Feb. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 191

Name. District.
ROBERT GUTHRIE JAMIESON .. .. Pleasant Point.
(On and from 22nd January, 1898.)
MATHERS WILLIAM LETTS .. .. Hokianga.
(On and from 1st March, 1898.)
WILLIAM ANDERSON GILFILLAN .. Kohukohu.
(On and from 1st March, 1898.)
THOMAS LUMSDEN MILLAR .. .. Rawene.
(On and from 1st March, 1898.)
W. C. WALKER.

Appointment of Acting Vice-Consul for Germany at Wellington recognised provisionally.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th January, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that he has recognised provisionally the appointment by the Consul-General of the German Empire at Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales, of

EBERHARD FOCKE, Esq.,

as Acting Vice-Consul for Germany at Wellington.

W. C. WALKER.

Rangers under the Animals Protection Acts, Hawke’s Bay District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY O’NEILL and
WILLIAM FRANKLIN MAWE,

to be Rangers under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, for the District of Hawke’s Bay.

W. C. WALKER.

Clerks of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th January, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable WILLIAM BERN

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Rotorua, from the 5th instant, vice Sergeant W. Murray, transferred ;

Constable DENIS BROSNAN

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

Constable THOMAS JOHNSON DRAKE

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Ormondville, from the 6th instant, vice Sergeant J. Siddells, transferred ;

Constable JOHN DOUGAN

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Temuka and Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Geraldine, from the 6th instant, vice Sergeant T. Bourke, transferred ;

Constable DUNCAN MACRAE

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Milton and Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Bruce, from the 6th instant, vice Sergeant T. King, transferred ; and

Constable JOHN BURROWS

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Hawksbury, from the 13th instant, vice Constable Warring, transferred.

T. THOMPSON.

Deputy Assignee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 31st January, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CHARLES WILKINSON COOKE

to be the Deputy of the Official Assignee at Oamaru, vice E. A. Atkinson, resigned.

T. THOMPSON.

Member of Marlborough Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st January, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to reappoint

CHARLES HOUGHTON MILLS

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Marlborough, as from the 28th December, 1897.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Trustee of Te Aroha Racecourse appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st January, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

FRANCIS PAVITT,

of Te Aroha, Surveyor, to be a Trustee of Te Aroha Racecourse, in place of Thomas Bradley, deceased.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Inspectors of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 1st February, 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 ALEXANDER MONT- North Island of the Colony
GOMERY of New Zealand, and the
islands adjacent thereto.
Constable JOHN BURROWS .. Middle Island of the Colony
of New Zealand, and the
islands adjacent thereto.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Labour.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Hawera County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1898.

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

WM. HALL-JONES.

HAWERA COUNTY COUNCIL.

LOAN of £650, under the Provisions of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and the Amendments thereof, for forming and metalling the Hunter Road from a Point half-way along the Frontage of Section 31, Block IX., Ngaire, to the Eltham Road.

Notice is hereby given that the poll of ratepayers taken on 24th instant resulted as follows :—
Number of voters on roll, 8 ; number of votes exercisable, 9 : Number of voters for proposal, 5 ; number of votes for proposal, 6.
I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

JOHN HESLOP,
Chairman.

Hawera, 26th January, 1898.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Manganui Road District, County of Stratford.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 1st February, 1898.

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

WM. HALL-JONES.

MANGANUI ROAD BOARD.

RESULT of poll of ratepayers of the Upper Radnor Road Special Rating-area, taken on Monday, 24th January, 1898, upon the proposal to raise a loan of £300 under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” for the purpose of completing the draining, culverting, and formation required to give access to the sections in Block XVI., Egmont, on the upper portion of Radnor Road, and of forming and metalling a portion of the road, commencing at the eastern boundary of Section 24, Manganui, and extending westward about 40 chains ; to set aside the Land Fund money accruing from Sections 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, Block XVI., Egmont, for the purpose of paying interest on this loan ; to strike as security on this loan a special rate of 3½d. in the pound over the following lands—namely, Sections 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, Block XVI., Egmont Survey District :—
Number of ratepayers on special roll, 7 ; number of votes exercisable, 7 : Number of votes recorded for the proposal, 7.
I therefore declare the proposal carried.

JOSEPH MACKAY,
Chairman.