1854
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 83

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th November, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the under-mentioned officer:—

E Battery, New Zealand Regiment Artillery Volunteers.
Lieutenant David McNicoll. Date of resignation, 5th October, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Designation of Volunteer Corps changed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th November, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the designation of the “Alexandra Cavalry Volunteers” being changed to the “Alexandra Mounted Rifle Volunteers,” with the seniority of the first-mentioned corps in the New Zealand Volunteer Force, and with effect from the 3rd November, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Land and Deeds Officer appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 21st October, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT STONE FLORANCE, Esq.,

to be District Agent at Chatham Islands under “The Deeds and Instruments Registration Act, 1886,” such appointment to take effect on and from the 1st day of January, 1899.

J. CARROLL,
Commissioner of Stamps.

Appointment of Chairmen, Railway Boards of Appeal.

Railway Department,
Wellington, 15th November, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments:—

HARRY EYRE KENNY,

of Wellington, Stipendiary Magistrate, to act as a member of the North Island Railway Board of Appeal, and to be the Chairman of the said Board.

CHARLES DUDLEY ROBERT WARD,

District Judge, to act as a member of the Middle Island Railway Board of Appeal, and to be the Chairman of the said Board.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister for Railways.

Arrangements for First Elections, &c., Berwick Drainage District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th November, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN GRANT

to be Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the first election of five members of the Berwick Drainage District, as constituted under “The Land Drainage Act, 1893”; also to appoint Saturday, the 17th day of December, 1898, to be the date, and the Berwick Public Hall to be the place, for holding such election; also to appoint Saturday, the 24th day of December, 1898, at 1 o’clock p.m., to be the time, and the Berwick Public Hall to be the place, at which the first meeting of Trustees shall be held.

J. CARROLL.

Special Order made by the Eketahuna Road Board, County of Wairarapa North.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th November, 1898.

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

J. CARROLL.

EKETAHUNA ROAD BOARD.

Notice is hereby given that the following special order was made on Saturday, the 3rd day of September, 1898, and will be confirmed on Saturday, the 5th day of November, 1898:—

“That for the purpose of securing payment of a further sum of £20, being 10 per cent. additional to £200 borrowed by the Board under ‘The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,’ for the purpose of formation on a portion of Mangaronga Road, known as Loan No. 2 on same road, a special rate of ¼d. in the pound be made and levied on the rateable value of the properties at the time the loan was raised, as follows—namely, following properties: Section 75, Blocks XI., XIV., and XV.; Section 76, Blocks X., XI., and XIV.; and an education reserve, not numbered, joining Section 76: all in the Mangaone Survey District. Such rate to be an annually recurring rate for twenty-six years, and shall be payable in two half-yearly instalments on the 1st day of January and the 1st day of July in each year.”

Copies of the special order can be seen at the Road Board Office.

T. T. YOULE,
Clerk.

Road Board Office, Eketahuna,
3rd September, 1898.

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

T. T. YOULE,
Clerk and Treasurer.

T. BAYLISS, Mover.
E. TOMLINSON, Seconder.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th November, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

J. CARROLL.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Waipipi Road District, Manukau County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th November, 1898.

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

J. CARROLL.

WAIPipi ROAD DISTRICT.—PUBLIC NOTICE.

The following is the result of the poll taken in the Road Board Office, Waiuku, on Saturday, 5th November, 1898, on a proposal to borrow the sum of £500 under the provisions of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886”:-

Number of voters on special roll, 57; number of votes exercisable, 61: Number of votes recorded in favour of proposal, 42; number of voters who voted for the proposal, 39; number of votes against the proposal, nil; number of informal votes, 1.

As the majority in number of votes and voters were for the proposal, I therefore declare it to be duly carried.

JOHN MCNAUGHTEN,
Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Wanganui County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 15th November, 1898.

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

J. CARROLL.

WANGANUI COUNTY COUNCIL.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Wanganui County.

Notice is hereby given that at a poll taken on the 5th day of November, 1898, on the proposal to borrow £3,000, under “The Government Emergency Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1897,” “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” for the purpose