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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 78

Port Guards Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Frank Archdall Raymond to be Captain.

Kaitangata Rifle Volunteers.
Peter Sonness to be Lieutenant.

No. 1 Company, Ohinemuri Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Duncan McArthur to be Captain.
Arthur Charles Hubbard to be Lieutenant.

Dunedin City Rifle Volunteers.
Roger Kerkham to be Lieutenant.

Wellington Post and Telegraph Rifle Volunteers.
Charles Bush Harton to be Lieutenant.

College Rifle Volunteers (Wellington).
Charles Harcourt Turner to be Captain.
Harold George Lewis to be Lieutenant.

Newton Rifle Volunteers.
Nigel Ivan Markham to be Lieutenant.

The commissions of all the above officers to date from 6th June, 1900.

R. J. SEDDON.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th August, 1900.

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

The Auckland Volunteer Cycle Corps.
Acceptance to date from the 14th August, 1900.

R. J. SEDDON.

Designation of a Volunteer Corps changed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the designation of the “Te Aroha Mounted Rifle Volunteers” being changed to the “Piako Mounted Rifle Volunteers,” with headquarters at Waihou, with the seniority of the first-mentioned corps in the New Zealand Volunteer Force, and with effect from the 20th August, 1900.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1900.

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

Wellington Post and Telegraph Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant George Wilson Moorhouse. Date of resignation, 28th March, 1900.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer dismissed the Force.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th August, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under clause 50, “The Defence Act, 1886,” of the dismissal from the New Zealand Volunteer Force of

No. 29, Private ROBERT YOUNG, Newton Rifle Volunteers,
for refusing to obey the lawful order of his superior officer while on duty at Fort Cautley on the 7th July, 1900, and also for being insolent towards his superior officers in the execution of their duty on the 23rd July, 1900. Dismissal to date from the 6th August, 1900.

R. J. SEDDON.

Officer dismissed.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased to dismiss from the public service of the colony

MALCOLM LINDSAY McLEAN,

lately a letter-carrier in the post-office at Thames.

J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner,

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 30th August, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

J. G. WARD.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Manawatu County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1900.

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

J. G. WARD.

MANAWATU COUNTY COUNCIL.

THE following is the result of the poll of ratepayers taken on the 24th August, 1900, on a proposal to raise a loan of £400 under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and amendments, for the purpose of construction of Douglas Square and portions of Thames, Medway, Severn, Trent, Humber, and Avon Streets, Township of Rongotea:—

Total number of votes recorded, 21.

The total number (21) of valid votes recorded being in favour of the proposal, I hereby declare it to be carried.

JAMES G. WILSON,
Chairman.

Sanson, 25th August, 1900.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Clifton County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1900.

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

J. G. WARD.

RESULT OF POLL FOR PROPOSED LOAN IN THE COUNTY OF CLIFTON.

RESULT of poll taken on the 27th day of August, 1900, upon the proposal to borrow £800, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” to form and bridge the Mangamaeho Road:—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 7; number of votes exercisable, 9: Number of ratepayers voting in favour of proposal, 5; number of votes recorded in favour of proposal, 7; number of ratepayers voting against the proposal, nil; number of votes not recorded, 2.

I therefore declare the above proposal carried.

R. H. PIGOTT,
Chairman, Clifton County Council.

Urenui, 27th August, 1900.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Waipipi Road Board, County of Manukau.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1900.

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

J. G. WARD.

PUBLIC NOTICE.

THE following is the result of a poll taken by the Waipipi Road Board on the 13th day of August, 1900, on a proposal to raise a loan of £100 under the provisions of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886”:—

Number of votes on special roll, 10; number of voters on special roll, 10: Number of votes recorded in favour of proposal, 8; number of votes recorded against proposal, nil.

As the majority of votes were in favour of the proposal, I therefore declare it to be duly carried.

ALF. M. BARRIBALL,
Chairman, Waipipi Road Board,

Waiuku, 16th August, 1900.