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Execu-
tive Council of the said colony, and in pursuance and exer-
cise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the
said Act, doth hereby order and declare that from and after
the date hereof the Board of Governors of the Waimate
High School shall be subject to the provisions of “The
Public Bodies’ Powers Act, 1887.”

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Additional Polling-places appointed, Awarua Electoral District.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in me by “The
Electoral Act, 1893,” I, James Prendergast, the Admi-
nistrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand,
do hereby appoint the under-mentioned places to be polling-
places for the Electoral District of Awarua :—

The Schoolhouse, Roslyn Bush.

Mr. John Robertson’s Store, Brown’s Siding, Hokonui
Tramway.

The House of John Topi, Ruapuke Island.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Adminis-
trator of the Government, at Wellington, this
sixteenth day of July, one thousand eight hun-
dred and ninety-seven.

W. C. WALKER.

Postmaster appointed to take and receive Statutory Declara-
tions.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the
eighth section of “The Justices of the Peace Act
Amendment Act, 1888,” I, James Prendergast, the Ad-
ministrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zea-
land, do hereby notify and declare that

THOMAS JAMES COTTER,

being a person holding the office of Postmaster, under “The
Post Office Act, 1881,” at Bullendale, is authorised to take
and receive statutory declarations under the two hundred
and thirty-fourth section of “The Justices of the Peace Act,
1882.”

As witness my hand, this twenty-sixth day of July,
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

Judge of Native Appellate Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 26th July, 1897.

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

JAMES MEACHAM BATHAM, Esq.,

a Judge of the Native Land Court, to be a Judge of the
Native Appellate Court.

JOHN McKENZIE,
For Native Minister.

Police Gaoler appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 21st July, 1897.

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

Constable ROBERT WILLIAM LEMM

to be Police Gaoler at Naseby, vice Sergeant Green, trans-
ferred.

T. THOMPSON,
Minister of Justice.

Inspector and Grader under “The Dairy Industry Act,
1894,” appointed.—Notice No. 491.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 23rd July, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to make the following appoint-
ment :—

ROBERT WILLIAM DARCY ROBERTSON

to be an Inspector and Grader, in terms of “The Dairy
Industry Act, 1894 ”; to date from the 1st August, 1897.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister for Agriculture.

Appointment of Clerk.—Notice No. 490.

Department of Agriculture
(Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 23rd July, 1897.

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

JOHN EDWARD DIGGLE SPICER

to be a clerk in the Civil Service, under the provisions of
section 3 of “The Civil Service Reform Act 1886 Amend-
ment Act, 1887 ”; to date from the 1st May, 1897.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister for Agriculture.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st July, 1897.

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

Hastings Rifle Volunteers.

The Rev. John Hobbs, B.A., to be Honorary Chaplain.
Date of commission, 2nd July, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st 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 :—

Wellington City Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Frederick Bailey Muir. Date of resignation,
7th July, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th July, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to accept, under clause 39 of
“The Defence Act, 1886,” the services of the

No. 2 Company, Ohinemuri Rifle Volunteers
(Karangahake, Auckland), as from the 20th July, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.

Issue of New Zealand War Medals.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th July, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to approve of the issue of the New
Zealand War Medal to the under-mentioned members of the
Colonial Forces whose claims have been investigated and
admitted :—

Bugler SAMUEL KNIGHT, New Zealand (Taranaki) Militia.
Private DAVID JORDAN, No. 2 Company, Taranaki Rifle
Volunteers.
Private LEVI SARTEN, No. 1 Company, Taranaki Rifle
Volunteers.

T. THOMPSON.

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

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1897.

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

W. C. WALKER.