June 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1055

Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrar at Stafford and Goldsborough, from the 21st June, 1898, vice Sergeant D. Hannan.

T. THOMPSON.

Justices of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 30th June, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be Justices of the Peace for the colony:—

William Baird, Esq., of Otapira, Southland.
Arnold Binney Barter, Esq., of Clevedon.
Roope Brooking, Esq., of Motu, Gisborne.
James Brownlie, Esq., of Makirikiri, Wanganui.
William Francis Berkahn, Esq., of Maharahara.
Andrew Burnett, Esq., of Aorangi Cave, Timaru.
Julius Cæsar, Esq., of Ormond.
Adam Cairns, Esq., of Auckland.
Thomas Clark, Esq., of Waitotara.
Frank Colbeck, Esq., of Pahi.
Andrew O’Laughlin Considine, Esq., of Martinborough.
Hugh Corbett, Esq., of Albury, Canterbury.
John Crawford, Esq., of Pleasant Point, Timaru.
John Crewes, Esq., of Wellington.
William Crow, Esq., of Balfour.
James Davidson, Esq., of Hawera.
Edgar George Eton, Esq., of Masterton.
Ezekiel Fake, Esq., of Hawera.
William Beaumont Fisher, Esq., of Waitotara.
William Forrester, Esq., of Limehills, Southland.
Edward Hornidge Gledstanes, Esq., of Katikati.
Henry Knight, Esq., of Sheffield.
Joseph Lasker, Esq., of Waihi.
John Looney, Esq., of Hillend, Southland.
Charles Swedland Mainwaring, Esq., of Berhampore, Wellington.
William McAlpine, Esq., of Wellington.
William Arthur McCutchan, Esq., of Tongaporutu.
Thomas McIndoe, Esq., of Te Aroha.
James McMaster, Esq., of Chasland’s.
Roderick Mulhern, Esq., of Pahautanui, County Hutt.
John Henry Mullins, Esq., of Ardmore.
Michael Joseph O’Donnell, Esq., of Hawera.
John Frank Pettie, Esq., of Waipiro.
Richard Rhodes, Esq., of Tauranga.
William Ritchie, Esq., of Wanganui.
John Robertson, Esq., of Waikaka.
Robert Simms, Esq., of Waihi.
John Sterling, Esq., of Te Oneroa, Preservation Inlet.
Philip George Smith, Esq., of Raetihi.
Robert Tapper, jun., Esq., of Clifden.
James Thomson, Esq., of Invercargill.
Joseph Thornes, Esq., of Parnell.
Arthur Henry Tompkins, Esq., of Fowler’s.
Bernard Edward Howard Tripp, Esq., of Orari Gorge, Canterbury.
William Turner, Esq., of Admiralty Bay, French Pass.
Charles Douglas Whitcombe, Esq., of New Plymouth.
John Wilkie, Esq., of Waitotara.

T. THOMPSON.

Official Visitor, Wellington Lunatic Asylum, appointed.

Lunacy Department,
Wellington, 28th June, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

FRANCIS MCPARLAND, Esq., J.P.,

to be an Official Visitor of the Lunatic Asylum at Wellington, under “The Lunatics Act, 1882,” vice the Hon. John Rigg, M.L.C., resigned.

W. C. WALKER.

Clerical Cadet, Defence Department, appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under section 4 of “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” of the appointment of

Master ALFRED JAMES BAKER

as a clerical cadet in the Defence Department. Appointment to date from the 18th March, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th June, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned appointments:—

Dunedin Volunteer Bearer Company.

Joseph Osborne Closs to be Surgeon-Captain.
Ralph Stuart Stephenson to be Surgeon-Captain.
Commissions to date from the 20th May, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Justices of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 25th June, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

HENRY ADSETT, Sen., Esq., of Colyton,
MORITZ BOWRON, Esq., of Thames,
GEORGE ROBERT FIELD, Esq., of Hinemoa,
JOHN BARTLETT GREEN, Esq., of Upper Owaka,
WILSON HALL, Esq., of Riversdale,
THOMAS BOUCHER HILL, Esq., of Raglan, and
JAMES GUSTAVUS WOLFERSTAN, Esq., of Tapanui,

of their appointments as Justices of the Peace for the Colony.

T. THOMPSON.

Arrangements for First Elections, &c., of Hautapu Drainage District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS HARTLY

to be Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the first election of five members of the Board of Trustees of the Hautapu Land-drainage District, as constituted under “The Land Drainage Act, 1893”; also to appoint Saturday, the 23rd day of July, 1898, to be the date, and the Borough Council Chambers, Cambridge, to be the place, for holding such election; also to appoint Saturday, the 30th day of July, 1898, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, to be the time, and the Borough Council Chambers, Cambridge, to be the place, at which the first meeting of trustees shall be held.

J. CARROLL.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Rangitata Subdivision of the Ashburton-Rangitata Water-race District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1898.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Ashburton County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Water-supply Act, 1891.”

J. CARROLL.

RANGITATA SUBDIVISION, ASHBURTON-RANGITATA WATER-RACE DISTRICT.

Ashburton County Council,
20th June, 1898.

To the Hon. the Colonial Secretary,
Wellington.

In pursuance of the provisions of the 199th section of “The Counties Act, 1886,” I give you notice that on the 15th day of June, 1898, a poll was taken of the ratepayers of the Rangitata Subdivision of the Ashburton-Rangitata Water-race District—being a district duly constituted under the provisions of “The Water-supply Act, 1891,” for the purpose of the construction of water-races therein—in respect of a proposal of the Ashburton County Council to raise and borrow a sum of £20,000 for the construction of certain water-races and other waterworks for irrigation purposes within the said subdivision; and that the following votes were recorded for and against the proposal:—

For, 90 votes, representing £123,374 of rateable value; against, 2 votes, representing £8,164 of rateable value.

As the number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal represents not less than one-half of the total number of ratepayers and three-fifths of the rateable value of the rateable property in the said subdivision, I have declared the resolution in favour of the proposal to be carried.

EDWARD G. WRIGHT,
Chairman of the County of Ashburton.