May 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 909

Postmasters appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

Pursuant to the authority conferred upon me by the eighth section of “The Justices of the Peace Act Amendment Act, 1888,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that the persons named in the Schedule hereto, being persons holding the office of Postmaster, under “The Post Office Act, 1881,” at the places set opposite their names respectively in the said Schedule, are authorised to take and receive statutory declarations under the two-hundred-and-thirty-fourth section of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

SCHEDULE.

Name of Postmaster. Office.
Robert Murrell, jun. .. Manapouri.
William Peterson .. Half-moon Bay.
Samuel Joseph Harrison .. Chasland’s.
Henry Templeton .. Waikawa.
William Snodgrass .. Te Anau.
Roderick McKenzie .. Blackmount.
Andrew Smith .. Mararoa.
George Thomson Stevenson .. Cromarty.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this eighth day of May, one thousand nine hundred.

RANFURLY,
Governor.

Health Officer, Port of Auckland, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1900.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Edward William Sharman, Esq., L.R.C.P. Edin., &c.,

to be a Health Officer, under section 105 of “The Public Health Act, 1876,” for the Port of Auckland, vice Dr. Lewis.

J. G. WARD.

Registrar of Electors, Bay of Islands Electoral District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1900.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

William Hawea Kirkpatrick

to be Registrar of Electors, under “The Electoral Act, 1893,” for the Electoral District of Bay of Islands, vice D. J. Kirkpatrick, deceased. Appointment to date from the 1st May, 1900.

J. G. WARD.

Ranger under the Animals Protection Acts, South Canterbury District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1900.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

William O’Neill

to be a Ranger, under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, for the District of South Canterbury.

J. G. WARD.

Acting Consular Agent for France at Dunedin provisionally recognised.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1900.

His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that he has recognised provisionally the appointment by the Vice-Consul for France at Wellington of

Frederick Orlando Bridgeman, Esq.,

as Acting Consular Agent for France at Dunedin during the absence of the Consular Agent, P. C. Neill, Esq.

J. G. WARD.

Inspector of Abattoirs, &c., Borough of Milton, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1900.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Robert Margarie Brookes

to be an Inspector of Abattoirs and Slaughterhouses and of Cattle intended for Slaughter, under “The Abattoirs and Slaughterhouses Act, 1894,” within the Borough of Milton.

J. G. WARD.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1900.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

John Thomas Appleby

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths, and also to be Vaccination Inspector, for the District of Little River, vice Paul Eugene Bean, transferred.

J. G. WARD.

Cadet appointed.

Valuation Department,
Wellington, 9th May, 1900.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Frederick Charles Douglas

to be a cadet in the Valuation Department at Wellington, as from the 18th day of April, 1900.

J. G. WARD,
For Minister of Lands.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Wairau Road Board, County of Marlborough.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1900.

The following notice, received from the Chairman of the Wairau Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

J. G. WARD.

Wairau Road Board.

Notice is hereby given that the following is the result of a poll taken on Monday, the 30th day of April, 1900, in the sub-district of Avon, of the Waihopai Subdivision of the above-named road district, upon a proposal to raise a loan of £400 for the purpose of providing the balance of the necessary funds required to defray the cost of constructing a bridge across the Avon River, and the cost of raising the loan, and interest thereon for one year, if necessary:—

Number of ratepayers on the roll, 1; number of pollable votes, 3: Number of ratepayers who voted for the proposal (exercising three votes), 1; number of ratepayers who voted against the proposal, 0.

I therefore declare the proposal duly carried.

R. F. Goulter,
Chairman of the Wairau Road Board.

Blenheim, 1st May, 1900.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans, Hawera County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 7th May, 1900.

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

J. G. WARD.

Hawera County Council.

Proposed Loan of £100, under the Provisions of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and the Amendments thereof, for the Purpose of forming and metalling Castle Street, Eltham (being originally a Portion of Subsection 19 of Section 43, Block X., Ngaiere Survey District), for a Distance of 15 chains (more or less) from the End of Present Metalled Portion thereof to the End of the said Street, situated about 1 chain southward of the Northernmost Boundary of Allotment 23 of aforesaid Subsection 19, the whole being one continuous Public Work.

Notice is hereby given that a poll of the ratepayers in respect of above, taken on the 11th instant, resulted as follows:—

Number of ratepayers on roll, 9; number of votes exercisable, 9: Number of voters for proposal, 8; number of votes for proposal, 8; number of votes and voters against proposal, nil.

I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

John Winks,
County Chairman.

Hawera, 12th April, 1900.

Proposed Loan of £100, under the Provisions of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and the Amendments thereof, for the Purpose of forming and metalling the Mangamingi Road for a Distance of 38 chains (more or less), commencing from its Junction with the Rawhitiroa Road, and terminating opposite Section 24, Block XII., Ngaiere Survey District, the whole being one continuous Public Work.

Notice is hereby given that the poll of the ratepayers in respect of the above, taken on the 11th instant, resulted as follows:—