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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 43

Inspector of Sea-fishing appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pursuance of the power and authority vested in him by subsection (2) of section 6 of “The Sea-fisheries Act, 1894,” to appoint

WALTER WILLIAMS,

of Devonport, Auckland, Police-constable, to be an Inspector of Sea-fishing under the above-mentioned Act.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th May, 1899.

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

Awarua Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Walter Henderson to be Captain. Date of commission, 16th April, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th May, 1899.

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

Manawatu Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Arthur Stanhope Aldrich, jun. Date of resignation, 27th April, 1899.

South Canterbury Battalion of Infantry Volunteers.

Captain and Adjutant Sidney Wolf. Date of resignation, 6th April, 1899.

1st Westland Rifle Volunteers.

Captain Robert Wentworth Wade. Date of resignation, 13th March, 1899.

T. THOMPSON.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th May, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under paragraph 39, (1), “The Defence Act, 1886,” the services of the

Christchurch Volunteer Bearer Corps.

Date of acceptance, 16th March, 1899.

T. THOMPSON.

Special Order made by the Amuri County Council.—Waiau Riding divided into Two Ridings.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th May, 1899.

THE following special order, made by the Amuri County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Counties Act, 1886.”

W. C. WALKER.

COUNTY OF AMURI.—SPECIAL ORDER.

WHEREAS by Proclamation dated the 21st day of January, 1889, and publicly notified and gazetted, the Governor of New Zealand, in exercise and execution of the powers vested in him by section 5 of “The Order in Council Validation Act, 1888,” divided the County of Amuri into three ridings, known as the “Pahau Riding,” “Waiau Riding,” and “Hanmer Riding” respectively: And whereas by the said Proclamation the said Governor determined that the number of Councillors to be elected by the said riding known as “Pahau Riding” should be two Councillors, that the number of Councillors to be elected by the said riding known as “Waiau Riding” should be four Councillors, and that the number of Councillors to be elected for the said riding known as “Hanmer Riding” should be two Councillors: And whereas it is expedient for the purpose of adjustment of representation in the Council of the County of Amuri that the said riding known as “Waiau Riding” be divided, and made two separate ridings: And whereas it is also expedient to alter the number of Councillors to be elected for the said “Waiau Riding” in the manner hereinafter provided:

Now, therefore, the Council of the County of Amuri, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority conferred upon it by “The Counties Act, 1886,” sections 44, 46, and 83, and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, doth hereby order and declare as follows, that is to say,—

1. That the said riding known as “Waiau Riding” shall be divided into two separate ridings to be named respectively as follows—that is to say, “Waiau Riding” and “Rotherham Riding”—their boundaries to be according to the description thereof respectively set forth in the Schedule hereunder written.

2. That the number of Councillors to be elected for the last-named Waiau Riding shall be two Councillors, and that the number to be elected for the said Rotherham Riding shall be two Councillors.

3. This special order shall come into force and take effect at the next general election of the said Council of the County of Amuri, to be held in November, 1899.

THE SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO.

I. Waiau Riding.

Bounded towards the north-east generally by the Counties of Marlborough and Kaikoura; towards the south-east by the County of Cheviot to the Waiau River, thence along the south bank of that river up to the Hanmer River; and thence towards the north-west generally by the Hanmer Riding.

II. Rotherham Riding.

Bounded towards the south-east, from the Waiau River, by the County of Cheviot to a point in line with the north-eastern boundary-line of Section No. 53, Lowry Peaks Survey District: thence towards the south generally by a right line to and thence by the said Section No. 53 and Sections Nos. 54, 43, 56, and 143 of the said Lowry Peaks Survey District, and Sections Nos. 142, 144, 12, 11, 10, 9, and 8, Culverden Survey District, to the north-western corner of the last-mentioned section; thence by a right line to the northernmost corner of Section No. 247 of the said Culverden Survey District; thence by the said Section No. 247, and Section No. 246, to the north-eastern corner of Section No. 106; thence by a right line to the Red Post; thence by a right line to Mount Culverden; thence by a right line to the north-western corner of Section No. 99, Mandamus Survey District: and thence towards the north-west generally by the Hanmer Riding, and towards the north by the Waiau Riding.

Made by the Council of the County of Amuri, at the office of the said Council, at Culverden, this 18th day of March, 1899.

D. RUTHERFORD,
Chairman of the County of Amuri.

A. J. O’MALLEY,
County Clerk.

The resolution to make this special order was passed at a special meeting of the Amuri County Council held at the Council office, Culverden, on the 18th March, 1899, and was confirmed at a subsequent special meeting of the said Council held at the said office on the 6th day of May, 1899.

D. RUTHERFORD,
Chairman of the County of Amuri.

A. J. O’MALLEY,
Clerk of the County of Amuri.

Amuri County Council Office,
Culverden, 15th May, 1899.

I hereby certify that a special order, of which the enclosed is a true copy, dividing the Waiau Riding, in the County of Amuri, into two separate ridings, was duly made by the Amuri County Council in accordance with “The Counties Act, 1886.”

A. J. O’MALLEY,
Clerk, Amuri County Council.

To the Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Borough of Devonport.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th May, 1899.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Devonport, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886.”

W. C. WALKER.

BOROUGH OF DEVONPORT.

RESULT of poll taken on the 22nd March, 1899, pursuant to “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” upon a proposal by the Council of the Borough of Devonport to borrow £17,500 by way of special loan towards the construction of drainage-works for the Borough of Devonport:—

Number of burgesses on the roll, 612; number of votes on the roll, 781: Votes for the proposal, 573; votes against the proposal, 13; number of voters for the proposal, 401; number of voters against the proposal, 9; informal votes, 1.

A majority in number of the burgesses, exercising more than one-half of the total number of votes, having voted in favour of the proposal, I declare the proposal and resolution duly carried.

(Signed) J. C. MACKY, Mayor.

Devonport, 8th May, 1899.

I, Joseph Cochrane Macky, Mayor of Devonport, do solemnly and sincerely declare that all proceedings required