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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 14

Members of Otago Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 13th February, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance and exercise of all the powers enabling him in that behalf, appointed

JAMES TAYLOR MCKERRAS,
DAVID PINKERTON, M.L.C.,
JAMES ROBIN, and
THOMAS ROSS, of Rothesay,

to be members of the Otago Harbour Board.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Inspectors of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 13th February, 1900.

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 ALFRED EDWARD FANTHORPE The Middle Island of the Colony of New Zealand, and the islands adjacent thereto.
Constable EDWIN EALES The North Island of the Colony of New Zealand, and the islands adjacent thereto.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Labour.

Justices of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th February, 1900.

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

WILLIAM WHAYTE BOOR, Esq., of Taihape,
JAMES GRACE, Esq., of Palmerston North,
THEOPHILUS SAMUEL MANNERING, Esq., of Greta Valley, and
GEORGE WASHINGTON TAYLER, Esq., of Eltham,

of their appointments as Justices of the Peace for the colony.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th February, 1900.

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

Devonport Naval Artillery Volunteers.

Lieutenant Charles John Stone. Date of resignation, 18th December, 1899.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th February, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under paragraph 262, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of the transfer of

Major GEORGE VANCE SHANNON

from the Unattached Active List, New Zealand Volunteers, to the Honorary Unattached List, New Zealand Volunteers, with effect from the 21st January, 1900.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and transferred to District Reserve Corps.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th February, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under paragraphs 94 and 97, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of the transfer of

Lieutenant EDWARD WHITEHEAD

from the Temuka Rifle Volunteers to the Canterbury District Reserve Corps, on resigning his commission in the first-mentioned corps, and with effect from the 27th December, 1899.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Imperial Volunteer Officers’ Decoration.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th February, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under the Royal Warrant of the 25th July, 1892, of the award of the Imperial Volunteer Officers’ Decoration to

Captain WILLIAM HENRY POTTS, Thames Naval Artillery Volunteers,

he having a total commissioned and rank service counting towards the decoration, to the 28th February, 1899, of 20 years 100 days.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 6th February, 1900.

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,
For Colonial Secretary.

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

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 9th February, 1900.

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

J. G. WARD.

WAIWAKAIHO ROAD BOARD.

Special Order.

THAT the Board do readjust, under subsection (1) of section 2 of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1899,” the following loans: viz., £800, inscribed 1st February, 1887; £656 6s. 10d., inscribed 1st February, 1898; and £67, inscribed 1st February, 1899.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly made and passed by the Waiwakaiho Road Board on the 16th day of January, 1900, in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

ARTHUR MORTON,
Clerk to the Board.

30th January, 1900.

Special Order made by the Otaki Road Board, County of Horowhenua.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th February, 1900.

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

W. C. WALKER,
For Colonial Secretary.

OTAKI ROAD BOARD.

SPECIAL ORDER confirmed by the Otaki Road Board at a Special Meeting held on the 3rd Day of February, 1900.

THAT a special order be made in accordance with section 124 of “The Counties Act, 1886,” to conform with “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1899,” sections 2 to 4, to the following effect: viz., That the Government be asked to reduce the rate of interest on all existing loans obtained under the said Act from 5 per cent. to 3½ per cent. for forty-one years.

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing special order was duly made on the above date, as required by “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

H. F. EAGAR,
Clerk, Otaki Road Board.

Otaki, 5th February, 1900.