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also to be Vaccination Inspectors, for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:

Name. District.
JOSEPH HAY .. .. .. Dargaville.
(On and from 11th May, 1898.)
FRANK HAMILTON ROACH .. Porangahau.
(On and from 23rd May, 1898.)

J. CARROLL.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to accept, under clause 39, (1), “The Defence Act, 1886,” the services of the

Dunedin City Rifle Volunteers.

Acceptance to date from the 9th May, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Officers under “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” Hawke’s Bay District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th May, 1898.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 9 of “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1881,”

HUGH SANDERS, of Takapau;
WALTER TORR, of Frasertown;
WILLIAM HENRY PEAKMAN, of Wairoa;
EBENEZER JACKSON, of Whetukura; and
FREDERICK WARWICK WEST, of Ormondville,

have been appointed officers for the purposes of that Act for the Counties of Hawke’s Bay, Waipawa, Patangata, and Wairoa, and all boroughs situated within the said counties.

J. CARROLL.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:

Name. District.
SAMUEL ANDREW .. .. .. Mount Cook.
ROBERT MARTIN .. .. .. Wainui.

J. CARROLL.

Member, Licensing Committee, appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th May, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CHARLES HENRY SPINLEY

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Waitemata.

T. THOMPSON.

Poultry Expert appointed.—Notice No. 513.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 18th May, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

DANIEL DEE HYDE

to be a Poultry Expert to the Government of New Zealand (temporary appointment only), in terms of “The Civil Service Reform Act 1886 Amendment Act, 1887.” To date from the 16th May, 1898.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister for Agriculture.

Extending Time for holding First Election, &c., of Board of Trustees of Ngaroto Land Drainage District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to extend the time for holding the first election of the members of the Board of Trustees of the Ngaroto Land Drainage District from Wednesday, the 18th day of May, 1898, to Wednesday, the 6th day of July, 1898; and also to extend the time for holding the first meeting of the said Trustees from Wednesday, the 25th day of May, 1898, to Wednesday, the 13th day of July, 1898.

J. CARROLL.

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

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th May, 1898.

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

W. C. WALKER.

EKETAHUNA ROAD BOARD.—SPECIAL ORDER.

RESOLVED, That the special order proposed by this Board on the 5th March, 1898, striking a special rate of 2¾d. in the pound on the properties interested in the loan of £800 for metalling Pukohai Road, be now confirmed.

The foregoing special order was duly passed at the ordinary meeting of the Eketahuna Road Board held on the 5th day of March, 1898, and duly confirmed at a meeting of the said Board held on the 7th day of May, 1898.

T. T. YOULE,
Clerk and Treasurer.

Road Board Office, Eketahuna, 16th May, 1898.

Levée on Queen’s Birthday.

Government House,
Wellington, 18th May, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor will hold a levée at Government House on Tuesday, the 24th May, 1898, at 4 p.m., in honour of the anniversary of the birthday of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. Full dress.

By command.

DUDLEY ALEXANDER, Captain,
Private Secretary.

Gentlemen attending the levée will wear uniform or evening dress. Those having cards for the private entrée are requested to attend not later than 3.45 p.m. Each gentleman is requested to bring two cards, on each of which his name must be distinctly written: one of these cards is to be given up in the hall, and the other is to be handed to the officer announcing the names to His Excellency.

DUDLEY ALEXANDER, Captain,
Private Secretary.

First Meeting of Victoria College Council.

Education Department,
Wellington, 16th May, 1898.

PURSUANT to sections 14 and 15 of “The Victoria College Act, 1897,” His Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased to direct that the first meeting of the College Council shall be held at the Colonial Museum, Wellington, on Monday, the 23rd May, 1898, at 3 o’clock p.m.; and to appoint Sir Edward Osborne-Gibbes, Bart., to preside at such meeting during the election of a Chairman.

W. C. WALKER.

Notice to Local Authorities under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886.”

The Treasury,
Wellington, 12th April, 1898.

PURSUANT to section 16 of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” the Colonial Treasurer hereby gives notice that on Wednesday, the 1st June, 1898, he will be prepared to consider applications from local authorities for loans under the Act.

Applications should be addressed to the Colonial Treasurer, and must be posted so as to arrive at the Treasury on or before the 31st May, 1898.

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.