Sept. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1617

Appointment in Department of Lands and Survey.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 1st September, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN RIPON VAILE

to be an Assistant Draughtsman in the Department of Lands and Survey, as from 1st June, 1897.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Wellington Land Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 1st September, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ALEXANDER REESE

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Wellington, as from the 23rd August, 1897.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Time and Place for First Meeting, Mercury Bay Hospital Contributors, appointed.

Lunacy and Charitable Department,
Wellington, 1st September, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in terms of section 49 of “The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885,” appointed Saturday, the 11th day of September, 1897, at half-past 6 o’clock p.m., to be the time, and the Athenæum at Mercury Bay to be the place, for the first meeting of the contributors to the Mercury Bay Hospital.

W. C. WALKER.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Taratahi-Carterton Road District, County of Wairarapa South.

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

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

J. CARROLL.

TARATAHI-CARTERTON ROAD BOARD.

Result of Poll for Loan.

I HEREBY give public notice that the poll of No. 4 Subdivision of the Taratahi-Carterton Road District, taken on the 28th day of August, 1897, on the proposal to raise a loan of £300, under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” and “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” to form and metal a road known as “Para Road,” resulted as follows :—

Number of voters on the roll, 23 ; total number of votes exercisable, 41 : Number of voters who voted for proposal, 7 ; number of votes in favour of proposal, 15 ; number of voters who voted against proposal, 6 ; number of votes against proposal, 14.

I accordingly declare the above proposal rejected.

HENRY R. BUNNY,
Chairman, Taratahi-Carterton Road Board.

Carterton, 1st September, 1897.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Hawke’s Bay County.

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

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

J. CARROLL.

HAWKE’S BAY COUNTY COUNCIL.

Result of Poll.

THE following is the result of poll of ratepayers taken on the 28th August, 1897, on a proposal to borrow £12,000 under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” for forming and metalling roads and erection and repairing of bridges within the county :—

Number of ratepayers on roll, 799 ; number of votes exercisable, 1,369 : Number of ratepayers who voted for proposal, 426 ; number of votes recorded for the proposal, 845 ; number of ratepayers who voted against proposal, 3 ; number of votes recorded against proposal, 6 ; informal, nil.

The number of voters and votes in favour of proposal being more than half of the total number exercisable, I hereby declare such proposal to be carried.

J. N. WILLIAMS,
Chairman.

Hawke’s Bay County Council Office,
Napier, 2nd September, 1897.

Alterations to the Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges in Force upon the New Zealand Government Railways.

IN pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me under “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and any amendment thereof, and also of “The Government Railways Act, 1894,” I, Alfred Jerome Cadman, the Minister for Railways, do hereby make the following alterations in the scale of fares, rates, and charges in force on the New Zealand Government railways open for traffic, such alterations to come into force on and after the 13th day of September, 1897 :—

PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS, LIVESTOCK, PARCELS, AND LUGGAGE.

Class.

Calcium, carbide of, in hermetically-sealed tins packed in strong wooden cases, or in air-tight and damp-proof iron drums. Owners’ risk. Dangerous A

As witness my hand, this eighth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister for Railways.

Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 8th September, 1897.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Hon. the Commissioner of Trade and Customs has decided to interpret the Customs and Excise Duties Acts in relation to the under-mentioned articles as follows :—

NOTE.—“Not otherwise enumerated” appears as n.o.e.; “other kinds” as o.k.; “articles and materials suited only for, and to be used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the colony” as a. & m.s. Articles marked thus * are revised decisions.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.

Commissioner’s Order No. 584.]

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of “The Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894.”

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 7th September, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken out administration, the Public Trustee has filed in the office of the Supreme Court at Wellington an election to administer the several intestate estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations, so far as known, are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross properties being estimated not to exceed £250 in each case.

Christina Brown, married woman, late of Riddleton Hill, Scotland. Filed on 27th August, 1897.

John Andison Lindores, late of Dalkeith, Scotland, labourer. Filed on the 27th August, 1897.

Alexander Lindores, late of Kelso, Scotland, labourer. Filed on the 27th August, 1897.

Thomas Dean, otherwise Thomas Fagg, late of Mossburn, in the Provincial District of Otago, labourer. Filed on the 28th August, 1897.

William Williams, late of Balfour, in the Provincial District of Otago, labourer. Filed on the 28th August, 1897.

George Woods, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, butcher. Filed on the 28th August, 1897.

JAMES C. MARTIN,
Public Trustee.