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JOHN McGIMPSEY, of Redcliffe;
JOHN WALL, of Redcliffe;
JOHN JOHNSTONE, of Georgetown;
WILLIAM SUTHERLAND, of Duntroun; and
GERALD MORRIS, of Duntroun.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Appointment of Persons as the Committee of the Papakaio Portion of the Waitaki Islands.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 11th February, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pursuance of clause 1 of the Rules and Regulations for the Management of the Papakaio Portion of the Waitaki Islands, dated the 5th January, 1899, to approve of the following persons being the Committee for the care, management, and protection of the Papakaio portion of the said islands, viz.:

JOHN JOHNSTONE,
JOHN HENDERSON,
JOHN McGIMPSEY,
GEORGE COX, AND
THOMAS YOUNG DUNCAN.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Resident Medical Officer of the Sanatorium, Rotorua, appointed.

Lunacy and Charitable Department,
Wellington, 13th February, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE GEILS KENNY, Esq., M.B., M.S.,

to be Resident Medical Officer of the Sanatorium at Rotorua, as from the 1st instant.

W. C. WALKER.

Inspector of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 14th February, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned person to be an Inspector under “The Factories Act, 1894,” and to assign to him the district set opposite his name, viz.:

Name. District.
Constable DAVID JACKSON .. The North Island of the Colony of New Zealand, and the islands adjacent thereto.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Labour.

Members of the Auckland Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 13th February, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of the provisions of section 7 of “The Auckland Harbour Board Act, 1885,” appointed

WILLIAM LEYS and
WILLIAM JOSEPH NAPIER

to be members of the Auckland Harbour Board.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Members of Thames Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 13th February, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by section 7 of “The Thames Harbour Board Act, 1890,” and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, appointed

HARRY CAMERON GILLESPIE and
WILLIAM HENRY POTTS

to be members of the Thames Harbour Board.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Member of Lyttelton Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 13th February, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of the provisions of subsection (1) of section 4 of “The Lyttelton Harbour Board Act, 1882,” section 30 of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, appointed

JOHN JOYCE, M.H.R.,

to be a member of the Lyttelton Harbour Board.

WM. HALL-JONES.

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

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1899.

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.”

W. C. WALKER.

PUBLIC NOTICE.

THE following is the result of the poll taken in the Road Board Office, Waiuku, on Saturday, the 5th November, 1898, on a proposal to borrow the sum of £500, under the provisions of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” for the purpose of metalling a portion of the main Waiuku–Karioitahi Road and a portion of the main Waiuku–Waipipi Road:

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

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

A. E. MELLSOP,
Returning Officer.

Waiuku, 4th February, 1899.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th February, 1899.

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

ALEXANDER THOMSON, of Dunedin,

of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the colony.

T. THOMPSON.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1899.

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

W. C. WALKER.

Award of Imperial Volunteer Officers’ Decoration.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the issue of the Imperial Volunteer Officers’ Decoration to

CAPTAIN WILLIAM SIMPSON, Nelson Coast Guard Rifle Volunteers,

he having a total efficient commissioned and rank service counting towards the decoration to the 11th January, 1899, of twenty years thirty-eight days.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commissions held by the under-mentioned officers.

Ponsonby Naval Artillery Volunteers.

Lieutenant-Commanding Arthur Graham. Date of resignation, 19th November, 1898.