JUNE 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1237

Militia Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1900.

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

New Zealand Militia.

Major Alfred William Robin, N.Z.M., to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Commission to date from the 25th June, 1900.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by

Lieutenant WALTER RUSSELL RUSSELL

in the Hastings Rifle Volunteers, on being appointed to a commission in the British Army.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th June, 1900.

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

Oreti Rifle Volunteers.

Captain John Ewan Mackenzie. Date of resignation, 28th May, 1900.

J. G. WARD,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st June, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the under-mentioned officer, on being appointed to the New Zealand Militia :—

Lyttelton Naval Artillery Volunteers.

Lieutenant-Commanding Lewis John Joyce. Date of resignation, 18th January, 1900.

J. G. WARD,
For Minister of Defence.

Designation of a Volunteer Corps changed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th June, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the designation of the Levin Mounted Rifle Volunteers being changed to the “Horowhenua Mounted Rifle Volunteers,” with the seniority of the first-mentioned corps in the New Zealand Volunteer Force, and with effect from the 11th April, 1900.

J. G. WARD,
For Minister of Defence.

Special Order made by the Waitoa Road Board, County of Piako.

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

THE following special order, made by the Waitoa Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

J. G. WARD.

SPECIAL ORDER made by the Waitoa Road Board, County of Piako, on the motion of Mr. Chepmell, seconded by Mr. Allen.

The Waitoa Road Board hereby resolves, by special order, that the Board’s debt of £2,004 8s. 2d. inscribed at the Treasury in 1888 under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” be now readjusted in terms of subsection (1) of section 2 of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1899,” whereby the interest will be reduced to 4½ per cent. for the unexpired term of the loan, such readjustment to take effect on the 1st day of February, 1901.

I hereby certify the above to be a true copy of special order made by the Waitoa Road Board on the 31st March, 1900, and confirmed on the 26th day of May, 1900.

WILLIAM P. CHEPMELL,
Chairman.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly passed in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

A. BREMNER,
Clerk.

Special Order made by the Waitotara-Momohaki Road Board, County of Patea.

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

THE following special order, made by the Waitotara-Momohaki Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

J. G. WARD.

WAITOTARA-MOMOHAKI ROAD BOARD.

Special Order.

THAT a special order be now made forming a special rating district to be called the Puao Special Rating District; and that to secure the repayment and interest on a loan of £650, to be raised under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and its amendments, a special rate of 1⅞d. in the pound be levied on all the rateable property in the Puao Special Rating District (the boundaries of which are defined below); such rate to be an annual recurring rate for a period of twenty-six years, and to be payable in two equal instalments on the 1st day of February and the 1st day of August in each year.

That the purpose for which such loan shall be used be as follows :—

1. The converting of the present bridle-track known as the Puao Track into a dray-road from the end of the present dray-road at the boundary of the University Reserve to the Waitotara River.

2. That the sum of £25 be set apart for engineering and contingent expenses.

3. That the cost of raising the loan and the first year’s interest during construction be paid out of loan.

4. That any surplus remaining be used in extending the dray-road towards the south-eastern corner of Section 3, Block XIII., Momohaki Survey District, and that the above works shall include all necessary bridges and culverts.

5. That the boundaries of the Puao Special Rating District shall be as follows: Commencing at the Waitotara River at the south-western corner of the Puao Reserve; thence in a northerly direction by the western boundary of the said reserve and the western boundary of Section 4, Block I., Nukumaru Survey District, to the north-western corner of Section 4, Block I., Nukumaru Survey District; thence westerly to the south-western corner of Section 2, Block XIII., Momohaki Survey District; thence generally in a north-eastern direction by the boundaries of Sections 2, 3, Block XIII., Momohaki Survey District, to the boundary-line of confiscated land; thence south-easterly by the confiscated boundary-line to the Waitotara River; thence generally south-west, following the bends of the Waitotara River, to the starting-point.

I hereby certify that the foregoing special order was made in accordance with section 76 of “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” by the Waitotara-Momohaki Road Board, at a meeting held on the 12th day of May, 1900, and confirmed at a special meeting held on the 11th day of June, 1900.

WILL. B. FISHER,
Chairman, Waitotara-Momohaki Road Board.

Special Order made by the Avon Road Board, County of Selwyn.

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

THE following special order, made by the Avon Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

J. G. WARD.

AVON ROAD BOARD.—SPECIAL ORDER.

Notice is hereby given that at a special meeting of the Road Board for the Avon Road District, held on Monday, the 18th day of June, 1900, the following special order was passed :—

“1. That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges upon a loan of £1,500 agreed to be granted to