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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 47

Notice to Mariners No. 24 of 1900.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1900.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Presidency Port Officer, Madras, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

INDIA.—WEST COAST.—MALPE LIGHT.

On and after 15th September, 1900, a fixed white dioptric light of the 5th order will be exhibited at Malpe from a rock painted white on Deria Bahadur Ghur Island—latitude 13° 21′ N., longitude 74° 40′ E.—and visible in clear weather nine miles from all directions seaward. This light will be displayed only from 15th September to 31st May each year, and on its exhibition the present light at Malpe will be discontinued.

THOS. G. R. FINNY,
Commander, R.I.M.,
Presidency Port Officer.

Presidency Port Office, Madras, 6th April, 1900.

Notice to Mariners No. 25 of 1900.

TORY SHOAL, ENTRANCE TO KAIPARA HARBOUR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 30th May, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the large buoy on Tory Shoal has broken adrift and gone ashore. It will be relaid in position by the Government steamer “Hinemoa” about the middle of July next.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Battalion Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th May, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned appointment:—

1st Battalion, Wellington Rifle Volunteers.

Pay- and Quarter-master Lieutenant James William Henderson to be Honorary Captain. Commission to date from the 1st March, 1900.

J. G. WARD,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th May, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignations of the commissions held by the under-mentioned officers on their being appointed to the British Army:—

Imperial Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Hardwicke Holderness.

Port Guards Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Thomas Laing Wood.

J. G. WARD,
For Minister of Defence.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th May, 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:—

Waitohi Rifle Volunteers,

with headquarters at Picton. Acceptance to date from the 14th April, 1900.

Ahuriri Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

with headquarters at Napier. Acceptance to date from the 8th May, 1900.

Civil Service Rifle Volunteers (Christchurch),

with headquarters at Christchurch. Acceptance to date from the 9th May, 1900.

J. G. WARD,
For Minister of Defence.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th May, 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:—

Mackenzie Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

with headquarters at Fairlie. Acceptance to date from the 8th May, 1900.

Studholme Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

with headquarters at Waimate (Canterbury). Acceptance to date from the 9th May, 1900.

Seddon Horse Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

with headquarters at Auckland. Acceptance to date from the 9th May, 1900.

J. G. WARD,
For Minister of Defence.

Award of the Volunteer Officers’ Decoration.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th May, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under paragraph 4 of the Royal Warrant, dated the 25th July, 1892, of the award of the Imperial Volunteer Officers’ Decoration to

Major EDMUND ROBINSON SMITH,

1st Battalion Otago Rifle Volunteers, that officer having a total commissioned and rank service counting towards the decoration to the 23rd April, 1900, of 20 years 16 days.

J. G. WARD,
For Minister of Defence.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th May, 1900.

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

CHARLES ROBERTS, Esq.,

of Kaitaia, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the colony.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Justice.

Results of Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 28th May, 1900.

THE following notices of the election of members of Road Boards have been received at this office, and are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Maungakaramea Road District, County of Whangarei:
William Crawford.
James C. Miller.
H. A. Swaffield.

Otonga East Road District, County of Whangarei:
J. Malcolm McPhee.
Norman L. McInnes.

Parua Bay Road District, County of Whangarei:
R. H. Aubrey.
T. Gough.
H. A. Morey.

Kaurihohore Road District, County of Whangarei:
John Hugh McKenzie.
William Drever.
John Forsyth.

Ruarangi Road District, County of Whangarei:
Samuel Boyd.
William J. McAllister.
Robert Thomson.

Waikiekie Road District, County of Whangarei:
Joseph Hugh Bell.
William Hartnell.

Matakohe Road District, County of Otamatea:
William Henry Angel.
Joseph Ovens.
George Smith.

Matakana East Road District, County of Rodney:
Charles Waller Greenwood.
John Day.
William Henry Phillips.

Matakana West Road District, County of Rodney:
Alexander Cruickshank.
Charles Simons.
James Vipond.