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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 54

Formation of Volunteer Rifle Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th July, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under paragraphs 211 and 213, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of the formation of the under-mentioned Rifle Volunteers in the Wellington District into a battalion, under the designation of the “3rd Battalion, Wellington (East Coast) Rifle Volunteers,” with headquarters at Napier, and with effect from the 9th day of July, 1898,—

A Company—Napier Guards Rifle Volunteers,
B “ Napier Rifle Volunteers,
C “ Hastings Rifle Volunteers,
D “ Woodville Rifle Volunteers,
E “ Waipawa Rifle Volunteers,
F “ Dannevirke Rifle Volunteers ;

and to appoint

The Very Reverend DE BERDT HOVELL

to be Honorary Chaplain thereto. Commission to date from the 9th day of July, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Further extending Time for furnishing Report of Police Commission.

Police Department,
Wellington, 18th July, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to further extend the time for the furnishing of a report by the Commission to inquire into the administration, efficiency, and control of the Police Force from the 14th July, 1898, to the 31st July, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Justices of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th July, 1898.

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

ANDREW BURNETT, Esq., of Cave, Timaru, and
WILLIAM FORRESTER, Esq., of Limehills,

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

T. THOMPSON.

Clerk resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th July, 1898.

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

ROBERT GEORGE FOUNTAIN, Esq.,

of his appointment as a Clerk of the Native Land Court at Gisborne, as from the 31st day of July, 1898.

R. J. SEDDON.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Wirokino Road District, County of Horowhenua.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 11th July, 1898.

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

J. CARROLL.

WIROKINO ROAD DISTRICT.

RESULT of poll of ratepayers of the Victoria Terrace Special Rating District, taken on the 4th day of July, 1898, upon the proposal to raise a loan of £100, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” for the purpose of constructing a road along Victoria Terrace to the northern boundary of Section 69, Ohau Township, in the said special district :—

Number of ratepayers on the roll, 13; number of votes, 13: Number of ratepayers in favour, 5; number of votes in favour, 5; number of ratepayers against, 8; number of votes against, 8.

A majority of ratepayers, exercising a majority of votes, having voted against the proposal, I hereby declare the same to be not carried.

JNO. DAVIES,
Chairman, Wirokino Road Board, Levin.

Special Order made by the Waimate Road Board, County of Hawera.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th July, 1898.

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

J. CARROLL.

WAIMATE ROAD BOARD.

Special Order re Proposed £8,300 Loan for the Central Subdivision.

THAT, to secure repayment of a loan of £8,300, and interest thereon, raised under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and its amendments, for the purpose of constructing the following works within the Central Subdivision of the Waimate Road District—viz., forming and metalling the under-mentioned roads at the cost specified opposite each: Auroa Road, £900; Skeet Road, £3,680; Manaiia Road, £950; Rowan Road, £725; Glenn Road, £280; Mangawhero Road, £625; Rama Road, £260; Taikatu Road, £280; Palmer Road, £240; Oeo Road (the unmetalled portions between the southern boundary of the subdivision and the northern boundary of Section 13, Block XIII., Kaupokonui Survey District), £300; and to form and culvert the Neill Road, £60—a special annual-recurring rate of 1½d. in the pound be made and levied for a period of twenty-six years over the Central Subdivision Special Rating Area, comprising Blocks XV., XIV., and Sections 4 to 7 and 13 to 36 (all inclusive), Block XIII., all in the Kaupokonui Survey District. Such rate to be payable, if required, in one instalment, on the 1st day of January in each year of the aforesaid period.

I certify that the above special order was duly made in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

JAMES C. DATSON,
Clerk, Waimate Road Board, Manaiia.

Manaiia, 13th July, 1898.

Special Order made by the Cook County Council constituting the Waipaoa Road District.

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

THE following special order, made by the Cook County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Counties Act, 1886.”

J. CARROLL.

COOK COUNTY COUNCIL.

A SPECIAL order made by the Cook County Council on Friday, 18th February, 1898, and confirmed at a subsequent meeting held on Saturday, 19th March, 1898:—

Resolved, That a new road district be formed from parts of the Waikohu Road District, to be called the Waipaoa Road District; the boundaries to be those described in the accompanying Schedule.

2. That the number of members be five (5) for the Waipaoa Road District Board.

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Cook was hereto affixed in the presence of—

JOHN WARREN,
Clerk, Cook County Council.

I certify that the foregoing special order has been made in accordance with law, and that all the requirements of the Road Boards Act and Counties Act have been complied with.

JOHN WARREN,
Clerk, Cook County Council.

Schedule.—Boundaries of the Waipaoa Road District.

Commencing at the junction of the Mangatu River with the Waipaoa River; thence westerly and northerly, following the Mangatu River to its intersection with the Whakatane County boundary, near Trig. Station No. 139 (Taunui-o-te-Kahakaha); thence north-westerly by the Whakatane County boundary to its intersection with the western boundary of the Huiarua Block, near Arowhana Trig. Station; thence southerly by the western boundary of that block and the western boundary of Huiarua No. 1 Block to the Tauwhareparae Block; thence southerly and easterly by the western and southern boundaries of the Tauwhareparae Block to the Tutamoe Block; thence south-westerly by the north-east boundary of the Tutamoe Block to the Waipaoa No. 3 Block; thence south-westerly and south-easterly by the north-western and south-western boundaries of that block to the Waingaromia River; thence south-westerly by the