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Volunteer Officer transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th May, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the transfer of

Lieutenant GEORGE DOUGLAS ROSS

from the Otago District Reserve Corps to the Dunedin Engineer Volunteers, and with effect from the 8th May, 1900.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Officers transferred to the Reserve Corps.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th May, 1900.

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

Captain ROBERT HOSIE and
Lieutenant DAVID CAIRNS WHITE

from the Naseby Rifle Volunteers to the North Otago Sub-District Reserve Corps, on the disbandment of the first-mentioned corps, and with effect from the 1st July, 1899.

J. G. WARD,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th May, 1900.

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

Ponsonby Naval Artillery Volunteers.
Lieutenant George John Watson. Date of resignation, 2nd April, 1900.

J. G. WARD,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th May, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the

Naseby Rifle Volunteers

being disbanded as from the 1st July, 1899.
The commission held by the under-mentioned gentleman in that corps will therefore lapse, under paragraph 62, Volunteer Regulations, 1895 :—

The Rev. JAMES DOLMAN KNIPE, late Honorary Chaplain.

J. G. WARD,
For Minister of Defence.

Services of Volunteer Officer retained.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th May, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under paragraph 260, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of the services of

Captain JOHN GRANT, Unattached Active List, New Zealand Volunteers,

being retained for Service until he shall have attained the age of sixty-five years.

J. G. WARD,
For Minister of Defence.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1900.

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

JOSEPH BEALE, Esq.,

of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Justice.

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Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Avon Road Board, County of Selwyn.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th May, 1900.

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

J. G. WARD.

AVON ROAD DISTRICT.

Papanui Improvement Scheme.

PURSUANT to the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” and its amendments, and “The Local Government Voting Reform Act, 1899,” I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers in the special rating district which is defined and described in the Schedule to the notice dated the 14th day of March, 1900, and signed by the Chairman and Clerk of the Avon Road Board, which notice was published in the Lyttelton Times newspaper of the 31st day of March and the 7th, 14th, and 21st days of April, 1900, of the taking of which poll notice was duly given and was published in the Lyttelton Times newspaper of the 3rd day of May, 1900, was duly taken in St. Paul’s Schoolroom, Papanui, on Friday, the 11th day of May instant, between the hours of 9 of the clock in the forenoon and 6 of the clock in the afternoon of the said day, for the purpose of deciding by the vote of the said ratepayers whether or not the proposal contained in the said notice of the 14th day of March, 1900, should be carried into effect. And I hereby give further notice that at the taking of the said poll the votes of the said ratepayers were given as stated in the Schedule hereunder written.

The Schedule above referred to.

Number of ratepayers who voted in favour of the proposal, 41; number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 51; number of ratepayers who voted against the proposal, 2; number of votes recorded against the proposal, 3.

The number of valid votes recorded at the said poll in favour of the said proposal exceeds three-fifths of the total number of the valid votes recorded thereat; I therefore declare the said proposal carried.

Dated this 11th day of May, 1900.

A. B. MORGAN,
Chairman of the Avon Road Board.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Borough of Whangarei.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1900.

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

W. C. WALKER,
For Colonial Secretary.

BOROUGH OF WHANGAREI.

RESULT of poll of burgesses taken on Friday, 4th May, 1900, to authorise the Whangarei Borough Council to raise a special loan of £11,000 to construct waterworks for the Borough of Whangarei :—

Number of burgesses on roll, 373, representing 373 votes: Number of burgesses voted for the proposal, 115; number of burgesses voted against the proposal, 102; number of burgesses who did not vote, 152; informal votes, 4.

I declare the proposal carried.

J. McKINNON,
Returning Officer.

Whangarei, 5th May, 1900.

I, James McKinnon, of Whangarei, Town Clerk, solemnly and sincerely declare that all the proceedings required by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” in the matter of obtaining the sanction of the ratepayers to a proposal for a special loan, have been duly taken with reference to the special loan for £11,000 for which a poll of ratepayers was taken on the 4th day of May, 1900; and I make this declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

J. McKINNON.

Declared at Whangarei, this 5th day of May, 1900, before me—Oscar B. Bryan, J.P.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Borough of Port Chalmers.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1900.

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

W. C. WALKER,
For Colonial Secretary.