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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 19

Sittings of Magistrate's Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 7th March, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

The Courthouse at Eketahuna
to be a place wherein sittings of the Magistrate's Court shall
be held, in lieu of the Odd Fellows' Hall, previously ap-
pointed.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Member of Nelson Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to re-
appoint

OWEN LYNCH
to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of
Nelson, as from the 26th February, 1900.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Nelson Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to re-
appoint

DANIEL BATE
to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of
Nelson, as from the 17th February, 1900.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Nelson Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to re-
appoint

FRANCIS HAMILTON
to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of
Nelson, as from the 11th March, 1900.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Inspector of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 6th March, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point 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 WILLIAM JAMES The Middle Island of the
LAWRENCE Colony of New Zealand, and
the islands adjacent thereto.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Labour.

Inspectors of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 6th March, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point 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 JOHN COPLAND The Middle Island of the
Colony of New Zealand, and
the islands adjacent thereto.
Constable JAMES ANDREW Ditto.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Labour.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th 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:-

Name. Occupation. Residence.
Andrew Balting Hosiery-manufacturer Nelson.
Hans Peter Bundesen Labourer Christchurch.
Antonio Camozzi Miner Goldsbrough.
Felix Cavalieri Labourer Le Bon's Bay.
Peter Marius Cohr Contractor Dannevirke.
Emma Dreckmann Laundress Hokitika.
Nicholas George Miner Ahaura.
William Johns Farmer Belfast.
Andrew Jonson Carpenter Foxton.
George Kollberg Fisherman Owaka.
Albert Thomas Lee Miner Auckland.
Prosper Olislaeger Cook Linwood.
Antonin Pierr Seaman Lyttelton.
Dorothy Sophia Elizabeth Rambaum Domestic duties Mandeville.
Wilhelm Rambaum Farmer Mandeville.
Annie Mary Rassmussen Domestic duties Waiwetu, L'wer
Hutt.
Alfred Sandston Seaman Parnell.
Franz Otto Emil Albert Sass Labourer Norsewood.
Emil Schirnack Farmer Wainuiomata.

J. G. WARD.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Manchester Road Board,
County of Oroua.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th March, 1900.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of
the Manchester Road Board, is published in accordance
with the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans
Act, 1886."

J. G. WARD.

MANCHESTER ROAD BOARD.

The following is the result of a poll taken on Thursday, the
22nd day of February, 1900, on the proposal of the Man-
chester Road Board to borrow the sum of £9,382 under
"The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," and
"The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment
Act, 1899," the said amount to be applied to the construc-
tion of the several works set forth in the schedule attached
to the proposal, and advertised in the Feilding Star, 10th,
17th, 24th, and 31st January, 1900.

Number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 228;
against the proposal, 24; informal, 8.

The majority of the votes recorded in favour of the pro-
posa being more than three-fifths of the votes recorded, I
therefore declare it to be carried.

FRANK Y. LETHBRIDGE,
Chairman, Manchester Road Board.
Feilding, Manchester Street, 24th February, 1900.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Borough of Stratford.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th March, 1900.

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

J. G. WARD.

BOROUGH OF STRATFORD.

Result of poll taken on the 1st day of February, 1900, under
the provisions of "The Stratford Borough Empowering
Act, 1899," and of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,"
and of "The Local Government Voting Reform Act, 1899,"
upon a proposal by the Council of the Borough of Stratford
to borrow £28,900 by way of special loan, to be applied to
the various purposes and to the respective amounts as set
forth in clause 6 of the said "Stratford Borough Empower-
ing Act, 1899":-

Number of votes for the proposal, 157; number of votes
against the proposal, 28; number of informal votes, 2;
total number of valid votes, 185,