1940

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 91

Officers under “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” Otago District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 26th October, 1897.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 9 of “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,”

HENRY SCOTT, of Middlemarch;
THOMAS ESTERN EMPIRE JEF COATE, of Puerua;
SAMUEL McINTOSH, of Wakaka; and
ANDREW JOHNSON MCKENZIE, of Dunedin,

have been appointed Officers for the purposes of that Act for all that area in the Provincial District of Otago bounded on the east and south by the ocean from Shag Point to the mouth of the Mataura River; on the north-west by Lake County; on the west and south-west by the Mataura River; and on the north, north-west, and north-east by the Counties of Westland and Waitaki.

J. CARROLL.

Public Vaccinator, Waimate Plains and Opunake Districts, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd October, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE LAPRAIK, Esq., M.B.C.M. Univ. Glasgow,

to be a Public Vaccinator, under “The Public Health Act, 1876,” for the districts of Waimate Plains and Opunake.

J. CARROLL.

Commissioner of Police appointed.

Police Department,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN BENNETT TUNBRIDGE, Esq.,

to be Commissioner of the New Zealand Police Force, as from the 18th instant, vice Lieut.-Colonel Arthur Hume, who resigns.

T. THOMPSON.

Clerk of Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 27th October, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

District Constable WILLIAM JAMES WHATMAN

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at McKenzie, Cheviot.

T. THOMPSON.

Sittings of Magistrate’s Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 27th October, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The LAND OFFICE at McKenzie, Cheviot,

to be a place wherein sittings of the Magistrate’s Court shall be held.

T. THOMPSON.

Member of Canterbury Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to reappoint

RICHARD MEREDITH

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Canterbury, as from the 24th October, 1897.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Enumerators appointed under “The Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics Act, 1895.”—Notice No. 498.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 25th October, 1897.

THE following Enumerators have been appointed, under “The Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics Act, 1895,” for the districts specified:—

CLIFTON, EDMUND, Inspector of Stock, Auckland, the Auckland Provincial District, except the Counties of Waiapu, Cook, and Wairoa;

DRUMMOND, JOHN, Inspector of Stock, Napier, the Counties of Waiapu, Cook, Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay, Waipawa, and Patangata;

BLUNDELL, ARTHUR KENNEDY, Inspector of Stock, Wanganui, the Counties of Clifton, Taranaki, Stratford, Hawera, Patea, Waitotara, Wanganui, Manawatu, Rangitikei, Kiwitea, Pohangina, Horowhenua, and Oroua;

MILLER, WALTER, Inspector of Stock, Masterton, the Counties of North Wairarapa, South Wairarapa, and Pahiatua;

RUTHERFURD, WILFRED RICHARD, Inspector of Stock, Wellington, the Hutt County, including the Islands of Mana and Kapiti;

MOORE, JOHN, Inspector of Stock, Blenheim, the Counties of Kaikoura, Marlborough, and Sounds, also D’Urville Island;

CAMPBELL, HECTOR McNEIL, Inspector of Stock, Nelson, the Counties of Waimea and Collingwood;

HUDDLESTON, VICTOR ALFRED, Inspector of Stock, Hokitika, the Counties of Buller, Inangahua, Grey, and Westland;

HOLDERNESS, ROBERT FITZROY, Inspector of Stock, Christchurch, the Counties of Cheviot, Amuri, Ashley, Selwyn, Akaroa, Ashburton, Geraldine, Mackenzie, and Waimate;

THOMSON, JAMES ELLIOT, Inspector of Stock, Dunedin, the Counties of Waitaki, Maniototo, Waihemo, Waikouaiti, Peninsula, Taieri, Tuapeka, Bruce, Clutha, Vincent, and Lake;

TURNER, HENRY THOMAS GEORGE, Inspector of Stock, Invercargill, the Counties of Southland, Wallace, and Fiord; also Stewart Island.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister for Agriculture.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Borough of Masterton.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st October, 1897.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Masterton, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Borough of Masterton Water-supply and Drainage-works Loan Empowering Act, 1896,” and “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886.”

J. CARROLL.

BOROUGH OF MASTER TON.

The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

Sir,—I have the honour to give you notice of the result of the poll for raising a loan of £15,000 over a special rating-area within the Borough of Masterton, under “The Borough of Masterton Water-supply and Drainage-works Loan Empowering Act, 1896,” as follows:—

Number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 249; number of votes recorded against the proposal, 153; number of informal votes, 11.

As the number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal was not less than three-fifths of the total number of votes given at the poll for and against the proposal, I have declared the said proposal to be carried.

I have, &c.,

C. A. POWNALL,
Mayor.

Town Clerk’s Office,
Chapel Street, Masterton, 4th October, 1897.

I, Charles Aylmer Pownall, of Masterton, Solicitor, and Mayor of Masterton, do solemnly and sincerely declare that all the proceedings required by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” to be taken in or towards obtaining the sanction of the burgesses to the proposal to raise a loan of £15,000 under “The Borough of Masterton Water-supply and Drainage-works Loan Empowering Act, 1896,” have been duly taken, and that the resolution in favour of the proposal has been duly carried; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

C. A. POWNALL.

Declared at Masterton, this 16th day of October, 1897, before me—L. J. Hooper, J.P.