Aug. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1309

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 8th August, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN HUDSON

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths, and also to be Vaccination Inspector, for the District of Tairua, vice William Charles Forsdick, resigned.

J. CARROLL.

Public Vaccinator, New Plymouth District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 8th August, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ERNEST ALEXANDER WALKER, Esq., M.B. and Mast. Surg., Univ. Glas.,

to be a Public Vaccinator, under “The Public Health Act, 1876,” for the District of New Plymouth.

J. CARROLL.

Trustees of Cromwell Racecourse appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 9th August, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pursuance of section 6 of “The Cromwell Racecourse Reserve Act, 1876,” to appoint

THOMAS ROONEY and
WILLIAM FOREMAN

to be Trustees of the Cromwell Racecourse, in the place of Richard Olds, resigned, and Spence Hardy Turton, deceased.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th August, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned appointment, under paragraph 63, Volunteer Regulations, 1895:—

Wanganui Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Robert Hughes to be Captain. Date of commission, 26th July, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th August, 1898.

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

Civil Service Rifle Volunteers (Wellington).

The Rev. William Shirer to be Honorary Chaplain. Commission to date from the 6th June, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officer transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th August, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under paragraph 56, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of the transfer of

Lieutenant SAMUEL RIDGWAY

from the Hastings Rifle Volunteers to the Wanganui Guards Rifle Volunteers, with effect from the 11th July, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Re Regulations for Naval Cadetships.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th August, 1898.

IT is hereby notified for general information that notification has been received from the Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies to the effect that copies of examination-papers set at competitions for naval cadetships and assistant clerkships in the Royal Navy, held under the direction of the Civil Service Commissioners, may be purchased, price 6d., either directly or through any bookseller, from any of the following agents: viz., England, Eyre and Spottiswoode, East Harding Street, London, E.C.; Scotland, J. Menzies and Co., 12, Hanover Street, Edinburgh, and 90, West Nile Street, Glasgow; Ireland, Hodges, Figgis, and Co., 104, Grafton Street, Dublin.

T. THOMPSON.

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

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th August, 1898.

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

J. CARROLL.

PARIHAKA ROAD BOARD.

Special Order.

THAT, to secure the repayment of a loan of £1,500, raised under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” for the purpose of bridging, forming, and metalling part of the Upper Newall Road, as follows—viz., from the northern side of the Warea River, opposite Section 15, Block IX., Cape Survey District, to the western boundary of Section 1, Block XV., Cape Survey District—a special rate of 5½d. in the pound be made and levied on the following lands: viz., Section 15, Block IX.; Sections 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, and 10, Block X.; Sections 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, Block XIV.; and Sections 1, 2, and 3, Block XV., all of Cape Survey District: also that block of Native land, containing 1,020 acres, on south side of Upper Newall Road, opposite Sections 27 and 15, Block IX.; and Sections 1 and 2, Block X., all of Cape Survey District; which land is under the administration of the Public Trustee, and not at present liable to special rate: constituting the Upper Newall Special Rating District.

Such rate to be an annually recurring rate for twenty-six years, and shall be payable in one instalment on the 1st of February in each year.

Thos. McGLOIN,
Chairman.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly passed, and recorded in the minute-book of the Parihaka Road Board, at an ordinary meeting held on the 27th June, 1898, and confirmed at a special meeting held on the 27th July, 1898.

Jas. MAXWELL,
Clerk, Parihaka Road Board.

Examination-shed appointed.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the power in me for this purpose vested by “The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882,” I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do hereby appoint that the under-mentioned building shall be a place where goods may be deposited for examination on the landing thereof, namely,—

WHARF-SHED, DUNEDIN,

situated on the Rattray Street Wharf, and marked “S.”

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this second day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

R. J. SEDDON,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Commissioner’s Order No. 596.]

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 9th August, 1898.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders for the East Cape Lighthouse tower contract is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

Accepted.

C. Judd, Thames .. .. .. £ s. d.
988 19 6

Declined.

Messrs. S. Luke and Co. (Limited), Wellington 1,246 12 0
Messrs. Beaney and Son, Auckland.. .. 1,298 0 0