Aug. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1583

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd July, 1901.

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

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.

William Butement to be Surgeon-Captain. Commission to date from the 3rd May, 1901.

Masterton Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

The Reverend Dean John McKenna to be Honorary Chaplain. Commission to date from the 3rd May, 1901.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer transferred to the Unattached Active List.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd July, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under paragraph 256, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of the transfer of

Captain HENRY WILLIS KIERNAN

from the Wakatu Mounted Rifle Volunteers, Nelson, to the Unattached Active List, New Zealand Volunteers, with effect from the 21st May, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd July, 1901.

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

South Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers (Timaru).

Lieutenant John Findlay. Date of resignation, 28th March, 1901.

Cust Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Captain Thomas Henry Lance. Date of resignation, 29th April, 1901.

Rangiora Rifle Volunteers.

Captain George Henry Noble Helmore. Date of resignation, 28th February, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd July, 1901.

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

Westport Rifle Volunteers.

The Reverend Henry P. Cowx, Honorary Chaplain. Date of resignation, 16th April, 1901.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Defence.

Award of the Imperial Volunteer Officers’ Decoration.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd July, 1901.

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

Major WILLIAM ST. GEORGE DOUGLAS, Honorary Unattached List, New Zealand Volunteers,

he having a total broken efficient commissioned and rank service counting towards the Decoration to the 17th December, 1900, of 20 years 198 days.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Clerk of Warden’s Court resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd July, 1901.

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

FREDERICK WILLIAM KNIGHT

of his appointment as Clerk of the Warden’s Court at Waipori, as from the 4th July instant.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Arrangements for First Elections, &c., Inch-Clutha Drainage District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 27th July, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT BYERS

to be Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the first election of six members of the Board of Trustees for the Inch-Clutha Drainage District, as constituted under “The Land Drainage Act, 1893”; also to appoint Friday, the 23rd day of August, 1901, to be the date, and the Drillshed, Inch-Clutha, to be the place, for holding such election; also to appoint Friday, the 30th day of August, 1901, at 12 o’clock noon, to be the time, and the Inch-Clutha River and Road Board’s Office at Stirling to be the place, at which the first meeting of trustees shall be held.

J. G. WARD.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 30th July, 1901.

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, Borough of Greymouth.

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

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Greymouth, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900.”

J. G. WARD.

BOROUGH OF GREYMOUTH.

Result of poll on the proposal of the Greymouth Borough Council to raise a special loan of £6,500 for the purposes set forth in the following Schedule—Town Hall, £4,000; gas-holder, £1,500; excess of appropriation for purchase of gasworks, £1,000: £6,500—taken on the 10th day of July, 1901:—

Number of votes for the proposal, 331; number of votes against the proposal, 80; number of informal votes, 30.

As the number of votes for the proposal exceeds the number of votes against the proposal, I hereby declare the resolution in favour of the proposal to have been duly carried.

ANDREW MATHESON,
Mayor.

In the matter of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900.”

I, Andrew Matheson, Mayor of the Borough of Greymouth, do solemnly and sincerely declare,—

That all proceedings required by law to be taken in or towards obtaining the sanction of the ratepayers to the proposal of the Greymouth Borough Council to raise a special loan of £6,500 for the purposes set forth in the following Schedule—Town Hall, £4,000; gas-holder, £1,500; excess of appropriation for purchase of gasworks, £1,000: £6,500—have been duly taken, and that the resolution in favour of the proposal has been duly carried.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

ANDREW MATHESON.

Declared at Greymouth aforesaid, this 12th day of July, 1901, before me—Edward Iveagh Lord, a Justice of the Peace of the Colony of New Zealand.