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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 6

Deputy Assignee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th January, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

NEILS PETER HJORRING

to be the Deputy of the Official Assignee at Naseby, vice R. F. S. Inder, resigned.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Justice.

Sittings of Magistrate’s Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th January, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The COURTHOUSE at Mosgiel

to be a place wherein sittings of the Magistrate’s Court shall be held, in lieu of the Athenæum, previously appointed.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Justice.

Clerks of Courts appointed.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable WILLIAM HENRY RYAN

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Stratford, from the 7th instant, vice Sergeant J. O’Donovan, transferred ;

Constable NATHANIEL MILLAR

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Lumsden, from the 4th instant, vice Constable J. C. Mackenzie, transferred ; and

Constable JOHN McINTYRE

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Arrowtown, from the 8th instant, vice Constable P. Bowman, transferred.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Justice.

Member Licensing Committee appointed.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN DIEDRICH BEUKE

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of City of Nelson, vice J. Scott, deceased.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Justice.

Member of Wellington Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 18th January, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to reappoint

JOHN STEVENS

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Wellington, as from the 1st February, 1898.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Inspectors of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 18th January, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned persons to be Inspectors under “The Factories Act, 1894,” and to assign to them the districts set opposite their names, viz. :

Name. District.
Constable JOHN SEFTON .. The North Island of the
Constable DENIS ROWLES .. Colony of New Zealand, and the islands
Constable WALTER JOSEPH BASKI- adjacent thereto.
VILLE
Constable JOHN McINTYRE .. The Middle Island of the
Constable JOHN DOUGAN .. Colony of New Zealand, and the islands
Constable NATHANIEL MILLAR .. adjacent thereto.

J. CARROLL,
For Minister of Labour.

Justices of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th January, 1898.

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

DONALD GRANT, Esq., of Waikouaiti, and
ARCHIBALD SHAW, Esq., of Invercargill,

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

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Justice.

Special Order made by the Mangorei Road Board, County of Taranaki.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 26th January, 1898.

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

W. C. WALKER.

SPECIAL ORDER made by the Mangorei Road Board at a Special Meeting held on the 22nd Day of January, 1898.

THAT a special rate of ¼d. in the pound be made and levied on the rateable value of all rateable properties in the Mangorei Road District, for the purpose of paying interest and other annual charges on a loan of £600, to be borrowed under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1882,” for the purpose of metalling about 120 chains of the Mangorei Road, commencing at the end of the present metal, and extending southerly ; such rate to be annually recurring for twenty-six years, and payable at the Board’s office in one sum on the 1st day of April in each year, commencing on the 1st day of April, 1898. The first year’s interest and cost of raising the loan to be paid out of the loan.

I hereby certify that the foregoing special order has been duly made by the Mangorei Road Board as required by “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

JAMES WADE,
Chairman, Mangorei Road Board, Taranaki.

Extending Time for furnishing Report by Kauri-gum Commission.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 21st January, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to extend the time for the furnishing of a report by the Commission to inquire into the kauri-gum industry from the 1st February, 1898, to the 1st March, 1898.

W. C. WALKER.

Notice to Mariners, No. 9 of 1898.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 26th January, 1898.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Portmaster, Brisbane, Queensland, and the Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, Victoria, are published for general information.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Marine.

NEW SIXTH-ORDER FLASHING LIGHT, NORTH BARNARD ISLANDS.

Notice is hereby given that a sixth-order double-flashing white light is now exhibited from the summit of the south-eastern island of the North Barnards, the focal plane being at an altitude of 292 ft. above high-water level.

The light is visible in clear weather at a distance of 16 miles seaward, between the bearings of approximately N. ¼ E. and S.E. ½ E., and shows a double flash every 10 seconds.

The structure is 10 ft. high, and consists of a circular lantern erected on a concrete base, and painted white.

In the event of accident to the electric motor or flashing apparatus a small fixed light will be exhibited.

Geographical position (approx.) : Lat. 17° 40′ 45″ S., Long. 146° 12′ 45″ E.—from Admiralty chart.

Chart affected, No. 2349.

Australia Directory, Vol. ii., page 317.

T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster,
Marine Department, Brisbane,
21st December, 1897.