May 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 991

Port Guards Rifle Volunteers.
George Anderson to be Lieutenant.
Arthur George Dobson to be Lieutenant.

Timaru City Rifle Volunteers.
Harry Amos to be Lieutenant.

Mackenzie Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Robert Lindsay Banks to be Lieutenant.
Francis Henry Smith to be Lieutenant.
Wilfred George Rutherford to be Lieutenant.

Ashburton Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
George Alexander McLean Buckley to be Captain.
Alfred Augustus Fooks to be Lieutenant.
John Studholme to be Lieutenant.

Amuri Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Henry George Wyndham Gray to be Lieutenant.
Marmaduke Bethell to be Lieutenant.
James Douglas to be Lieutenant.

Christchurch Volunteer Cycle Corps.
Henry Fazackerly Gibson to be Lieutenant.

Civil Service Rifle Volunteers (Christchurch).
Francis Marion Bates Fisher to be Captain.
William George Wray to be Lieutenant.

Imperial Rifle Volunteers (Christchurch).
Charles Herbert Mathias to be Lieutenant.

All the above commissions to date from the 5th December, 1900.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Promotion and Transfer of Volunteer Officer.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st May, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under amended paragraph 63, Volunteer Regulations, of the promotion of

Captain JOHN TURNBULL MURRAY HAYHURST,
of South Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers, to Major, from the 30th April, 1901, and also of his transfer, from that date, to the Geraldine Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Defence.

Temporary Promotion of Officer, New Zealand Militia.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th April, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointment:—

New Zealand Militia.

Captain Norman Lionel D’Arcy Smith to be temporary Major whilst in command of the Federal Contingent about to be sent to Melbourne.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Arrangements for First Elections, &c., Eltham Land-drainage District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 1st May, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CHARLES ARTHUR BUDGE

to be Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the first election of five members of the Eltham Land-drainage District, as constituted under “The Land Drainage Act, 1893”; also to appoint Saturday, the 25th day of May, 1901, to be the date and the Rawhitiroa Schoolhouse to be the place for holding such election; also to appoint Wednesday, the 29th day of May, 1901, at 7 o’clock p.m., to be the time and the Rawhitiroa Schoolhouse to be the place at which the first meeting of Trustees shall be held.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Colonial Secretary.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans, Pahiatua County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1901.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Colonial Secretary.

PAHIATUA COUNTY.

Proposed Loan No. 59.—Lower Scarborough Road.

THE following is the result of a poll taken on 4th April, 1901, on a proposal to borrow £300, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and its amendments, to metal a portion of the Lower Scarborough Road (from Mr. McFarlane’s bridge site to join the present metalled road at Mr. G. Hirst’s):—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 9, representing 12 votes: Voted in favour, 5, representing 7 votes; number of ratepayers who did not record their votes, 4, representing 5 votes.

There being a majority of voters and votes in favour, I declare the proposal carried.

R. SMITH,
County Chairman.

6th April, 1901.

Proposed Loan No. 60.—Ballance North Road.

The following is the result of a poll taken on 2nd April, 1901, on a proposal to borrow £150 to metal the Ballance North Road (Road 36A) from Brotherston’s corner to the School Reserve, about 35 chains:—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 6, representing 6 votes: Number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 4; votes not recorded, 2.

There being a majority of voters and votes in favour, I declare the proposal carried.

R. SMITH,
County Chairman.

5th April, 1901.

Notice to Mariners No. 25 of 1901.

SHOALS OFF KAIPARA HARBOUR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 29th April, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that Tory Shoal is again extending in a south-westerly direction; the lower red buoy has been shifted about three-quarters of a mile to westward, and is now in line with leading-beacons (N.N.E. ¼ E.), and 9 cables S.11° E. of South Sandspit; 3½ fathoms low-water springs extends for a short distance channel side of buoy. The North Spit outer extension has also been gradually increasing, and trending in a southerly direction, abreast of which in line of beacons there is now only 4½ fathoms, where formerly there was 6 fathoms and over; the smoothest and deepest water there is now to eastward of line of beacons. Mariners are advised to keep eastward of line of beacons when crossing bar, and to cross the line to westward when half-way in to the outer buoy, keeping well to westward of line of beacons when in vicinity of buoys. As a further extension of these shoals may occur, a constant watchfulness and use of the lead is necessary. Any direction shown from semaphore or flagstaff on top of sandhill at back of lighthouse should be promptly complied with.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty charts Nos. 2543 and 2614; “New Zealand Pilot,” 1891, Chap. vi., p. 250.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds.—Notice No. 636.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 26th April, 1901.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the under-mentioned local governing bodies have, by special order, declared the plants enumerated opposite the name of each to be “noxious weeds” within the meaning of “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900,” in the district under the jurisdiction of each respectively:—

Local Bodies. Plants.
Kirikiriroa Road Board .. The whole of the plants enumerated in the Second Schedule of the above-named Act.
Pukekohe West Road Board .. Ditto.
Cambridge Borough Council .. "
Waitara West Road Board .. "
Greytown Borough Council .. "
Invercargill Borough Council. .. "
Winton Borough Council .. "
Gore Borough Council .. Broom, gorse, and ragwort.
Mataura Borough Council .. Broom, gorse, and ragwort.
Ashley Road Board .. Gorse and broom.
Maori Hill Borough Council .. Gorse and broom.
Waiwakaiho Road Board .. Gorse and ragwort.
Kiwitea County Council .. Ragwort.
Moa Road Board .. Ragwort.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.