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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 84

Inspector of Weights and Measures appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th April, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Sergeant PATRICK BLACK

to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures, under “The Weights and Measures Act, 1868,” and the Acts amending the same, for the Counties of Hawke’s Bay, Patangata, and Wairoa, and for the Boroughs of Napier and Hastings, vice Sergeant Alfred James Mitchell.

J. G. WARD.

Member of Westland Land Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st April, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ANDREW CUMMING,

of Kokatahi, farmer, to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Westland.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

Inspector of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 25th April, 1900.

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.
Sergeant ROBERT DARBY The Middle Island of the Colony of New Zealand, and the islands adjacent thereto.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Labour.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans, Stratford County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st April, 1900.

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

J. G. WARD.

STRATFORD COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESULT of a poll taken on the 26th day of March, 1900, upon the proposal to raise a loan of £300, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and the amendments thereof, for the formation and metalling of the Nash Road:—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 4; number of votes exercisable, 4: Number of ratepayers voting in favour of the proposal, 3; number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 3; number of ratepayers voting against the proposal, nil.

The required majority having been obtained, I hereby declare the above proposal to be carried.

R. DINGLE,
Chairman.

17th April, 1900.

Result of a poll taken on the 5th day of April, 1900, upon the proposal to borrow £600, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and the amendments thereof, for forming and metalling a portion of the South Douglas Road:—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 7; number of votes exercisable, 8: Number of ratepayers voting in favour of the proposal, 5; number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 6; number of ratepayers voting against the proposal, nil.

The required majority having been obtained, I hereby declare the above proposal to be carried.

R. DINGLE,
Chairman.

17th April, 1900.

Result of a poll taken on the 29th day of March, 1900, upon the proposal to borrow £900, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and the amendments thereof, for the construction of a portion of the Makuri (Huiroa) Road:—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 10; number of votes exercisable, 10: Number of ratepayers voting in favour of the proposal, 6; number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 6; number of ratepayers voting against the proposal, nil.

The required majority having been obtained, I hereby declare the above proposal to be carried.

R. DINGLE,
Chairman.

17th April, 1900.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Waitotara County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1900.

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

J. G. WARD.

WAITOTARA COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESULT of a poll taken on Friday, 20th April, 1900, on a proposal to raise a loan of £1,500, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” for the completion of the Wanganui-Castlecliff Road:—

Number of ratepayers on roll, 78; number of votes exercisable, 85: Number of votes in favour of the proposal, 36; against the proposal, 1.

A majority of 35 votes having been given in favour of the proposal, I therefore declare the proposal carried.

WILLIAM RITCHIE,
Chairman, Waitotara County Council.

20th April, 1900.

Notice to Mariners No. 19 of 1900.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 20th April, 1900.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Chief Harbourmaster, Fremantle, Western Australia, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.—WEST COAST.

Preliminary Notice. — Light on Bathurst Point, Rottnest Island.

THE Government of Western Australia give notice that a light will shortly be exhibited from a lighthouse now in course of erection at Bathurst Point, the north-east extreme of Rottnest Island, in lat. 31° 59′ 15″ south, and long. 115° 33′ 15″ east.

The light, which is a fixed dioptric light of the second order, will be exhibited from a stone tower of a natural grey colour, and will have a height of focal plane above high water of 98 ft.

It will be visible from seaward over an arc of 200 degrees—i.e., between the bearings of E. ¾ S. through north to N.W. by W. ¼ W., and should be seen from the deck of a vessel 15 ft. above sea-level about fifteen nautical miles in clear weather.

Further particulars, together with the date of lighting, will be given in a future notice.

Admiralty chart affected: No. 1058, Rottnest to Warnbro Sound; Australia Directory, Vol. iii., page 356.

C. R. RUSSELL,
Chief Harbourmaster.

Harbourmaster’s Office,
Fremantle, 28th March, 1900.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th April, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under clause 39, (1), “The Defence Act, 1886,” the services of the under-mentioned Volunteer corps:—

Taranaki Guards Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at New Plymouth. Date of acceptance, 22nd February, 1900.

Mercantile Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Invercargill. Date of acceptance, 27th February, 1900.

Huntly Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Huntly. Date of acceptance, 10th March, 1900.